Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on August 22, 2012 · 11 Comments
(reposted from BuzzFeed) 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Toni Morrison 3. Kurt Vonnegut 4. Stephen King 5. Saul Bellow 6. Neil Gaiman 7. F. Scott Fitzgerald 8. Maya Angelou 9. Neil Gaiman 10. George Orwell 11. Ernest Hemingway 12. Henry Miller 13. Elmore Leonard 14. John Steinbeck 15. Annie Dillard 16. Edgar Allen Poe 17. Mark … Read more
Filed under INSPIRATION, NOVEL, STORYTELLING, WRITING · Tagged with Annie Dillard, Anton Chekhov, authors, BuzzFeed, E. L. Doctorow, Edgar Allen Poe, Elmore Leonard, Erica Jong, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitgerald, G. K. Chesterton, George Orwell, Gertrude Stein, Henry Miller, James Patterson, John Steinbeck, Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain, Maya Angelou, Neil Gaiman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ray Bradbury, Saul Bellow, Stephen King, T. S. Eliot, Toni Morrison, writers on writing, writing, writing tips
Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on August 24, 2011 · 2 Comments
It’s taken some doing, but I’ve finally finished drawing and coloring all six sci-fi author trading cards. After deciding on an overall design for the cards, and figuring out with authors and sci-fi fans to draw, I pulled my drawings into Photoshop, touched up my brush work, then colored and flattened the series of six … Read more
Filed under DESIGN, DRAWING, PREVIEW, PROCESS · Tagged with anne mccaffrey, Artist trading cards, Arts, authors, collect, drawing, forrest j ackerman, frank herbert, gregory bennett, jess smart smiley, jess smiley, portraits, Ray Bradbury, roy test jr, sci-fi, Science fiction, smiley art, space, Trading card, Visual Arts
Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on August 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
More drawings for the sci-fi author trading cards…
Filed under DESIGN, DRAWING, PREVIEW, PROCESS, SKETCHBOOK · Tagged with anne mccaffrey, authors, books, card design, david doering, designs, frank herbert, illustrations, jess smart smiley, jess smiley, portraits, sci-fi, Science fiction, smiley art, Speculative fiction, trading cards, ursula k leguin, visual art, writers, writing
Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on June 1, 2011 · 5 Comments
Dungeon Crawlers Radio is Utah’s source for all things geek. They have a weekly podcast covering topics like gaming, movies, and comics, and frequently interview authors and artists of science fiction and fantasy on their show. Revan and Nivi were kind enough to invite me to their podcast table at Conduit this past Saturday to ask … Read more
Filed under BOOK, COMICS, DRAWING, EVENT, FREE, FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, GRAPHIC NOVEL, INTERVIEW, NOVEL, PREVIEW, PROCESS, STORYTELLING, UPSIDE DOWN, WRITING · Tagged with artists, Arts, authors, Brandon Mull, comics, Conduit, dungeon crawlers radio, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy, gaming, Geek, geeks, Graphic novel, interview, Kevin Wasden, movies, nivi, podcast, radio, revan, sci-fi, Science fiction, Utah
