Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on June 7, 2012 · 2 Comments
Last year I was commissioned to make six trading cards of sci-fi/fantasy authors, including the now late Ray Bradbury. What a wealth of education and imagination he has left our world!
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
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Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on August 22, 2011 · 2 Comments
The last few weeks have brought in a lot of projects and one of my favorites has been making trading cards for science fiction authors. What a fun idea, right! Pictured above is my ink drawing of Ray Bradbury, easily one of my favorite writers since dad lent me his copy of Green Shadows, White … Read more
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