Sup? Once again, Inktober is upon us. With so much time spent painting my monsters on those massive canvases or illuistrating storyboards on the Cintiq, it’s both a challenge and a relief to follow 31 daily prompts to create simple ink drawings. Most of my drawings from last year followed “The Skeleton Chronicles,” and I’ll certainly do my best to tie in skeleton characters to this year’s prompts. These drawings…
Greetings! As some of you may know, I’m turning 40 next week. Rather than buy a sportscar or go on a bender in Vegas, I’ve decided to celebrate by slashing prices on portraits for the rest of the month! As with the ones I offered last holiday season, these will be straightforward portraiture, no cartooniness, and rendered in a combination of colored pencil and oil pastel on fine, tinted paper….
Greetings! As you may have noticed, there haven’t been many blog posts here lately. I’ve been reserving my writing for my Patreon followers, but this is pretty big news, so I’ll share it here. I have officially been accepted into WEST, a/k/a the West Austin Studio Tour. For those unaware, each year, there are two self-guided art tours here in Austin, one for each side of the city, and each…
Greetings! With the holidays approaching and my storyboard season ending, I’ve decided to offer portrait commissions. Unlike the monsterized portraits I’m offering to Monster of the Month club members, these will be more straightforward, no cartooniness, and rendered in a combination of colored pencil and oil pastel on fine, tinted paper. The pricing structure I’ve worked out, which includes shipping and handling, is as follows: 8×10 – $275 11×14 –…
Greetings! That’s right, the Patreon campaign is up and running. Go to https://www.patreon.com/justinsmithart to join the Monster of the Month Club! For a quick look at the donation/prize levels, check out this handy dandy video I made with the help of my friend Denise Stephens! As I state in the video, all those step-by-step process blogs I’ve been posting here will now be exclusive to my Patreon subscribers, and there’s…
Greetings! As the title suggests, I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is, I’ve got a freelance storyboarding assignment starting this week which could turn into a fairly steady gig. Since I’m starting with one episode of a show whose title I am not at liberty to divulge, I’m not quitting my day job just yet. This brings me to the bad news. The Patreon will have…
Greetings, Earthlings! As I mentioned last week, I’m starting a Patreon page and aiming to go live with it on May 1st. The toughest part of starting a Patreon is figuring out what kind of rewards to offer potential backers that’ll make it worthwhile for both sides. After much deliberation, studying of other artists’ Patreons, and discussions with fellow creators, I think I’ve come up with a prize structure that’ll…
Greetings, Monstrosophiles! As you probably know, I’ve been shifting focus away from comics and illustration to painting. The plan had been to hold off on displaying my new series of paintings until I had completed 25-30 pieces of consistent style and quality, something I had recently learned at an artist seminar which helped explain my previous lack of progress in conquering the fine art world. Earlier this year [or late…
Greetings, Earthlings! I get so caught up with producing new work that I forget to come here and tell you about it. First up: KINGS OF ATLANTIS is now available on YouTube Red! That’s the first episode, which is available for free. To see the rest, including the ones I storyboarded, you’ll have to sign up for a membership with YouTube Red, which comes with a 30-day free trial. It’s…
Hey, everybody! As you may already know, I’ve been spending a lot of time working on animated projects lately. Given the nature of the business, there tends to be a long stretch of time between doing the work and being able to talk about it. Well, I’m pleased to tell you that one of these projects has been officially announced and is coming soon to YouTube Red. The show’s called…