San Smith

Record Store Girl comic #1

I think its safe to share comic #1 here now that its no longer in print...! I just wrapped up comic #3, so when that is published I'll share #2! :D Enjoy!

And if you missed my intro post about this, you can go here to read more about my comic in Magnet magazine! The plot is about local record store girl, Lillian (who is real and works at Criminal Records!) and her adventures with the record stores she interacts with at work. I do the writing and illustrating, and the concepts are drafted up by the lovely folks at Criminal Records. It's an interesting project so far!

You can pick up a copy for yourself at your local record shop <3

More coming later on the comic!

Giveaway winner!

Here is the winner from my comic giveaway that ended yesterday:

Congrats Cristal!!

I'd love to have teleporting powers too! :) <3

BIG NEWS: My comic in Magnet magazine + win a copy!!!

So I've had a little secret I've been dying to share since September... For the next 6 months I'll be writing and illustrating a comic strip called "The adventures of Record Store Girl" for music magazine Magnet!!

The comic is about Lillian, a record store shop girl, who accidentally discovers a magical object that gives her super powers! But what will she do with those powers...? Fight to save record stores from big-box chains taking over, become a music vigilante or just decline her new abilities for a normal life? You'll have to read the strips to find out!

Lillian also happens to be a real person - she's my good friend who actually works at Criminal Records here in Atlanta! I got the idea to write about her as magical girl because she does so many things for her store and local community in Atlanta that it's almost super human! 

I'm so excited about Record Store Girl because I've always wanted to write a cutesy magical girl story and this was the perfect opportunity! I can't wait to see how it all evolves! I might even try to weave it into my personal comic I've been working on.

 

 

Comic #1 went on sale at the beginning of November with the above cover, but I wasn't able to blog about it right away due to work and personal stuff... But! It will be for sale until the 28th so you can still hurry if you want to get a copy!!

 

If you'd like to buy a copy, you can find it at either your local independent record shop or one of the fabulous stores listed above! Annnd comic #2 will be available for purchase on November 29th!! Since I know that is a bit of a time crunch to get the first comic, I thought I'd do something fun for you guys:

I'm giving away a free signed copy of
Magnet magazine with "The adventures of Record Store Girl" #1 inside!

Want to win a copy of the magazine?

• Leave a comment stating what sort of magical super hero abilities you wish you had, along with your name and email!
• If you reblog about this, that can count as an extra entry as long as you link where you mentioned the comic in a separate comment! (So it counts as an extra entry! <3)

I'll use a random number generator to select a winner from the comments on November 28th and send out your issue just in time to read before comic #2!

 

Wheee! So glad I can finally post about this!! 
I hope you guys are as excited as I am! <3

Art update: Latest commissions and doodles

The other day I was watching Nova's, "Secrets of Stonehenge", which prompted the above tweet and doodle. I thought you guys might enjoy seeing this if you don't follow me already on twitter. :)

   

Up next is a poster commission I recently wrapped up. I was asked to recreate a poster like the Star Wars wedding one I did last year, but change it to be Chicago with the Trump Tower, different people, more elements of the Star Wars original poster and to make their Great Dane be dressed as Lando (since that is his name!) It's fun to see how much I've grown since last year's project, and I like how it turned out:

 

 

Above are some banner sketches I did for the blog, "Smaller Questions" which is about Microbiology, Astronomy and more awesome science stuff. The banner features writers Brooke and Sarah posing with the small objects from their professions! I had a lot of fun working on this one... the original sketches were done on paper and then I built the banner concepts in photoshop. Below is the final banner:

 

And last but not least, here are two portraits I did for the blog, "Make a living writing", which focuses on freelance writing as a career. The gal who I was drawing, Carol, requested that she have 50's-esque fashion, Jetson style computer for the first illustration and a Peanut's style help desk for the second. She also wanted me to try out different hair styles, so there were a lot of sketches involved in this one, which were also done on paper first! Below is how the final turned out. There is some extra space on the computer and help desk built in the illustration so she can add custom text to it at a later date.

 

 

Want to commission me?

I will be taking new projects to start around September 6, so send me an email at san@san-smith.com to discuss what you are wanting! 

I'm available for: web banners, portraits, posters, character design, comics, profile icons, etc. You can get ideas from my past commissions here.

Art update: Marceline, Freakazoid and more

Just a quick update in between today's projects with a few sketches I did last week during warm ups!

Above is cutie Marceline from Adventure Time eating a strawberry. 

I've been watching a ton of cartoons during my paper sketches and my favorite at the moment is old episodes of Freakazoid! I always thought Freakazoid and Steph were an adorable cartoon couple.

If you've never seen the show before, this is the first part of a great episode with both of them (second part is probably linked in the youtube page!):

There were a few more Freakazoid sketches I did, but these two were the only ones I liked out of the bunch. He is kinda hard for me to draw!

More sketches after the cut... one might be sorta NSFW but it's not too bad! Just sexy super hero girls :)