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Color Schemes Project #1: Analogous Colors Portrait of Jeff Buckley

Artist Focus: Jessica Harrison

The Annunciation, 2008, Pencil on paper, 100cm x 70cm

Cabinet, 2009, Mixed Media, 17cm x 8cm x 4cm

Self Portrait with Cherubs, 2008, Pencil on paper, 100cm x 70cm

Medusa, 2006, Pencil on paper, 100cm x 70cm

Emily, 2010, mixed media, 20cm x 15cm x 15cm

Maria, 2010, mixed media, 20cm x 15cm x 15cm

If you want to see more of her work, visit her website:

http://www.jessicaharrison.co.uk/index.htm

An Interview with C.P. Smith

About a year ago, I was a Senior in high school in my Graphic Arts class, when C.P. Smith came to speak about his experiences as a Graphic Designer and artist in industries like Marvel Comics, Wildstorm and local video game company, KlickNation. At the time, I was not acquainted with his work, but was extremely impressed once I did see his work. I recently was able to interview Smith more about his time working in these industries and how he developed his skills as an artist. C.P. Smith’s style has a raw feel to it. Most of his work that shows this style is through comics.

from comicvine.com

    One of Smith’s familiar work is Wolverine Noir. In this series he worked as the main artist and cover artist. Smith also drew up storyboards for the film Jonah Hex and even showed the class some of his work from it. C.P. Smith was also generous enough to show the Graphic Arts class “The 20 Minute Photoshop Tutorial”, which he believed Photoshop could be learned in only 20 minutes.

    Smith’s interest in the art field began when he was younger and stated that “I’ve been interested in art since I was a little kid.  Around the time I was 15 I started getting really serious about it.” Smith explained to the class that he worked as an assistant to Joe Phillips and Tomm Coker. From what I recall from his presentation, he said that he would bring in a sandwich to persuade them to look at his artwork and learn from them. Smith’s work progressed and he eventually moved on to working for Marvel Comics and expressed some of his dissatisfaction working for the industry but enjoys his work now and explained to me, “The Industry is just like any other kind of job experience,  it has it's ups and downs.  The best part of my job is all the creative and talented people I get to spend my life working with.  The parts I don't like are the same as any other job.”

    On dealing with critique and working with other artists, Smith does not openly critique another artist. Instead he and his colleagues will “critique each others work in the office or privately. I wouldn’t critique another artist work too much in a public forum.” C.P. Smith currently draws for a local video company called KlickNation, which is situated in Sacramento. As for advice for me in the future, his suggestions are simple, “Practice, practice, practice and have fun.”

More of C.P. Smith's work:
CP Smith (Comic Artist & Creator)