The Creativity of John Smalls

Jiu Jitsu Style Magazine Smalls X Meerkatsu

jsmalls — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:50:53 PDT

Here’s the piece I created for the next Jiu Jitsu Style magazine. This piece illustrates some of the many grips in Jiu Jitsu. Meerkatsu wrote the article I illustrated, not a bad combination.Thanks to Seymour Yang aka Meerkatsu bringing me on for this project. You find more articles and work from Meerkatsu @ http://meerkat69.blogspot.com/

The Art of Jiu Jitsu

jsmalls — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:38:03 PST

Jiu jitsu artwork seems to be a constant theme in my life so I’ve created a page on my site just for this. Checkout the collection:

Writing and drawing Letters to the Master

jsmalls — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:07:22 PST

Finally back at it! After a two year hiatus I’m finally completing the story that started so long ago.I will be posting every wednesday (even though today is Thursday). Feel free to comment and follow along. When I first started my background was kung fu but since then I’ve been training heavily in Jiu Jitsu [...]

The lion king illustration

jsmalls — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:54:47 PST

Here’s the final version of the lion/dragon piece I started a week ago. The toughest part was getting everything to look anatomically correct. This piece has been thru many revision, many many revisions.

8 days as a grand jury sketch artist

jsmalls — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:23:02 PST

I spent eight days on a Grand Jury, this is the result. Faces had to be changed so I wouldn’t get a fine or worst, literally. Since there are no photos or cell phones allowed they wanted to make sure i wasn’t documenting the witnesses or undercover officers of the law. I’m just thankful I [...]