The Creativity of John Smalls

New apparel section added to portfolio

jsmalls — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:28:21 PST

Added some new graphics to the apparel section of the portfolio. http://johnsmalls.com/apparel/

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 [...]

My connection in Rio, paintings and sketches

jsmalls — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:09:47 PDT

I recently took a trip to Rio de Janeiro Brazil for some rest and to learn more about the art of Jiu Jitsu. The trip was way to short but it was well worth it. Here are some sketches and paintings I happen to do when I had some down time.