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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 18h

How* good

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 18h

You need to know good my over the garden wall night dinner is.

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 1d

A recent commission of Ursula K Le Guin. I love drawing people's favorite writers.

#LeGuin #UrsulaKLeGuin #portraits #commissions

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t understand how they would want to live like that.

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 1d

I've really been wowed by some of the color work in these old Gasoline Alleys recently after seeing some strips that really focused on color at the Billy Ireland a few weeks ago.

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 1d

This is so accurate

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 1d

This AI “portrait” of Le Guin makes me want to vomit

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 2d

Finally watched Little Shop of Horrors and I really liked it

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 4d

I love how many worker owned businesses are in Baltimore

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 4d

It's Masterbaking (Taskmaster x Bake Off) night!

More Taskmaster Series 20 drawings. Three more to go! The Maisie Adam one is probably my personal favorite so far. These are all on the giveaway drawings list, so sign up if you want one.

#Taskmaster #SanjeevBhaskar #MaisieAdam #PhilEllis

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 5d

3:30–4:40 p.m.
Science and Comics with Karenza Sparks @toumeya.bsky.social, J. Marshall Smith @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social, and Blue Delliquanti, moderated by Steenz @oheysteenz.bsky.social

Text graphic with headshots/avatars of Karenza, J. Marshall Smith, and Blue. Text reads:
Panel: Science and Comics with Karenza Sparks
3:30–4:30 p.m. • The Ballroom, 5th floor
with panelists J. Marshall Smith and
Blue Delliquanti, moderated by Steenz
Science and curiosity: two defining instincts for our species and humanity’s collective intergenerational endeavors. Join featured guest Karenza Sparks, co-panelists J. Marshall Smith and Blue Delliquanti, and moderator Steenz as they discuss what intrigues about science and natural phenomena, what sparks their curiosity, and how it presents in their own work.

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 6d

So hard to say it without the falsetto

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 6d

#taskmater #alexhorne #portraitcommissions

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 6d

It's little Alex Horne!

Reminder: I'm running a special on pencil portrait commissions to help pay for booktour travel, healthcare, and wedding costs. I've also opened up my weekly drawing giveaways to the general public at just $5! Wow! You can't afford NOT to keep food on my table.

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 7d

It was such a fun job. I still want to do the other ideas I proposed to them.

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 9d

A tour poster I did for Not Another D&D Podcast a couple years ago, which has come up in conversation with cool baltimore art and comics folks a few times in the past couple weeks. Such a fun show and such a fun illustration job. I'd love to do more podcast posters.

#naddpod #illustration

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 9d

Feeling glum and scared and tired but I get to dinner and watch Plan 9 from Outer Space tonight.

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 10d

+(medical expenses)
+(book tour costs)
+(dwindling savings)
+(low wages)
+(societal collapse)
+(but what a wonderful world full of wonderful people and bright shining hopes)

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 10d

I've got some big expenses (wedding) on the horizon so I've opened up the weekly drawing giveaways to the general public. An original ink drawing goes out every week and the more you donate the longer you're on the list!

Help me out and let me mail you some art!

www.jmarshallsmith.com/shop

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 10d

Seriously if you are making 50 solid pieces of art a year, that’s really good output. I call that full time. If these are freelance illustration pieces you should be getting around $1152/piece to reach 3x the average US rent for a one bedroom apartment. That is a modest, unselfish, living.