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KELLY SMYTH

Digital story artist and character designer

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Based in Northern California

SITE GUIDE

What to find on this site and where

(Using an up-to-date browser is strongly recommended!!)

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Characters and Concepts

Original character designs

Featured concept decks

(incl. senior project)

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Storyboards

Studying format/structure

Comedic and dramatic exercises

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Personal Art

Illustration

(incl. collabs and commissions)

Sketchbook

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Production Work

Visual development, storyboards, backgrounds, and promotional art for independent animation

NEWS REEL

Women In Animation's Fall 2023 mentorships wrap up!

January 22, 2024

I'm very grateful to have been accepted into WIA's remote mentorship program last Fall! I was put on a team consisting of 10 artists and 1 mentor, and together we completed the pre-vis stage for an animation script that I wrote!

See the full concept art deck here, as well as the final animatic here. You can also find my individual contributions on my Production Work page.

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Readeezy releases their latest book, illustrated in part by me!
October 18, 2023
Readeezy is a digital library made for struggling adolescent readers, and last Spring I was hired to illustrate for one of their newest titles, "How A Dog Saved My Life." I contributed all of the character designs, page thumbnails, and linework to this audiovisual storybook! You can find it on their store page here.
The Mista Pat Project releases new episode, featuring my first credited role!

September 1, 2023

I've had the privilege of working with The Mista Pat Project for the past year or so as a digital artist, and at long last the first episode I've contributed to was released! I created the colorful typography displaying the scientific names for types of clouds. There's so much more in store for this project that I can't wait for you all to see!

Creative Collective Studio begins promotion for upcoming short film, RAIN

August 14, 2023

For the past few weeks I've had the pleasure of creating concept art for this upcoming short! The studio has recently kicked off the film's promotional phase by sharing pieces of official concept art on social media, one such piece being this style frame that I created!

You can view more "Rain" concept art in my Production Work gallery.

The DreamArc Company releases first look at SONGBIRDS animated short

August 9, 2023

I joined this company as a visual development intern last year, and finally a glimpse of the final project has been released to the public! I'm beyond ecstatic to see my designs in motion, the animation team has really outdone themselves here ^^

See my full body of "Songbirds" visual development work in my Production Work gallery!

Otis College Senior Show begins

May 13, 2022

The first day of my college's senior exhibition kicked off this afternoon, allowing dozens of industry professionals and working alums to see the graduating class' best work firsthand! Alongside the rest of my portfolio, I displayed my concept art deck that was directly inspired by the Little Nightmares horror series. It was a grueling creation process that tested my time management skills hard, but I couldn't be prouder of myself. You can view the deck in its entirety here, along with a few bonus artworks not featured at the show 👀

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