Personal artwork, as if for a fantasy book cover. Inspired by the local outbreak of periodic cicadas.
Digital art, created in Procreate, copyright 2023 Stephanie Smith
Mischievous imps help themselves to dessert, reminding everyone to have a little fun in this card commissioned for 78 Tarot’s Creatures of the Night oracle deck, funded on Kickstarter as a companion to their Halloween Tarot deck. Original art produced with ink and watercolor.
Client: 78 Tarot
Art Direction: Delphine and Chris Malidore
Copyright 2023 Stephanie Smith
A glamorous Victorian lady gifts both the fancy and the poor child with 6 golden candies in the Six of Coins card, commissioned for the 78 Tarot for their limited-edition Halloween deck. Original artwork drawing with ink pen and painted with watercolor.
Client: 78 Tarot
Art direction by Delphine and Chris Malidore.
Copyright 2023 Stephanie Smith.
The 10 of Coins, or 10 of Pentacles is a tarot card signifying long-term successes, like a well-lived life, and also the joy of sharing that legacy with others. This artwork was created for 78 Tarot Magical.
Digitally painted in Procreate
Client: 78 Tarot
Art direction: Delphine Lévesque Demers and Chris Malidore
The “5 of Wands” was created for a Limited Edition animal-themed collaborative Tarot deck – the Kickstarter to print this deck funded in 3 days and earned twice the original goal!
Digitally painted in Procreate
Client: 78 Tarot
Art direction: Delphine Lévesque Demers.
Artwork originally created for a SCBWI event banner contest, with the given theme of “Show and Tell”
Digital artwork.
A series of spot illustrations for a proposed book on folktales about cats from around the world.
This mischievous kitsune, or fox spirit, is on its way to have some harmless fun tricking humans in a nearby village. It probably can’t make too much trouble, since it’s only powerful enough to still have one tail so far.
Illustration from the self-authored children’s picture book “Haley’s Tale.”