Some early concept drawings I did for Carol & the End of the World
which comes out on Netflix today, please watch it!
medium: charcoal
A circus lion
medium: colored pencil
Saturday, December 9, 2023
Some early concept drawings I did for Merry Little Batman.
medium: charcoal
Monday, December 4, 2023
Big bad wolf
medium: charcoal
Monday, November 13, 2023
Robin Hood
medium: charcoal
Monday, November 6, 2023
A fox in flowers
medium: colored pencil
Saturday, September 2, 2023
A cat with a very long tail
medium: colored pencil
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
mini demons
medium: colored pencil
Saturday, August 19, 2023
Frankenstein's Monster
medium: charcoal
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Creepy cat
medium: colored pencil
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
A French cat with balloons
medium: colored pencil
Thursday, August 3, 2023
Angry guy
medium: Watercolor, colored pencil, and pencil
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Art snobs part III
medium: charcoal
Thursday, July 20, 2023
A cat
medium: Watercolor and pencil
Monday, July 17, 2023
A French cat
medium: pencil
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Some sketches of Norman, a commission for Galerie Daniel Maghen in Paris, France.
medium: charcoal
Thursday, July 6, 2023
Wish Dragon development, expressions for Din.
medium: charcoal
Wish Dragon development, concept drawings for the gangsters.
medium: charcoal
Saturday, July 1, 2023
Some early concept sketches I did for the new DreamWorks film, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken.
medium: charcoal
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Speed racer girls
medium: charcoal
A fox
medium: colored pencil
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Mobsters
medium: charcoal
Little girl lineup
medium: charcoal
Thursday, June 8, 2023
A cat, because I love cats.
medium: colored pencil
Monday, June 5, 2023
Some ladies
medium: charoal
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Some backpackers
medium: charcoal
Monday, May 29, 2023
Some girls
medium: charcoal
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Art snobs part II
medium: charcoal
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Les Miserables
Inspector Javert
medium: charcoal
Thursday, March 30, 2023
A fierce Lion
medium: colored pencil
Friday, March 24, 2023
Les Miserables
medium: charcoal
Friday, February 17, 2023
Flamingos and an impostor Dodo
medium: pastel and charcoal
Monday, February 13, 2023
A dog named Hashtag
medium: charcoal
A cat named Professor
medium: charcoal
Thursday, February 2, 2023
I had the privilege of doing some conceptual character design for the new film, The Amazing Maurice, which comes out today in theaters! Here are some of the drawings I did for the cat, Maurice, and for the rats.
medium: charcoal
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Some concept drawings for Netflix's, The House
medium: charcoal
Saturday, January 14, 2023
Concept drawings for Spooky Jack, development for DreamWorks
I am a Character Designer, illustrator, and visual development artist who graduated from the character animation program at the California Institute of the Arts in 2008. I was the Character Designer for ParaNorman, and I won the 2012 Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Production for my designs. In 2017, I illustrated my very first picture book, Lovely Beasts: The Surprising Truth, which won the Bull-Bransom Award in 2019 for excellence in the field of children's book illustration with a focus on nature and wildlife. I have also worked as a character designer for Henry Selick at Cinderbiter, The Jim Henson Company, DreamWorks Animation, Warner Brothers Animation, Sony Pictures Animation, and Netflix. I have contributed character design and visual development work to films like Wish Dragon and The Wild Robot. All original artwork copyright Heidi Smith 2026. No content on this blog may be used or reproduced without express written permission from Heidi Smith.