Mark Smith

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Illustration of Evel Knievel, zipping up his jumpsuit, but his face has been replaced by stars and galaxies.

Illustration, point of view from above, show a crime scene where a young woman has been murdered, but where her face is, is the shape of a jig-saw puzzle piece.

Illustration of a courtroom trials, but the entire scene is pixelated except for the older man who is on trial.

Illustration of a beach with a giant wave that is crashing in, and there is a surfer standing between two surfboards, propped into the sand, that are on fire.

Illustration of a group of Mouseketeers with one face empty and just a hint of Mickey Mouse walking through the void.

About Mark

Mark’s artwork has featured in magazines, newspapers, books and advertising campaigns around the world for clients including The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, ESPN The Magazine, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Time, Penguin Books, Mother Jones, GQ, The Folio Society, The Financial Times, The Guardian and many more.

His particular take on the world has won him recognition and awards from the NY Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, World Illustration Awards, Luerzers Archive, SPD, 3x3 Magazine, Communication Arts, LA Society of Illustrators and the V&A Illustration Awards. Stand out’s include the overall prize in the World Illustration Awards 2024, a silver medal from the NY Society of Illustrators, the Patrick Nagel Award for Excellence from the LA Society of Illustrators, a Gold Medal from the Society of Publication Designers, Best Illustration Award from the LA Press Club and the Best in Show award from 3x3 Magazine.

List of Clients

The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, ESPN Magazine, Penguin, Fast Company, Variety, Mens Health, The Financial Times, Alta Journal, Harper Collins, Rolling Stone, Trust Magazine, Mother Jones, The Folio Society, Golf World, Tor Publishing, The Guardian, Harvard Magazine, Mondo Posters, Reader’s Digest, Foreign Affairs, ProPublica, Boston Globe, Random House, Johns Hopkins, Stanford Lawyer, The Times UK, Nature Journal, Science, Columbia Magazine, Simon & Schuster, The Washington Post and many more.