Header image with text "Arden Smith, Illustrator" with cartoon images of two cats in devil and angel costumes
  • comics

    comics

  • illustration

    illustration

  • painting

    painting

  • The Joy of Discovery (teaser)
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  • Illustration of a tiny cat in a bioactive terrarium jar with isopods and springtails, with text "I'm safe here in my biosphere"
  • Stylized illustration of several pajama sharks in various poses
  • Illustration of a dog chained to a stake with a mourning dove perched on it
  • Illustration of many different species of beetles walking toward the viewer
  • Illustration of many different extinct and living organisms moving together
  • Illustration of reproduction and development in lily flowers, with labels indicating " parental generation, egg in ovary, pollen in anther, fertilization, seed, growth of plant, and offspring generation"
  • Cartoon image of an anthropomorphic kitten in overalls holding a stick
  • Illustration of a Homotherium latidens cub sitting with a small domestic tabby kitten
  • Close-up illustration of grass-covered marshy ground
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  • Illustration of a fox with wings and coloration like a sphynx moth carrying a kit colored like a caterpillar
  • Illustration of a cartoon cat character on a vanilla cake on a gingham background
  • Animals
  • Illustration of a tiger's head about to bite an unsuspecting mouse
  • Pen illustration of a brown marmorated stinkbug
  • Stylized illustration of a red car from various angles
  • Illustration of a tufted titmouse holding berries and leaves
  • Gouache painting of a tuxedo cat
  • Gouache still life of a Breyer model horse and My Little Pony toy
  • Acrylic painting of close-up heads of two Omus dejeanii tiger beetles
  • Acrylic painting of a fluffy white and brown cat
  • Acrylic painting of a Zacotus matthewsii beetle from above
  • Gouache painting of a cat in a muzzle with cartoon birds flying around its head
  • Acrylic painting of a stylized cat person looking at a ghostly cat figure surrounded by stars
  • Gouache portrait of the artist with two cartoon tuxedo cats in angel and devil costumes
  • Mixed media painting of a realistic longhair cat with a cartoon image of a cat superimposed beside it
  • Gouache painting of a sheepdog with a spiked collar with a hand from an offscreen figure placed in her mouth
  • Mixed media painting of a female spotted sandpiper
  • Acrylic painting of many Scaphinotus marginatus beetles moving in a spiral
  • Gouache painting of an Angel Furby toy with cut out text reading "With a little practice / you can walk / you can talk / just like me"
  • Mixed media painting of a spotted skunk
  • Gouache painting of a cat sleeping curled in a ball colored like the earth
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