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Shannon Wild Smith

@shannonwildsmith.bsky.social

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Formerly Nan Lawson. Artist / Illustrator. Past clients: Warner Bros, Harper Collins, Penguin Random House & more. She/Her. Contact: [email protected] portfolio: shannonwildsmith.com

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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 4d

Hi! You might have noticed my name is different. Many years ago I started making art under the pen name Nan Lawson. Nan was a family nickname and Lawson is my middle name.
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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 3d

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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 4d

I’m nervous to do it because the name has become part of my online brand and identity, and I fear I will lose work because I will be harder to find. However I want to be true to who I am and this feels like me. Anyway, you may notice things slowly changing around here. Don’t fret! It’s still me🖤 4/4

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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 4d

Wild is a name with great personal significance to me. Hence the new moniker Shannon Wild Smith. All this is to say I am eventually going to drop Nan Lawson altogether and change media handles/emails/websites starting in the new year.
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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 4d

I came to dislike the name Nan and feel indifferent to the family name Lawson, but switched to Shannon (my actual name) and kept Lawson for continuity.

However, now I wish to move on from the name Lawson as well and go by my actual first and last (Shannon Smith) name.
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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 4d

Hi! You might have noticed my name is different. Many years ago I started making art under the pen name Nan Lawson. Nan was a family nickname and Lawson is my middle name.
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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 5d

The cover of this copy of Frankenstein was cool until Netflix put their logo right in the middle of it!

#booksky

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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 5d

Haha thanks!

Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 5d

The cover of this copy of Frankenstein was cool until Netflix put their logo right in the middle of it!

#booksky

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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks!

Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!

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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 7d

Sugar and Violence

For @spoke-art.com’s 15th anniversary show.

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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 13d

I guess I’m a little late for #PortfolioDay but here is some of my work. I’ve been building up my book cover portfolio and it’s been paying off! I’ll have some special edition covers coming out next year 😁

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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you!

Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks!

Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 13d

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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 18d

The German one is sooooo pretty.

Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 18d

Yes haha

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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 18d

This one I made with matte photo paper. I laminated it with soft touch laminate and then added the foil details with heat transfer vinyl. But I did just a printed version too that looks great!

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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks!

Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks!

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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 18d

No need to destroy a perfectly good hardcover book! This is my first ever dust jacket featuring an illustration by yours truly ✨

#booksky #fantasybooks #bookdesign #bookcover

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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 20d

Ha!

Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 20d

No… I haven’t even finished the book 🫣

Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you!