--- AN OPEN LETTER TO SOMEONE WHO HURT ME // 2021 Writer: Lucía Iannone // Artist: Kyla Smith Lucía's Twitter // Lucía's Website
NIHAO // 2020 A comic about memory, microagressions, and anger
STARCROSSED (~10 hour comic) // Made for Platform Comics 10k Challenge // 2020 Required Prompts: use "Maybe they should self-quarantine" + Fell in Love w/ an Alien + 4-8 pages
PEN AND PAPER: PITCHING 101 // 2020 // Download on itch.io A how-to comic about how to pitch editorial articles
二階堂幸 "雨と君と" // Japanese to English Personal Fan Translation + Lettering Twitter // All images copyright 二階堂幸, Kodansha
井田喃子 (@idasouthsan/@cuponcup)'s Cooking Comic // Japanese to English Personal Fan Translation + Lettering // Read Right to Left Twitter // All images copyright @idasouthsan
中村一般's 最高のあんぱんを買いに行く (三軒茶屋) // Japanese to English Fan Translation + Lettering // Read Right to Left Note // All images copyright 中村一般
夏达 (April)'s 子不语 // Mandarin Chinese to English Fan Translation + Lettering // Read Left to Right All images copyright 夏达, 漫友, New Century Press, U17, Shueisha
--- These samples are for private portfolio purposes only. These were translated, retouched, and lettered for personal use and have not been distributed anywhere. (excludes comics created by me) ---
Inio Asano x Clorets // Japanese to English Personal Use Translation + Lettering Twitter // All images copyright Inio Asano, Clorets
NIHAO // Kyla Smith // Read Left to Right All images copyright Kyla Smith
--- AN OPEN LETTER TO SOMEONE WHO HURT ME // 2021 Writer: Lucía Iannone // Artist: Kyla Smith Lucía's Twitter // Lucía's Website
THE ORGAN HARVESTER (excerpt) // Julai // Mandarin Chinese to English Commissioned Translation // Read Left to Right All images copyright Julai // Story, Art, & Letters by Julai
Are you open for commissions? Not currently, but I will update when I have availability! I also post commission updates on Twitter and Instagram.
What brushes do you use? • "Procreate Pencil" (included with Procreate) • Monoline (included with Procreate; improved filtering on and jitter 36%) • Matt's Sketching Set • Trisketched Ink Brushes
Where can I purchase prints of your art? On Inprnt!
--- --- ABOUT Kyla is an artist and writer with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean heritage who holds a dual BA in Asian Studies and Asian American Studies. When not drawing or writing, she's usually learning the zhonghu, making handmade noodles, or listening to Mitski and Mao Buyi.
--- CONTACT Direct Contact: hello@aikosmith.com For publishing/book inquiries, please email my literary agent, Jennifer Azantian, at Jen (@) AzantianLitAgency (.) com
Translation/manga lettering portfolio, animation portfolio and resume are available upon request
