The Smiley Face Project began with one simple rule: make one drawing every day.
Season One ran from December 1, 2023 through November 30, 2024. Season Two followed from January 1 through December 31, 2025.
730 drawings later, the smiley had become less of an image and more of a practice.
Made in sketchbooks with ink and marker, each drawing worked inside the same basic constraints while allowing the face, line, mood, and mistakes to change. Individually they’re small. Together they became a record of repetition, time, attention, and the strange things that happen when you keep showing up long after the novelty wears off.
The project now exists as an archive, artist books, original works, editions, and an ongoing part of the DonCarlos visual language.
730 drawings. Two seasons. One stupid little face.
