Posts Tagged ‘Sneak Peek’

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So I’ve Been Out of Touch Lately….

by Sara on July 18, 2011 at 1:00 am
Posted In: Blog

…but it’s not because I’m old (although, I’m critical of bars that play music too loud, so there might be something to that after all).  I’ve been pretty busy lately, working on several different projects,    some of which I can talk about, others, I have to keep hush-hush!

Of the stuff I can talk about, here’s some highlights:

1) I’m starting work on a new book using the “Lobotomy” characters – it’s tentatively titled “Super Lobotomy” or, alternately, “Super Smart”.  It’s going to be a tale of good deeds & good intentions, Brain-guy style!  I’m working on script revisions and thumbnails now – I’d love to have it ready for SPX, but don’t hold me to that!

2) I created a short comic & pin-up for “Aftershock”, a comic anthology about, and benefiting Japan, in response to the earthquake that happened earlier this year.  The book, as originally intended, will be out in e-book format later this year through Top Shelf, but the organizers are looking to do a print version as well.  They started a Kickstarter campaign to help finance the first run of books – go here to check it out, and make a donation.  If you donate 10 or more dollars, there are some awesome nifty-thank-you-gifties that await, including books, original art work, and thank you’s!

3) I’ve been working on a 3-d art piece about airplanes – it’s really cute!

In progress, of course!

4) I created an original piece of art for Sailbear Labs’ “Unicorn Art Mix” happening on August 12th, in Phoenix, AZ. Sailbear Labs is a unique non-profit organization that helps kids improve their writing, communication, teamwork, and creative skills through creative projects and  mentoring.  The ‘Unicorn Art Mix” is a fundraiser for SL and a book launch for “Raising Unicorns”, a humorous how-to guide written by Jessica Seck Marquis, a co-founder of Sailbear Labs.  I can’t post an image quite yet, but one will be coming soon!  Just imagine a world where Legos & Unicorns meet….

5) Upcoming conventions I’m confirmed at : Philly Alt Con (Philadelphia, PA), SPX (Bethesda, MD), and MICE (Boston, MA).  There most certainly will be a few more before the year is out.

That seems to be it for now…keep your eyes peeled for more stuff!

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Man-Ike-y Neko!

by Sara on June 5, 2011 at 7:46 pm
Posted In: Blog, Events, Gettin' Crafty

Ike the Cat as a Maneki Neko with Daruma

I did this drawing of Ike the Cat (of Wall Street Cat) as a Japanese Maneki Neko (Beckoning Cat).  I tried to draw him similar to the ones that hang out in lots of Japanese busineses, while still making him very Ike – like!   He’s hanging out with a Daruma for double the money luck!  If you don’t know the story of the Maneki-Neko, there are several variations on his legend, but this one is my personal favorite (beacause anyone who knows me knows I prefer samurais to courtesans,ninjas or what have you… ):

This story goes that a samurai was taking shelter under a tree near Gotoku-ji temple (in Western Tokyo) during a thunderstorm. The samurai saw the temple priest’s cat beckoning to him and followed; a moment later the tree was struck by lightning. The samurai became friends with the poor priest and the temple became prosperous. When the cat died, supposedly the first Maneki Neko was made in his honor. ((mostly)From Wikipedia)

I’d love to know what everyone thinks of this – I’m going to try to make a limited silkscreen print of it this week, some of which may be going to support Kitty Kind @ the De-Flea Market for Animal Rescue! It’s June 12th, 3-8 pm @ Bar 82 136 2nd Ave. in New York – check it out if you want to support a great all volunteer, no – kill cat rescue! (I’m also a volunteer myself!)

Bonus:  Here are two photos of the real Ike modeling:

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A Little Sample of “Wall Street Cat”, For Your Pleasure!

by Sara on March 17, 2011 at 11:24 am
Posted In: Blog, Events

(Click on the cover to read in PDF format! Hooray!)

In honor of it’s premiere at SPACE this weekend, I’ve put together a short sample of my new (and fully assembled!) new book “Wall Street Cat: Money Takes Naps”!  For those of you not near/willing to be near Ohio this weekend, the book will be for sale on the website by next week, and I’ll also be selling it @ Wild Pig Con in Somerset, NJ on April 3rd, and MoCCA on April 9th.  Get it before the limited first pressing (numbered with a silkscreened cover!!) is sold out!

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Silkscreening: The Hard Way!

by Sara on March 15, 2011 at 7:27 pm
Posted In: Blog, Gettin' Crafty

In celebration of nearly completing the production of “Wall Street Cat: Money Takes Naps” (Premiering at SPACE this weekend!), I’ll be show n’ telling the occasionally thrilling, occasionally harrowing tale of silkscreen printing the covers. Behold:

The process intially involved gathering the supplies, a few of which I had already: New screen, solvent tape, ink, photo emulsion, emulsion remover, squeegee, hinge clamps, scoop coater, work lamp with 150 watt bulb, printing paper, contact paper, and enough string and paper clips to create a makeshift drying rack from the underside of my kitchen table. Once the supplies were assembled, I spent a few hours working the pile of stuff into a useable screen printing set-up.  Then, I began cutting the printing paper to size and cutting stencils from the contact paper.  Once the contact paper stencils were attached, one color at a time, to the underside of the screen, I was ready to print. You can see the results below:

This is the first layer – I did white underneath so all the colors would show up properly on the green paper – some inks aren’t opaque enough to not let the paper color influence the ink, so this seemed the best way to deal with that.

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The Final Page of “Wall Street Cat”!

by Sara on March 1, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Posted In: Blog

Wall Street Cat- Final Page

Prepare the champagne and the caviar – I’m almost done!  (Actually, beer and pepperoni pizza would probably be more appropriate for this occasion, I guess…) I’m beginning work this afternoon on the final page of ‘Wall Street Cat; Money Takes Naps”, and I’m pretty excited – besides some touch-ups and some incidental art, I’m going to be done with my fourth comic very soon!  When it’s all fixed up and sequenced, I’ll post up some previews leading up to the premiere at SPACE on March 19th &20th!!

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“Wall Street Cat” Cover!

by Sara on January 26, 2011 at 1:29 am
Posted In: Blog

In honor of being more than 2/3rds of the way through illustrating my story “Wall Street Cat; Money Takes Naps”, I’ve decided to post the cover and a bonus amusing anecdote.  ”Wall Street Cat” will debut at SPACE in Ohio this March – it will also be available online and at the other conventions I plan to go to! Woohoo!

Fig 1:

Fig. 2:

I went to visit my parents one afternoon, and I decided to bring my pages with me to show them my progress on ‘Wall Street’.  I showed my mom first, and she looked at them, and said that they looked nice.  When my dad looked at them, and I asked him what he thought, he told me they were great, and that the story was funny, etc.  After my dad praised the book, my mom offered some criticism – “Why doesn’t he have a tie?  He should be wearing a tie!”  I wasn’t sure if she was kidding or not, and I said to her “He does – he starts wearing it on page 3 or 4!”.  Apparently, she wasn’t kidding, but at least I know having Ike wear a tie must kind of be a cute idea…

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A New Titan!

by Sara on January 14, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Posted In: Blog, Events, Titans of Industry

In honor of tonight’s Pro Arts ‘Art Eat-Up’ at Grace Church in Jersey City (you should come, I heard all your friends were going! They didn’t tell you…must have been too excited, I guess…), I’m putting up a sketch of my next ‘Titan of Industry’! Check out Mr. Met, posing in his office at Citi Field – I hope he knows Mr. RedLegs is pretty jealous, and is paint-bombing* him in the background!

I’ll be displaying this, plus the original velvet test, at my table tonight at the ‘Eat-Up’, so come by if you’ve always wanted to touch a velvet painting!

*A lot like photo-bombing, except with a more holding still, and a much less surprised artist.

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Some New (secret!) Pages For My Next Book!

by Sara on November 12, 2010 at 1:33 am
Posted In: Blog

I’ve decided to sneak you all a peek of the super-new pages I’ve been working on!!  My next book asks (then answers!) the question “What would it be like if my cat worked on Wall Street?”.  Hi-jinks ensue, smiles abound, etc, etc.  Here are the first four pages:

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