Sarah Becan

Illustrations for Fifth House Ensemble #iwitness Project

Sarah — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:42:52 +0000

Illustrations for Fifth House Ensemble audio-visual performance project, #iwitness.

Cucina Paradiso Responsive Design

Sarah — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:30:03 +0000

A new responsive design for Cucina Paradiso’s website, designed with fathead design.

Pics, or it didn’t happen

Sarah — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:17:51 +0000

Would you like to see some photos? Here’s a pic of me at Zinefest, and two from my recent signing at Chicago Comics.

Also, here is a really nice thing Harrison at Chicago Comics said about Shuteye.

Also also, here is a super nice writeup of me at Modern American Weekly.

Also also also, all my Kickstarter rewards are sent!

Convention Schedule!

Sarah — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:01:45 +0000

It’s going to be a busy 2012.

March 9-10: Chicago Zinefest. I’ll be doing a workshop on running a successful Kickstarter campaign!

April 14-15: C2E2. I won’t have a booth at this one, but I’ll be doing a signing on Saturday at the Chicago Comics table.

April 28-29: MoCCA.

May 5-6: TCAF.

June 16-17: CAKE.

July 12-15: SDCC!

August 9-12: Wizard World Chicago Comicon. Tentative, but highly likely.

September 15-16: SPX. This one’s tentative, and might be contingent on whether or not my brother is still living in D.C.

That’s it for now! Pretty much a convention every month, because I am a masochist.

Hourly Comics, 2012

Sarah — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:20:09 +0000

It’s Hourly Comics Day again! (Here’s last year’s.)

Grendelhorn Brewing

Sarah — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:21:46 +0000

A commissioned watercolor painting I did for some friends for Christmas.

Christmas Presents!

Sarah — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:27:02 +0000

Now that the holidays are over, I can post the little presents I made for people! Bath melts and lotions, and a Sarah gone a little crazy with some markers.

Kickstart my heart!

Sarah — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:03:30 +0000

The Kickstarter is funded!! I’m so excited!

It suddenly feels very, very real to me – this is actually going to happen, I really get to make this book! I’ve been putting together a to-do list that’s a little overwhelming… The design for the print is done, so that’s good, but I have tons of layouts to do – I’ve finished layout out Vea and started the first few pages of the Liar – I need to design the cover, I need to draw the book’s epilogue, I need to design a promo postcard and the poster for the retailers, I need to contact the $500 level pledges and ask them about content for their exclusive minicomics. I have a lot of time to do all of these things, but it’s still going to be a lot of work!

I want to thank everyone who’s pledged, you guys are the best ever! I’m going to work my tail off to make this the best book it can possibly, possibly be.

Shuteye Watercolor

Sarah — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:12:09 +0000

A watercolor painting which I’m offering as an 11×15″ print as an exclusive reward to contributors to my Kickstarter project.

Another Kickstarter Update.

Sarah — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:35:53 +0000

39% funded!

I wrote a longer version of this on the Kickstarter page, but I have never been happy with how I depicted the sky in Vea. It’s supposed to convey a swirling ocean, a never-ending tangle of ever-present clouds, and I lazily fell back on the shorthand of a few swirly pen strokes, and a smoky photoshop standard brush texture.

Those clouds have always felt a little subpar for me, so I’ve been reworking the cloud texture. Here’s page 3, a quick before and after shot. I think the new texture fits in better with the rest of the artwork, and conveys more of a sense of depth and dimension. It still needs a little tweaking, but I definitely feel like I’m on the right path.