Sara Jerzykowski

Update: COMIC CON 2011!!

2011-07-17T23:18:00.000-07:00

First of all, sorry for my unintended hiatus from this blog. Needless to say, the last year+ has been BUSY. But that's for another post...

ANYWAY, I've been involved in a number of projects in the past year, all of which I will be exhibiting at Comic Con this year! If you're interested (or just want to say hi), swing by Rankinstein/Mathom House's booth #1945.

Here we go!

I was lucky enough to be involved with two of Tiki Machine's publications, "Monster Mythos" and "Deus Libris".

"Deus Libris" is a compilation art book of deities from around the world.
I contributed an interpretation of the Inuit sea goddess, Sedna. I'll post the full piece and roughs at a later date, but here are some teasers for now!

And some samples of my second piece, the Valkyries:

"Monster Mythos" is a companion compilation book which contains mythic creatures from different cultures. I submitted a Native American monster/dragon, the Piasa Bird:

...and here's the rough sketch.

I've also been collaborating on some projects with mastermind Greg Rankin.

Here are a couple of pages from Greg's comic "Codename Hart" that I colored last June (all pencils, ink and text are by Greg):

As an accessory to the comic, we hand cast and painted actual flight pins. The first batch completely sold out last year at SDCC, and Greg graciously let me go a little crazy with painting a limited amount of pins for this year's Con.

The main batch of pins will be the solid gold that's displayed on the bottom of the group, so be sure to stop by early if you want one!

And last but certainly not least, I've been helping out on Greg's newest project, Steampunk Poker!

Here is the full, open kit in all of it's glory. All of the gear chips were hand sculpted, cast, and painted. Also included are customized card decks, a list of card hand hierarchies, all of which are contained in the super awesome hand painted boxes to tote it on all of your airship adventures:

A close up on the kit exteriors (and yes, all of the detailing was hand sculpted, cast, and painted, too):

A sample of some of the face cards in the deck (all artwork was done by Greg). We'll have individual card decks for sale as well.

Here's my small contribution to the deck, the Queen of Diamonds:

So yeah, that's been keeping me busy! If you're attending SDCC, please stop by booth #1945 and say hello!

(...and once Comic Con is over, I'll be updating this blog on a regular basis...)

Hallo, tail!

2010-02-09T18:10:00.000-08:00

Just having some fun with a goofy sketch...

Happy Holidays!

2009-12-22T15:01:00.000-08:00

Nothing like a winter stroll through the forest...

...have a great one!

"What Hummingbird?"

2009-12-09T09:24:00.000-08:00

A quick sketch I did for a co-worker who likes polar bears and hummingbirds (though obviously I don't think they'd get along too well).

More soon!

Swoosh!

2009-09-30T18:01:00.000-07:00

Oh the joys of eating lunch in the park on a fall day...enjoy!

Comic-Con Sketchiness!

2009-07-19T18:36:00.000-07:00

That's right, it's time for Comic Con! I've made a sketchbook that will be available at booth D-8, and it's 24 pages filled with stuff yet to be seen on the blog (well, most of it, anyway)!

Here's a small preview:

So if you're interested and have $5 burning a hole in your pocket, stop on by and grab a copy!

None of your mind tricks...

2009-07-17T11:23:00.000-07:00

The theme at last night's Drawing Club: Star Wars.

Delicious Cake!

2009-07-07T19:10:00.001-07:00

...even vampire bats can get a sweet tooth, I guess.

Western!

2009-07-01T10:05:00.000-07:00

Been on a little bit of a Western kick lately. First, some doodles of scruffy, shifty looking guys...

And some animals...

Finally, I made a trip up to Bodie, CA last month. It's an abandoned gold mining town that's been turned into a state park. If you haven't been there, I highly recommend going. The drive up along the eastern Sierras is an added bonus!

GO!

2009-04-01T09:18:00.000-07:00

Another lunch-time doodle, this time with some color added post-sketching. This guy was definitely enjoying the sunny weather, which seemed to irk his owner some as she had to keep calling him to come back.

I think his name was really "Chicito", but from far away, it sounded like "Poquito" and "Taquito". So doodley-dog gets all three.

Sketchin'....

2009-03-09T23:50:00.000-07:00

For the sake of posting something, here are some more doodles from the sketchbook. Some cute, some not so much...

Not quite right....

2008-10-21T09:24:00.000-07:00

Careful, this really isn't a baby elephant...

It may look like it from a distance, but once up close, it's soon recognized that something about this little guy just isn't quite right...This is actually an alien shape-shifter who has taken on the form of something cute (if somewhat emaciated), but it hasn't quite perfected the look of it yet. Unfortunately, its victims don't realize this until they're well within striking distance...

(Apparently SOMEONE has been watching too many episodes of Planet Earth and it's gone to her head...)

Fresh Stuff!

2008-10-16T19:06:00.001-07:00

I drew a Viking today! He looks absolutely nothing like the costumed model from today's class :)

Drawing Is For The Birds

2008-10-10T18:34:00.000-07:00

Just some more sketchbook doodles...

Hybrid

2008-08-21T19:50:00.001-07:00

Too much work! Not enough blogging!

Here's a fun one:
Found this while going through some stuff I did during my first (and only) year at LCAD. It was an assignment from the Intro. Illustration class where we had to cross an animal and some form of machine...but we had to reference both from life, ie-bring our chosen subjects in to class and spend time drawing each one (which can put a limit on the subjects to choose from). Spending a class drawing snails and taking apart an old Walkman was a lot of fun...probably my favorite class that year :)

Some doodles...

2008-06-15T00:18:00.000-07:00

Lunch-time doodles from the sketchbook (been playing with markers lately). Owls, anteaters, otters...the usual :)

ACK!!!!

2008-03-28T09:05:00.000-07:00

....blog has been neglected for far too long! Here's some fresh drawings from yesterday's costumed model class....

...I'm thinking about finishing one or two of these...more to come soon!

New/Old Sketch

2007-11-15T23:10:00.000-08:00

Okay, so this one's not really "NEW"...unless you've never seen it before, which would make it new to you...

...So in that case, enjoy the new sketch!

This is based off of a scene in "The Golden Compass" by Phillip Pullman, which has now been transfered into movie form and is opening sometime soon...

...I'm trying to keep a trace amount of hope that the movie will be decent.

Red Tail

2007-10-09T22:12:00.000-07:00

...just a quick excersize I did recently to reaquaint myself with Painter.

La Zoo

2007-10-08T21:28:00.000-07:00

So, what do you do when everyone you know is busy and it's a nice, sunny Sunday in October?

....go draw, of course! Here are a few sketches from my trip to the L.A. Zoo last weekend.

I really did draw more than birds...Those kookaburras just happened to be my favorite this time!