Animation Guild | We are 839 Digital Magazine
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D E PA R T M E N T 43 KEYFRAME WINTER 2022 43 SIMPLE ARTISTRY Sarah Sobole Along with stickers, prints, apparel, and comics, Sarah Sobole also creates a range of ceramics from jars and mugs to planters and animal pipes. "I took some ceramics classes in college that I loved and have been making pottery on and off since then," they say. Both the process of creating and the enjoyment of looking at an object inspire Sobole, who started working as a Storyboard Revisionist in 2015. Quickly moving on to become a Storyboard Artist, they recently finished boarding on the latest season of We Baby Bears. Asked if there is any crossover between their animation work and personal creations, they say that the styles and some of the subject matter are pretty similar at times. Plus, working as a board artist for so long has made them appreciate faster and rougher drawings. "I love simple characters and doodles, so a lot of my personal art is really simple and cute," they say. babyfrog.shop Surfing Piggy T-shirt $25 Big Bro Bento Hoodie $45 Worm-handle Mug Wheel-thrown stoneware Appx. 1.75" tall x 3.5" diameter $85 Knife Cat Pin Hard enamel Appx. 1.25" $12 Bye Cat patch White areas glow in the dark Appx. 2.75" $5 WEARABLE ART Emily FitzPatrick "I started selling shirts and sweaters because I wanted something specific to wear myself," says Emily FitzPatrick. "I couldn't find a design like the one I had in my head, so I decided to make it." She started off with a small batch and says she was lucky in that a lot of other folks liked the design, too. "What started as a one- time thing to fulfill my own fancy became a bigger apparel, stationery, and sticker business," she says. As for her style, FitzPatrick is inspired by anime and kawaii aesthetic. She thinks she also probably brings in some of the cartoon aesthetic from the work she does in her day job, currently a Character and Prop Designer for OddBot. Her favorite animation assignments are the ones where she gets to make really "cute" designs. "Like when we need stuffed animal props or stickers for a character. That's definitely where my work shines the most," she says. art-of-emfitz.myshopify.com etsy.com/shop/HappyPineappleCharms