Cal Sabatini
Visual Storyteller | Illustrator | Designer
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Illustration
Children's Illustration
Comics
Series
Coloring/Flatting
Gallery
Remembrance
(2017)
Remembrance is a mini-comic told in the perspective of a WWII Army Veteran who receives a package from his daughter filled with his memorabilia from his time in service. We follow his memories, both good and bad, during times of violence, loss, and fear.The theme of his mini-comic is mental health by showing that sometimes, the scars that are the least visible, hurt the most. It's important to remember though that one is not defined by the shadows they leave behind, but rather, how much they radiate the light ahead.Remembrance Written and Illustrated by Cal Sabatini.
Prisoner of Dorothy
(2019)
Mrs. Margery J. Campbell4605 RITTER AVENUE WARREN MICHThe Secretary of War desires me to express his deepest regret to inform you that your son, G.I. Gilbert V. Campbell, has been reported as captured in action on January twenty-nineth. During a particularly fatal raid lead by Lieutenant Charles M. Jacobs, your son was captured by the Enemy. It is believed he is now en route to the nearest concentration camp to their last reported location. If further details or other information are received, you will be promptly notified.Ulio The Adjutant GeneralGeoffery J.Prisoner of Dorothy Written and Illustrated by Cal Sabatini.
Change
(2019)
Change is a mini-comic focused around a solider who died on the field and now remains as a ghost to forever watch time change and evolve around him.The theme of this mini-comic is time. To look back on where we as a community came from, the sacrifices made along the way, and how, despite trauma and war, we as humans are able to move on are all shown in this short, 8-page story.Change Written and Illustrated by Cal Sabatini.
Pawn
(2019)
Pawn is a mini-comic told from the perspective of an active duty WWII soldier commenting on human nature and the natural inclination of violence by humans.This mini-comic was created with inspiration from WWII soldiers, historians, journals during the time period, and interviews around various missions enacted during the time. Many soldiers have noted that they have felt like chess pieces, something less than human, when called to action while historians reveal that certain operations were performed merely to kill those who were seen as less than favorable for the front lines on all sides of the war.Pawn was created to bring attention to this. That these people who fought were more than just statistics on a research paper and more than pieces on a board. They were human too.Pawn Written and Illustrated by Cal Sabatini. In collaboration with Giavonna Sabatini
Cloud Drive
(TBD)
No evidence of missing plane UA 4049 is found for over a week: no wreckage, no bodies, no witnesses, nothing… Until high schooler, Kian Lotfi, finds something that could flip the whole case around. Now, the responsibility lands on Kian to figure out the suspects’ next target and prove to the FBI working on this case that these criminals are an even bigger threat to national security than they expect.[Comic currently on hiatus. Please check back later for more updates]Cloud Drive Written and Illustrated by Cal Sabatini.
Concept Work
Sanity & Tallulah 2: Field Trip
(2018)
As a colorist on this project, I worked with a dedicated team of comic creators, including the writer, to add dynamic color to panels and drawings. I was responsible for painting, color choice, and line accuracy.Art and story by Molly Brooks.Edited by Rotem Moscovich.Published by Disney-Hyperion.
Sanity & Tallulah 3: Shortcuts
(2020)
As a colorist on this project, I joined together with a network of comic publishers, including the writer, to create enticing and attractive panels for a heart-stopping graphic novel. I was responsible for painting, color schemes, and line accuracy.Total Pages Colored: 41Art and story by Molly Brooks.Edited by Andrea Colvin.Published by Little Brown Books and Company.
Upstaged
(2024)
As a colorist on this project, I worked directly with the author to ensure flat colors were accurate, engaging, and ready for print on a short deadline. I was responsible for painting, color choice, and line accuracy.Art and story by Robin Easter.Published by Little, Brown Ink.
Publications
Upstaged
Role: ColoristThis is it: the last hurrah, the final curtain call.Ever since sixth grade, Ashton Price and their best friend and enduring crush, Ivy Santos, have spent their summers together at theater camp. Now it’s their last year before they part ways for high school, and Ash is determined to end it on a high note!With Ash as stage manager and Ivy the lead in this year’s musical, this summer’s shaping up to be everything the two could have hoped for. Maybe Ash will even work up the courage to ask Ivy out! But between Ivy rehearsing long hours with her colead and Ash throwing themself into an ambitious stage production, will they end up drifting apart instead?As summer wanes and September looms, Ash and Ivy’s friendship will change forever, one way or another.
Yip Yip! An Avatar Animals Fanzine
Role: IllustratorA mini charity zine featuring comics and illustrations celebrating the animals from the Avatar: The Last Airbender universe, benefiting the Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF).Polar Lights is produced and edited by AJ Easterday.
Polar Lights 2: Dawn
Role: IllustratorPolar Lights is a digital charity zine supporting polar awareness and preservation. All proceeds earned through this project are donated to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) on an annual basis.Polar Lights is produced and edited by Emil L'Amour.
Swim-On 9: Mangroves
Role: IllustratorSwim On is a yearly digital art zine featuring illustrations and comics about sharks. All proceeds the zine makes goes directly to finfree.org on a continual basis.Swim On is edited and produced by Jey Pawlik and has been running yearly since 2015.
Applications for artists go up every May and new zines are live every August. Donations are sent out every September 30th.
Once Upon a Rainbow
Role: IllustratorA zine dedicated to all types of fairytales, folklore, legends, and myths with LGBT+ themes for each tale. All proceeds were donated to charities supporting LGBTQ+ Communities.
Are You Scared Yet?
Role: Illustrator"Are You Scared Yet?" is a horror-themed zine that will bring all sorts of creative people who are huge fans of horror together. Their aim is to create a zine composed of artists, writers, cosplayers, photographers, and more to create a spooky collection.
Transistor-Powered Heart:
A Tony Stark Zine
Role: IllustratorThis is a collaborative fanzine to celebrate 60 years of the comic book character Tony Stark.
This project aims to collect art and writing about Tony Stark, primarily from Earth-616.This project is not affiliated with Marvel and is non-profit.All proceeds from this zine were donated to Doctors Without Borders and The Ocean Cleanup.
RPGZineMaker
Role: Moderator, Page Layout Designer, IllustratorRPGZineMaker is a digital zine created to celebrate the amazing and incredible stories told through the program, RPG Maker. 71 pages of art and written fiction. Over 50 contributors. Featuring games from previous decades and new and upcoming titles!
Polar Lights
Role: IllustratorPolar Lights is a digital charity zine supporting polar awareness and preservation. All proceeds earned through this project are donated to the Arctic Research Foundation (ARF) on an annual basis.Polar Lights is produced and edited by Emil L'Amour.
Swim-On 8: Off Shore
Role: IllustratorSwim On is a yearly digital art zine featuring illustrations and comics about sharks. All proceeds the zine makes goes directly to finfree.org on a continual basis.Swim On is edited and produced by Jey Pawlik and has been running yearly since 2015.
Applications for artists go up every May and new zines are live every August. Donations are sent out every September 30th.
Sanity & Tallulah 3: Shortcuts
Role: ColoristThe problem-solving adventures of best friends Sanity and Tallulah continue in this third installment of the critically acclaimed graphic novel series. Simultaneous hardcover and paperback publication.Sanity and Tallulah finally get to make a special delivery all on their own! Sure, Tallulah might have gotten her pilot's license revoked last month, and, yes, her parking needs a little work, but she's totally got this! And how can Sanity resist exploring just a little off from their pre-approved course? Everything will be just fine--right?That is, until these best friends find themselves in the middle of a long-standing conflict between space stations and landsiders. And things are about to heat up. As they accidentally cross the landsiders' blockade, crash into an old mine, and the space station they're supposed to deliver to explodes, a mystery unravels--and it's going to take everything they've got to save their home as they know it.Can Sanity and Tallulah put the pieces together before outer space erupts into an all-out war?
FMA:B: Equivalence - Chronological Zine
Role: IllustratorThe Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Chronological Zine is an artbook dedicated to depicting various points throughout the course of the plot in Fullmetal Alchemist. Each artist will individually create a work representative of key points in the timeline ranging from Hoenhiem’s origin to the final act and epilogue of of the story.This zine was created with the intent of training and teaching rising artists how to create material for printed projects, while also supporting the Savannah, GA. community via charity donation. All proceeds for this project will be donated to the Savannah LGBT Center.
Sanity & Tallulah 2: Field Trip
Role: ColoristSanity and Tallulah are going on a field trip-to a real live planet! Some of their classmates are nervous (none of them have been on a planet before, and they've heard terrible things), but Tallulah is beside herself with excitement. Sanity would be more excited if her grumpy older sister, Prudence, wasn't coming along to supervise the trip. Things get off to a rocky start (asteroid-y start, to be specific) and Sanity and Tallulah find themselves separated from their school group, pursued by a pirate, and stranded on a planet that's about to explode, with nothing but the wreckage of a crashed space shuttle and the contents of Tallulah's overloaded backpack to work with. These best friends will have to stretch their problem-solving skills to the limit in order to get everyone home safe, and it's going to take their whole class-plus an accountant, a math hermit, a group of mysterious beekeepers, and even the murderous pirate-to make it happen.
Cal Sabatini
Visual Storyteller and Illustrator
Programs
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Premiere Pro
Blender
Google Docs
Google Meets
Google Sheets
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
Sketchup
Unity
Wordpress
Skills
Art Direction
Character Creation
Character Turnarounds
Comic Book Illustration
Content Creation
Digital Art/Design
Graphic Design
Graphic Novel Production
Layout Design
Literary Editing
Production Design
Screen Printing
Storyboarding
Video Editing
Visual Development
Misc.
Certifications:Adobe Certified Professional - Photoshop
Adobe Certified Professional - InDesignLanguages:
English - Native
Italian - BeginnerPublications:
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Work Experience
American Book Company
Page Layout Designer
June 2023 - Present- Responsible for formatting textbooks for children's education K-12 and working with the Department of Education of each
state to ensure all standards were met in regards to graphics, diagrams, and testing.- Job Duties: Layout Design, Attention to Detail, Print-Ready Finals, Organization, Communication, Printing Preparation, Prepress- Full Time Position
World Stage Press
Page Layout Designer
March 2023 - Present- Working in a team of motivated creatives to layout visually appealing and interesting pages for poetry authors publishing their
works, responsible for deadline management, communication with authors, and prepress preparation.- Job Duties: Layout Design, Attention to Detail, Print-Ready Finals, Prepress, Printing Preparation, Organization- Contracted Position
Little Brown Books and Company
Colorist
December 2018 - June 2023- Worked with a dedicated team of comic creators to produce enticing and attractive panels for heart-stopping graphic novels.- Job Duties: Painting, Color Choice, Line Accuracy, Print-Ready Finals, Attention to Detail- Contracted Position
RPGZineMaker
Moderator/Page Layout Designer
December 2022 - April 2023- Organized large groups of creatives to create an online art book, responsible for deadline management, file formatting
requirements, page quality, and prepress preparation.- Job Duties: Layout Design, Communication, Organization, Attention to Detail, Print-Ready Finals, Prepress, Management- Volunteer Position
Printfly
Screen Printer
November 2021 - March 2022- Responsible for ensuring print quality of graphics on various types of garments, meeting deadlines in a timely manner, and
assist in training of other co-workers.- Job Duties: Screen Printing, Flexibility, Training, Printing Quality Assurance, Attention to Details, Communication- Full-Time Position
United States AFROTC
Graphic Designer
September 2020 - August 2021- Tasked with developing and designing a unique and eye-catching official uniform patch for Air Force Reserve Officer
Training Corps in the Bravo Blackbirds Division and Detachment 025.- Job Duties: Concept Work, Attention to Details, Print-Ready Finals, Prepress, Printing Preparation, Final Vectors- Contracted Position
Victory Entertainment
Design Director
June 2018 - August 2020- Design lead of branding and graphic design responsible for ensuring branding continuity, page quality for graphic novels,
organization of other creatives, and prepress preparation.- Job Duties: Branding Consistency, Printing Preparation, Color Choice, Attention to Detail, Print-Ready Finals- Part-Time Position
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design
B.F.A. Sequential Art
September 2016 - May 2020Awards:
Dean's Honor List, Cum Laude
About Cal Sabatini
Hello there! My name is Cal Sabatini and I’m a visual storyteller, illustrator, and comic book artist. I'm fond of creating works in genres such as fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, and biographical, though the list does not stop there.I have always been a storyteller since I could hold a pencil, writing tales of knights in shining armor, monsters who live under your bed, and superheroes who face defeat and defiance. My goal as an artist is to weave these loose threads of stories into a beautiful tapestry for others to enjoy, to find solace in its patterns, and to breathe new life into old strings.If you have any questions or business inquiries, send me a message and I’ll be sure to get back to you within 24 hours!
Contact Me!
calsabatini@outlook.com