Sarah Marino's Sketchblog

A sketchblog to chronicle drawings, musings, and (sometimes failed) experiments. I really like Sailor Moon, video games, Pinkberry, and Shane.

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Super League Gaming and Nick teamed up to highlight our resident employee gamers who take what they’ve learned from gaming and apply it to their careers! 

Meet Sarah from Shimmer and Shine!

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"We'll always be together. ...I want you to know me, too."

Simon and Nia

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Here’s a matte painting of the entrance to Zeta's lair I painted for the new season of Shimmer and Shine at @nickanimationstudio! Season 2 premiered this week! Check it out :)!

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My #artvsartist! So basically I’m a giant weeb and I wanna be a magical girl.

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I had to do a Rey doodle. She’s just the best. Can’t wait to watch it again!

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Here are a few bgs I painted for the mini-series Long Live the Royals on Cartoon Network. It was an awesome opportunity to contribute to this show, and I’m so thankful to have had a small part in it :)

Long Live the Royals © Cartoon Network

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One of my favorite Shimmer and Shine episodes premieres this week! Who doesn’t want to go to a swanky pirate arcade?

Paint by me

Layout by Joshua Gay

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So, browsing Sketch Dailies, and I see this awesome Bluto sketch. Go to check out the artist's feed, and see another sketch I like. Go to THAT artist's feed annnnd I see RTd the background to this Genie game my kids have been playing non-stop on Nick's website (you!) and my mind is blown to find that you also worked on THE MOVIE for me... Book of Life. AND YOU PLAY WARCRAFT?! Can we be best friends? Is that too forward? Love your style so much and can't wait to see more great things from you.

Haha, that’s so funny how you found me :D So glad your kids love the game and you loved TBOL!! Your kind words mean so much to me - I can’t thank you enough!

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Im going to Ringling currently and having issues with figure drawing. Any advice?

Pick up a few books for anatomy help! Bridgeman’s, Vanderpoel’s, and Anthony Ryder’s are my three favorites. And go to FEWS :D

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Did a quick colorblock of my favorite outfit from this week!

(inspired by @toffany!)

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Did a little doodle of Lady Satsuki with kyletwebster’s new Animator Pencil brush.  Junketsu on fleek.

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When it comes to testing for a show do you normally have to be contacted by a recruiter, or can you contact a recruiter to apply for a test?

Depends on the studio and the show. If the job is listed on a recruiter site, apply, and if the show is interested in you, you’ll be sent a test by the show, not a recruiter.

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how do you apply to work specifically at nick jr or do you just apply to viacom and hope for the best?

Nick Jr and Nickelodeon jobs are all on the http://nickanimationstudio.com/ site. Good luck!

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Shimmer’s Bedroom from Shimmer and Shine

Layout by Rebecca Ramos. Paint by me!

Shimmer and Shine premieres TONIGHT @ 7PM on nickanimationstudio! Get ready from some magical, glittery genies coming your way!

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Another piece I did for Shimmer and Shine! Mark your calendars: we premiere August 24th at 7 PM on Nickelodeon!

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Like for real, I seriously can’t wait to play a demon hunter.

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Sometimes you just want to doodle two qts in love~