Meet Sadie Levine (@sadiesartthings ), an illustrator, cartoonist, and toymaker who traveled from Toronto to Providence to earn her MFA in Illustration at RISD. Having experienced the magic of the institution firsthand, she is thrilled to bring that same inspiration to teens in her upcoming Character Design course with CE. In this class, students explore the essentials of the craft—focusing on shape language, color theory, and silhouette—to build unique characters through a blend of practical instruction and lighthearted exercises. With character design at the heart of her professional practice, Sadie aims to foster original storytelling and hopes every student walks away with a lifelong love for art-making.
Character Design with Sadie begins July 6 In-Person in Providence.
We are thrilled to announce that artist Sadie Levine (@sadiesartthings ) will be joining us at BICS 2026! ✨
Sadie Levine is a Toronto-born cartoonist exploring moments of human connection. For the past three years, she has maintained a freelance practice while self-publishing zines and children’s books. Her comic “Young Love” was published by Crucial Comix, and her zine “Good Grief” received a 2025 MICE Mini-Grant. Sadie is afraid of butterflies.
Sadie will be tabling alongside hundreds of other incredible creators on April 18-19 at BICS at Industry City in Brooklyn. Admission is free and open to the public all weekend long. Stay tuned as we continue to announce special guests, programming, and more!
THIS IS NOT A JOKE!! Autobiographical Comics About Childhood with Sadie Levine starts online in May! @sadiesartthings
Link in bio!
Sadie will be going over childhood being a rich stage of life to draw inspiration from, the fickleness of childhood friendships, diving into memory, creating characters, breaking the rules of reality, imaginations and inner worlds, and emotion-based storytelling.
📆 Where: Thursdays on Zoom Starting May 7, 2026
🕦 When: 6 PM – 8 PM Eastern / 3 PM – 5 PM Pacific
Meet the Instructor:
Sadie Levine is an enchanted girl with magic powers and a completely firm grip on reality. She is normal in the brain and heart, and is definitely not even a little bit scared of butterflies. Sometimes she draws things. Sadie has worked as an editorial illustrator and has self-published many zines and a few children's books. She is the recipient of a Mini-Grant from the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo and the Grand Purchase Prize from the 10th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. All her work is hand-drawn.
Learn more about this class and our other online courses and resources at learn.sawcomics.org
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Sign up to make pop up zines at Comic Arts Maine Portland with @sadiesartthings !
In this workshop, participants will learn how to construct basic pop-up book mechanisms. Each participant will finish with a zine that incorporates pop-ups and an illustrated instructional sheet for later use. No prior experience making zines or pop-ups is needed.
Visit icartsmaineportland.com/to sign up!
Pop up zones by @sadiesartthings , graphics adapted by @camden.c_illustration from original CAMP poster and logo by Special Guest @mandallin
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Had so much fun collaborating with @heyheyrel to design some merch for them! To celebrate one year since the release of their EP, I designed a sticker for each song, featuring a lyric and illustration! I also designed some t-shirts for them a while back. shoutout to @james.burgat for printing the stickers on their community sticker printer! Love you Rel <3
P.S. make sure to vote Hey Rel for Rhode Island Breakout Artist of the year!!
