Caitlin Yarsky

Tell me about yourself and how you got into art?

My name’s Caitlin Yarsky. I’ve been working in comics for about six or seven years. Well, I was working in video games for a long time and I still do a little bit, but I was not feeling fulfilled in it and I wanted to do something else. So I tried a bunch of different avenues of illustration such as fine art and things like that, and I decided I wanted to try comics. I drew my own 10-page short story and learned about the process, and eventually I was contacted by a writer who wanted to work with me.

How did you develop your current art style?

I feel like my style is always developing, though I know a lot of people say that too, but it really is an ongoing process. I have a lot of different influences and the influences change over time as well. You learn different things, until you know what works. I’m always learning more about composition and anatomy.

What’s going through your head as you sketch out this current work?

Right now I’m figuring out how to reflect this current pose, but overall I tend to think on a bigger scale, about how I want to design the whole page and I’ll move on to the smaller details from there. I want to be comfortable with the overarching work.

Are there any big projects you worked on recently, and how can people contact you?

My first DC book came out recently called Olympus Rebirth which is all about the gods of Olympus and Wonder Woman’s mother, and I also worked on a recent Catwoman issue. Other than that I’ve worked on several series for Dark Horse Comics like Black Hammer.

You can find me at caitlinyarsky.com and @caitlinyarsky on Twitter and Instagram.