Build YouR Voice with YAsmeen Abedifard

This class aims to help you feel empowered in your artistic eye and lens. We know what we like, and what we don’t like. We can use these reactions to hone in on what defines “us” as us. Trust your intuition and interests, it’s what makes your voice and self unique. Let’s get stronger together by creating more of what we want to see in the world!

This class will include drawing exercises, assignments, zoom calls, and sharing art!

Meet once a week on Tuesdays, 6-8 PM Eastern / 3-5 PM Pacific!

In this 4-week course, we will look closely at YOUR INDIVIDUAL STYLE, HOW BEST TO TEASE IT OUT, AND MAKE WORK YOU ARE PROUD OF!

Starts July 1, 2025 and runs for Four Tuesdays

6:00-8:00 PM Eastern /
3:00-5:00 PM Pacific

  • July 1

  • July 8

  • July 15

  • July 22

Price: $229 USD

20% discount to Saw Members enrolled in Comics Flow. Go to the SAW network to learn more…

Do you struggle to find your style? do you need some nudging toward what you actually want to make?

This summer, we’re offering four weeks of in-depth exploration and creative growth centered on this rich, expressive medium.

  • Draw inspiration from assignments created by Yasmeen based on her pedagogy with California College of the Arts & Stanford University.

  • Play with prompts to start (or deepen!) your own visual journaling practice!

  • Share your work with likeminded individuals, get feedback, and get comfortable with your style.

Give the gift of exploration, creativity, and comics creation to yourself this summer, OR to a loved one!

  • Yasmeen Abedifard

    Yasmeen Abedifard

    Yasmeen Abedifard (b. 1996) is an Iranian-American artist born in the San Francisco Bay Area and is currently based in Oakland, CA, USA. She holds an MFA from Cornell University. Her work is centered around storytelling mediums, including comics, illustrations, and animation.

    She is currently teaching in the Comics program at The California College of the Arts (CCA), the UC Berkeley Art Studio, CCA Extension, and Dominican University. Her work has been featured in various spaces, such as the SF Art Book Fair, Rubenstein Arts Center, Shapeshifters Cinema, Jack Hanley Gallery, and San Francisco Center for the Book, and has received various accolades, including the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic for Death Bloom in 2023. She has taught comic workshops at BAMPFA, Secret Room, Kala Art Institute, Sequential Artists Workshop, and Black Mountain Institute. She has created several published comics, such as When to Pick a Pomegranate (pub. Silver Sprocket), Death Bloom (pub. Lucky Pocket), and Burnt (pub. Wiggle Bird Mailing Club).

    She is also part of a comics collective called D.R.Y. with her peers, Daniel Zhou and Raul Higuera, aimed at fostering community and highlighting the Bay Area comics scene.