2026 Summer Internship - Sequential Artist:
137 Ewes Productions is a wildly imaginative animation and comics studio where animals take center stage. We are constantly discovering more about our characters and world — and we want to do that with you.
If you are serious about sequential art as a craft, this is your role. We go deep — dynamic framing, cinematography, panel composition, and the full visual language of telling a story panel by panel. You will draw real characters, real scripts, and real stories, get real feedback, and contribute to work that will most likely be published. No busy work. Just sequential art with intention.
Internship Duration June 15th – August 21st, 2026
Application Deadline March 10th, 2026 at 11:59pm PST
If the LinkedIn application closes before the deadline, apply directly on our website at: https://www.137ewes.com/sequential-intern-app.html
Application Steps Before applying, please complete the following — incomplete applications will not be considered:
Responsibilities Interns will be assigned any of the following:
Qualifications
A Few Things Worth Knowing
Nationality & Location
If you are serious about sequential art as a craft, this is your role. We go deep — dynamic framing, cinematography, panel composition, and the full visual language of telling a story panel by panel. You will draw real characters, real scripts, and real stories, get real feedback, and contribute to work that will most likely be published. No busy work. Just sequential art with intention.
Internship Duration June 15th – August 21st, 2026
Application Deadline March 10th, 2026 at 11:59pm PST
If the LinkedIn application closes before the deadline, apply directly on our website at: https://www.137ewes.com/sequential-intern-app.html
Application Steps Before applying, please complete the following — incomplete applications will not be considered:
- Subscribe to the Baapolis Substack: https://kopernicus.substack.com/ — this gives you a feel for the world you'll be working in and prepares you for your interview
- Apply on LinkedIn or directly on our website
- Have a portfolio website (not Instagram, not social media, not Google Drive) that clearly features your sequential art work — stories drawn from scripts, a variety of characters, dynamic panel arrangements, and clean readable linework. Your portfolio link — including any passwords — must be visible on your resume and LinkedIn profile. We should not have to hunt for it.
Responsibilities Interns will be assigned any of the following:
- Drawing stories written by others, adhering to provided scripts
- Drawing characters ranging from humans to animals to mythological creatures — with star poses, complex poses, and a wide range of expressive facial expressions, just like acting
- Panel composition, arrangement, and framing
- Lettering — dialogue, descriptions, and text/speech box design
- Coloring and painting finished linework
Qualifications
- Experience drawing stories written by others
- Experience drawing a variety of characters — humans, animals, mythological creatures
- Variety in composition, panel size, and panel arrangement
- Dynamic framing and cinematographic sensibility
- Clean and readable linework
- Ease working with horizontal, vertical, and unconventional panel layouts
- Strong understanding of readability regardless of panel arrangement
- Confident command of perspective in all forms
- Ability to dissect and understand a given script
- Understanding of color
- Ability to paint and color finished linework
- Ability to type dialogue and design text boxes and speech bubbles
- Ability to draw character turnarounds — a plus
- Ability to draw prop turnarounds — a plus
- Strong integrity to adhere to deadlines
- Detailed adherence to formatting and file uploading requirements
- Must have own computer, drawing device, and software (Photoshop preferred)
- Minimum commitment of 15 hours per week on actual drawings during this internship
- Currently enrolled as a rising Sophomore, Junior, or Senior in a BFA program (ideally Sequential Art, Illustration, or Animation), or enrolled in a comparable MFA program — enrollment must be verified after acceptance
A Few Things Worth Knowing
- This internship is curriculum and assignment based — you will have a clear pace, real goals, and proud work to show at the end
- We assess your pace in the first two weeks and work with you from there — we are not expecting industry standards, you are still learning and we are patient
- You decide how much you want to challenge yourself
- Work produced during the internship goes directly into your portfolio — though you will sign an NDA and keep work in a password protected area of your website
- Academic credit is strongly encouraged — we can customize the internship structure to meet your school's credit requirements
- This internship is unpaid
Nationality & Location
- You may reside anywhere in the world during the summer — our internships are designed for cross-cultural collaboration
- International applications are warmly welcome; conversational English is required for co-working with other interns
- No visa required — but active school enrollment is required
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