and materials Pichelli uses a Cintiq 12wx graphic tablet. When illustrating Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, she added more screentones to her illustrations to give what she called "a more 'pop' feeling to the book", as she believed it would be more fitting to that series. In creating the visual look of characters, Pichelli approaches the design by giving thought to the character's personalities, including the background that may have influenced them, and the distinctive traits that the characters exhibit, such as the clothing they wear, their body language and expressions. She followed this approach when creating Miles Morales. Reception Pichelli won a 2011 Eagle Award for Favorite Newcomer Artist, over fellow nominees Rafael Albuquerque, Fiona Staples, Sean Murphy and Bryan Lee O'Malley. Marvel Comics senior editor Mark Paniccia said of Pichelli: "Every time I see new pages from Sara she continues to grow as an artist. She's amazing now and I can't imagine where she'll be a year from now." Marvel Comics editor Tom Brevoort called her "a real breakout talent" and "a top talent primed to explode in a major way". David Brothers of ComicsAlliance praised her attention to detail and said he particularly likes the way Pichelli draws hair, facial expressions and body language: "The first two add a lot to the atmosphere of the comics she draws, and the third cranks her storytelling up to another level." IGN writer Jesse Schedeen called Pichelli's art in Ultimate Fallout "energetic, cinematic, and just flamboyant enough to offer a change of pace from the rest of the Ultimate Fallout stories". Personal life Pichelli lives in Rome, Italy. Bibliography All-New X-Men #30 (2014) Astonishing X-Men vol. 3, #37 (with Jason Pearson) (2011) I Am An Avenger #4 (with Mike Mayhew, Colleen Coover and Lucy Knisley) (2011) Eternals vol. 4, #8 (with Eric Nguyen) (2009) Girl Comics vol. 2, #3 (with June Brigman, Lea Hernandez, Molly Crabapple, Adriana Melo, Carla Speed McNeil) (2010) Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3, #4-7, 11-13 (2013-2014) Marvel Digital Holiday Special #2 (with Nick Dragotta and Sanford Greene) (2009) Namora, one-shot (2010) Origins of Marvel Comics: X-Men, one-shot (with other artists) (2010) Runaways vol. 3, #10-14 (2009) Spider-Man #1-5, 11-14 (2016) Spider-Men #1-5 (miniseries) (2012) Ultimate Comics Fallout #4 (with Salvador Larroca and Clayton Crain) (2011) Ultimate Comics All-New Spider-Man #1-5, 8, 19-22 (2011-2013) Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #15 (2010) Ultimate Spider-Man #150-154, 200 (2011-2014) X-Men: Manifest Destiny #5