For the benefit of our viewers some words will now have roll over explanations. We have italicized them as well so you know which ones. Efficient Design As I mentioned before due to the nature of this book the characters, foreground and backgrounds are drawn on separate layers like in a animated cartoon. In my […]
Secret Project Revealed
Kickstart Our Launch Hi viewers we just launched our first project on Kickstarter! It’s my debut novel that I wrote for NaNoWriMo this year. Daemons in the Mist a Young Adult urban-fantasy paranormal romance novel set in modern day San Francisco. I am currently finishing up the novel to be edited for publication and it […]
Chicken
My entry for Illustration Friday’s topic Chicken suggested by my twitter friend @JannieHo The image is of KatGirl Studio’s mascot Kiki Kitty in a cute chicken costume.
The Making of a Picture Book 2
Saturday Morning Picture Books? In our modern day of book apps and trailers, the line between picture book illustration and animation is becoming more and more blurred. Because Lazy Saturday Afternoon is going to be made into both these things I have to approach the illustrations in a different way. Similar in fact to how […]
The Making of a Picture Book
Late last year I was contracted by Flinders Press to illustrate a picture book. The picture book, Lazy Saturday Afternoon, is a story in song by Author Songwriter Bryant Oden, creator of the extremely popular Duck Song and is slated to hit shelves Fall 2011. As a special treat to KatGirl Studio fans, Flinders Press […]
Long Live Geek Girls
This is in response to this article. Stand strong Katie and hold you Star Wars water bottle high, you are among light saber wielding sisters. Me holding my light saber I made at Disneyland. One of the voice actors from the Clone Wars movie had just signed it for me. Why yes I am wearing […]
A World Without Bullying
November 15-19 is Anti-Bullying Week and so alot of articles are going around the twitterverse. One particular article really hit me in the heart and so like many others I have decided to speak out. In the 7th grade I got beat up, bullied and picked on by 8th grade girls nearly everyday. I know […]
Image Reimagination
Reworking the Old into Something New From the Studio #5 Sometimes you create and image and love it then come back years later and wounder why you did. Other times you abandon it part way through because something just doesn’t look right or you just plain hate it. You then come back and decide it […]
Steampunk Avatar
It’s a stylized old portrait of me and our studio kitty Crash the Stampede in Steampunk Victorian wear. This image was intended for Illustration Friday’s topic “Old Fashioned” but I had too much client work to get it done in time. You can watch the evolution of the artwork below [tabs slidertype=”images” auto=”yes”][imagetab width=”400″ height=”500″]https://www.katgirlstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/old-fashioned0011.jpg[/imagetab] […]
Spooky
Last year I did this painting of Spike, the Rose Goblin from my friend Seanan McGuire’s book Rosemary and Rue. I decided to rework the illustration for this weeks Illustration Friday’s topic Spooky. You can buy the book here, it’s awesome! This image was a speed paint completed in approx. 5 hours. Here’s another version […]