I don't currently have a working scanner, so right now the only drawings I can post are ones that are drawn directly into the computer. That means work doodles! At Nickelodeon they have us drawing on cintiqs, which are really cool. Most of these are crappy doodles drawn mindlessly while on the phone or taking breaks.
My pal Fred showed me a way to animate using painter, so I've been playing with that a little. It doesn't work that well though...you can't time it or anything. Or maybe I'm just using it wrong. My favorite failed animation attempt is this girl dancing and playing the guitar. I would have posted the actual animation, but as I said it didn't work that well and popped all weird. Here are a few of the cuter poses from it though.
Right now I'm working on a show called El Tigre, which will be airing on Nick on March 3rd. My favorite character to draw on the show is cute blue haired Frida, designed by the lovely Sandra Equihua ( http://www.fulanita.com/ )! If you're curious about the show, go check it out on the nickelodeon website! Here is my own version of Frida:
Sorry I haven't got anything too interesting to post! I'm keeping most of my personal projects secret for the time being. Also, I'm getting pretty tired of just drawing one loopy pose after another on blank paper. I've been trying to get better at drawing functional drawings, which means I have to work on stuff like construction and perspective and crap. Those practice drawings would be boring to look at, and my progress is slow. So it might be a while before I have anything entertaining to show! Ok, bye!
54 comments:
well these are all great regardless, stellar stuff katie!
cheers!
scary fang girl and the poo poo dancer are my favorites.
awesome,
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These are so freakin' adorable!!! I had a panic/heart attack after clicking on your name to see that you had some new stuff up.
The girl playing guitar and dancing is so alluringly cute!!
Let's do something again soon!
love your work. I'm interning at nick and totally thought this other "Katie" was you and said, "hi" like a huge dork and it wasn't you and then I ate a muffin because there's a lot of them there.
Anyway now I hope I don't see you around because I doubt I could handle that much humilitation in a single month.
Ooohhh... thanks for the eye candy! Your doodles are beautiful!
It's so refreshing to hear you say that _you_ need to work on construction. It makes me feel like less of an idiot!
Your stuff is wonderful!
Sorry I haven't got anything too interesting to post!
I find this line of yours almost offensive!
But I'm insecure too, now i've tasted being on the other side. People always want to beat me up when i flush my drawings down the toilet. Not that i'm in anyway as good as you.
ok, i got curious about the guitar girl. I wanted to see her move, i wish you had insisted on that.
i wanna work on El Tigre, they are working on it up in dublin!!!!
Thanks guys!
Phil- I'm glad someone liked the mysterious poo poo dancer. I like her too!
Kali- Yes!! We will play again soon!
Stone- how do you like the internship so far?? Don't be too sad. I embarrass myself on a daily basis! I've only met the other Katies at Nick briefly or from a distance, but you will know which one is me because I am the weird-looking one. :)
Gabriel- ha, that's cool that you animated that, although it's missing a bunch of poses. I didn't want to post my actual animation since it pops and doesn't look very good, but I liked the individual drawings. Animating is hard! :)
WOOHOO Katie has a new post!
Your drawings on a cintiq make them seem more...clean, or maybe you have recently started to draw initially more clean. I don't know you well at all so I can only guess.
I wish I worked at Nickelodeon!
I really love your fluid art style. I like the dancing girl and the fanart at the bottom. Awesome work! =)
wow katie! these are really cool. i was hoping you would update your blog. i like the pose drawings of the girl with the guitar. i should start learning to draw poses.
Absolutely lovely. Thank you!
These are great Katie, really happy to see some new stuff. Love that girl playing the guitar and your version of the character from el tigre. Always a joy and a pleasure :)
Great stuff Katie!
If you see Lambey around the office, punch him once for me. ;)
I'm looking forward to El Tigre and I'm thoroughly jealous of all you cintiq-ers out there...
i like the dancing shitter
Great stuff as always:)
I love it all.
And not platonically, either...
Your work for Nickolodean? Do you happen to have info on when Steve from Blue's Clues is coming back?
Nice to see some new stuff!
This was a pleasant surprise! Thanks for sharing some recent work. :-)
Heya Katie!!! I like your digital drawings, are they with a tablet or with a mouse?
I sometimes use both lol
Hey yeah I love how you draw cute girls in their side profiles with those cute onion-head shapes. ahhh!
your drawings are equivilant to eating mounds of yummy candy/chocolate/something goooood and not gettin' sick! Yeah how cool is that?
*runs away now*
:D
My goodness, you're popular. No post in a while and over 20 comments. Of course, really lovely stuff!
I like how you're using the solid shapes of color in the first image. Lots of cute doodles. Who's the poo-poo girl? Do you know her? I'd like to set her up on a date with my friend.
I'm liking all that Cintiq-ey goodness :)
Be sure to keep Miss Mindy in line during tap classes. She's a trouble-maker.
aw common please pose the animation with pops! i LOVE pops! MORE MORE! please!?
So you finally have access to a cintiq hey? I hear those work great. It's kind of like drawing on electronic paper am I right?
I know from experience that Wacom tablets are awkward to use at first. It's like looking away from your paper to draw. Keeripes.
Incidently, is Nickelodeon hiring?
Very Cute! :)
I actually got to work on a cintiq a while ago.. Very warm...
Gets really hot afterwards :P
When you draw on the cintiq can you see what you are drawing actually appear on the tablet itself, or do you have to look at a monitor? I hate that.
AMAZING works!!!!
Love the girl playing guitar!!!!
Alexei
Fabulously cute drawings as always, Katie. I can't (but will) wait for the new batch of doodles.
HELLO KATIE,
YOUR RETURN IS REALLY PRETTY AND REFRESH...!
GREETINGS FROM THE ASS OF THE WORLD.! YOU STILL DO NOT GO AWAY!
Wow, awesome doodles, Katie!
The guitar girl animation drawings are amazing!
YAYeeee!! I can't draw this good on a computer. Probably not even on paper. I'm going to look up what the hell a cintiq is....
I also tried doing some stuff on painter. It's soOOo counter-intutive. It seems like that part of the program is an afterthought gimmick that they haven't bothered to improve since the first version. I remember trying to use Painter to animate when I was 15 and it had exactly the same features. GGod forbid you try editing or copy-pasting drawings from somewhere else.
Wow, I am so Late to this commenting thing, ha ha.
Well, everybody else has said everything already, just to sound different: um....these are bad? ha ha, they are rockin'. I agree that you do need to start working on putting some more sperspective in there and a bit more construction, but you're a clever sort and I know you can do it if you but try.
Congrats on the job at nick, can't wait to see this new el tigre show when it is played on the tv two years from now down here.
cheers
don't be an email stranger
your pal
-LFW
Katie,
You mentioned trying to animate in Painter. Let me suggest a program called TVPaint Animation
TVPaint is made for animation and the advanced version (TVPaint PRO) even has a traditional style Ex-sheet. Both versions have a free demo that you can download and use for 30 days. It's not the most intuitive software ever, so expect to spend some time learning all the bells and whistles, but the basic animation mode is pretty easy to get up to speed on. You can add frames, subtract frames, so timing is under your control. If you don't want to go the vector route (Flash or ToonBoom) then TVPaint is the best choice for animating directly (paperless) into computer, IMO.
YAY! i Just saw the last 30 seconds of an El Tigre episode and I got excited to look for your name in the credits. WTF is wrong with me!?
Your drawings are full of life and happiness!
It always make fun to look at your art! I want to see more, more, more!!!:D
I like yer doodles - very stylish and fun.
Good gravy you must be busy! What ever course of action you take towards animation I am sure you will do fine. I was curious if it is fine that I post a picture you drew me once on my blog? Good luck in all you do!
Awesome stuff Katie, love your work.
supercute stuff...!! love your style :-)
Crappy drawings...I think not. Uninteresting post...hardly. On the contrary, it has propelled me to better my stuff in my site and has successfully made my jaw drop at the awesome sketches you've created..and while talking on the phone too!
You're indeed,a very talented individual.
Dear colleagues: Steffi, Katie, Kali, Marlo it:)
This week was celebrated the Woman's International Day in my country. I wrote post about the women and the cartoons. It is a special and very personal tribute for you, next to two outstanding Chilean women. I wrote post about your artwork.
I hope sincerely that you like... You can comment out.
Thank you very much!
ps: I took some photos and images from his blogs. I hope that you excuse to me. And now, also you are in my links
Yay! Grim Natwick Betty Boop!!
The dancing guitar girl is super special, she should be an avatar. :D
great stuff!
I'd love to see your 'doodles' move!
like dtn said....try TVP
its the best app for doing non vector animation
Dear Katie:
how pretty is your gesture to write to me!
I have read one by one the words of your blog from the beginning.
I have seen your drawings and have been wonderful break in my routine job.
When I saw your blog, I decided to do mine.
I am of very far, but to yours I feel very near…
I have been training my drawing your contribution has been fundamental.
Soon you can will to see my advances and I hope that you help me with your opinions.
Thank you very much by everything and we follow in contact! ;)
Lovin' your work. X) Just wanted to let you know I put up a link in my own blog, too. :D
The girl playing the guitar is so cute, reminds me of an ex who looked just like that. Great character drawings, love the movement in them.
Totally jealous of people with talent, I just get to blow things up and break people's arms off (make-up and digital fx).
Great babies^^ hehe
very nice!
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Katie,
POST ANOTHER BLOG!!
See you at Comic Con!
Phillip Skeen
your stuff is very gestural. i like it, esp. the pen+marker work.
you draw el tigre?! that is SO RAD! My kids LOVE el tigre. hell, I LOVE el tigre! i'll keep my fingers crossed. maybe someday it will run that god forsaken spongebob off the air. oh wait... you work for nickelodeon... um, i didn't mean spongebob. I meant... yu-gi-oh! screw those guys!
inspiring stuff. i have been itching to do some girl pieces and your blog really hit the spot. thanks.
I really like your work. If you're interested, I'm taking submissions on www.workdoodlez.com. I'd love to have your stuff up on my site. If you want, you can always link to me too. :) Thanks.
.moses.
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