the hot/cold art exhibit opened at green brain comics in dearborn, michigan tonight!
the theme of "wintery pin-ups" was a fun one... i'm glad they asked me to send a piece along.
this is my piece that's up for display/sale:
it's 9x12, watercolor and pens on bristol board. it's up for grabs at the comic shop too! if you want to purchase it and don't live in the area, i suppose you'd have to call the store :)
this is a preview of the 15 cards i did for the "classic mythology" sketch card set that perna studios is putting out!
so that's the preview! more cards later. visit more samples and learn about the card set here:
this year will be my FIRST emerald city comic con! i can't wait.
every year, the convention puts out a beautiful book (sales going to charity!) with the theme "monsters and dames". i was asked to submit a piece... and it turns out it's going into the book!
there are some AMAZING names on the list this year and i'm thrilled to have my name alongside them.
http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/monsters-and-dames/
To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, the 2012 edition will be approximately 80 pages!
Limited to 1150 individually numbered copies, this book is a full-color, 9"x12" hardcover art book featuring contributions from guests and artists of the 2012 Emerald City Comicon.
$30 - Available at the Emerald City Comicon Show Booth
if you want a book, you better find someone going to the show to pick it up for you! ;)
the original artwork will ALSO be up for auction at the convention with the proceeds going to charity.
here's my piece:
MONSTERS & DAMES 2012 Art Book Contributors
i'd heard that these may hit the fast food chain in january or february... and someone tweeted last night that they got one... so i figured it's okay to post about this!
right now, if you ask for the "under 3" toy in a taco bell kids meal, you get one of THREE jim henson's fraggle rock mini-board books that i wrote and illustrated!
if that's not an incentive for you to go to taco bell for lunch tomorrow, i don't know what is.
the three books are:
"welcome to fraggle rock"
"a postcard from traveling matt"
"doozer daily operations"
here are some pictures of the books and their interiors!
i did NOT do the lettering for "welcome to fraggle rock" or "doozer daily operations"... i DID do the lettering for "a postcard from traveling matt", as it was a last minure addition. (click on the image for a larger pic!)
they turned out super cute and i am THRILLED to have been able to contribute to the fraggle rock universe once again! i hope everyone likes them. tell the good folks at the jim henson company that you want more fraggle rock! (...from me).
also, i snuck in gronk on one of the postcards on a cover. hehe!
my little pony: friendship is magic is one of my favorite things on tv night now. (shut up. it's awesome)
i find it only fitting that the first piece of art i post for 2012 be pony related. so here's a quick rarity and spike for ya'.
my last art post of 2011... so i better make it star wars related.
(click on the picture for a larger jpg)
these are my cards for the TOPPS star wars galaxy 7 trading card set. these cards will be inserted at random into pack of the cards.
i've drawn a LOT of star wars sketch cards over the past several years... and now that i'm sure i've drawn every single scene EVER from the movies, my challege is to come up with something unique with every set. so, this time around, i focused on the ladies of star wars... and puzzle cards. i wanted to do my more "pin-up girl" style with the top card and a cute lil' version of the same outfit on the bottom. good luck completing a set, collectors ;)
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also, this was last weeks gronk christmas card:
if you are not reading http://www.gronkcomic.com/ yet, rest assured that you are hurting my feelings and making kittens everywhere cry buckets full of tears.
one of my favorite things i got to work on in 2011 was Archaia's anthology for Jim Henson's "The Storyteller". I was SO thrilled when i was asked to write and draw a story for it... as it's such an amazing the original Storyteller show is one of my favorite things from my childhood.
well, the book is out now! so go buy it :)
the book has an AMAZING LIST OF CREATORS. seriously, i'm the nobody on the list. i'm honored to be in a book with so many people i look up to. I'm talking Colleen Coover, Roger Langridge, Majorie Liu, Ron Marz, Jeff Parker, Paul Tobin,Tom Fowler, Roger Langridge, Mike Maihack, Jennifer L. Meyer, Craig Rousseau and Evan Shaner... plus me. all wonderfully put together through the editor extrodinaire, Nate Cosby!
i have an 8 page story that i wrote and illustrated called "the crane wife"
i was told to work in a VERY DIFFERENT style then i normally do. it's not quite as cutesy-wootsy-shmootsy as i currently work. it's different, i got a chance to branch out a bit and i had a great time doing it.
i also got to write... something that i have really been expanding into lately and i couldn't be prouder.
here's a little preview:
anyways... i had SO much fun working on this. i'm thankful archaia and the jim henson company let me be part of their world once again. i hope everyone enjoys it. the book is getting PHENOMINAL reviews so far, and that gives me the warm fuzzies.
a very nice guy commissioned me to draw one scene from each of the harry potter books. this is what i came up with! each of these is 17" x 5" and painted in watercolor. also, i love harry potter!!!
hey all!
first up, i'm letting you all know that i turn 30 this friday. YIKES.
here's my wishlist... just in case you feel like buying me a book to celebrate me becoming an old lady ;)
http://amzn.com/w/34OWFB1GXSPQ3
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second, there are NEW ITEMS in the KatieCanDraw online store!
check 'em out. there are prints, books, digital downloads of books and some original art options.
http://katiecandraw.bigcartel.com/
i am going to try and put a new pin-up/original piece in the store every weekend. so keep an eye on it or my twitter!
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and now, art! some random commissions from the past few weeks:
from theh ebay auction:
You are bidding on an original Katie Cook illustration of the Creature from the Black Lagoon (9" x 12" pen and ink on Bristol board).
This artwork was specifically created as part of an effort to support a young man fighting to beat Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Aidan is currently going through chemotherapy and all proceeds from the auction of this illustration will go to pay for his treatment through the Tom Crawford Leadership Children Foundation thanks to the Katie's generosity, and the efforts of Christine Mignola.
About Aidan
On September 13, 2010, 5-year-old Aidan was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). He was strong and pulled through his first round of chemo all while teasing his nurses and visitors. Although this was a small victory Aidan unfortunately must go through 2 to 3 more years of chemo treatments and everything that goes along with it.
and here's the auction link!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Katie-Cook-Creature-Black-Lagoon-Original-Art-/190601571630