Computer Crash and Pixar Portfolio

Computer Crash
This past Saturday I went to turn on my computer and found that it had suffered a PBR 2 system boot failure. I was frantic because I was in the middle of backing up my portfolio work for my Pixar submission. I called my dad who was nice enough to spend all weekend and Monday fixing my computer. Luckily none of my files were damaged and he was able to transfer everything off so he could wipe everything. I am truly lucky to have a computer engineer as a father because now I sit here in front of my computer and it’s as if nothing happened to it. Thanks dad!

This brings up another point, I have become so computer centric in my day to day life that I really didn’t have anything else to do. So I rented and watched the entire first season of the Tudors, Twilight, the Truman Show, and Sense and Sensibility. As well I washed all of my roommates and my clothes and attempted to pack more boxes until I realized we were out of tape.

Pixar Portfolio
I’ve also been working on my portfolio submission for Pixar Studios. Some of you may remember that a few months back I had the opportunity to visit Pixar. All the work is done and mostly printed out (I ran out of ink with 2 pages left) and should be ready to send on its way tomorrow! After that it’s back to client projects and my book Stalking the Elusive Quetzal.

Here is one of the pieces from the portfolio. The original design was intended for a children’s magazine, unfortunately the company went under and the project was never finished. Since I had already done all this design work it was a shame to let it sit so I painted the character and gave her a new name.

Portfolio Work

Sorry about the lack of updates my roommate’s buying a house and so that means lots of running around looking at places. Production of Stalking the Elusive Quetzal has been halted till I finish up this new portfolio to send to studios like Pixar. However that will most likely be completed today so production on the book should begin again next week.

Here is some of the things I’ve been working on:

Mini Masterpiece Launch Day 12

It's Day 12 of the Mini Masterpiece Wearable Art launch and here is todays release Equus.


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Mini Masterpiece Launch Day 11

It's Day 11 of the Mini Masterpiece Wearable Art launch and here is todays release The 7th Door.


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Mini Masterpiece Launch Day 10

It's Day 10 of the Mini Masterpiece Wearable Art launch and here is todays release Portrait of a Lady.


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Mini Masterpiece Launch Day 9

It's Day 9 of the Mini Masterpiece Wearable Art launch and here is todays release Worpletinger Winter.


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Mini Masterpiece Launch Day 8

It's Day 8 of the Mini Masterpiece Wearable Art launch and here is todays release Patrick Verona.


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Mini Masterpiece Launch Day 7

It's Day 7 of the Mini Masterpiece Wearable Art launch and here is todays release The Sleeping Margay.


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Mini Masterpiece Launch Day 6

It's Day 6 of the Mini Masterpiece Wearable Art launch and here is todays release The Color of Snow.


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Mini Masterpiece Launch Day 5

It's Day 5 of the Mini Masterpiece Wearable Art launch and here is todays release The Lion.


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Mini Masterpiece Launch Day 4

It's Day 4 of the Mini Masterpiece Wearable Art launch and here is todays release The Arctic Fox.


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Mini Masterpiece Launch Day 3

We are now at day 3 if the Mini Masterpiece Wearable Art Launch and here are today's and yesterda's releases


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Mini Masterpiece Wearable Art

You’ve asked about them, you’ve waited and now they’re here! KatGirl Studio is proud to announce the arrival of the Mini Masterpiece Wearable Art line of jewelry. Each piece is handcrafted here in the studio using aged metal frames, artisan glass and lamp work beads and high quality fine art paper.

Each piece is sealed in a special formula and set to cure while the metal bases are pieced together. Each piece must adhere to a strict quality control before it is mounted on the base and set to dry overnight.

As part of the pre-launch event KatGirl Studio will be releasing one new Mini Masterpiece each day. Pre-order is available for the remaining unreleased designs. Additionally custom designs from my other works may also be available.

Pick up your very own Mini Masterpiece Wearable piece of art today at the KatGirl Studio shop!


Here are the 12 designs that will be available:
Into the Woods (Little Red Riding Hood)
The Lovers (Forest Meeting)
Snow Leopard portrait
Arctic Fox
The Lion and the Mouse (the lion)
The Color of Snow (the gryphon and his rider)
Stalking the Elusive Quetzal
Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger)
Worpletinger Winter (the maiden and the worlpletinger)
Portrait of a lady
The 7th Door
Equus (a play staring Daniel Radcliffe)

Ice cream and Snow Leopards

SF Etsy Ice Cream Social
On Saturday I went to San Francisco for a SF Etsy ice cream social. It was a joy meeting other artisans in my area. I wore the prototype for soon to be launched line of jewelry and got a really good response from the ladies there.

I’ve been busy busy busy. Snow Leopard
Yesterday I finished my painting of the Snow leopard and uploaded it and a few new things to my various online communities. It will soon be available as a fine art print and is one of the 12 pieces in my line of wearable art that will soon be launching.

Spent most of the day ordering various supplies for WonderCon and the upcoming arrivals to my store. As well I made a few thinks like bookmarks and product tags.

Art-a-thon
Today’s (and yesterdays) pieces are updated versions of my character studies.

New Arrivals in the Studio Shop!

I’ve added a few new items to the KatGirl Studio shop! Mostly Fine Art prints left over from the past convention. If you’ve seen me at a convention in the past year the Fine Art prints are on the beautiful paper I use for my portfolio.

Art-a-thon Update
I’ve updated the rules to the Art-a-thon challenge to be alittle less hard because all our members seemed to drop out over the holidays. You can check out the challenge here.

Art-a-thon
Today’s piece is the details for The Color of Snow.

American Pride

Today is a landmark day for many reasons. Like many of you out there I watched the 44th Presidential Inauguration, not because I was supposed to or because someone made me, but because I truly wanted too. For years I’ve watched movies in which the presidents inspire confidence, pride and courage in the people they are speaking too. I always wished those people, those characters could be our real president. But today, for the first time I realized that we do get to have one of those awe inspiring people to lead us. To raise us up one again to the country people dream to come to, to the place that some risk their lives to reach. A place where anyone no matter who they are or where they’re from can be anything they desire to be. Today I am proud to be an American.

Art-a-thon
Today’s piece is the finished version The Color of Snow.

Wearable Art Creation 2

Today I worked out the final formula for sealing my artwork for the jewelry and how to create the rest. This piece is the first Mini Masterpiece: Into the Woods. This piece features purple artisan speckled glass beads and an antiqued silver stamped frame. The jewelry line is set launch at WonderCon 2009 so stay tuned.

Wearable Art Creation

I spent part of the day trying out different ways to create the line of jewelry I’m developing. Since some of the pieces are still outside curing here are just some of the pieces I made today. The set launch date is WonderCon 2009 so stay tuned.

SAC Anime and New Project

SAC Anime was really fun but it left me exhausted, if I can help it I won’t be doing a show alone ever again. I met a lot of really cool people I hope to see again in the future. To all of you who came by the table to pick up some goodies, browse or just say hi thank you for supporting KatGirl Studio. To those who ordered special prints they are in the mail and on their way to you. The coolest thing that happened at the Con was that I got to talk to Tom Kane who voiced Yoda in the most recent Star Wars movie along with a lot of other characters from shows I watched as a kid. My friend’s dad was kind enough to wait in line to have my light saber signed for me since I was stuck at the table. I've uploaded the pictures I took to my FaceBook feel free to tag someone if you know them. oh ya and aparently the shirt I'm wearing in the above pic was in an episode of Heros.


New Project
As I mentioned at the Con I’ve been working on launching a line of jewelry featuring my artwork. Above is a digital mock up of the jewelry. Each piece will also have color coordinating artisan glass beads. These are the selected artworks that will be made into Mini Masterpiece Wearable Art:

Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger)
Into the Woods (Little Red Riding Hood)
Arctic Fox
Equus (a play staring Daniel Radcliffe)
Holiday Art
The Color of Snow (artwork coming soon)
The 7th Door
Portrait of a lady
The Lion and the Mouse
Stalking the Elusive Quetzal
The Lovers (Forest Meeting)
Snow Leopard portrait (artwork coming soon)