Do you need a kick start in your art creation? Are you not producing the amount of work you’d like too? Then come check out the Art-a-thon Challenge. The Art-a-thon challenges you to produce a piece of art every weekday. Be it sketches, drawings, color studies or finished pieces the Art-a-thon Challenge is a way to practice your skills ...

Con-X-TremeI’ve spend the last few days avoiding writing about the con since I don’t usually like to speak ill of anyone, but I can’t just let other’s fall into this trap if the con is still around next year. I’ve never seen a more mismanaged travesty than what took place at Con-X-Treme and I’ve been in student ...

Back from vacation. It feels a little weird to be back and the weather is so much cooler here. In the coming days I will upload my trip photos to my photobucket and the videos to somewhere. I’ll also be updating my site with new artwork so keep on checking back. Here’s a day by day vacation recap:Day 1: We drove down to Palmdale where ...

Sorry I didn’t update yesterday by the time I got back from checking the proofs for my promo materials for the SCBWI LA conference my mom called to remind me about their BBQ (my mom’s sister, my uncle and my cousin and her friend were staying the night on their way back down to Palmdale) and I didn’t realize somehow till I was ...

Now that the new KatGirl Studio site is completed I’ve been doing other things like designing post cards, biz cards and compiling the rest of my client contact list. I emailed editor/art directors and the children’s book companies that accepted email submissions and one send me a message back saying you wished me well and would keep me ...

I don’t have a new piece of art this week other than the watercolor I did at faire this past weekend for my friend Amy’s Birthday. I do however have a whole new site up! There weren’t really any problems with the old one (other than its small size) but this one fits my current art direction focus (children’s books) better. ...

I have finished all the illustrations for the site and am currently constructing the new KatGirl Studio site in flash. When it’s near completion I’ll post a link so you can beta test the site before it replaces the current site. The current site will still be available for viewing purposes since I have the space. Aside from that I am ...

Here are the web communities I belong to and how to find me (because someone asked). Please feel free to message me, add me, comment on stuff or just say hi. Deviant Art~  http://darkkitten8.deviantart.com/CG Society~  http://www.katgirlstudio.cgsociety.org/Blogger~  http://katgirlstudio.blogspot.com/Live Journal~  ...