Kat Powell Artist

This is a side project I've been working on. I've been working as a Freelance Illustrator for years now, giving life to other's stories. Which I love doing!  So I want to try to create my own stories.  This first story is an experiment. And honestly I've been hesitant to create and share it for a long time. But I'm forcing myself to put it out there! I am uploading the first part of the story for free on my ko-fi page. (link below)  There will probably be 4 parts to this story and then I will have the entire story available as an eBook. Maybe later I will have physical prints....but that is for the future! https://ko-fi.com/katpowellartist (donate)

This is a world that is constantly being devoured and stitched.

This image has been such a monster, but I am so happy with the end result. I created this to express my discomfort with vivid color and brightness, so it's fitting that it has been a struggle to get the right colors. Prints @ society 6 http://society6.com/KatPowell/15-Birds_Print

I keep getting closer and closer to finishing this image, I finally found colors that I'm happy with.

small acrylic studies

I've been work for a very long time on this one image. Unfortunately, it seems after i get the penciling, composition, light source, and shading figured out i get stuck on the colors. If anyone reading this/looking at this blog has any suggestions please help me out! The color palette on the second and third image show what i was trying to achieve,  but it doesn't thrill me......

From Adventure Time, the Vampire Queen Marceline. There is also a video capture to go with this image:

The creature, named Charlotte, is a mishmash of a Tarantula and a goat. She is owned by the young girl on her back who is a hodgepodge of a human and a fish, like a mermaid. Being only 6 months old Charlotte is still a baby but she is indeed full grown. Being a nocturnal creature she becomes more frisky as the sun sets so her owner takes her out for walks at night. And don't worry the fish that Charlotte is eating have no relation to her owner, considering the hundred of species of fish and that her owner was mutated. Decided to do an 'origin' story for Charlotte. The first time Charlotte met her owner she was laying under a bush watching her siblings play. As the runt of the litter Charlotte is cautious of larger creatures, but once she sees her mother approach the humanoid she became more confidant. Emerging from the brush Charlotte allowed the humanoid to hold her.

Story time: The amphibian creatures have lived under the soil for eons; born, hatched, and matured in the perfect conditions. As they age and become too large for their original burrows they unleash a clutch of their own eggs and travel up to the surface. Once upon time they would stay and die in the earth, but this human family has given them reason to emerge. As the creatures calcify in the sun, transformed into empty statues, the little girl sets out food and drink for them. A ritual that her family has done for generations. The amphibian creatures spend their last moments in comfort and happiness. As they die their eyes crystallize over; reflecting the world and the kindness they knew for only a moment.

This picture illustrates the many manifestations a person can take. There are times were I share equally in discourse, rare times were I converse freely and openly, but too often I dare not say a word. For society, family, and even friends have taught me that it's far better to keep my mouth shut than to open up and lose everyone.

You can also view this on youtube of course I am also trying to make a tutorial that is more of a step-by-step process to help explain each major transitions.