April 2018 Newsletter

Starting this month here at Katidoodlesmuch, I am introducing a monthly newsletter! This is a great way for me to update you all on the past month's projects all in one spot.
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Recent Projects

The Ultimate Sleepover Guide
       In the illustration program at MIAD, junior students work on a semester long open project to prepare for senior thesis. We were expected to create an extensive project that culminates our interests and career goals as illustrators. Inspired by my childhood love of magazines such as American Girl Magazine, Girls Life, and other girly magazines, I decided to create a guide on how to throw a perfect slumber party. I wanted this guide to feel very nostalgic for myself and for my viewers but also be fresh and current for modern girls. The guide focuses on just a small snapshot of what could potentially be an entire book someday. The illustrations follow a bit of a narrative of some of my original characters enjoying a sleepover alongside the guide. This project was so fun, and I can definitely see myself pursuing this project further and developing the story of this slumber party too! Can anyone say...senior thesis? ​

Check out the guide!

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​Embroidery
Cassie Wanda of Glimmerwood has been a great friend of mine for years, and recently she asked me to help her with a vector image for an embroidery project. This was something really fun and exciting. She has been working on two gowns for Jessica of Made of Might, a cosplayer developing an Anastasia themed music video. Anastasia has been one of my favorite films for so long, and I’m so excited to have played a small part in Cassie’s process in making such a stunning gown. Follow along on the Anastasia story highlight via @glimmerwood’s Instagram page!

​Kohl's 
In March, I had the amazing opportunity to move onto the final round of interviews for Kohl’s Art Department Summer Internship. Although I did not get the position, it was a great learning experience to apply, interview, and tour the campus. As part of the final interview process, we had to create our own design and this is what I came up with. I was inspired by this painfully long winter to make a beachy surfer girl. This line mixes and matches various patterns and graphics to create an awesome array of sports leisure wear for girls ages 6-10.

Penfield Poster
Each year MIAD illustration juniors get to work with Cramer-Krasselt in designing a poster for the annual Croquet Ball in benefit of Penfield Children's Center. Although my design was not chosen, I am very proud of how this piece turned out as it is my largest and most complex illustration to date. I wanted to focus on the whimsy of childhood with my bright color scheme and the sweet delicacies of sugar and candy. I was reading The Candymakers by Wendy Mass at the time which definitely lent itself into inspiring the theme. ​

March for our Lives
I was approached by my good friend Sara Rose Freedman in March to create a poster for her to carry at her local March For Our Lives demonstration held on March 24th, 2018. We both share a deep love for Disney Channel Original Movies and so we worked together in making this poster, inspired by the incredibly brave students of Stoneman Douglas Highschool in Parkland, Florida and the revolutionaries in Mark Peter Hughes Lemonade Mouth.

Commissions

​With the semester ending very soon (May 4th, 2018) I will have time once again to work extensively on commissions. As always, please visit my commission page for contact information and pricing! This summer will be a great time to get in contact with me to create work for you as I will not be able to take on as many jobs through my senior year. Stay tuned for updates.

Life

​I am looking forward to this summer. I will be working at FFRF once again as an office assistant and continuing my work on our animation project. Summer calls for great memories to be made and I can't wait for all sorts of fresh inspiration to come in this beautiful time of year. 

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