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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? ​

​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.

​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.

​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. 

THANK YOU! I've been on YouTube for over 7 years now. It started out as just a silly hobby and place where I made lots of friends (shout out to my TDI fam) But, today, I reached over 10,000 subscribers. I've experimented with many outlets on the platform. Although most of these videos are either private or deleted, I dabbled in stop motion, comedy skits, total drama island fan videos, video manipulations, piano covers, polymer clay tutorials, but this last year have finally found my voice through my speedpaint videos. It's been so incredible to watch my subscriber count soar this past year. I've always done my videos for my own pleasure, but know there are people out there who want to watch my creations inspires me so deeply. I can't wait to continue developing new content for you all to enjoy! ❤ Let me know what kinds of videos you guys wanna see next. I'm excited to continue this journey. 

www.YouTube.com/user/susandoodlebug

 Hey everyone!
Just wanted to give you guys some updates on what's happening over here at Katidoodlesmuch currently!

Commissions are changing.
On March 1st my rates will be doubling. Why the increase? Well, a few reasons. The value of my work has changed! I have more experience under my belt. The rates I am currently selling at are the same as when I started my website almost 4 years ago. It's about time I re-evaluate things, I would say.
Payment changes:
I will only be accepting payment through PayPal (or cash/ check for local orders).
Process:
An invoice will be sent as soon as price is agreed upon.
After payment I will get a sketch to you. Here is when I would prefer any change requests to be made.
Once the sketch is approved I will move on to completing the piece.
After the piece is finished I will offer the opportunity for 2 major changes (if any) to the piece. Additional charges may apply for extreme modifications needed on the drawing.
It is key to make any changes known in the sketch phase.
Stay tuned for the new commission price guide as it goes into affect on March 1st. Any orders inquired on before then qualify for the current pricing.

Lastly,
Here are some reminders:
*Must be 16 years or older or have parents permission to commission.
*These prices are a general idea of what you can expect. Price may vary depending on complexity of the commission.
*I will not draw obscenity, extreme gore, or any subject that makes me uncomfortable. I have the right to say yes and no to any of the above themes at my leisure.


In other news, this semester is off to a great start. I'm enjoying my classes. And now you can see my progress on the new page of the Gallery tab! The SCHOOL WORK page will bring you to my MIAD E-Portfolio. I will try to keep it as updated as possible, but as always most current updates can be found on my social media!

Take care, friends!
- Kati

JANUARY

• Put blue, pink, and purple in my hair! And got bangs!
  NEW YEAR. NEW ME.

FEBRUARY

• Brought back $20 Couple Doodles for another successful Valentine's Day! So much love!
• Created the original watercolor paintings that I developed into Swan Lake.

MARCH

• Posted my 'Genie in a Bottle' inspired speedpaint. Returning to actively using YouTube again!

APRIL

• Guest video on JennyRaeTV's YouTube channel! Phyllis Herman speedpaint.

MAY

• Finished my freshmen year of college! WOOHOO!
• Began expanding the range of products on my store with Printful.
• Visited my cousin, Chloe, and her family for 2 weeks.
• Started working a lot with alcohol based markers and keeping an extensive sketchbook.

JUNE

• Laura Marano posted my drawing of her on Instagram causing me a huge follower gain! But more importantly -  she saw my art and liked it enough to post it?! SO COOL. 
• Joined the incredible team of artists working on #LateBloomerFilm!
• Oh yeah. The Girl and the Dreamcatcher posted my drawing of them, too. #Winning
• And did I mention Meghan Trainor liked my drawing of her, too?! Instagram was poppin this month.

JULY

• Launched the Kickstarter campaign to fund Swan Lake.
• Posted my Laura Marano / Miraculous Ladybug Speedpaint which is now my most viewed video EVER with almost 450k views right now. Holy cow.
• Began developing the art for the 2017 Calendar #KeepOnDancing2017

AUGUST

• Swan Lake was successfully funded with the help of 16 backers on Kickstarter! I am so gracious.
• Back to school!
• 2017 calendar was released

SEPTEMBER

• First game of #KatiDoodlesTelephone...we'll have to try this again in the new year for sure!

OCTOBER

• Saw Ingrid Michaelson and AJR in concert! IN THE FRONT ROW! And got to meet AJR too. My first concert all by myself. Good times.
• Coloring Books were released!

NOVEMBER

• My first time voting. wow. 
• Finished Swan Lake and sent it to be printed. A total of 38 illustrations were created. 
• Reached 4,000 Subscribers on YouTube!
• Switched from Storenvy to Etsy.

DECEMBER

• Sold my Calendar, Coloring Book, and Children's Book at the MIAD Holiday Sale.
  
• Finished my first semester of Sophomore year.
  
• Began experimenting with goauche!
  
• DOVE. CAMERON. FOLLOWED. ME. ON. TWITTER. IM STILL IN SHOCK.
  

With the new year coming soon, and the release of many of the projects I have been working on, I will be making many adjustments to my site! 

For now, my store is CLOSED. I want to focus on making sure that Swan Lake gets released on time. I plan to reopen my store on Black Friday! So stay tuned. 

Thanks for being patient with me! 

​- Kati

There is still time to support this project. The Kickstarter Campaign ends on August 8th at 10 AM CT
A pledge of $25 or more secures a Pre-Order of the book! 

The 2017 Calendar is now available for Pre-Order! This desk calendar features illustrations inspired by Ballroom Dances such as the Waltz, Tango, Samba, Jive, and many more! 

Click the photo above to check out the store, or click here!
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I'm very excited about these illustrations as they are very near and dear to my heart! I had such a fun time designing these characters, and I can't wait to share them all with you! 

Here's some previews! 

COLORING BOOK
To go along with this year's calendar, I will be releasing a corresponding Coloring Book! So now you'll be able to color in these dancers how you'd like! 
More details are to come, but I'm estimating a release in early fall! 

This summer, I joined a team of super awesome and creative people to help Kadanimation create the short film titled Late Bloomer! This has been such a great learning experience for me so far as I've helped with Character Designs, Storyboards, and now even Animation! 
Here is some of the work so far:
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I'm so excited to be part this project, and I'm happy to have made new friends from it! Keep up to date by checking out the #LateBloomerFilm tag on Social Media! 

So, not only am I keeping up with all these projects, but classes begin again on the 29th. Although it's gonna be tough to juggle all of this - I am TOTALLY up for the challenge! 

Keep up with me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook (@katidoodlesmuch for all of them!) as I post most frequently there. 

​- Kati 

Reminiscing about my old project, "TDIDWTS"
This is what inspired the Ballroom Dance theme for the 2017 calendar! My love for Total Drama and Dancing With the Stars is what went into creating this crossover "series" that I started it in Middle School! I worked on it for 3 years.
I have the videos Unlisted on youtube since I used quite a bit of content (music & themes) that I didn't have permission for. I also did it at a time where I used a fake name (Susan) on the internet and don't want people to be confused. haha.
But if anyone is interested in seeing the project that made me decide to become involved in the animation / illustration industry - I can send you the link to the playlist!
For now, here is the final episode! :,) I get teary eyed watching it because of how much time, love, and effort went into it! Plus I made life long friends because of it. (You guys know who you are!!)

Ladies and Gentlemen - it has been my dream for several months now to release a book inspired by Swan Lake. With this Kickstarter - that dream can come true! 
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Katidoodlesmuch Presents: Swan Lake, a fully illustrated story inspired by the famous ballet. The fairytale comes to life through the illustrations and original storytelling of Kati Treu.

However, even a small run (50 books) is a bit too pricey for a one woman show.

So let's make this project a reality with crowdfunding!

A Kickstarter Fundraiser will begin on Monday, July 18th and run for 3 weeks. More info will be found on the kickstarter page once it is launched. 
There are 9 tiers of rewards ranging through donations $1 - $200. 

Every little bit helps! So do what you can do help make this girl's dream of independently printing a book come true!

LINK: ​www.kickstarter.com/projects/1708011262/katidoodlesmuch-swan-lake-illustrated-childrens-bo

Summer vacation is here - and I'm eager to doodle much! Rates are slightly lower because of my extra availability this season.

Email me with questions if you have any, and I hope to work on some fun new doodles soon. <3 

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