Katbus Brawl

Midwest Monsters

2012-02-19T09:34:00.000-08:00

I started this while I was visiting my grandparents home in Muncie, Indiana. Passing through all of the Walmarts and highways gave great inspiration.

Official Portfolio Site Up!

2012-02-16T18:10:00.000-08:00

I've been using this blog as a way to keep doing projects and posting them, but I finally have a more legitimate website of my work: KATBUS .

I still plan on using this, but the portfolio site is a more concentrated version of some of my work.

ALSO, I finally uploaded my game "Dreamin'" online! The link is here, which you can find on the portfolio site as well.

More good stuff coming really soon!

First Gallery Piece

2012-01-11T21:21:00.000-08:00

In November I had my piece in a gallery for the first time! The exhibit was called Calibration and was held at the In/Flux Gallery in Baltimore.

My piece was an interactive display named 'Cosmic Temple' where the viewer could make noises and would be responded by projected images of space.

I'm excited to delve deeper in exhibiting more of my work in the future!

Abandoned Roller Coaster Dog Park

2011-12-02T13:43:00.000-08:00

I made this in September, and was debating whether to share it or not. I guess this is a "zine," filled with mostly poems and passing thoughts I wrote over time from 2009-present. The illustrations are all from this year, some that I have already posted here and some new. The photographs are cut out from magazines like National Geographic and some pictures I found online. I finally decided to put this up because I want to share more of my writing, which I work on equally as much as my visual pieces.

Valley (?)

2011-10-21T13:53:00.000-07:00

I don't have a title for this drawing - if anyone has any ideas let me know.

How to Build a Forest

2011-09-03T12:41:00.000-07:00

Over the summer I was part of a performance/installation piece called "How to Build a Forest" created by Katie Pearl, Lisa D'Amour and Shawn Hall. The performance ran for two weekends in The Kitchen theater in Chelsea. Each day we brought and forest to life and then deconstructed it. People were allowed to step into the forest on stage or they could watch it being created in the audience seats. I was part of a group called Flash Mob were I helped builders and also interacted with the audience by introducing them into the forest or reading lines in the audience rows. It was a wonderful experience and I have not felt the same since. The forest was beautiful and I was incredibly inspired by the hard and meticulous work Shawn Lisa and Katie put out to make it happen. Here is a drawing I just finished inspired by the forest. I would also like to thank everyone I worked with in the production for letting me be a part of the magical experience!

(I plan to rescan my drawings in the future with a better scanner, as this one kind of blurs out half of the picture.)

Paintings (2008-9)

2011-07-01T08:46:00.000-07:00

I'm currently using my old laptop and found some older paintings I did that I really enjoyed making. If I were to go back to painting anytime soon, I would probably pick up back where I left off with Godzilla.

Cityscapes

2011-06-27T13:10:00.000-07:00

My friend Celina and I have been working to come up with an installation in the near future based on city life. By the city, we do not just mean New York, this is a project in reference to growing up in an urban environment and community, sustainability, independence, and ups and downs. We have been drawing out some cityscapes and people we come across on our streets and neighborhoods, but still have a lot of ties to draw together. We are planning a lot of animations and videos in the future as well. Here's one of the drawings I made in reference to our project:

Daily Doodles

2011-05-07T10:19:00.000-07:00

In order to keep up my work ethic now that school is out, I'm going to draw something at least once a day. It can range from large-scale to a simple character floating in space. Here is Day 3:

Dreamin' (Screenshots/Soundtrack)

2011-05-04T09:06:00.000-07:00

This semester I worked on a videogame using the Flixel library. I made my own sprites and soundtrack, built the levels and wrote out the code to put it all together. This was not easy at first, but once I got the hang of it I'm very pleased with the result. The full game will be online soon, but for now here are bits and pieces.

Dreamin' (Level 1) by Katie Brawl

Dreamin' (Level 2) by Katie Brawl

Dreamin' (Level 3) by Katie Brawl

The Encounter

2011-04-10T14:58:00.001-07:00

Starting a new sketchbook, bigger than last, excited/hopefully will have good stuff in it soon.

Billy Bones

2011-04-10T14:50:00.000-07:00

I recently finished one of my sketch books, 5x8 Billy Bones. Thank you Modernism class where 90% of the work took place. Also Silver Jews were a big inspiration while doing these.

2D Animation Shorts

2011-03-11T15:36:00.000-08:00

A few new things, here are a some of my hand-drawn shorts I've been working on lately. I like doing things the old-fashioned way, and I feel like I'm learning a lot more than having the computer control part of my work.

Science

2010-12-16T10:13:00.000-08:00

This is my "Intro to 3D" Final I just finished making. It is derived from this illustration: Science (For Lexi) I made a few months ago.

Our hero is attempting to formulate the perfect carrot to snack on, but he just can't seem to get it right...

Science from Katie Brawl on Vimeo.

I'm overall aware of that the timing is pretty fast, and some other small technical issues, but if you have any input let me know!

Infinity

2010-12-12T12:23:00.000-08:00

I made these little animated loops for a philosophy class. Click on the white boxes to view!

Intro to 3D

2010-11-05T14:31:00.000-07:00

This is my first shtick at 3D Studio Max (and generally 3D at all.) I am enjoying learning how to work in this new way, though I'd prefer to stick to 2D in future endeavors. Nonetheless, here is my slightly embarrassing first 3D project for all of the internet to see:

Dancing With My Doll from Katie Brawl on Vimeo.

New Set

2010-10-24T16:21:00.000-07:00

I updated my jewelry making a lot this weekend. I now make pins! I also bought clay which I mold into bone shapes and incorporate into my necklaces. Here are two new items, a racecar pin and an antler/pikachu/alligator necklace:

Toy Necklaces

2010-10-15T13:57:00.000-07:00

Recently in these past few weeks I was inspired to make jewelry out of found toys and little objects. Here is the first batch of the idea, these were made from black wire and toys I've had in my house and bought in thrift stores. I'm looking to expand their appearances (make them more presentable and less crafty) and keep using this idea with other materials in the future. Please excuse the blurry photos.

Science (For Lexi)

2010-09-27T10:19:00.000-07:00

My friend Lexi is studying neuroscience at Bard college, and this semester she has been incredibly overloaded with science classes and work. She tells me about how she is so immersed in this knowledge and loves it. So I was thinking about her and tried to picture her science world, sort of of a cheer of encouragement to keep going. Yay, Lexi!

Pavement

2010-09-20T17:20:00.000-07:00

I saw my favorite band last night at the Williamsburg Waterfront. As I stood there alone in between the end of Jenny and Johnny and before the band of the night came on, I heard an older fan say behind me to one of her friends, "everyone under thirty should stand in the back." Even though I wasn't actually "around" for Pavement in its day, I feel like the songs are very easy to connect back to my life when they were still active. I hold a lot of nostalgia to their music for times before I even knew they existed, and in dreaming of the future. I laughed off this comment and got as close as I possibly could. I don't feel like giving an all-out review, but basically the show was amazing and I didn't even think about how this is a reunion tour. It was like they never left.
I also like the fact that they have no plans of making a new album or anything because it gives their music this permanence; they will always be a part of a certain moment in time, but their music will live on forever. And that sounds overly epic, but it's true.

Sketchbookin'

2010-09-13T14:45:00.000-07:00

I like sharp teeth.

SPX 2010

2010-09-12T13:06:00.000-07:00

I went yesterday and it was amazing! I spoke to so many comic artists and got to look at a lot of great work. It is actually what inspired me to make this blog and begin to publicize my own work. I've always been pretty shy about showing my art, but it's about time to do so. Thank you everyone who was there yesterday for the motivation!

Collage

2010-09-12T13:04:00.000-07:00

I've been doing collage forever. Here are two recent ones from my sketchbook:

Freshman Year Doodles

2010-09-12T10:56:00.000-07:00

A lot of my doodles from freshman year were about rock n' rollers hanging around and looking tough. Not that much has changed.

HIGHSKOOOOOOL

2010-09-12T10:41:00.001-07:00

I'll probably post old work every now and then because I like holding onto it. My highskool days were pretty fun, and gave me a lot of material to work from. It's nice to look back at it every now and then.
Here's a whole dump of 'em:
10th grade self-portrait

MY FIRST CARTOON

2010-09-11T16:51:00.000-07:00

It's kind of embarrassing being the internet nerd I am that I haven't thought to make a blogspot for my art yet.
So, well, this is it.

Lulu's Accidental Adventure from Katie Brawl on Vimeo.

Lulu's Accidental Adventure (July 2010)
My first cartoon! I'm still so excited about this. I like Lulu and it was great working with her and Clairis the cat (though he could be a little disobedient at times.) More adventures with them soon to come!