Pre Vis

Below are a series of images showcasing Katie’s range of styles and subject matter. A mixture of concept and character design, all of her work is rooted in the fantastical, which is where Katie is most comfortable. Her palettes also take an augmented tone. Process work has been included to show the creative gears in movement.

Atmosphere

Speed painting that says a thousand words.

Central Park Curse

Concept for a large frog mother who has designs on making the park an amphibian Eden.

Post-Apacolyptic 7th Avenue

For this animation background piece, I started with these photo-bashed reference pieces with palette experiments, which led us to the final image above — a New York city street now ravished by a mysterious apacolypse.

Draug King with Breath of Night

Final concept image for the leader of an undead army. Colour version was used for the project, but the black & white image was a standout.

Concrete Castle in the Sky

Brutalist Architecture

Reinforced concrete and steel. Modular elements. A utilitarian feel. The institutional architecture influences a lot of my work.

Make it stand out

Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Bizarre Fashion

What a character wears can show both inner motivations and external influences. Fashion is the link between character design and environmental art.

Codified Dress

My fashion and character design is a mix between the practical and the fantastical. Sometimes the expectations of costume create ther creepiest of fashion victims.

Bold Black & White

Orchard of Pomegranates

A sci-fi retelling of a Jewish fable, woven with gender identity and faith.

Character Exploration…

… For the Seemingly Bucolic…

Dogs are people too

Blackmouth — More Than The Comic Page

Below is on e of the first images the Blackmouth team landed on as providing the environmental atmosphere to tell the tail of Arik and Aoife, a corrupt city state, and the old magic that still pervades the world.

Characters and environments emerge through exploration and studies, long before the layouts for the comic pages.

Below are explorations of supporting characters, hidden practitioners of Old Magic.

Blackmouth is a town turning into a city as its resources are discovered and exploited. All sorts of individuals flock there for commerce, religion, and living. The diversity is important to its character.