Kat Johnston

Tag: fae

  • My first real sketchbook… done.

    Kat Johnston Sketch: This is one of the pictures from my first fully-completed sketchbook… I’m thrilled.

    This morning I did the final few sketches in what is my first real completed cover to cover (though I do only draw on one side of the paper) sketchbook. Yes – good, bad, inbetween, from rough to refined, it goes from cover to cover with sketches by me and I haven’t torn out one single page. How’s that for progress?

    Its funny, you know… I can’t wait to get into the next one. I have another little sketchbook the same size and make as the first, but with green pages… and I have a green pen… it hasn’t had one thing drawn in it yet and I am itching to go. While I have started in other small sketchbooks like the first, I haven’t yet completed them. One has a focus – I have to come back to it. Another I started to draw in, but it hasn’t taken off yet. This little green one though, it hasn’t been touched, and is therefore just full of ready-to-go potential.

    I’m really happy with the little sketchbook… I have to say, some of the pages are just pure ‘bleh’ but going through it as a whole, it has something special. Perhaps it is just because it reflects the meandering trail of my thoughts – I actually find my flittering thought patterns to be interesting to map throughout it. Cherries here, berries there… a rabbit over here, then another further along… one thing fascinates me, then as quick as its come I am onto something else… though believe me when I say that when one thing is dropped away, another is taken up just as quickly and the first never strays all that far.

    When I get a chance, I am going to go through and scan it for you all, and post it up on Flickr. I really have to through and put up all the images that I have put on this blog there as well, scan in some other things, put up photos of dandelions I promised ages back… I will get around to it, I promise.

    In the meantime, enjoy this one extra page from the little sketchbook… I’m sure there will be many yet to follow.

  • Some survey results and a random sketch.

    Kat Johnston Sketch – The name Jashua just popped out for this little guy… and I don’t even like the name Jashua. Go figure.

    Ok, so to get the sketch for today out of the way: his name is Jashua and I don’t even know why. I don’t even like the name Jashua. Go figure. I still can’t believe that I name some (read ‘most’) of my sketches… he’s just a random sketch that I know that I’m not going to come back to, but he’s named anyway. Most of them at least get a quick back-story or character profile in my head too. Generally not all that extensive, mind you, but something at least. Lets skip over that for today and move onto some more interesting stuff though, yes?

    Now, onto some survey results! Overall, I got 23 responses all up. Below are the words that were used, with the frequency of the words after them in brackets.

    ‘Creative’ (8), ‘Artistic’ (3), Imaginative (3), ‘Talented’ (2), Inventive (1), ‘Good Drawer’ (1), ‘Curious’ (1), ‘Quirky’ (1), ‘Eclectic’ (1), ‘Colourful’ (2), ‘Vibrant’ (1), ‘Monochrome’ (1), ‘Fun’ (1), ‘Funny’ (1), ‘Humor’ (1), ‘Charming’ (1), Intelligent (1), Clever (1), Smart (1), ‘Deep’ (1), ‘Depth’ (1), ‘Thoughtful’ (1), ‘Deeply Emotive’ (1), ‘Sensitive’ (1), ‘Caring’ (2), ‘Sweet’ (1), ‘Kind’ (1), ‘Loving’ (1), ‘Warm’ (1), ‘Affectionate’ (1), ‘Clean’ (1), ‘Alive’ (1), ‘Cuteness’ (1), ‘Brave’ (1), ‘Easygoing’ (1), ‘Candid’ (1), ‘Individualistic’ (1), ‘Intriguing’ (1), ‘Pondering’ (1), ‘Distinct’ (1), ‘Inimitable’ (1), ‘Open’ (1), ‘Open Source’ (1), ‘Minx’ (1), ‘Simple’ (1), ‘Quite Interesting’ (1), ‘Organised’ (1), ‘Systematic’ (1), ‘Driven’ (1), ‘Cat’ (1), ‘Funky’ (1), ‘Jazz’ (1), ‘Musical’ (1), ‘Feminine’ (1), ‘Reflective’ (1).

    Phew! Quite a list, isn’t it? I could probably have tried to roll some of those words into one another (eg, humor and funny could be close enough to be considered one and the same), but I’ve decided to keep them separate to give a more accurate set of words to you to have a look at. I’m glad to see ‘Creative’ topping the list (it is one of the things that I do hope that I show through this site), but was a little surprised by a couple of the others. Jump into comments and tell me what you think!