Kat Johnston

Tag: Girl

  • Photography: An Elven Maiden.

    Kat Johnston Photography: The beautiful Erin McNamee as an Elven maiden.

    I was recently fortunate enough to be able to take some pictures of Erin McNamee, after she had been made over with an elven look and prosthetics. Although the lighting in the room was not ideal, I still think they turned out fairly well.

    Kat Johnston Photography - Pointed ears and everything! What a pretty little elf, hey?

    The make-up and prosthetics were created and applied by Kylie Joy Creative Makeup. She was a pleasure to work, and had even gone to the effort of custom-mixing eye-shadows just for the look she wanted to create! The make-up itself was fantastic, but for some reason, adding the pointed ears and the flowing wig just transformed Erin into an incredible creature of fantasy.

    I’ll be posting another couple of portraits of her soon. For the second look, I was able to whisk her away to where I could control the lighting a little better, so they’re a bit more refined than this pair!

  • Kat Johnston Sketch: Just a girl with bangs.

    Kat Johnston Sketch: Just a girl with bangs.

    It is interesting when I notice the differences between how different people will use the English language. For example, in Australia, we would call ‘bangs’ a ‘fringe’ instead. It would be very rare, I think, to say to someone here, ‘Oh, I love your bangs!’ They’d just look at you funny. The same goes for ‘barrette’ (American English) and ‘hair-clip’ (Australian/British English).

    In fact, when I first heard the terms, ‘bangs’ and ‘barrettes’, I had to look them up to understand what was meant by the words. I just hadn’t come across them, at least not until I was 13 or 14 or so. The words had been introduced to me in an American young adult fiction book (I was an avid reader), and I was deadly curious about what was meant by these seemingly foreign words.

    In recent years, my perception has shifted a little though. Whereas, when I first encountered ‘bangs’ it was just a weird word that other people used to refer to a fringe, I’ve noticed myself thinking the word instinctively now, instead of ‘fringe’ – especially if I’m thinking of blunt bangs, as in the picture for today.

    The language we use changes over time, but some things will probably always stay the same. While I may understand the term ‘barrette’, they’ll always be ‘hair-clips’ to me.

  • Sketch: A little something in progress.

    Kat Johnston Sketch: A portrait in progress... although the finished product will not have the shading.

    So I’m doing up a portrait… but it isn’t actually going to be shaded, as this image implies. I was just playing around with my wacom and felt the urge to fill in some rough shading!

    It’s going to be turned into a vector, if I have my way. Even though it is not yet finished, I thought I’d better pop something up onto the blog for now, since I’ve left it for so long without an update. I’ve gone way too long without putting a sketch up, don’t you think?

    I’ll put up the finished product when I’m done!

  • Sanu in SL: The Miro skins for a touch of Spring.

    My husband teases me about this. He really does. Every time I start on something like skins, or hair, or buildings, he’ll go, “Kat, you said that I should beat you if you ever start trying to make <insert item here>.” To which I resoundingly reply, “Shut up. Don’t tell me. I knowwwww!”

    Skins are very much one of those things that I said I’d never do.

    Luckily though, I often ignore what I’ve said earlier, and do it anyway. So here’s the new release!

    Sanu Miro Skin Pale - pretty and ethereal, the promo shot shows the jonquil make-up.

    There are four tones, to suit a range of avvies, starting with a nice pale shade.

    *Sanu Miro Skin Fair - this time it shows the Jacaranda make-up.

    There’s seven make-ups available in each tone – six can be picked up individually, but the seventh can only be obtained by purchasing the fatpack.

    Sanu Miro Skin Mid - I love this sign best of all... it shows off the orange blossom make-up.

    Each of the skins have four options to cover some of the basics – light brows for blonde and lighter hairs, dark brows for brunettes and darker, no cleavage for those that prefer a more natural look and cleavage for those who want a bit of lift. By having these options on the skin itself, you have the tattoo layer free for other things.

    Sanu Miro Skin Tan - Cherry blossom inspired this particular make-up.

    So yes. I’ve made skins again. Skins inspired by flowers and Spring-time and frolicking and fun. I’ve even released the shape in-store as well, so that you can get the exact look in the signs with the addition of some hair from Fri.day, eyes by Poetic Color, and outfit by Evie’s Closet.

    Teleport to Sanu to try out a demo today!

  • Sketch: Just a quick sketch for today… I’m working on something cute.

    Kat Johnston - a quick scribble portrait in red today. I'm doing up something cool for the site, so this is all today!

    I’ve been working on something incredibly cute for the past day, so I’m going to put up this for now, and save the extra cuteness for later!

    Here… let me give you a hint. It involves a legendary mythical creature, cuteness, scissors and something I’ve already shown at least once on the site.

    Buuuut for today… just a little red scribble-portrait. As I’ve mentioned before, I enjoy playing with different pens and things – a scribble portrait in a traditional ball-point pen is always going to have a different feel from something done in a bright red ink pen. I find it incredible just how much the medium can affect the outcome.

    That’s all for today – there’s cute stuff on the horizon!