Kat Johnston

Tag: ink

  • Sketch: George. He’s waiting for the train. The train is not coming for George.

    Kat Johnston Sketch: This is George. He’s waiting for a train that is never going to come.

    I’m not sure if this is going to be a short post today, or a rather longer one. I think I might keep my musings on the Brisbane public transport system, the depressing crush of humanity with its buzzing need to be heard on the matter of waiting for buses, and the music played by strip joints at 3pm on a Monday afternoon to myself for this post. You might be able to expect more on that one tomorrow. Needless to say, train line out of commission yesterday equals my twenty twenty hindsight to kick in and say ‘you know, I just should have taken the bus.’

    As it is today, with numerous computer upsets and a missing spindle of dvds devoted to anime, I think it is time for me to trundle off to bed and curl up for a while: either to sleep, or to continue on with Professor Layton and the Curious Village (a Nintendo DS game, for the uninitiated). I think it depends on how soon my eyes close when my head hits the pillow as to whether it shall be the former or latter of those two options. I’ll let you know how it turns out tomorrow!

  • Morganine: she has 27 cats, a dozen rats, and a cute little fish named Rover.

    Kat Johnston Sketch – this is my lady Morganine. She has 27 cats, a dozen rats, and a cute little fish named Rover.

    I’m really enjoying these pens – it is fun to work in a style that compliments them. It is a little different from the way I would use one of my regular bic pens. Certainly is fun though!

    This little character today I’ve named Morganine. She’s a quirky lass – she has 27 cats, a dozen rats and a cute little fish named Rover. She’s not understood by most, but that’s ok. Sometimes the most brilliant minds have been considered a little eccentric. Although she could be considered a crazy cat lady with 27 felines calling her place home, she has all her wits about her and perhaps a few besides. She’s a cunning young bat and no mistake!

    Ok, a little something about Sanu. As I’ve released to my group, my store is currently being forced to move to a new location. Don’t worry! I will keep the mainstore up where it is as long as I can and I will do my best to make the transition to wherever I set up next seamless. I’m incredibly disappointed that things have turned out the way they have – I’ve been in my new mainstore there for only a couple of weeks. However, I can’t help but to see this as an opportunity too – as unfortunate as events have played out, I can see it as a boon. I’ll be back and better than ever in no time! Keep an eye out here for updates on progress.

  • Just testing out a new pen… don’t you love blue?

    [image title=”Kat Johnston Sketch – this is maggie… I was testing out a new pen.” size=”large” id=”1097″ align=”center” alt=”Kat Johnston Sketch – this is maggie… I was testing out a new pen.” linkto=”viewer” ]

    I was wandering casually up and down the aisles at the supermarket no more than a block away from my home, perusing the shelves stacked full of various things splashed with a gaudy display of imagery supposedly intended to urge me to buy them, to set them above and beyond their paler, dowdier cousins. And yet, there tucked away in a dusty corner of the stationary section with a home-brand label on them lay a set of ‘5 gel ink pens’, rather modestly sealed in their little plastic pocket. They were thirty cents. I needed them – not need need, but wanted nonetheless.

    Therefore, after stuffing my basket full of all the strict necessities (you know… feta, lettuce, a kilo of stuffed green olives…) and my thirty cent set of gel ink pens, I paid for my goods and headed home. The groceries went away, lunch was prepared… two turkey salad sandwiches, in case you were curious… and I skipped downstairs, plonked my plate down, took a delicious first bite and reached for my sketchbook.

    You see, the fun thing about new pens, is finding out just what their quirks are, quite what the colour is like… quite how you’re going to use them. You see, not all pens are created equal – the smooth, confident strokes of one just may not feel comfortable with another. On top of that, there is the colour – the blue of this particular pen makes me all gooey on the inside. Its a perfect, rich, gorgeous shade of blue, rather than a pale, washed out imitator of such a brilliant hue. Oh the disappointment of finding out that that perfect looking pen has uninspiring ink! Such things are a travesty.

    Anyhow… above was the test piece for one of my five gel ink pens… though I really only need to test three – luckily for me, for my thirty cents I got blue, black and even a nice looking red!

    On the Sanu front, I’ve just released my new set – two sets, actually, though they are really the one split into two parts. The bunny featured just a couple of days ago is the focus, which, if you buy both parts contains a massive 28 pieces. Here’s a couple of images of them, for those who haven’t checked them out in store yet.

    Sanu Stuff: the signage for the Cameo set part 1.

    Gotta love a jewelry set that comes complete with mini top-hats and finely detailed eye-patches, yes? Well… I think so, anyway. Sorry, you may just have to zoom in close to see any detail on these ones… I told you the other day they were small!

    Sanu Stuff: The second image for the Sanu Cameo set… this time, part 2!

  • A New Sketch Book.

    \'Little Owl\' by Kat Johnston

    Ok, so we have another image up, finally! This one is a little owl… drawn then inked in… first pages of new sketch books are always so intimidating – so much expectation… so, this little guy got to feature. Isn’t he lucky? Not much else to add today – will post more later, perhaps *smile*