Kate OLeary Illustration

These aren’t real fish. They are paintings in resin. Watch the video to see how they are made.

Take 6 minutes and 49 seconds to enjoy this.
I love the part where she pauses in the to think about what to do next.
I love that she’s creating.
I love how she says good bye to here Dad?/Grampa?
I love illustrating and animating cats because you get to do expressive tails.

Side note. I got stuck in a major cute spiral when pulling up this clip.
I think it took me twenty minutes to pull myself away. YouTube asked me if I wanted to watch British Shorthair Kittens playing ? um yes, yes of coarse- no wait I’m trying to do things right now.

I’ve been going through photos from this year and found these from when Dan and I took a little end of the summer weekend away up to St. Josephs Michigan. I relaxed enough to get really inspired about a project in a way that I hadn’t been in a while.

A couple of hours away and a couple of days at a B and B on the beach. That’s all it took. As we chatted over coffee and later beer I came up with the idea for my cat/pancake movie.

Then today I saw this TED talk about the value of sabbaticals and how they strengthen your work.

Let’s bring in the New Year with something lovely.
This reminds me of Komoneko because it’s sweet, poetic, a little funny and a little sad.

Months and Months ago we went the the Empty Bottle to see PBJ and it was the best.
I love seeing shows at the Empty Bottle and they were playing small gigs to launch the tour of their latest album. It was such a good show. The band were really engaged and enjoying playing. Bjorn arumhped and Peter made eye contact with me at one point which made me uncomfortable. I felt like I had to be a really good fan.

Side note- If you got tickets to see a sold out show at a small venue and you decide to stand in front of the stage, why then would you talk to your friends through the whole show? I don’t condone the talking through the show thing if it’s in the middle or towards the back but I understand it more. Why go down right on front and chat? grumpy old lady

Mr. Fox is mysteriously unavailable for purchase. He’s the best one.

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