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Katie Kitchen

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It's getting comic-y in here

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@zephyrquartet artwork nearly there now

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Blog post on what online info overload is doing to creativity https://sheplaysukulele.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/the-creative-leak/

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The creative leak

Yesterday a thought blasted like a horn through my foggy mind as I stood somewhere gaping at my phone and thumbing through pics and info: This phone is making me stupid! Then, softer, clearer: This behaviour is making me stupid. Straight away I considered an extended break from teh socialz, particularly FB. But I am reluctant, because there are upsides to the place. I am glad to have…

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From the #sketchbook #vault, an ice cream truck lurking behind a fence in a suburb somewhere (drawn from a @vintageicecreamtruck pic I think?)

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Another corner of #adelaide that intrigues me, drawn from a cafe table (at Dear Daisy)

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My Little Red Uke

My Little Red Uke

I headed out to Three D Radio’s Hillbilly Hoot with my red uke a coupla times lately, once as 3/8 of Ukulele Circus (bit of a Sideshow really :) and once backing the Miss Lily the Pink Cowgirl.   Check out this take on the 1965 tune “Little Black Egg”, originally by The Nightcrawlers, a Florida garage band, and some superb tunes from other Hoot folks too.…

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Still loving the watercolour markers. Also kind of obsessed with Gresham St #drawing #5minutescribble (at Gresham St, Adelaide)

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Hands, agh

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Sketchbook back pages—the cat was cold then too #adelaidewinter

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Sketch for @zephyrquartet project...watercolour markers are beyond my capacity for superlatives

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Reading by the fire #adelaidewinter

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True stories

In the movie of my life, here was this morning’s scene: I’m in the cafe getting my morning takeaway, in heels and black dress for work function later, and I realise as I wait that I’m the only woman in the place. And the cafe is like a casting call for good-looking hipster blokes aged 28-40 auditioning for…*something*. Soundtrack: a-ha, Take On Me. PS It appeared to be a comedy, as my coat was…

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I'm late, I'm late...

I’m late, I’m late…

I’ve never tried drawing my dreams until now but this one was so vivid (in colour and memory upon waking) that I couldn’t resist. I’d redraw it (without soluble ink!) and work a bit harder at my lettering if I had more time right now. 

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Shiver in my bones Yesterday was as cold as it gets here.

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Design

North American vs French vs Japanese comics page design...

http://coldheatcomics.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/notes-for-comics-symposium.html

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Pencil pines always look ominous. Here are some from my neighbourhood, in indigo and raw sienna water colour marker.