Carving Vincent video

I’m going all out on ”Showing your work” as suggested by Austin Kleon book. So I’m trying out video taping myself. Its not very fancy and polished but then either am I. But it gives you a little glimpse into my world.

Show Your Work book review

Austin Kleon Show your work Austin Kleon I’ve always shown my art projects on the internet, art shows and to anyone who wandered into my life. This book puts a different spin on it by encouraging you to also show the journey you took to get to the finished art work. I never thought of […]

Sunshine carving

It’s been a while since I carved. I don’t know why I stopped? I guess I was busy doing other art projects. But yesterday I started carving again. I started with Vincent, the varroa destructor’s fat little body. I wanted to start with his body because I need to see how round he ends up […]

Cut out pages

I’ve done my character drawing, my technical drawing and a cut out drawing. The paper will be glued to the wood as a guide in cutting. Maybe today I’ll start doing the rough cutting on my baby band saw or scroll saw, both which scare me. But whenever I’m scared of something I just close […]

George, the drone bee

I drew the mechanical design for the future George wood table top puppet. He’s going to be about 11 inches tall. Hand carved from basswood that I ordered from Heinecke Wood. Order this book on Amazon to learn more about Drone Bees I feel sorry for the drones or do I? There only purpose in […]

Designing the Varroa Destructor.

I have no idea how I’ll work six arms at a time but maybe I’ll just let them swing? This puppet will be a tabletop puppet, which means it will not have strings but manipulated by one hand on a surface like a table. Not sure how this will work with my stage which is […]

Snot Thrower Character design

I have designed the characters for The Snot Thrower picture book. They are all based on real people, even the monsters. I like to do it that way to keep it varied. Sometimes I throw myself in there. Everything was drawn and colored on my iPad Pro , using Procreate and an Apple pe Snot […]

The Snot Thrower picture book

I always read at least 5 books at a time, skipping between them on a whim. The same goes for my art. I usually have several projects spinning at a time. That’s how I like it. One of those projects is The Snot Thrower picture book. A story about how a young girl learns the […]

Happy birthday

https://kathyoconnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_1710.mov Happy birthday, Ry! What better way to celebrate his 18TH birthday then a cartoon cake. Created in Procreate. Exported to LumaFision because it wouldn’t export anywhere else. Exported from LumaFusion to IMovie. 

Rat Pack

https://kathyoconnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_1641.mov Bringing our pet rats to life. Since the pandemic has restricted live puppet shows, I’ve turned to tiny animations to amuse myself and others. Pet rats are the best pets ever! They are loving, affectionate and so intelligent.