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Website domain name change

=britbrakdown — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:40:05 PDT

Thanks guys! The majority of voters seem to be pulling for katebradleyart.com. I like seeingredart.com best but I admit that the other one is the smartest choice. I've got my main layout designed and I really like it. It's very simple but I think it suits me. The site should be up soon. I'll probably just have the ART button point to my picasa albums whilst I get everything else ready.

Thanks again for your imput!

Montreal comicon Sunday June 7th

=britbrakdown — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:37:13 PDT

Hey dudes,

the Montreal Comicon is tomorrow and I will finally have some original art for sale this time. A few colour sketch cards and a couple larger pencil sketches. I'll also have some 4x6 prints of some of my more popular pieces, and I will of course be available for sketches during the day, so bring your sketchbooks people! (I'll also have some Strathmore paper for those who want stand alone sketches.)

Hope to see you there!

-Red

Marvel Masterpieces 2007 for Upper Deck

DA kicks ass

=britbrakdown — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:43:41 PDT

Gosh, how did I stay away for so long?? Not that I was doing so deliberately of course. I missed a bunch of amazing comments and amazing art posts. I have a lot of catching up to do!

Thanks to everybody who commented! Your messages really put a smile on my face!

can't make the mtl con today

=britbrakdown — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:47:45 PST

I'm really sorry for cancelling at such short notice, but something came up that I really must take care of today. Nothing life threatening... no need to worry.

Hopefully, I 'll be at the next show.

Sorry again,

-Kate

HELP CapnFlyn go to India!

=britbrakdown — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:12:39 PST

Hi everybody! IÂm posting today to ask for your help. Not for me, but for a friend of mine. I'll keep this short to avoid losing your attention...

She has posted a help request on her page... this is how it starts:

"The CFCA, one of the charities I contribute to, is organizing a mission trip to India, so that we sponsors can go and meet the children we've been writing letters to for the past year or two or ten (I believe I have been corresponding with Alamelu, and donating money for her health and education, for three or four years) face-to-face."

To find out more and to see how you can help her, please follow this link to her journal: [link]

A few ways you can help:

-Get the word out!
-Buy her awesome illustrated book![link]
-Commission sketch cards for only 20$!
-Buy original artwork or prints.
...

Anything you can do to help, even if it's just passing on the message, will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time!

Wanna be a fan of my Facebook page?

=britbrakdown — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:16:14 PDT

Hey dudes and dudettes! I've recently put together a Page on Facebook to replace my group which has a lot less features to it. If you have a Facebook account and you like my work, do check out my Page and see if you'd like to "become a fan" as Facebook puts it.

Heres a link to my Page:

[link]

Thanks and Toodles!

-Red

Blood come back!

=britbrakdown — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:00:24 PDT

Is it just me, or have I stayed away from gory art for way too long!! The bloodthirsty baby in me is aching to come out again! I've got a lot of sketch card work to do, but I'll try to find time for some good old violent art. Oh yeah.

Im going to the playoffs!!!

=britbrakdown — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:34:15 PDT

Not that anyone on here cares that much... but...

I've got tickets to one game in every round of the NHL playoffs!! WOOHOO!! Got the tickets super cheap too!

Any Habs fans out there?? Habs = Canadiens

Anywho.... I'm going to Game 2 in Round 1 this weekend. Montreal vs Boston.

GO HABS GO!!!!

And again.... thank you SO MUCH for all the favs and collects and comments!! It means a lot to me, really.

Wolverine Evolution, SUPERWORLD, Strange Cases....

=britbrakdown — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:31:22 PDT

Comics I bought in England and online...

this post is to show the books I baught in England and one online purchase.
Yes IM LAZY!! So I took a picture instead of writing em all out... If any of you want more details, just ask and Ill answer

The Wolverine book and the Spidey book are particularly stunning. Both completely different styles, one more painterly and the other clean and almost cartoony, but both so beautiful!! The Wolverine book is about his rivalry with Sabertooth... very very violent, very very cool!

*Kick-Ass* is a hilariously written story about a kid who has no powers who gears up as a super hero and tries to fight crime with a not so great result. The artwork is good too. Great book.

The *StreetFighter* books are AWESOME!! AMAZING drawings and great story, well duh. I know, I know... I have Vol. 1 and 3... Thats cause Im an idiot and when i went back to the store to get another, I was sure I had vol 2 cause they didnt have vol 1... WRONG! anywho, Ill get vol 2 and vol 4 soon enough.

*Strange cases* is a book illustrated by David Hartman (awesome monster specialist [link])His art is what attracted me to the book but Its a really cool story too. I could only find volume 3 though... gotta get my hands on the first two volumes...

The online purchase is *SUPERWORLD* written by Jeff Aden, drawn by Ben Glendenning [link] (who did kick ass work on MM07 with waterproof crayola markers for crying out loud!!)and cloured by Garry Henderson. I only really know Ben of the three, but he's an awesome dude and the book looked great so I baught it. and WOW, the artwork is great all way through!! NO bad parts in the artwork, NONE!! The colours are beautiful and really enhance Bens cartoon/comic style. I havent read it yet though... but Im sure its good.

Heres where you can get it if ya wanna have a look and support great comic creators

[link]

Maybe Im not so lazy after all HAHA! Hell, i think I'll post this on other forums too! Why not spread the word all round!

I dont know why when I post a pic it underlines a bunch of text under it and counts it all as one link to the image. Does anybody know why this happens? What am I doing wrong?

Thank you! Really, I thank you.

=britbrakdown — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:52:48 PST

Hey all,

I got a DD the other day for my movie KOMODO and the response was amazing! I've received so many awesome, detailed, fun and encouraging comments. Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my film and tell me what you think. I really do want to answer each comment personally, but it migth take a little while for me to get to it. I'm going through a very rough patch in my family life, which means Im just not up to writing much online at once... but slowly, Ill get back to all of you. Oh and thank you all for the great comments and favs on my other pieces. I read each and every comment and try to answer when I can... again, it just takes a while.

And Thank you to for giving me the DD! I really appreciate your appreciation

You all rock!

-Red

PS My scanner broke... I brought it over to the UK to complete a contract and it didnt survive the journey But I have been meaning to buy a new, bigger scanner anyway cause I want to be able to scan comic boards. I think that would mean an A3 sized scanner, but Im not sure... ANY and ALL suggestions are welcome. Where and what to by etc. Thanks.

another unexpected "vacation"

=britbrakdown — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:36:02 PST

three weeks ago, I left for england because my granma was really sick and my mom wanted me to visit her before it was too late... i did, and it was sincerely nice to see her... two weeks later i flew home... whilst I was in the air, my granma died... so im going back to be with my family and to attend the funeral... why am i writing this in a journal... i dont even know... i wrote about it on the three forums I call home and thats enough... i dunno... its late... well, early.. and im working, working on a gig that should be finished... leaving tomorrow evening... cant work past five... what am i doing...

wow... this is gonna be one of those "delete in the morning" posts... i can feel it...

snap out of it

=britbrakdown — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:25:23 PST

Sleeping all the time...

I have so much work to do and yet all I can think about is sleep... Im always so tired... so exhausted... I have to workout more! Well, I have to work out full stop. My body is so floppy and bored, its probably just given up on health and decided to lie down all the time.

I have so much work to do. So much awesome, fun work! And yet all I can think about is sleep...

ebay auction of me stuff :D

=britbrakdown — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:28:15 PST

hiya, hello, bonjour....
I've just set up five auctions to sell the following items...

Spend Spend SPEND!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

Heres a link to my auctions

[link]

Thanks for looking!!

MONSTER CONTEST

=britbrakdown — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:08:41 PST

Dudes, if any of you have time, it would be really cool to see you guys enter this little contest over on Grant Bonds forum:

[link]

There are prizes to be won!

DOOOO IT!!

(I know its last minute, but even a fun sketch would be a great addition to the contest)

Montreal comicon myspace page

=britbrakdown — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:44:58 PST

If you have a myspace page... PLEASE ADD THE MONTREAL COMICON!!!

[link]

I'm really excited about this convention and Im working hard to get the word out as best I can.

Montreal CAN BE on the comicon map! I know it can! Gimme a couple years and Ill make it happen!! (yes, I do realise Im talking about a huge undertaking I know nothing about, but Im gonna get the info and do what I can )

My TMNT ebay listings!

=britbrakdown — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:16:50 PST

Hey boys and girls!

I just finished posting my very first ebay listings! Rather exciting it is.

I'm selling these cards to finance the things I need for my upcoming appearance at the Mtl Comicon on December 9th. I would like to offer my fans a sketchbook of my work and also a few prints of my more popular pieces. With your help, I'll be able to make that happen.

I really hope I manage to sell these cards, but donÂt you go all charity on me now! Only bid on them if you actually like them, ok! TheyÂll be up for five days.

[link]

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[link]

[link]

[link]

THANKS!

And don't forget to come and see me at the Montreal Comicon!

Toy con photos

=britbrakdown — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:51:40 PST

Hi yall,

follow the link to my Toycon pictures!
Ive added some captions to briefly describe how it went down.

And don't forget to come and see me at the Montreal Comicon!

To art/toy/comic convention goers!!

=britbrakdown — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:04:47 PST

My upcoming convention appearances in Montreal!!

These will be my very first convention appearances, so Im really nervous but really excited as well. I'll be selling prints and taking commissions. I'll be showing my portfolio and sketch card sets and so on.

If you're an artist looking for help, I'll be more then happy to answer your questions as best I can about anything from networking, to materials, to techniques.

If you're a fan, then come say hi!! I'd love to know what you think about my work and about any other artists you think might interest me.

There arent many conventions like this in Montreal, so make sure you dont miss them!!

THANKS!

-Red-

One of my sketch cards, in a CGSociety.org article

=britbrakdown — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:34:11 PST

Dudes! You know how I met a bunch of hot shot important people in the art industry at the ADAPT conference, at the VIP supper that all the speakers attended. I spoke to many different people but I really hit it off with the editor and one of the writers on CGSociety:

"The CGSociety is the most respected and accessible global organization for creative digital artists. The CGS supports artists at every level by offering a range of services to connect, inform, educate and promote, by celebrating achievement, excellence and innovation in all aspects of digital art."-CGSociety.org

I apparently made a good impression because I was recently asked if I had any pieces that I could contribute to this "women in the field" article. Because of rights and restrictions, they werent able to use my princess Leia being pulled at the neck by a chain... so they went with Enchantress instead.

Its only a two page article, so go check it out and tell me what you think of it. Its getting A LOT of crap thrown at it on the CGtalk forum, because A LOT of people totally missed the point of the article... "to ask why are there so few women in the CG industry?" Not to cry about being treated baddly or differently. Well, most (of the posters on the forum) took it as an angry feminist putting down men and women with broad generalisations, instead of seeing that its giving information as to why women MIGHT not be getting into the field...

I would really like to know what you think about the article. However, if you haven't got anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. There's a big difference between saying that you dont agree with it whilst explaining your point of view, and simply destroying the text with disrespectful statements.

[link]

THANKS!

-RED

How Adapt went. Part 2 !!!FOR REAL!!

=britbrakdown — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:28:11 PDT

SORRY!! I should've warned of its "in progress" stage in the title. But its written now, so please forgive the delay and enjoy the rest of the ADAPT story. ITS LONG, but again, shouldnt take up too much of your day

How ADAPT went. part 2

My presentation was over but the stress was far from done. That night I was asked to attend a cocktail party to celebrate the speakers and blaaaaa. I didnÂt want to go, cause Im not much of a cocktail person, but it was actually written MANDATORY on the schedule so I didnÂt have much choice. Not that they would have set the cops on my ass for not showing upÂ but I would like to be invited again next year, so best make a good impression. The evening was not only supposed to be for partying but also for autograph signing. I wasnÂt told if Id be signing anything or not, but my boyfriend convinced me that it would be a good idea to get some sort of autographable material ready for the evening. He had the BRILLIANT idea of putting some images together to fit standard photo size, so that we could simply upload them to the Walmart photolab and pick them up in just an hour! Not only was it fast, but it made such lovely promo sheets! Yeah, sure, theres Kodak written on the back, but at 19 cents a print, I wasnÂt complaining!
Ok, so we rushed like crazy to get these prints done and then my boyfriend rushed me to the hotel for a quickieÂ HA! Just kidding, he rushed me to the hotel to make sure I wasnt late. He couldnÂt stay cause he had to work. This meant I had to be sociable with strangers all evening...nonononono, not my thing. The music was excessively loud, the food was weird (blue and red nachos???) and the only people I knew were a couple teachers I had back in cÃ©gep and some of the ADAPT reps. I was bored out my mindÂ Then, a dude that had attended my presentation, came up to me and wanted to thank me again for giving such a nice presentation and for opening his eyes to certain aspects of the business and so on. He was really sweet and obviously highly motivated to get where he wants to be. When I finished talking with him, I felt like my knees were going to cave in so I hurried inside to the only two sofas in range. AHHHHH my butt on a nice comfy sofaÂ. YesÂ. So I whipped out my sketchbook and began to sketch Batman. I had decided to finish my sketch and then leaveÂ but a chick who had also attended my presentation came up to me and went on to explain which aspects of my talk had reached her and how. It was really nice to feel appreciated and to know that I actually helped a couple people. I strive to be like all the awesome artists who have never hesitated to give me advice or council. Bla bla blaÂ then I went homeÂ. Was nice to talk to those two people, but overall the evening was horrible for me. Oh, I did order a drink at the bar at the same time as Phil Tippet though! I didnÂt say hiÂ. Cause im lameÂ I was much too intimidated to talk to himÂ silly meÂ

Wednesday, I went to the Transformers presentation given by an awesome guy by the name of Todd Vaziri [link] . He was great and it was incredible to see how the film was made. That day I also attended David KrentzÂ presentation [link] . His wasnÂt as dynamic as Todds but his artwork and experience blew my mind!!! ThenÂ. Then I had to prepare for the VIP supper that eveningÂ The VIP supper that all the speakers were attending and that my bf couldnÂt attend because I was too low in the speaker hierarchy Â So I had to go ALONE!!! Can you imagine the stress of being surrounded by a huge number of big shots and having to mingle???

So I showed up at the designated time and placeÂ nervous as hellÂ David Krentz was waiting with his beautiful wife and four other people, unknown to me at the time, were also there. We were told to go downstairsÂ that the LIMO would drive us to the restaurant! When I arrived at street level I had to restrain myself from screaming, because 5,6, no 8 stretch S.U.V. limos were parked at the hotel!!! WHAT?!! So I hopped in and sat quietly. Then the dude next to me spoke to me and was very kind. But that still didnÂt calm my nervs. When we got to the restaurant, we were told to enjoy the terrace and that dinner would be served at 8. I walked through the very fancy restaurant and out onto the terraceÂthe terrace enclosed by sofas and four poster beds with flowing white sheets. I say againÂWHAT??!! So I sat downÂ aloneÂ feeling OH SO AWKWARDÂ. What do I do?? What do I freakin do!!! Then the next batch of people came out and among them was Todd Vaziri. Id been at his presentation, I could use that to get into a conversation..yes yesÂ that should wo...

How Adapt went. PART 1

=britbrakdown — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:29:47 PDT

Looks like a lot... but quite a fast read...

Let me break it down for you... Monday evening was Phil Tippets presentation. To be honest, I had no clue who he was until said presentation. But now that i do know who he is, man do I respect and admire him!! If you dont know who he is, I strongly suggest you google him.

Tuesday morning was my presentation. 9 am... in the morning... before mid day... before 10am... I was exhausted! I didnt even think Id make it out of bed to be there on time! But I made it, and I was surprisingly less stressed then I expected Id be. I think it was sheer fatigue that kept me relatively calm... I waited my turn to set up my laptop and then around 9:10am, people started coming into the hall... the main hall was devided into three rooms and the Exxploration room was the smallest (duh). About 30 or 40 people showed up, which was cool, cause it was more then 5 but less then 60, so that also helped my nervs.

So, with a big screen to my left, an ear microphone on my head and a spot light in my eyes, I started to talk about who I be. Of course, no one knew who the hell I was, but that was to be expected and was able to make a quick joke about that to lighten the mood. I showed my movie, my artwork, my stuff... all the while interupting my art descriptions with tips and advice or warnings about the industry. I got quite a few laughs when showing my Marvel cards cause I had fun commenting about what Id drawn and why and so on. Thank god my ma and pa gave me the gift of some sort of wit. A really fun moment was when I asked the audience if anyone knew Doop. Only one guy raised his hand, with a big smile on his face. I then described him to the rest of the audience, talking about his language and DoopLand, which also got a few laughs, cause I mean c'mon, Doop is awesome!!

Once Id shown off my work, I then asked for the camera guy to come behind me to shoot me drawing a sketch card live and in full colour. It was extremely stressfull cause Im not a spontanious kind of sketcher... I need time to make my stuff look good.. but anyhow... I had decided to draw the Hulk. I had also decided that I wanted to ask the audience to fill in the blanks. So when I asked them what situation to put the Hulk in, the Doop fan suggested I draw him trying to kiss someone! INTERESTING I said. I then asked who he should be kissing at which point I heard someone say "how bout a character from DC?" hmmmm i said, D...C.... how bout... and then at the same time, I and some other person in the room said Catwoman! So the scene was set. The Hulk would be attempting to kiss Catwoman.

Wow was I struggling!! A full colour sketch card in like 10 minutes?? What was I thinking!? I aint NAR for darn sake! Whilst I drew, I nervously brought up random questions that just popped into my head, such as "Has Betty ever hooked up with the Hulk as the Hulk?" stupid stuff like that, which again got a few laughs and relaxed my nervous hand a bit. I finished the drawing, answered some questions and thanked everybody for coming....

To my surprise, after my presentation, a couple people came up to me to tell me how much they related with what I was saying and that they really liked my work. One guy even gave me his portfolio on DVD, which I thought was really cool. Two people also asked me about concept art for projects theyre working on.. so yeah, fun stuff....

I was then escorted to the VIP room (majorly awkward)

On that day I also met the marvelous person who had plugged my art!! His name is Didier Kaade! I didnt even know the guy! He just saw my stuff on Facebook and that was that! They wanted someone local and they also wanted more chicks to participate in the event... so voilÃ !

So that was evening one and day two... I shall write about evening two and day/evening three later today... SO much to tell you about!!

To be continued...

(Thanks for your awesome comments! will update soon!!)

(on screen: my desktop bg, not my artwork)

Amazing out of the blue news! // ADAPT 2007

=britbrakdown — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:30:05 PDT

// ADAPT 2007 : CREATIVE MINDS UNITE : 2D/3D week long conference with several high profile guest speakers from companies like Disney, Dreamworks, EB Games, Pixar....

I have incredible news!! Well for me anyway... OUT OF THE BLUE, because of a cancellation, I have been asked to be a guest speaker at this years ADAPT conference in Montreal!! Its only its second year but its already extremely successful and is bringing huge names to the party.

[link]

Within the big hall, there will be three main rooms dedicated to the Masters (big dogs), 2D and 3D (companies talk about what and how they do what they do), EXPLORATION for the up and coming stars of the industry.

Ill be in the EXPLORATION room on Tuesday September 25th from 9am to 1045am. Its really short notice and Ive never done anything like this before, but talk about an opportunity!!

Someone dropped my name to the right person at the right time... they checked out my work and thought I would be a perfect fit for the then empty spot.

When I got the email, I initially thought they had made a mistake! But when I spoke to the rep on the phone, there was no mistake, they wanted me to participate!! Its amazing!!

Ill be talking about my experience as a freelance artist and Ill also be demonstrating my step by step approach to sketch cards.

CRAZY!!!

Are any of you guys attending the event next week? If so, then Ill see ya there! woohoo!

-Red

getting on track

=britbrakdown — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:21:33 PDT

Fffffrrriiendzz and insanely talented artists...yup...they rock

NYC done, next...AUSTRALIA!!

=britbrakdown — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:18:00 PST

The con was GREAT!! I met some absolutely amazing artists that I plan to keep in touch with for a long long time!

but now.. I must prepare for OZ.. 7 days left till I take off for 6 months!!! AAAHHH!!!!

-Red

NYC

=britbrakdown — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:57:49 PST

Im goin to the NYC comicon!! woohoo!!

PS im cold and quite tired of winter.

-Red

help for choice of laptop needed!

=britbrakdown — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:42:14 PST

Hey everyone! I need your prescious opions on what I should get as a laptop. Im going to Australia for about 6 months, so I need a laptop to be able to continue my work whilst I am abroad. MAC or PC???? and what specs?? I need it to be strong, fast and reliable. I would be installing; Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter... well you get the idea.

any help would be MUCH apreciated!!

Thanks!

-Red

Hellboy sketch cards

=britbrakdown — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:06:49 PST

Just finished my first sketch card contract for Inkworks! 250 Hellboy animated sketch cards.... what a job... sigh... im now waiting impatiently to see how many out of the 250 they choose to approve.

so stressful

anywho...

first quick journal post

later

-Red