Category Archives: Art

“Art that inspires me:”5-Alphonse Mucha

Posted on March 21, 2022 by katbus

One of my all-time inspirations is Alfons Maria Mucha, known internationally as Alphonse Mucha. He was a Bohemian and Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and … Continue reading →

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Photographer Anastasiya Dobrovolskaya

Posted on March 18, 2022 by katbus

I found this amazing photographer on Pinterest a while ago and I just love the fairy-tale imagery she captures with posing models and wild rescue animals. It is such a magickal mix, so dreamy and inspiring to me. In-fact one … Continue reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged Alexa Goriup Summerfield, Alexa Summerfield, Anastasiya Dobrovolskaya, fairytales, Illustration, Katbusgallery, Photographer, photography, rescue animals, The Sisterhood of the Hallows, The Tale of the Tree Sisters, wildlife and models | Leave a comment

Papyrus; from plant to art

Posted on December 20, 2020 by katbus

Have you ever wondered how the ancient Egyptians made papyrus paper to use in their scrolls and art? Well I have and to my delight I was able to attend a workshop on how to actually make the elusive paper, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Personal Milestones | Tagged ancient egyptian scrolls, Egyptian papyrus, How to make Papyrus Paper, Papyrus, papyrus scroll, papyrus workshop, The Getty Villa | Leave a comment

Illuminated Writing

Posted on November 13, 2020 by katbus

As I was drawing my crest I also started looking into how those where done in the middle ages and I researched a lot of old book art and discovered “Illuminated Writing”. It is the art-form of how all those … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Personal Artwork, Personal Milestones | Tagged Book of Shadows, calligraphy, calligrapy ink, feather pen, fountain pen, illuminated art, illuminated manuscript, Illuminated Writing, ink and pen, old fashioned book art | Leave a comment

The Family Crest and Coat of Arms

Posted on November 7, 2020 by katbus

Back in the days of Kings and Queens every noble family, tradesmen and the like had their own coat of arms and family crest. Europe is still displaying many of them on castles, houses, towers and businesse’s doors. We all … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Personal Artwork, Personal Milestones | Tagged ancestors, coat of arms, family crest, family history, family tree, heraldry, Hogwarts house crest, Ravenclaw crest, shields and banners, the Dragon, the Eagle, the Lion | Leave a comment

Hullabaloo in the Works

Posted on August 9, 2015 by katbus

Yes I know it has been too long since my last post… We have been working very hard on Hullabaloo for the last few month and I have been taking a little hiatus from blogging. So what is been going … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Art | Tagged 2D Animation, Animation, CTNexpo, CTNX, Hullabaloo, Hullabaloo an animated Steampunk Adventure, James Lopez, James Lopez Animation, Steampunk | Leave a comment

CTN RoadTrip Burbank

Posted on April 15, 2015 by katbus

This last week end Hullabaloo was out on the road with other great art and artists at the Burbank Arts Festival. Just as it is a success within the industry, it is also been a complete 10/10 with the public. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Art | Tagged 2D Animation, Angi Viper, Animation, artfestival, Booth Hullabaloo, Burbank Arts Festival, Burbank California, Caitlin Postal, Cosplay, CTN Animation Road Trip, CTNexpo, Hullabaloo, James Lopez Animation, support 2Danimation | Leave a comment

WonderCon Anaheim 2015

Posted on April 4, 2015 by katbus

WonderCon 2015 was awesome as it was a last minute surprise trip for me. Sporting my Hullabaloo tee yesterday I encountered some incredibly good cosplay amongst my absolute favored 2, Angie and Caitlin in Super Anna and Elsa outfits that … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Art | Tagged Anaheim Convention Center, Angi Viper, Animation, Art, Beauxbaton, Brett 2D Bean, Caitlin Postal, Cinderella, comic book art, comic books, Comics, Cosplay, costumes, Dark Planet Comics, Edward Scissorhands, Fleur Delacour, fun, geek, geek heaven, Lois Lane, Lonstermash, Margot Kidder, Movies, series, Silver, Stephan Franck, Superman, Wolverine, WonderCon | Leave a comment

“Salon Productivity Academy” video

Posted on April 1, 2015 by katbus

This is the freelance project I helped make recently. I was responsible for all the artwork and the animated storyboarding to introduce the live action part of the video. This was a first time for me, to come up with … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Art, Personal Milestones | Tagged Alexa Goriup Summerfield, Animation, animation artist, design, Katbusgallery, Photoshop, Salon Productivity Academy, Storyboard Pro | Leave a comment

Hullabaloo at CTN Animation Road Trip Burbank and other news…

Posted on March 30, 2015 by katbus

This is a unique chance to see the creator and some of the team working on this great project, if you find yourself in Burbank April 11+12. Ever since we got crowd funded on IndieGogo we have been working very … Continue reading →