About Kate
I’m Kate (keh), I live in Nottingham, UK where I drink waaaay too much tea, reminisce about the 1980s, take photos and draw a lot.
I'm a self taught, traditional artist who works mainly with markers and sometimes incorporating mixed media such as watercolours, pencils and a little help from photoshop. My work is mostly influenced by comics, animation, nature and fashion.
Tools of the Trade Letraset Pro & Tria markers, Copic markers, watercolours, pencils, bits and bobs and tea.
Favourite movies Labyrinth, Ferris Bullers Day Off, St Elmo's Fire, The Secret of NIMH, The Flight of Dragons, Ghostbusters, Bill & Ted, Lost in Translation, The Lost Boys, Fright Night, Ginger Snaps, Robocop, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Jurassic Park, Tremors, ALIENS
Other Interests photography, entomology, natural history. I keep a blog of insect photography here :)
TV shows etc Red Dwarf, Quantum Leap, Dead Like Me, Buffy, Gilmore Girls, Black Books, Blackadder, The IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh, Honey and Clover, Cowboy Bebop, Gunbuster, Black Lagoon, Haruhi, Escaflowne, 3x3 Eyes
Favourite bands / musical artists Mostly 1980's electro nonsense. And The Eagles.
Favorite books & Comics The Lovely Bones, Shanghai Baby, The Virgin Suicides, The Wind in the Willows, His Dark Materials, Strangers in Paradise, Honey & Clover, Paradise Kiss, Tokyo Babylon, Death Note, Teen Titans.