Katie Croonenberghs Art - ECCC #20015

They're perfect 🥺

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I say "we" only because I'm part of a three artist space with @charamath.bsky.social and @brucedraws.bsky.social!

We even have our own website just for the show
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A cropped map of the Emerald City Comic Con floor of the Summit, Level two. The artist alley is on the right side of the map, our booth 20015 is on the far left edge of the map, right next to the community stage. It's circled in red with HERE written next to it. The bottom text reads art of Katie Croonenberghs at the Artists Guild of Imaginative Realism

Katie's ECCC booth from 2025, with dark green table coverings and a giant lightning dragon backdrop with two smaller PNW dragon backdrops on either side. The table is filled with prints displayed, some in boxes, originals, playmats, mouse pads, lino prints, pins and stickers.

The spot this year is very.... interesting, to say the least. But hey, we're by the windows with lots of natural (probably overcast) light on the same floor as the AA! Remember not all artists are in the AA, please come visit booth 20015 by the community stage - for art! :)
#ECCC #ECCC2026

A painting of a white dragon lounging on bare rocks with some lichen. Below the waves crash up against the rocks, splashing spray on the dragon. There are blue mountains in the distance. Signed Katie Croonenberghs 2023 text in bottom left reads kamakru.com

I'm working on art that I can't share just yet! But for now, here's a dragon taking in that salty breeze on a warm summer day.
"Seaside Lounge" - 2023
Part of an ongoing series of dragons in the PNW
www.kamakru.com/prints/p/lim...
#dragons #watercolor #gouache #painting #traditionalart

It's all so pretty, the 101 is one of my very favorite drives!

I'm done prepping for ECCC except for the last minute things for the backpack. Whew.
I now get one whole day to relax before beginning my decline into total and complete exhaustion over the following 5 days.

Yep, in part! All the way up into to Canada

Oh yes I've done dragons of many types

If anything it might give some words to work from!

Ahh darn, my working title isn't great, just March_edo lol

One of the worst parts of painting is coming up with a title when it's finished. Can't I just call it Dragon #47338372 and be done? I suppose it wouldn't look very nice on the certificate or the listing... but it would make my life easier x]

Oh that was far, faaaar too accurate.

Thank you! :)

I won't share the final quite yet, but I finished this painting! It's going to be the next original I release on @everydayoriginal.bsky.social March 14th. I'll post a full version closer to the drop date :)

#watercolor #gouache #painting

Thanks! I sort of made up the forms based on a much smaller plant in hopes it would not draw the eye too much.

Progress on some bushes, the tips of the bunches of leaves or needle clusters have light green highlights

Starting to look like something!
Needs some cleaning up
#gouache #painting #wip

The corner of a painting in progress showing the dark under layer of the bushes. It's still rough

Working on some bushes
#wip #gouache #painting

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- Finished all signage for ECCC
- Packed/prepped most mousepads/playmats (2 boxes arrived today, 1 more coming!)
- 4 hour painting session (one more to finish)
- Posted this month's lino print on Patreon, which I did manage to get carved and printed last week!

I'm exhausted, but on schedule.

Ahh thanks Davis!

How exciting! I'll absolutely need to make extra time to see it when I make it to IX again

Shrimp mode activated! So cute

Thank you!

Yeah, I knew I couldn't possibly have every size and color so I figured it was the best option! Plus if I manage to sell through them, it'll make it easier for anyone that misses out on grabbing one.

Oh no, it really just poisons everything near it :(
The artist will earn more from their own website anyway, best not give any cut to someone peddling that junk

I can imagine some of the fairs are loaded with booths like that 🤢

Ew, I don't get why they don't understand that all use of it is bad. It's just a bad look overall. I'd probably have told her I don't trust any shop with genai anywhere, even in the banner. They need to know why they're losing business.

Wow the actual audacity and hypocrisy! Even if he did write it all, being fine with genai images is just as bad :/

I've encountered it irl on fabric as well! But it was someone making little banners and flags from it. I asked them if they knew it was genai and they seemed surprised and worried (rather than defensive) like they had no idea. I also had that same feeling for a while afterwards.

So true. At this point I side eye all laser engraved anything tbh, especially with art. But it's a shame because this wasn't even one of those hustle cash grab shops but they were actually hand making stuff with wood and resin :/