Katie Cook

He probably used less glitter than I did

They let me scoot around in the lift while I moved around painting giant set walls!
I only smacked my head on a metal bar hanging from the ceiling once.
Maybe twice. Okay maybe three but that’s where things get fuzzy.

If you’re wondering where I’ve been for the past couple weeks I have been backstage at the local high school helping paint stuff for Frozen the Musical.
So fun. Omg.
I am behind on my own stuff but, you know. Super mom > all

If you’re waiting for a sign, here’s one I painted

There are a lot more toilet paper tubes in this than you’d expect

The front of this is some foam snow mounds but when Olaf starts singing “In Summer” the kids flip the snow down and this is the reveal.
The rows of seats further back and the balcony get the better puddle, ha!

The front of this is some foam snow mounds but when Olaf starts singing “In Summer” the kids flip the snow down and this is the reveal.
The rows of seats further back and the balcony get the better puddle, ha!

If you’re waiting for a sign, here’s one I painted

There are a lot more toilet paper tubes in this than you’d expect

Outdoor fruit stand with huge pyramid of oranges and tall round banana display.

they’re just begging for a car chase

I have been making silly set pieces for my kiddo’s musical all day and having so much fun,

Epi lives in the gutter between my Cintiq and my stomach.

This is not an official Wacom accessory

I am making tiny crabs

That looks amazing!

I’m making little beach things all day today that will only be used for 1 song.
Then the walls.
Then the trim.
……then….

I hope everyone has fun at Emerald City Comic Con this weekend!

You can find me at a table full of paints in the alley behind the local high school instead of at a table full of paints in artists alley.
If you find me there, you’re helping me put a 7’ square design on 4 huge walls.

Shoutout to my favorite Disney Princess dress :

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I will make each one of those kids take a knee and pledge their allegiance to that cat.

Okay but hear me out:

The woman in charge of all the props for the play brings her cute, insanely well-behaved, tiny dog to set build sometimes.
I am taking this as an open invitation to wear my cat strapped to me in a Baby Bjorn to paint sets

Bonus: oh my god the compliments. Your ego and won’t fit through the load-in doors by the end of the day.
I could CHARGE artists to come paint school sets because that ultimate high of being the kid good at art that we all keep chasing?
That times x1,000,000.

I have had a blast paintings some sets for The Teen’s musical.

All artists should volunteer for this kinda thing. It’s a puzzle of “here’s what’s in the backstage area that’s been here since Eisenhower and the town’s leftover house paint for the last 5 years. You have three weeks. Enjoy”

Considering I’ve never really painted stage sets before the learning curve isn’t too bad. I’m already planning out how to attack a beach umbrella backdrop for later this week, ha!

I was going to tackle painting several huge palace walls today but they weren’t ready yet.
Instead, while Olaf (Frozen) sings “in Summer”,one of the set pieces is a multi-tier sunny postcard.
Here’s the giant Olaf Sun my kid and I did that will drop in from the ceiling:

Today I painted 6 of these giant “wood” panels that are part of the castle walls (Frozen the Musical at The Teen’s school. I’m helping paint sets)
What a solid reminder that even if you fucked something up, no one will notice it from 40’ away.

I can’t wait to watch them paint over them for the next play

Today I painted 6 of these giant “wood” panels that are part of the castle walls (Frozen the Musical at The Teen’s school. I’m helping paint sets)
What a solid reminder that even if you fucked something up, no one will notice it from 40’ away.

My thumbnails for my comic panels are a hot mess but the important thing is that I kinda know what’s happening

This is so cool