Ok, so I bought myself yet another years worth of Premium DA, the last time I had one was about 4 years ago... so with all the changes, what should I be doing with the new features?

If I had a premium membership I would be able to embed this video - I'd also be able to escape all the adds that were never here 7 years ago! Damn you online revenue raising!

Anyway, click the link below to get a glimpse at the hectic fly-by-the-seat-of-your-design-pants nature of my illustration process... Yes, this is how I work, no, I don't seem to have a clue what I'm drawing when I start...

Enjoy!

Pirate Crest from McKelly on Vimeo

As some of you may already know, I’ve spent the last 3 years of my design career working in-house. Over these years I’ve lived a crazy 14 hour a day, 7 days a week lifestyle and more recently have found myself with more projects than I can manage.

So it’s with much joy and a dash of nervousness that I’m announcing – as of this week – I’m a full time freelancer!

I promise to post some ‘regular’ LK work as soon as it’s finished!

So what's new for Kat?

Well... I'm 1/3 of the powerhouse behind 'Blood Sweat Vector' [link] with the lovely J3 [link] and I'm also the new Associate Editor of Vectortuts+ [link].

On the exhibition front I'm currently working on a piece for Ladie Killerz [link]

How is everyone else? What's new around here?

Woah it was my birthday on the weekend - I'm old and I've been here - on DA -  a very long time...

So I got a note today saying that my Japanese Skateboard required a "mature" tag...
despite the fact it hasn't had one for the 4+ years it's been on this site and what the hell is wrong with barely noticeable cartoon nipples that look more like circles than the real thing?

Anyway - that's fine and dandy - BUT - When I tried to get a full frontal photo of a spread vagina taken down for violation of - this is not art its porn - I was told it was staying and not to complain so much! Same thing has happened when I've complained about manga porn depicting young girls...


Well you know what DA?! Why don't you just get it over and done with - turn this entire site into a porn portal for vampire loving, furry f*ck*ng emo teens... You suck!

SUIT UP IS NOW ONLINE!

Cards (and limited edition prints) are now available for purchase from our webstore.

SuitupShow.Com www.suitupshow.com

I'd like to thank everyone involved (your packs and $$$ are coming really really soon!) opening night was super and the art and cards sold faster than you can say "MOTORHEART RULES!"

For those who couldn't make it you can see photos here> [link] and a few more here>[link]

-----------------
SUIT UP
Featuring:

Some of your favourite deviants

King of Hearts
Queen of Hearts
Jack of Hearts
Ace of Hearts
Ace of Spades

SPADES Kid Zoom, Simon Childerhouse, TwoOne, Itch

HEARTS Dylan McCrae, Karl Kwasny, Sam McKenzie, Sheldon Vella

DIAMONDS Reka, Phibs, Meggs, Sync CLUBS Yok, Noir, Drew, Claudio Mantuano

JOKERS Sean Kelly, LoungeKat

With the stylings of Nate Holmes-Trapnell.

WIN WIN WIN

It's less than 2 weeks until showtime so we're running a competition to get you all excited (For attendees AND non-attendees - how nice is that?!)

From now until the 16th of Feb you can join the mailing list and go into the draw to win 1 of 5 packs of Suit Up cards To make it even better we're getting them signed by some of the artists!

Excited yet?

All you need to do is
go to suitupshow.com and leave your details - Winners will be notified on Friday the 20th of Feb!

Goodluck and hope to see you all at the show!

--
Kate & Sean

What: Suit Up art exhibition
When: Friday, 13 Feb 2009, 07:00 PM
until 25 Feb 2009
Where: No Vacancy 27-33 Red Cape Lane, QV Melbourne 3000

www.suitupshow.com

Featured artists are:
SPADES: Kid Zoom, Simon Childerhouse, TwoOne, Itch
HEARTS: Dylan McCrae, Karl Kwasny, Sam McKenzie,
Sheldon Vella
DIAMONDS: Reka, Phibs, Meggs, Sync
CLUBS: Yok, Noir, Drew, Claudio Mantuano
JOKERS: Sean Kelly, LoungeKat
With the stylings of Nate Holmes-Trapnell.


Suit Up is finally here!

Suit Up is a collaborative project that Sean and I have been putting together for just over a year now.
With 19 Australian street/comic/illustration artists working on one deck of playing cards we needed all the time we could get.

The packs of cards will be arriving in 2 weeks and everyone is about to burst with anticipation.

Opening night is going to be huge! (pass it on.)
Decks of Cards and Limited Edition prints will be available at the show.

SUIT UP
Featuring:

Some of your favourite deviants

King of Hearts
Queen of Hearts
Jack of Hearts
Ace of Hearts
Ace of Spades

SPADES Kid Zoom, Simon Childerhouse, TwoOne, Itch

HEARTS Dylan McCrae, Karl Kwasny, Sam McKenzie, Sheldon Vella

DIAMONDS Reka, Phibs, Meggs, Sync CLUBS Yok, Noir, Drew, Claudio Mantuano

JOKERS Sean Kelly, LoungeKat

With the stylings of Nate Holmes-Trapnell.

Hosted By:
Sean Kelly (Bucket’o'Thought) and Kate McInnes (LoungeKat)

When:
Friday, 13 Feb 2009, 07:00 PM

Where:
No Vacancy
27-33 Red Cape Lane, QV
Melbourne
3000

Hey everyone just a reminder about my discount - ALSO I have listed my Christmas cards in one and packs of 10. [link]

If you get a 10 pack you'll also receive 2 bonus cards (of other designs)

Merry bloody Christmas Mate!


I'm offering 20% off all goods in my store!

That's a HUGE saving on the Skateboards!

[link]
Use coupon code LOVELOUNGEKAT

xox
LK


Feel free to publish this on any blogs and share the discount with friends and family.

Yes, it's primary gifting time again… Once a year we buy like we've never bought before, and for those in Australia this is a special time as jolly uncle Kevin has given most of us a handy $1,000 bonus (even more if you're skilled breeders.) So spend like your economy depends on it and join me in a bit of pre gifting madness.

My suggestion? LoungeKat of course - and for the cranky activist or stormcloud in the family? You can't go past Bucket'o'Thought. We've both added a swag of smaller "budget friendly" prints and trinkets for you this holiday season. As for the economic downturn - we would like to remind all of our US customers that the Australian dollar has fallen to a massive low- That means you save money and we still get to eat. Yay!

Every order shipped between now and the end of December will include a free greeting card! Awesome!

LoungeKat's NEW Store [link] - Prints from $24AUS! [link]
Bucket'o'Thought's Store [link] - Prints from $12AUS![link]

Sure you do... Why the hell wouldn't you?!

Not like I get any love and comments from my 1,124 watchers, oh no-no - Just love from the usual suspects - and I love you all back so much!(You know who you are)

Oh well, my stats show that some of those silent bastards like to click links and are more than likely selfish people too... So this is sure to please more than a few unknown "fans"

There's a LoungeKat + Bucket'o'Thought promo over at Smitteniche at the moment, the deal? All you need to do is go to BoT's store and take a look around then go onto the Smitteniche blog and leave a comment about what product you liked the most.

You can find the thread here -> [link]

Happy Scavenging...

------------

PRIZE
♥ One winner will receive a two button packs & a postcard from LoungeKat; a greeting card & poster pack from Bucket O’ Thought. (Retail Value: $33)

HOW TO ENTER
♥ Visit the Bucket O’ Thought shop, then leave a comment on Smitteniche about which item(s) you’re most smitten with. This step is required for your entry to be valid.

RULES
♥ One entry per person/per email address. Duplicates will be removed.
♥ Please be sure that your email address is correct when you post your comment.
♥ This giveaway is open to worldwide entrants.
♥ Entries will be accepted now through 11:59PM EST on Friday, October 3rd, 2008.
♥ The winner will be chosen via a random number generator and will be notified by email. If the winner does not respond within five (5) days, a new winner will be chosen.

Yep, With the new store and a few site updates I have also started a new blog!

Hooray!

go and subscribe now.

[link]

Yes, it's true, LoungeKat products are now available from the very tasty BucketoThought!

Skateboards, Badge-packs, Prints, Postcards and T-shirts will all be available from this one stop Kat-Shop!

(For now we have badge-packs and skateboards )

Head on over and take a look!

[link]

Hey everyone, just a quick note to let you know I've finally listed a LK badge pack on my etsy store...

Check it out here. [link]

Oh, and I have let my subscription end, so I have no pictures- sorry, I'm still over DA.