this is where my thesis is...red clay, black drawing on white slip, pot cross sections defining the frames of my drawings...I was trying to do insides and outsides of pots, but I'm more strongly pulled to just drawing on the insides. I'm definitely having trouble keeping it uniform throughout my many pieces, so I hope that will be okay in the final install.

More Legos

Project approved. I'm finishing the ground plane with it's bushes and rocks and then I start shooting. 4 weeks to do this sucker. Panic mode has begun. Any readability issues?

Futility in Motion

Poetry? Yeah I do that sometimes, sorry...

It should maybe be called Futility of Motion but whatever. Text after the break

Lego characters

A couple lego characters I made for my stop motion. I shot the health bar yesterday morning, but I still need more legos to finish up the background before I start shooting.

Rough Game Over Animatic

Game Over Rough Animatic from Katrin Haerterich on Vimeo.

This is really rough, but I don't have time to plan much :/ I think some parts in the middle might be a little too fast maybe? Is there anything that's too confusing or not working?

How to use /cut

Hi guys.
Just wanted to give you a heads up, I know some of you are aware of how to use cuts, but it's a good thing to know. Please use a cut if you're posting a lot of text, larger videos or longer embeded media files, more than two or three images, etc.

Cuts will show as a link on your post that will send the reader to the full blog entry. It cuts down on lag and slow loading times on the blog, and post flooding.

Please use: < !--more-- > (no spaces when you add) in the HTML post section of your update, before the content that you want to cut, it will automatically add in the link for the full entry.

Thank you-

Reels

I'm doing resume-y things, so all I have to show atm is demo reels. Here's my general one. Whatcha think?

Generalist Demo Reel from Katrin Haerterich on Vimeo.

This one is more of an FX, and less of a modeling one.

FX demo reel from Katrin Haerterich on Vimeo.

A modeling reel too.

Modeling Reel from Katrin Haerterich on Vimeo.

Rat/Preying Mantis thing

I've been in a bad mmod and watching the syfy channel lately, so here's a a rat/preying mantis thing. :-)

I don't really like the head. I think I might change it to something more insect-like. Here's part of the under-drawing I did.

Bunny Hat

Magic Hat Phenoscope from Katrin Haerterich on Vimeo.

A short zoetrope? I think that's what it's called. It was a small assignment, that I put a little more effort into it.

Lauren here! I'm not sure if this will actually post under my name (as this is the first time I've done this, it's late, and I'm under the influence of Too Much Lady Gaga Music), but here goes:

I, too, have been bitten by the Homestuck bug. Which prompted me to create...this, in homage to the ironic beauty we all know as Hipster Ariel.

Oh, Eridan. You and your godsbedamned Science Stick ruining everything for everyone. May your PBR be eternally warm in whatever layer of Hipster Hell you wind up occupying.

Prrrnnnttss

Good morning! This is the intaglio print that I may or may not have promised from a while back. Whoops. Anyways, umm yeah, sugarlift, whiteground, and aquatint, purposely underwiped because I'm a derp. In other news, I'm super happy, as my Sketch for Japan fund is at almost $200 after only a couple days! :D

Model Portfolio

WOAH, Junior Review was sort of a nightmare to plan for. I made all these turntables.. which took way longer than they should have! So here those are... nothing really new, just more presentable.

Mausoleum Model from Katrin Haerterich on Vimeo.

Deer Model from Katrin Haerterich on Vimeo.

Fluffy Sheep Plushy from Katrin Haerterich on Vimeo.

I also have my vase, which I haven't uploaded yet, and my 'Redgirl' which is still naked and probably counts as 'mature content'.

The Shipyards of Mars

This isn't great, but it's been a while since I did straight sci-fi. This is a setting I may develop further, I was just getting the feel for it really.

Update, and a Renewed Outcy

The book, such as it is, stands at 23,232 words and eight chapters. I will be wrapping the first "act" in the next two chapters and, if all goes well, I will have the rough draft done by mid-April.

That's when things will get interesting. I want to publish it, because damn it I've invested too much time to only have a handful of people read it, but I would rather not go the conventional route. To that end I have created a Kickstarter account for the Chorus.

I'm not asking you to contribute to it, just to take a look, maybe tell some folks, help me spread the word. I don't know what I need, or whether I deserve to get it, but I would appreciate anything really. Even if that is just someone telling me that I'm full of crap and should probably stop wasting my time.

So I thought I should include some of my ceramic art, (now on display at Wilson Library at the U of M) (!), to give some context to my architectural explorations... These pots are actually from the very beginning of last semester, so it's been a while...

edit: oops I should probably mention- photo credit Jerry Mathiason

Man Night

Blue Insano in Scrubs from Katrin Haerterich on Vimeo.

I probably shouldn't have shot at 30fps... oops.

I made a flower.

Strata-cut Experimentation from Katrin Haerterich on Vimeo.

LOOK AT IT GO!

I can't post because THESIS

I AM DOING THESIS THAT IS WHY I HAVE NOT BEEN POSTING

look see that, that is thesis stuff, elements n' the like

WOOOHOOO don't mind me I am crazy

The Engine Man Cometh

So, I hate small towns. May they all die the same death as this one...

Jillian Again

More senior project stuff. Jillian doesn't actually have that color hair, but that's her image color for the project so I guess it sort of makes sense? This is a weird drawing because it's sort of related to the actual project, but more is just me being bored, and scanning something that wasn't inked. Thus the funny lines. Colored and toned. Herpderp. Maybe it should look a little more like...this?
Yeah something like that is a bit more accurate. Though, after discussion with my SP class, Nicholas' color is going to be a bit darker. Jillian and Nicholas apparently suck at finding their way around places. Also, just look at that map, no wonder they're confused!

Redgirl Model

Edit: Here's my current revisions

Um, not sure if titties are allowed on blogger and was too lazy to check, soooo, yah. Anyway, I've been working on this model for over a month, and I need to rig it before Tuesday. So crit ASAP pleaaaaase. It's the same woman that I put concept images up of. I just haven't made her hair or clothes yet. I specifically am having trouble with her shoulder blades and neck. Thoughts?

The Book

So, instead of working on my novel like I should be doing I wrote this little... thing. Allow me to present whatever it is courtesy of Phillip K. Dick and Jorge Luis Borges.