Katiedoodlelou

This was a lil project i did earlier in the year, my original characters have always been a massive part of my creative expression, and have even helped me develop my skills throughout the years. Whenever i started learning something new in art, i always turned to my ocs to figure it out, especially ol faithful Gabriel, whom i knew how to draw blindfolded (literally).

These characters were made as reflections of myself, parts of myself i couldn’t or didn’t want to talk about or often didn’t even fully understand. I gave these aspects of myself faces and names (and something of a story) and they became their own beasts, i was separated from them.

As my creative career developed, and I started to understand and accept these complex parts of me, i decided to reclaim the characters through makeup and self portraits, it felt empowering and i hold those projects very close to my heart, but looking back on them now i still see these characters, these parts of myself, are really being cast in a rather negative light.

So i decided that it was time to heal these sad, broken and beaten characters, it turned out to be a very therapeutic process and i look forward to using their new designs in future works.