Kao Lee Thao

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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough...

  • Kao Lee Thao

  • 33 / Female
  • La La Land, Minnesota, US

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    "I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough."
    M.C. Escher

    ~Self Portrait (Animation)~


    ~Self Portrait (Ram)~


    ~ Inspired by Katie~
    ~Joua~


    ~Butterfly~


    ~Geisha~


    ~Self Portrait (Kat)~


    ~Kiss~


    ~Cyan~


    ~Hmong Cinderella~




    ~Moxxy~


    ~Imaginary Friends~




    ~Wake~








    ~Swan~


    ~Broken Doll~


    ~Self Portrait (Alien)~


    ~Self Portrait (Violet)~


    ~Self Portrait (Tattoo)~


    ~Self Portrait (Swirl)~



    I love playing video games but too busy working on 3D…

    Yes my passion is 3D animation…it’s a stressful career but I love it…

    I enjoy painting when I find the time…

    I also love sushi…Sssshhh I get my superhero powers by drinking COFFEE…

    Here is my 3D company:

    It’s run but two extremely insane self motivated animators that include myself and my devoted boyfriend Ash…

    I’ve got it made girls…My Sole mate…My Passion…Ash is the real reason why I am able to explore my creativity and push my art form to the extreme…for that I love him…




























    www.mnartists.org/Kao_Lee_Thao

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  • Status: In a Relationship
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Zodiac Sign: Gemini
  • Children: Love kids, but not for me

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All Artwork on this page was created by me… Enjoy!

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Latest 3d Animation created by Folklore Studio
~Paper Words~

I can’t believe Ash and I finally finished our first 30 minute 3d animation! Take a peek at the production process behind PAPER WORDS, a short 3D-animated film that is near completion.

Director, Producer, Writer
Joyce Lee

Funded by
ITVS, CAAM







Their story, my voice… The Secret War Billboard Project

I was one of the first Hmong children born in America, each year my birth is a constant reminder of those who were left behind and continue to fight for my freedom. My aspiration was to create a painted billboard that speaks out about the injustices of the remaining Hmong soldiers called Freedom Fighters from the “Secret War” during the Vietnam War.

Inspired by Hmong textiles and vibrant colors of my culture I divided the billboard representing the two worlds I live in. My spirit is still trapped in the Jungles of Laos while my soul is in America living out my dreams. I want to inspire young minds to pursue their passion, but remind us not to forget how we won our freedom to America. I hope someday we can end the “Secret War” and bring peace to those remaining in Laos still fighting…

Thanks to Forecast Public Art Grant with support from the Jerome Foundation for making my voice heard and bringing this project to life.

Located on the corner of University Ave. and Cleveland in St. Paul, MN
Please stop by if your in the neighborhood.


~My Work on Susan Thao~


~Skeleton Key Girl~


~Candy Striper~


~Paj Yeeb~


~Violet~


~Blossom~


~Petal~




~Dragon Princess~


~The Promise~


~The Vow~


~Gao Zoua Pang~


~Coda~


~Baobai (Butterfly)~


~ Siren and Spike~


The Stalker: Siren

Siren was born high in the Echo Mountains to the native Euqinu tribe. Neglected and ignored Siren wanders beyond the village where she meets a forest creature named Spike. Forbidden to take him home she built a nest on her back and hides him there. When she reached the age of speech she uttered strange sounds. Her childhood mutterings caused sickness within the village, the villager’s cursed her very existence and forced her mother to sacrifice Siren in the Verboten Forest.

Feeling pity for Siren her mother left her daughter at the waters of the forest spirit. Siren was wrapped in a blanket, adorned with silver jewelry, and a hand woven skirt. Hidden within the design of the skirt was a secret map she must unravel. Silence filled the air and Siren was alone. Rage and sadness took over Siren, who let out an immense cry and with a powerful echo her mother running out of the forest reverberated into dust.

A gust of wind twirled around Siren and drew her into the heart of forest. The Forest Spirit emerged from the trees and bestowed to her a Horn of Emanation and crystal of Verboten Forest within the nest of her back. Curiously Siren blows the horn and the ground illuminates around her, revealing tracks of unworldly mechanisms. Together Siren and Spike travel the land following the paths of the destructive metal ones, relaying their movements to the forest territorial army.

~ Crystal of Verboten Forest embed within the nest of her back ~


~ Blow the horn and it reveals trails of electrically charged tracks~


~I still need to bring the characters into Zbrush to add more detail and someday texture map my 3D models~


~Echo~


~Veronique~


Tequila Moonrise
~Inspired by Delicious Venom ~


~Scrap City~


~Inspired by Ziggy~


~Inspired by Miro~







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Who I'd like to meet:

Bjork, Frazetta, Tim Burton, Guillermo del Toro, Johnny Depp, Bjork, Brian Froud, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bjork and my Doppelganger…

…anyone who inspires me…


I’m a Huge BJORK FAN!







This is Magical…..


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  • Dec 14 2009 3:01 PM

    THANX FOR BEING A FRIEND AND I WISH YOU A FABULOUS DARK AND TWISTED WEEK!!! HOPE THAT SANTA LEAVES OUT THE COAL THIS YEAR AND 2010 GREETS YOU WELL! Drop by anytime and see new stories from my upcoming book of twisted tales in rhyme, and preview the first LUNACY MACHINE CHILDREN'S BOOK, 'GREEN LEGS AND HANDS' DUE OUT IN 2010 AS WELL. I will be announcing the first 250 numbered and signed copies in my bulletins so watch for it.
    Again... Thanks for your support and HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!
    -Criss Karver



    ALWAYS...CRISS KARVER

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    Dec 11 2009 10:15 PM

    Thanks for the add. I definitely admire your art. You are a very talented artist, Keep it up. :D

    -Cc
  • Dec 8 2009 11:41 PM

    Thanks very much for the adding ! Great work here ! Have a fab and creative week... Sam :)








  • Dec 7 2009 10:47 AM



    ‘She wore a slim, cool black dress, black sandals, a pearl choker ... Her mouth was large, her nose upturned. A pair of dark glasses blotted out her eyes’

    Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Truman Capote





    ‘A woman can never be too fine while she is all in white. No, I see no finery about you; nothing but what is perfectly proper’

    Mansfield Park, Jane Austen





    ‘Her dress was richly trimmed with Venetian lace. In her black hair, all her own, she wore a little garland of pansies’

    Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy





    ‘I should put on my red dress and it would be thin as a veil ... It would make a flower shape as I sank down, in the middle of the room, on a gilt chair’

    The Waves, Virginia Woolf





    ‘They hadn’t tampered with her natural beauty, yet somehow they had succeeded in heightening it ... She wore eye make-up and her hair was fuller, like a lion’s mane. She still looked every inch the lady, but she was exciting now’

    Valley Of The Dolls, Jacqueline Susann


  • Dec 4 2009 10:36 AM

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    have a nice day !!!

  • M.U.A.S. muas one Online Now!

    Dec 2 2009 11:21 PM

    KAO LEEE!! How are you??? did you guys have your big New Year yet?? if not when are they? j/w...
    Your artwork is still tha most illiee!!!

    MUAS,MUAS,MUAS = VAM