Children's book illustration, Peanuts, art glass, mosaics, jewelry making, animation, lighthouses, space and aviation, history (anything), cooking and baking, chocolate, coffee and tea, wine, reading, photography, nature, hiking, kayaking, wildflowers, folklore and mythology, the paranormal, architecture, Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Arts and Crafts design, playing the flute, Frank Lloyd Wright, William Morris, Italian Renaissance Art
Music
Anything but rap. :)
Some favorites: Sting, Peter Gabriel, Dave Matthews Band, Incubus, Depeche Mode, Live, KT Tunstall, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Genesis, Elton John, Dominic Miller, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Cure, The Clash, R.E.M., Talking Heads, New Order, Puddle of Mudd, Violent Femmes, The Ramones, Billy Idol, Brian Setzer, David Gray, The Who, Gorillaz, Louis Armstrong, anything Classical, Big Band, or Jazz, Notis Sfakianakis (Greek), R.E.M., Annie Lennox, Thievery Corporation, Tears for Fears, B-52's, Sarah McLachlan, 80's alternative and punk music, Louis Armstrong, Reggae, ELO, B.B. King, Bob Gatewood and Calabash!! :)
Movies
Four Weddings and a Funeral, Chocolat, Edward Scissorhands, Pirates of the Caribbean (pretty much anything Johnny Depp), The Lake House, Once, Waitress, O Brother Where Art Thou, Amadeus, Birdcage, Ocean's Eleven, Bourne Identity, The Saint, Out of Sight, While You Were Sleeping, A Knight's Tale, Willow, Dark Crystal, Mothman Prophecies, First Knight, Remains of the Day, You've Got Mail, Spiderman, Riding Giants, October Sky, Catch Me If You Can, Titanic, Lord of the Rings, Narnia Chronicles, Say Anything, Monty Python's Holy Grail, anything by Tim Burton, Heathers, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, City of Angels, The Patriot, Gladiator, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Secret Garden, A Christmas Story, The Changeling, Welcome to Collinwood, High Fidelity, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, all of the 80's "brat pack" movies (you know what they are: Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, etc. :) (gee, think we like watching movies?? LOL ;)
Television
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Northern Exposure, Heroes, Medium, Ghost Whisperer, The Office, Ghost Hunters, Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, Hell's Kitchen, NCIS, Survivor, October Road, Pushing Daisies, Moonlight, Good Eats, Feasting on Asphalt, My Name is Earl, Numbers, Moonlight, Journeyman, the Actor's Studio, X-Files, Iron Chef, Three Sheets (yes, we like TV too ;)
Books
Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, anything Peanuts, The Chronicles of Narnia..gothic novels and mysteries.
Some favorite authors: Barbara Michaels, Mary Higgins Clark, Mary Kay Andrews, Carol Goodman, Alice Hoffman, John Berendt, Michael Ruhlman, Anthony Bourdain
Heroes
Charles Schulz has always been a hero to me--had hoped to meet him someday but I'm happy he gave me joy throughout my life and inspiration to do what I do, my grandma who had so much influence on my life, my sis and mom who I look up to and I can pretty much tell anything! ;), my dad and grandpa who gave me all the NASA/Aeronautics/Space inspiration!, Amelia Earhart and all the early women pilots, the Wright Brothers...and last but definitely not least, my husband Jimmy (my soul mate).
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Major: Fine Arts (focus on Illustration), Art History (Italian Renaissance Art), Music
Clubs: Philos of Phi Kappa Tau
1985 to 1987
Buckeye High School
Medina, OH
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Art, College-level English/Writing, Music
Clubs: National Honor Society, 4-H, FHA
Katy has been working as an Illustrator, Cartoonist, and Graphic Designer in the Cleveland area for the past 20+ years. Being a cartoonist and illustrator her entire life, after attending Cleveland State University and having dabbled in virtually every form of medium, she eventually phased into computer illustration. Under the name "Katydid Studios" Katy illustrates in any medium (computer or traditional) for publications, greeting cards, clothing, multimedia, and personal portraits/caricatures--she also creates various artworks and jewelry in glass (lampworking, fusing, mosaics, enamels) and other media (whatever interests her at the time!).
With her graphic design business "Myriad Design Works" she does everything from graphic design, photo manipulation/enhancement and restoration, and web design/multimedia for various clients and is currently a subcontractor for NASA (her main client). Check out the pics page to see samples of some of her art, illustration and graphic and web design work (and some personal stuff thrown in ;)---or check it out below! (move slider on the right up and down on picture viewer below to speed up or slow down the slideshow!)
Who I'd like to meet: Peter Gabriel, Robin Williams, Anthony Bourdain, Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, Anthony Hopkins, Elton John, James Marsters, Dominic Miller, Zane Lamprey, Whoopi Goldberg, fellow illustrators and artists
