I have been commissioned to animate two poems from Toronto writer Souvankham Thammavongsa. The short animations will appear during Nuite Blanche in October in Toronto and will screen on the TTC afterwards for a month or so. I will post the progress as it becomes available.

Early Bird

May 23, 2008

Here is a new animation for you.  Hand drawn stop motion, composited in After Effects..

 

Here Comes

April 5, 2008

Bo Doodles.

March 19, 2008

Some new illustrations - here is a sample of some recent drawings I did. I created a Book.small fold out book from them. I really like listening to Bo Diddley and I find it quite relaxing to draw while I am at it. If anyone is unfamiliar, you should go buy the Definitive Bo Diddley. The song, ‘Mona’, is just beautiful….Bo Diddley 2 Bird lightsKat Burns - Bo Diddley

PhotobucketEnergy Cycles is a one minute video that was directed by Winston Hacking and myself, created for the “Ideas for a Living City” initiative. Our video placed second, and and was shown for two weeks on the OneStop Media screens throughout the TTC  during the second week of February. The Toronto Star interviewed me and you can see the article on their website.

You can view the clip in the “Audio/Visual” section.

Revisiting 2005/2006 Works

February 5, 2008

You can see some older works on the old version of my website here: 2005/2006 Works

I will post a link to my CV soon, highlighting recent shows/exhibitions and projects.

Birds + Squids

February 5, 2008

I’ve been playing around with some animations lately and they’ve been keeping me busy. Bird was stop motion experiment using a digital still camera, chalk and some model birds. With Squid I played around with some collage animation, also using a digital still camera.

Recent CD Art Works

February 5, 2008

Forest City Lovers - Haunting Moon Sinking
Forest City Lovers - Haunting Moon Sinking
Forest City Lovers - are happy to announce the release of a new album on March 11 2008. The artwork consists of pen and ink drawings, hand drawn text and watercolour. It is printed by Standard Form
and will be put out by Toronto’s Out of this Spark Label.
The Pickups - Country Houses, City Streets

Last month I completed a commission for The Pickups, a Toronto based folk band. The artwork consisted of pen drawings hand coloured with pencil crayon and watercolour. For more information on them, check out their website or Beautifully Misguided Records.

the sun and the wind ”The Sun and the Wind” 2006 album artwork for  Forest City Lovers.