Hi, my name is Kat…

. . . I’ve been a creative person all my life, and have had a love for drawing for nearly a decade. I have a passion for creating pieces that spark emotions. Bringing to life a visual representation of the way some people may see the world, from the brightest days to the darkest nights.

My art journey has ebbed and flowed like the oceans; motivation comes and goes as it pleases, new(ish) motherhood is its own full-time job, and I’m a relatively traditional wife to my wonderful husband and take on most housework, so time and energy are often not on my side. But I’m constantly getting better at balancing responsibility with personal aspirations, which is why I’m always working on something. Fortunately, I have completion issues and will rarely allow myself to leave a project unfinished once started, so I still successfully get all of my projects done and published.

Now, back to my art: The number of people who struggle to express their true feelings is ever-increasing. Mental struggles and emotional difficulties are part of everyone’s lives these days, some more sever than others. As someone who’s experienced one too many hardships, I’ve turned to art countless times when unable to express or even process my emotions. And if I feel any relief from the visual depiction I create, I know others struggling will, too.

The piece on this page, for example, is one of my 2025 pieces, titled VICE. it represents how the habits we develop in order to cope with life’s struggles and hardships may eventually cause us more struggle and hardship, even when providing temporary relief. We don’t focus on the long-term negative effects, because we get too reliant on the short-term numbness from the pain. The subject is sitting in a storm of dense clouds and black rain, a suffocating environment. But she turns to smoking and drinking to numb herself from the despair around her, which only thickens the smog and brings down more rain.

This is one of many deep-meaning pieces I’ve done, and I plan on doing many more. This genre of art is my favorite, as this is what can truly connect with people.
Now, a brief storytime of my (likely) one-hit-wonder in my art career.

It was a normal day back in 2023, when a design of mine went viral on Reddit due to a military morale post made by my husband. The world of r/AirForce met: The Goodest Boy. What started as a small sticker design project for one of my husband's Air Force buddies, turned into over 7000+ sales in my Etsy shop as of 2025.

I was so not prepared for the virality when it happened. I had made my listing with just 9 stickers made, but received thousands of orders in the first few days, so I pulled more than a few all-nighters to get orders filled.

Since then, I've sold thousands more stickers, and have even turned the design into patches, shirts, and even plushies. I am so, so blessed to have turned such a beloved figure of the military world into an entire product line that I get to release new products as I think of them.

The amount of people who have been positively impacted by this dog has made me feel so proud of what I have contributed to so many.

The explosion of this design has given me such a mentally healthy sense of self-worth and fulfillment, and I love every step of every order I get. I read every shop review and seeing how much people enjoy the Doggo makes me so happy.

And with that, my storytime and brief introduction concludes. Thank you so much for your interest and time to learn a little bit more about me. I hope you have a wonderful morning, evening, and night.

Cheers!
Kat

A digital artwork of a female figure with tattoos and dark makeup, sitting against a city skyline at night. She is holding a dropper with a dark liquid, with dripping ink in a cup below her, and a glowing orb in her other hand. The background is a blue, gradient sky with city buildings silhouetted at the bottom, and the word 'VICE' in large black letters at the bottom.

“Vice” - 2025