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Katie Croonenberghs Art

@kamakru.bsky.social

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🎨Artist in the PNW: #dragons, fantasy, nature 🖌 #Watercolor, #gouache Gallery: https://cara.app/kamakru NO 🚫A/I 🚫N/F/T Contact for freelance: [email protected] Website: kamakru.com ALL LINKS [shop/portfolio]: http://kamakru.com/directory

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hi #PortfolioDay!
I'm Katie, a fantasy and fine artist in the PNW. I paint landscapes, nature, animals & creatures with a focus on dragons in detailed, lush backgrounds.

🐉 Book covers, TTRPG illustration
✉️ [email protected]
🌐 kamakru.com/portfolio
#fantasyart #dragons #traditionalart

A variety of dragon artworks painted in watercolor, gouache and a couple of small ink on coffee stained paper. Dragons flying through mountain backgrounds, lounging in the forest, flying over a lake with thunderclouds, dragons meeting by a tree above a waterfall, a dragon flying over a beach during sunset. Text reads Katie Croonenberghs kamakru.com

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 New originals just dropped into the main shop!

Here are the 2nd two, both inspired by a trail just north of Deception Pass, Washington State. Both are 5.5x5.5 in matted to 10x10 inches

Lighthouse Point Trail & Bowman Bay

www.kamakru.com/original-art
#landscape #watercolor #gouache #paintings

painting of a twisted tree along Lighthouse Point trail. text reads kamakru.com

painting of Bowman Bay, matted with a gray mat on bottom and a muted green on top. text reads kamakru.com

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 4h

I bet the house smells amazing

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 16h

Evening golden dragon

#watercolor #gouache #fantasyart #dragons #PNW

Painting of a golden dragon twisting its body through the forest. Ferns are on the ground, and light shines through in a spotlight. Text reads kamakru.com. Signed Katie Croonenberghs 2024

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 23h

For friendsofabracadaver on tumblr, a Least Bittern! Big thanks once again for the #Waymakers donation. The challenge is over for this year but I'll be wrapping up bird art for donors over the next couple weeks. Much appreciation to all of you who joined in!

🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt

Digital painting of a Least Bittern clinging to green reeds as it aims downward, watching the water carefully for movement. It has yellow eyes, a very sharp pointy beak, and a mottled gray-yellow-reddish back. The water surface is murky and covered in little green duckweed leaves.

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 21h

NYCC must be going crazy because you're not the first person there saying they're running out of stock. Woohoo!

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Maria Capelle Frantz @mariacfrantz.bsky.social · 23h

Treating myself to some colors todayyy

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Morgane Magloire illustration @morganemgl.bsky.social · 1d

share your couples art!

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 23h

Oh my gosh, the way I hurried over to make sure I was following you! Whew, already was lol.
Gorgeous work, I love the emotion in your figures

Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah. Someone else mentioned that some of these (if not all IDK how it all works) go to websites and some have ko-fi donations enabled even.

Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

The wild part is it's not hard to just ask. It's really the bare minimum people can do, and it's just a form of pure entitlement on their part to take someone else's work and use it without their knowledge. It all leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It's better to ask for permission than forgiveness.

Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

I've had those very same thoughts :/
As if finding all my work in that original LAION dataset a few years ago wasn't already bad, it also showed me just how many websites were using my work without me knowing.

Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah if I could brush the dust directly onto the ink without smudging, that would be SO cool. I'm sure there's some method out there, but for the purposes of these prints probably more work than I intend lol.

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. That comment about it not being standard to ask permission from artists is my reasoning for suspecting the rest. No way to know unless an art piece is recognized

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

Knowing how to cut mats and do your framing is a valuable skill! Let me know if you have any questions about any of the process, mats or frames. I worked in a frame shop for a bit and do it all myself now

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

This whole situation is maddening! Makes me wonder how much stolen art is in that entire thread :/

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

Wooww
Hi, for those who don't know, it doesn't matter one single iota if your project is "free". You do not have the rights to use art you find and distribute it. That's literally what licensing is for.
Your circumstance and goal has nothing to do with whether you are allowed to use anyone's art.

Allie Briggs @alliebriggsart.bsky.social · 1d

NO. IT. IS. NOT.
#art #ttrpg

Screencap from reddit.

"sorry I caught you off guard with the post. In the dnd homebrew space it isn't standard practice to gen in contact with artists for incorporation their work, provided that they are adequately credited and that the homebrew work is available for free, both of which are the case here."

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

Never underestimate the impact of a good frame. ;D
Thanks!

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks so much!

Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe, the most I can do is tap dust onto the print so it would have to be random. If I used a brush I risk smudging the ink. But that's for future me to figure out lol. Thanks!

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah there's definitely more than needed in there

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For whatever reason I'm unable to purchase UPS labels through Shipstation right now. Well, it let me purchase one label, then on the next order gave me this error code about an invalid shipper number? I was so close to having everything done for the week grumble grumble

Screen capture of the error code for UPS that says Missing or invalid shipper number

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 2d

I ordered the frame for Northwest Winds online right before an art show and it came in with chipped outer corners. I wasn't able to replace it before the art show it went into, so I had to use it. The front looks good, it's just the corners, so I took this into account when pricing. It's AS-IS.

Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 2d

Conservation framed means that I didn't just stick the matted artwork directly into a frame, bend the pins and call it good. It's mounted with removable hinge tape, the back is completely sealed with a paper dust cover, hanging wire, & UV acrylic glass is used.

NOTE: The black frame is imperfect!

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 New originals just dropped into the main shop!

Here are the first two:
"Favorite Spot" - 9x6 inches conservation framed to 11x14
"Northwest Winds" - 5.5x5.5 inches conservation framed to 10x10 inches

www.kamakru.com/original-art
#dragons #fantasyart #watercolor #gouache #paintings

Photo of a framed painting of a white dragon laying on a fallen log, inspired by the Hoa Rainforest hall of moss. Text reads kamakru.com

Photo of a framed painting of a small dragon flying across the sky with a mountain in the background, a forest below. Text reads kamakru.com

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