skelekitty

skelekitty

Location

Folsom, CA, United States

Quick Blurb

Krissi Sandvik was raised by a pack of wild attorneys & a large console color TV in the SF Bay Area of the 1970s and 80s.

Skills and Techniques

Q: What kind of paints do you use? A: I could post the answer, but I would have to kill you. Nah.... I kid. I use fluid acrylic colors, gel medium and glazing medium (all by ). Q: How do you make the colors so BRIGHT? A: It's all in the technique, which is incredibly time-consuming and involves an obscene number of translucent layers of pencil shading, paint/glaze and stamping, with layers of gel medium inserted here an

Find me online @:

http://www.skelekitty.com http://skelekitty.blogspot.com http://krissisandvik.blogspot.co… http://www.flickr.com/photos/mis…

Get to Know

Krissi Sandvik was raised by a pack of wild attorneys & a large console color TV in the SF Bay Area of the 1970s and 80s.

She currently lives in the Sacramento, CA area. She is best known as the creator of SKELEKITTY, whose popularity grows rapidly in spite of Krissi's constant look of shock and awe. She also formed and runs "Scary CRAFT," a group dedicated to sharing indie crafty knowledge, with her friend and partner in crafty crime, "Sacred" Yoli Manzo.

Bio Photo Gallery

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Work in progress: self-portrait for "Not You" show in 2010

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Fear my creative process. FEAR IT, I SAY!

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Custom work: a "skelefied" portrait of my friend John's Chihuahua, Chi Chi. the background includes images of things he loves and that remind him of his dog.

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More custom work: a portrait of Jen "X" Smith's kitty, "Neptune" who passed away. This photo shows the work in progress, without a completed background.