Kat Beller

@katbeller.bsky.social

Graphic designer & design educator in Vancouver, BC 🍁 Focusing on open-source tools and barrier free education. Also: Star Wars nerd, gym regular, and living with my wife + our cats Cassian and Harvey ❤️

[1/4] Announcement time! I'm honoured to be part of the 2nd wave of @penpot.app Ambassadors, representing Canada 🇨🇦 Being an ambassador for Penpot is bringing many of my passions together: advocating for open-source tools in design, removing barriers from education & bringing the community together.

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Hey everybody! How is it going? Life's been hectic, so I ended up not being on social media a lot. (Classic introvert social withdrawal - if you know, you know). I'm planning to be online more regularly, but can't promise anything 😊 Bye~

Over the weekend, I installed the new COSMIC OS by System76 on my 15-year-old laptop. I loved PopOS, and this new OS is impressive too! It's sleek, clean, and offers more customization than standard Gnome. I’m tempted to install it on all my devices (but gotta stop myself!!!). #Linux #OpenSource

COSMIC

A New Desktop Environment We aim to liberate the computer with a new desktop environment powerful enough to build custom OS experiences — for users, developers, and makers of any device with a screen.

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Still working on my personal projects and the #CloneTrooper calendar concept. Progress is slow 😅, but I'm getting closer to completing the base. Some adjustments are needed as the bottom third of the helmet looks too empty, yet I don't want to add too much detail.

Work in progress, base of a clone trooper (Appo) helmet.Black and white version of my clone trooper phase 2 helmet.Screenshot of my progress in Affinity Designer. Top is the photo I based it on, with line work. On the bottom is a white on black version, and then a wallpaper sized version.Moodboard of what I want the clone trooper helmets to look like. Various clone trooper helmet drawings, some flat, some with lines. There is also a Darth Vader stylized helmet illustration.

Another busy week here, at some point I will catch up with everyone and post updates!!! If you're in #Vancouver, it'd be cool to meetup for any of the events below 🦾 Wed, Feb 19: Vancouver Game Dev Series Thu, Feb 20: Type Brigade No. 55 Sat, Feb 22: French Screen Reading at Studio 16

I attended a free boxing class today and it was intense! I expected basic activities like shadowboxing and punching bags, but my martial arts background didn't prepare me for an hour of blocking punches and getting hit by my own wrists/gloves. I have newfound respect for the sport 👊

I'll be going to my first #Linux meetup today! Not sure what to expect, I tend to stay out of developer circles because it's all over my head 😅 But it looks like a cool community with Q&A's and support time built into the meetup. Hoping for the best 🦾

Happy Valentine's Day!!! Nothing special happening here, we're resting from last night's opera extravaganza. Maybe I can whip up a nice homemade dinner for my wife 💖💖💖

Passport update! It's already in my hands!!! Only took two weeks instead of 4–6 weeks. Good ol' Germany being efficient 🦾🦾🦾 Now I only need to get my PR card renewed, and I can travel again. I'm so freakin' excited!!! 🎊🎊🎊

I teach various #Branding classes and always recommend this website: Branding Style Guides (https://buff.ly/3qxzVJ4). To download, you need to create a free account (using an email alias like SimpleLogin). My faves are National Geographic, Tokyo Olympics 2020, and Discord. Go browse!!!

The branding style guidelines documents archive

Welcome to the brand design manual documents directory. Search over our worldwide style assets handpicked collection, access to PDF documents for inspiration.

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Another cool website I've found is "Interface In Game", a collection of video game #UI (https://buff.ly/2wPbT6s). There are screenshots and videos of game interfaces, which is fascinating if you're researching #GameInterfaceDesign for a project. Or just another rabbit hole to get lost in 😅

Interface In Game | Collection of video games UI | Screenshots and videos

Explore a collection of video games UI interfaces, screenshots and videos. This creative tool is for video games lovers and game designers to get inspiration and help the creative process.

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This was already 5 years ago, I miss K/DA 😭😭😭Riot, please give us new music this year! I'm a huge Evelynn fan girlie, this was for a fan contest held holiday season 2020. Probably my first time trying out cell shading... and yeah, I suck at it 🤦‍♀️ #KDA #FanArt

Fanart of Evelynn (League of Legends) for a K/DA fan contest. It has Evelynn's human form and her shadow form. Quote saying "Naughty or Nice - It doesn't matter - I will skin you alive!"Detail of the illustration. Eve's shadow form is floating in the background, while her human form is posing in the foreground.

First trailer for the remastered version of "Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust" movie by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. In Japanese cinemas February 28. On Japanese blu-ray March 26. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2lz...

Catsuka@catsuka.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust" movie by Yoshiaki Kawajiri has been remastered (from 35mm negative film). Limited Blu-ray box is coming in Japan (english + japanese dubs). International pre-orders >> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind... Can't wait to see the quality. I've always drooled over the cels.