Kate Beaton

@beatonna

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I enjoy seeing little studies like this get posted. Here is how I drew myself, from 2004 to 2011.

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315 days ago

I enjoy seeing little studies like this get posted. Here is how I drew myself, from 2004 to 2011.

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DerLuftmensch 296 days ago

My God, I think my parents kept my old drawings. I should do this too. Third from last looks like Dick William's sketch of Milt Kahl.

fordmadoxfraud 313 days ago

I like how they get happier over time.

hippenmoor 314 days ago

I love how you become more disheveled. I saw the last one in that recent interview and it is glorious!

georgianalee 314 days ago

Is it just me or does number five have a Harriet the Spy feel? My favorite is gnome jacket Kate.

morinotsuma 314 days ago

Triangle Kate (no. 11) for the win :D

brassydel 315 days ago

My favorite is definitely #5! Then #4, then #8, then the final one.

wittyallusion 315 days ago

*Squaaaaaawk* Kate Beaton, Mighty Cartoonist! *Squaaaaaaawk*

danjfriedman 315 days ago

#2 looks like a Monkey Island concept drawing. Or maybe I'm crazy?

greatjoebivins 315 days ago

I feel like you're just resisting the urge to draw your hair with a bird nesting in it.

KingofSiam 315 days ago

Polly was her name.

KingofSiam 315 days ago

You've become that peasant girl reading books on the roof. That's what I call a self-fulfilling prophecy.

joXn 315 days ago

Love it! You apparently think you have a pointy nose.

Gustavius 315 days ago

Number 12, for shurrr.

DBGrogg 315 days ago

It seems you kind of .. devolved, after the fifth picture. Best of the bunch imho.

redelephnt 315 days ago

Awesome. You have pushed me beyond my inhibitions to start making comics.

baxtercannada 315 days ago

the klan poncho also rules in a non-racist way.

baxtercannada 315 days ago

I've never seen that style of yours in the second pic. I really like it. Of course current style rules