Katie Canadas : Animator

This pose has been "completed" for awhile and I've just been fighting to find time to write up this blog post!  Did take an awesome trip to the Winchester Mystery House over the weekend that was quite delightful!  On to the post... I've always been a big fan of Black Widow since seeing her kick some serious butt in Iron Man 2 -- was it Iron Man 2?  She's been in so many movies now that I've almost forgotten when she made her first appearance. To me, there's something graceful and mesmerizing about watching a female character fight that I appreciate and am in constant awe of.  Women don't just rely on brute strength, but flexibility and smarts as well (at least in my opinion).  We're talking some major flexibility goals!  I also really love her sarcastic sense of humor, something I can relate to personally, hehe.  So I took one of my favorite stills of her that I feel really sums up her character and recreated it. I'm enjoying these pos...

I work full-time and also fully believe in work-life balance.  I also have mild health issues that at times force me to put all my energy and effort into work (ya know, the job I get paid to do on a daily basis), leaving little energy at the end of the day for me to pursue my own passions.   So when progress started to slow and practically come to a stand-still on my dialogue piece, I knew it was time to address it.  I was learning, but didn't feel like I was getting anywhere.  Whether I've abandoned it or not, I'm not sure and frankly don't care in this moment.  I just know I needed to get back to doing some fun shit and getting excited to sit down at my computer at night (after sitting at it for 8 hours already during the day).   Wonder Woman was the perfect catalyst.  I thought it was going to be good, but had no idea it was going to be such an emotional experience for me.  After almost 10+ years of watching male superheroes tear u...