Katherine Garner

New follower influx. Here's my story. I went full-time illustration this June. I gave myself runway and I'm working toward covering all bills. I live, and always have, in East Tennessee. We're expecting kid #6 soon. I feel the stakes. Here's how I make a living: 1. I sell my existing graphic novel, Theseus (Ancient Greek Comedy/Adventure), and my original Ancient Greek card game Panomachea over on my website, carthageworkshop.com. There's also prints and original art there. 2. I sell all those things traveling to various comic cons and book fairs. 3. I work with clients like @MichaelFKane, @OldSovPub, to illustrate books and other projects. A few more ongoing. I illustrated a graphic novel called Blood & Water: the Life & Martyrdom of Shahbaz Bhatti as part of a team, which was published this April by @IgnatiusPress. 4. I crowdfund projects. That's how I got Theseus off the ground for three volumes and 430 fully illustrated pages. That's how my next project, PetraCor, an Anglo-Saxon fable about faith, penance, strange monsters and long journeys will come to be. I don't like marketing. No artist does. But it's part of the job. If my work resonates with you, and you'll pick something up in my store, it's very much appreciated. If you have an illustration project you want to discuss, get in touch over at jordanholt.art.

These pages take a long time because I'm doing them the hard, slow way, watercolor & ink. For heaven's sake if this project interests you —follow me. I'm doing the math and I need the first story to do extremely well if I'm going to make the money work. I want passion to win.