Freelance Illustrator | Katherine Elliott Illustration

KATHERINE ELLIOTT

Hello and welcome!

I'm Katherine, a game artist from Toronto, Canada. My education is in game design and I've been creating art for children's apps since 2018. I make it a habit to participate in local game jams and love to look at connections people make with NPCs.

Please feel free to contact me at elliottkat4@gmail.com

SAGO MINI

January 2018 - Present

Sago Mini is a Toronto-based company making apps and toys for toddlers. I’ve been an artist on Sago Mini’s World team since 2018. I’ve worked on 15 different apps during that time, 8 of which I have been Art Lead on.

I’ve trained several new artists and review others work on a regular basis. I work on characters, background, accessories, and more! My greatest accomplishment at Sago Mini is the Character Creator app for which I created an incredible mount of artwork that all works together interchangeably.

TRAINS

I was a production artist on the Trains app that was released in October 2019. I took direction from both the art director (Aaron Leighton) and the art lead (Katherine Diemert) to deliver artwork that was ready to be brought into the app.

I worked on all the train cars, pieces, Camp station, Farm station, and Chalet station for this app app as well as the app icon, title screen, and Sago World module.

DOGS

I was the lead artist on the Dogs app, an ambitious pet simulator when the players can feed, groom, bathe, dress, and play with a variety of dogs.

Making the art for the dogs was really exciting. The puppet animation is similar to the usual setup for Sago but the dogs' movements are more expressive so there were more considerations than usual. I also really enjoyed giving the dogs their own style while making the hats, glasses, and collars.

PLAYSET APPS

Playset apps are very similar to a digital dollhouse and one of Sago Mini's most successful products. Each one has a theme that the child can freely explore alongside a large cast of characters. I've worked on Big City, Zoo, Airport, Vacation, Camping, Fun Fair, Dinosaurs, Farm (Update) and TBA Spring 2023 release.

As an artist on these apps, I have made a huge variety of backgrounds, characters, vehicles, and objects while paying close attention to how each of these things looks along side each other. My first project as a lead artist at Sago Mini was on the Fun Fair app.

BLOCKS APPS

This is a smaller category of Sago Mini apps that work like a virtual Lego set. I had the pleasure of working as a production artist on the first blocks app, Village. More recently, I was the lead artist on both Neighbourhood Blocks' initial release and the Neighbourhood Blocks update a year later.

As an artist on these apps I had to have a careful eye for details, a keen sense for colours, and a lot of patience for figuring out sets that can work together. There is a careful balance of "boring" structural blocks that children will need and story blocks that add variety or magic into the play experience.