Bettina Kurkoski
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| Bettina Kurkoski | |
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| Residence | |
| Current: | Plymouth, Massachusetts |
| Past: | Montague, Massachusetts |
| Date of Birth | |
| March 26, 1973 | |
| Novels | |
| Warriors Series: | The Rise of Scourge |
| Other Novels: | Toklo's Story, Kallik's Adventure, Lusa's Tale |
Bettina Kurkoski is an artist who did artwork for some of the Warriors graphic novels.[1]
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Biography
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She was born on March 26, 1973, near Montague, Massachusetts.[2] She currently resides in Plymouth, Massachusetts,[3] and was educated at Plymouth North High School where she achieved a degree in General Studies and went on to The University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, where she earned a BFA in Illustration.[4] After she graduated, she began searching for art-realated jobs, but shortly after that, tradgedy struck, and she was hospitalized and underwent surgery.[5]
When she recovered, she started all over again, and using the internet, she launched her own web page to showcase her work.[6] After her friends told her about TOKYOPOP's Rising Stars of Manga 2 competition,[7] she applied for the competition in 2003, and got placed as runner-up.[8] Bettina did the OEL manga, My Cat Loki,[9] and it was her first proffesionally published series (published by Tokyopop).[10]
She also illustrated the exclusive cover for Star Trek the Manga: Shinsei Shinei, both cover and short story "Communication Breakdown" for Star Trek the Manga: Kakan ni Shinkou and Warriors: Rise of Scourge (due out in June 2008), all published from TOKYOPOP.[11]
QuotesEdit
"That's my story and I'm sticking to it!"
"Well, I've pretty much been drawing since I can remember! Througout elementary school, I'd entertain myself drawing thousand of pictures of Garfield. By the time I hit seventh grade, I was bitten by the comic book bug and had a healthy dosage of anime: "Robotech", "Starblazers", "Voltron", "Force Five", "Tranzer Z" and other cartoons such as "Thundercats", "He-Man", "G.I. Joe", "Silverhawks", "Galaxy Rangers". I then began creating my own characters and comics with a very eighties flare to their styles! By my Junior year in high school I discovered fantasy illustration thru the likes of Boris Vallejo and Frank Frazetta. Then went off to college, majored and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from UMass-Dartmouth. After college, I took up some regular Joe jobs to pay back college loans and rekindled my love for anime, which I had all but forgotten during high school and college and have been thoroughly addicted to anime since 1996! Thru this addiction my style evolved with a very anime look to it. Even though I did go to college, I'm pretty much eighty percent self taught! There are a lot of things I learned on my own during high school, college and even after college! This doesn't mean you don't have to go to get a good art education . I highly recommend going, if not, for the fun alone and you'll be more inspired to work with like-minded people all around you!"[12]
WorksEdit
She did the artwork for The Rise of Scourge in the Warriors Series, and also for books 1, 2 and 3 of the Seekers Manga, also by Erin Hunter. Her other works are as follows:
- Rising Stars of Manga vol. 2 (2003)[13]
- My Cat Loki vol. 1 (2006)[14]
- Star Trek: TOS manga vol. 1 (2007)[15]
- My Cat Loki vol. 2 (2007)[16]
- Star Trek: TOS manga vol. 2 (2008)[17]
- Princess Ai: Encounters vol. 1 (2008)[18]
- Star Trek: TNG manga vol. 1 (2009)[19]
- Toklo's Story[20]
- Kallik's Adventure[21]
- Lusa's Tale[22] (work in progress)
External LinksEdit
- Bettina's Personal Website
- Bettina on DeviantArt
- An Interview with Bettina on Warrior's Wish
- bettina@dreamworldstudio.net
- bettinakurkoski@gmail.com
References and CitationsEdit
- ↑ http://animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/1836
- ↑ http://animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/1836
- ↑ http://animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/1836
- ↑ http://www.dreamworldstudio.net/about_v10.html
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-gallery/2009-10-17
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-gallery/2009-10-17
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-gallery/2009-10-17
- ↑ http://animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/1836
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Cat_Loki
- ↑ http://animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/1836
- ↑ http://animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/1836
- ↑ http://www.dreamworldstudio.net/about_v10.html
- ↑ http://www.dreamworldstudio.net/about_v10.html
- ↑ http://www.dreamworldstudio.net/about_v10.html
- ↑ http://www.dreamworldstudio.net/about_v10.html
- ↑ http://www.dreamworldstudio.net/about_v10.html
- ↑ http://www.dreamworldstudio.net/about_v10.html
- ↑ http://www.dreamworldstudio.net/about_v10.html
- ↑ http://www.dreamworldstudio.net/about_v10.html
- ↑ http://www.dreamworldstudio.net/about_v10.html
- ↑ http://www.dreamworldstudio.net/about_v12.html
- ↑ http://www.dreamworldstudio.net/about_v12.html
