Katie Sokoler is what you might call a walking contradiction. On the one hand, she's all about bright colors, crafty art and making fun on the cheap. On the other, her talent is developed far beyond her 24 years and the end result of her made-at-home street art is anything but elementary—don't let the use of paper fool you. If you think the cast-shadow and thought-bubble images she assembles at home and displays on the sides of buildings are incredible, you're right. But they're only one half of Katie's completed projects.

The other half is achieved by patiently waiting until just the right person hits just the right spot while passing by her publicly posted paper creations, so she can snap a shot of the interaction between pedestrian and paper whimsy, toying with the idea of could-be musings. Which begs the question: Is Color Me Katie street art or photography? Technically it's a combination of both, but enough of this dribble drabble. It's no use describing Katie's work—it'll never do it justice.

In an attempt to gain clarity, we did some shadowing of our own and followed Katie as she completes a project from start to finish: