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    KajsaH

    @KajsaH

    Hi! I'm a 30 yo children's book Illustrator from the south of Sweden. I used to work as a Mechanical Engineer but I'm now freelancing and working hard towards making illustration become my full time job for the rest of my life. SVS Learn is a big part in that!

    Instagram @kajsah.art
    Twitter @kajsahart
    Website www.kajsah.com

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    • RE: MAY CONTEST: MERMAY!

      Here's my entry for the Mermay contest! There so many awesome mermaids here, so great to scroll through and get inspired πŸ˜ƒ Good luck everyone!
      Mermay Soda thief SVS.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: NOVEMBER CONTEST: TOGETHER

      Here is my entry, had to make it a little bit Christmas themed 😁 πŸŽ… also took a "Together in isolation" approach. Hope you all like it, and good luck everyone!

      Together svs.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: OCTOBER CONTEST: Everyone was having a great time at the Halloween feast until...

      Happy Halloween everybody! Here’s my entry for this month, such a fun topic πŸ™‚ and so many great illustrations!

      Forest_Ghosts.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: FEBRUARY CONTEST: YETI COOKING

      So many cool Yetis! Here is mine πŸ™‚ good luck everyone!

      Yeti_Cooking svs_.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: OCTOBER COMPETITION TOPIC: MISUNDERSTOOD MONSTER

      Hi everyone!
      I'm new here on SVS and the forum but I'm really liking this place a lot! Great people and amazing art! Can't wait to take one of the courses πŸ™‚
      Here is my Misunderstood monster for the October challenge, hope you'll like it!

      "The big Forest Monster's main task was to scare everybody away, including small creatures, so he just couldn't understand what he was doing wrong. They just kept climbing on to him, nesting and falling asleep and stuff. Couldn't they see how big and dangerous he was!?"

      Please come with constructive criticism and tips! I'm new with digital painting but really wanna learn more!

      SVS name: @kajsah
      Instagram: @kajsah.art
      Twitter: @kajsahart
      0_1540134427565_Forest monster forweb.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: SEPTEMBER CONTEST: Everyone was shocked to see her show up to school with...

      Here's my entry for the September contest - Everyone was shocked to see her show up to school with...A DRAGON!!!

      Hope you like it! Great as always to see everybody's entries, so much creativity here! Good luck everyone! πŸ˜ƒ

      Girl and dragon svs.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • Mermay WIP - The Soda Thief

      Hi guys!

      I'm trying to make it in time for this months theme, because I really want to do a mermaid before May is over haha. And also I'm now finally subscribing to SVS and an offical member! Feels so exciting to take this step and invest in myself and my art! I've been wanting to do it for a long time πŸ™‚ So I'm celebrating with this mermaid illustration πŸ˜ƒ

      What do you think about it? Composition, colors etc. Is she too creepy looking? As you can see I have a bit left to paint and will add more details to the water. Maybe some fish as well... Hopefully I will make it in time...😬

      All input welcome! Mermay Soda thief wip.jpg

      Thanks!

      posted in Artwork
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: FEBRUARY CONTEST: NIGHTFALL

      So many amazing entries!
      Here is mine, a spread from a picture book I illustrated last year. I really wanted to make something new for this prompt but there were just not enough time this month πŸ˜– but I hope you like this one and good luck everyone!πŸ‘πŸ»

      Spread 1.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: Featured Student for July

      Here I go! πŸ™‚

      Fall colours.jpg
      Uppslag 8 fΓ€rg cropped.jpg

      posted in Artwork
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: September wip - Dragon

      Hi again!

      So now I've changed the wings and added more muscles where they are attached to the body. I think it looks more realistic? I intend to make them semi-transparent, and the light will come from behind and shine through the wings where they are not shadowed by the body.
      Also made the people on the ground smaller as well as the bus. How about the basket ball court now? Not super realistic proportions but maybe good enough for this type of illustration?

      Thanks a lot guys! πŸ˜ƒ

      Girl and dragon wip2.jpg

      posted in Artwork
      KajsaH
      KajsaH

    Latest posts made by KajsaH

    • RE: FEBRUARY CONTEST: YETI COOKING

      So many cool Yetis! Here is mine πŸ™‚ good luck everyone!

      Yeti_Cooking svs_.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: Crit / advice needed on this illustration please

      I love how serene and magical this piece feels! I think in whichever direction you choose to take it, it's going to be a beautiful illustration πŸ˜ƒ and I love love LOVE the colours! Welcome to the forum!

      posted in Artwork
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: NOVEMBER CONTEST: TOGETHER

      Here is my entry, had to make it a little bit Christmas themed 😁 πŸŽ… also took a "Together in isolation" approach. Hope you all like it, and good luck everyone!

      Together svs.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: OCTOBER CONTEST: Everyone was having a great time at the Halloween feast until...

      @Heather-Boyd Thank you!!! πŸŽƒπŸ˜Š

      posted in Announcements
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: OCTOBER CONTEST: Everyone was having a great time at the Halloween feast until...

      Happy Halloween everybody! Here’s my entry for this month, such a fun topic πŸ™‚ and so many great illustrations!

      Forest_Ghosts.jpg

      posted in Announcements
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: I have an agent!

      @Annabishop thank you so much! πŸ˜ƒ Congrats again!

      posted in General Discussion
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: I have an agent!

      Congratulations! πŸ˜ƒ So awesome that so many SVS members are being signed by them πŸ‘
      I've had my eyes on them for a good while now but haven't had the guts to submit my portfolio yet haha πŸ˜‚

      posted in General Discussion
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: Aw Forget It β€” Giving Up On a Piece.

      Don't feel bad for giving up on pieces, I give up on illustrations all the time πŸ˜‚ I feel it's part of the process of learning and experimenting. Usually if I don't feel anything special from the beginning of a piece, if I never get into a good flow and feel excited about a piece, that usually means I'm going to struggle a lot with it. Those pieces never turn out as good, even if I spend 80 hours on them.

      There's always a hard part during every illustration, at least to me, where I just have to push through it, but if I still believe in the core idea it usually turns out the way I want it. I've learnt spending a lot more time in the sketch phase and doing thumbnails help with this! And sometimes I leave a piece for a long time, and if I still like the idea after a couple of weeks/months I can look at it with fresh eyes and make changes to it.

      posted in Questions & Comments
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: iPad for illustration--can someone help me think through this?

      I'm all for the Ipad Pro 12,9 inch with 250G storage, got it a couple of months ago and I'm loving it! I do almost all my illustration work on it now, only do final touches in Photoshop. (But I'm currently going back and forth between two places every week so the Ipad is a lot more convinient than a Cintiq or other stationary display tablets, maybe that will change in the future. I still feel that Photoshop is better than Procreate, although Procreate is very good!). I think you will be very happy with it!

      Another Ipad related tip for illustrators - even though it's really nice to be able to draw digital while watching Netflix on the sofa (right!?), I started to feel it in my neck and wrist. And even though the Smart Folio (which I have) is good I didn't feel it was enough for longer periods of working on it. So I got this stand - Parblo adjustable tablet stand :

      https://www.parblo.com/collections/accessory/products/pr100-universal-adjustable-tablet-stand

      I'm sure there are a lot of other good stands out there but I'm really happy with it. Feels sturdy (even when putting your hand on it while drawing) and offers many options for the incline πŸ™‚ and it's rather small and foldable when not using it! Sorry, a little bit of a shameless plug, but I was just so happy when I found it ;P

      posted in Questions & Comments
      KajsaH
      KajsaH
    • RE: Featured Student for July

      @Miriam thank you! πŸ™‚

      posted in Artwork
      KajsaH
      KajsaH