Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛 @KristinaDraws Twitter profile

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

3 months

Hi #PortfolioDay 👀 I’m a freelance illustrator based in Hamburg, Germany. My clients are mainly book & game publishers big & small, and museums. I'm available for new projects in 2024! 🌍 📧 info @kristinagehrmann .com

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

@KristinaDraws

3 years

I've been painting digitally for 20 years now (I'm 32). A thread 😱 2001

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I wish all digital artists a very always drawing on the right layer

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#SkillNotTalent 2001 vs. 2021

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2001 vs. 2021

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Qrt with your 1st digital art vs most recent June 2014 March 2021

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Truth

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Artist tip: did you know that there are many indie magazines looking for existing artwork to license for covers? I've done this several times and it's a relatively easy way to earn a bit extra cash. You need to do some advance research. For example:

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art twitter sometimes be like

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@KristinaDraws

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Freelance strategies that have saved my butt! Some of them I wish someone had told me when I was a newbie illustrator, some I have used from the start and they're still proving effective. Hope they're helpful <3 Thread ⬇️

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The Hunters and the Prey Personal work, Photoshop & Wacom Intuos

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Artists: did you know that there are many indie magazines looking for existing artwork to license for covers? I've done this several times and it's a relatively easy way to earn some extra cash. You need a bit of time for research. For example:

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👏 EVERY ART SCHOOL SHOULD TEACH BUSINESS BASICS AS A REQUIRED COURSE 👏 Like contracts, copyright, licensing, pricing, taxes... All this is crucial knowledge for pro artists, no less important than art skills, and without it we're easily exploited.

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The idea of this thread: It took me a long time to get where I wanted to artistically and professionally, and over the years I saw a lot of my peers getting there much, much faster. That's okay. I want to show that it's a normal thing if your progress feels slow.

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@EthanMAldridge And in some countries, authors can earn royalties from a collection society for every time their book is borrowed from the library! (public lending right)

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👏 EVERY ART SCHOOL SHOULD TEACH BUSINESS BASICS AS A REQUIRED COURSE 👏 Like contracts, copyright, licensing, pricing, taxes... All this is crucial knowledge for pro artists, no less important than art skills, and without it we're easily exploited.

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Who else remembers and misses the drop dead gorgeous work of Linda Bergkvist? 😭♥️

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"Dido", a new commissioned illustration of the legendary founder and queen of Carthage. I enjoyed researching artifacts and styles from Phoenician culture - lots of Greek, Syrian, Egyptian and other influences. Also note the reference to the Trojan war in the wall paintings ✨

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Commission price sheets only work well if you're offering a small, narrowly defined spectrum of work for private clients. But if you want to do commercial illustration work, I don't recommend publishing any prices at all. This is why:

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Inspired by medieval tapestry ✨

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Happy fish for #MerMay 🐟💙🥰 #mermay2021

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On this bird app I sometimes see people being worried they're "slow" at improving... and they're like 15 and have been drawing for 2 years? That's cool, but it's not... a lot yet. And isn't that quite exciting actually? The potential of the long journey ahead of you? 🤩

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Hot take: it's impossible to "cheat" in art. Looking at our art, someone with experience will always be able to see our actual skill level. No matter what technique we use and no matter how we "cheat".

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Art of Tom Lovell (1909-1997)

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2 new illustrations inspired by my love for medieval/Renaissance tapestry, patterns and texture ✨❤️ Photoshop & Wacom Intuos

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You've painted on the wrong layer. Do you: 1) try to reverse it, even if it takes time and fiddling around bc your layers must be tidy at all costs 2) say "fuck it" and continue in the full knowledge of having created chaos

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

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Hi #PortfolioDay ! I’m Kristina Gehrmann, a freelance illustrator with a focus on book illustration, history and fantasy inspired themes. Currently available for new projects.✨ 🌍 📧 info @kristinagehrmann .com

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A little gif showing my typical digital painting process in Photoshop:

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

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Hi #PortfolioDay , I’m Kristina, a freelance illustrator with a focus on book illustration, history and fantasy inspired themes. Currently available for new projects. 🌟 🌟info @kristinagehrmann .com

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How to spot AI generated images, for folks who want to commission art. (or how to tell if you're looking at a human artist's portfolio)

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2006 (That year I was an exchange student and mobile digital painting wasn't invented yet. So I couldn't do any for 10 months)

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The Hunter(s) and the Prey Personal work, Photoshop & Wacom Intuos

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#mermay

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

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In my experience, "art block" is usually the result of an art/life imbalance. Then you need to step away from art for a while & do something else - literally anything that's fulfilling for you. Ideally a new experience. This is where the phrase "life inspires art" comes from.

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

@KristinaDraws

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In 2012 I switched to illustration full-time. Until 2014 my parents supported me financially. I did okay - could live on it but it wasn't a lot. Around 2018 I started to get more and better-paid projects so now I'm making much more. Again, just to show: this takes TIME.

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2015-16 Again, I didn't paint/draw a lot of individual works, because I was more busy with comics.

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

@KristinaDraws

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Hi, I’m Kristina, a freelance illustrator and graphic novelist with a focus on book illustration, history and fantasy inspired themes. #VisibleWomen 🌍 📧 info @kristinagehrmann .com

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

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Realism painting/illustration – ART RESOURCES I like illustrating in a very realistic style with lots of details. This is very time-consuming, so I do whatever I can to speed up the process a bit. Here are some of my most used art resources, many of them longtime favorites ⬇️

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sketch ➡️ final

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Just obsessed with this town courtyard drawn by Albrecht Dürer in the 1490s. It's incredibly rare to see "urban sketching", or simply any environment drawn directly from life, from this time period!

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This thread brought to you courtesy of procrastination

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

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Hi #VisibleWomen ✨I'm Kristina, illustrator from Hamburg, Germany. I'd like to draw more history themed illustrations for educational/nonfiction purposes, for publishers & museums. 🎨 ✉️kristina.gehrmann @gmail .com

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The Wedding of Liberty and Love 🥰 My contribution to the "Classics but make it gay" zine, a collaborative project of 70+ artists re-interpreting historical artworks through a LGBTQ+ perspective. Super honored to be a part of this!

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Happy fish for #MerMay 💙 #mermay2024

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#ArtistOnTwitter and here to stay

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

@KristinaDraws

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Hi, I’m Kristina, a freelance illustrator who loves history and fantasy inspired themes. I also draw my own graphic novels ("Im Eisland", "The Jungle", "Bloody Mary") #VisibleWomen 🌎 📧 kristina.gehrmann @gmail .com

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New illustration! A view of ancient Thebe east of the Nile, with the Karnak temple complex. For a childrens' nonfiction book. Client: Noordhoff

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Achilles and Patroclos

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The Wings of the Pirate king - #ONEPIECE fanart. Trying to get better at drawing dynamic compositions/action :)

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Artist who amasses a huge collection of reference pictures but ends up never really using any of them

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

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1. Decide on a clockout time at the workday's end. Whether 5pm or any other, relax & do nothing more work-related til next day. It sounds counterintuitive, but if your times are random/too long, this will boost productivity & decrease stress! In German it's called Feierabend.

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The Ritual ✨

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Growing an art twitter account In my experience Twitter takes a bit of luck, but there are some things you can do to make it easier to get seen, even though this isn't an art platform. This is what has worked for me so far -- thread 👇

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As a freelance illustrator you'll usually encounter 2 main methods of pricing your work: 1) Time-based pricing and 2) Value-based pricing Both are important to know about. Here's what each of them means and how you can use it for your purposes:

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Uh-oh, someone's not happy with his order at the thermopolium! Inspired by recent discoveries in Pompeii, I've since wanted to draw a "snapshot" of a street with people in ancient Rome. Medium: Photoshop & Wacom Intuos.

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2002 vs. 2021

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@KristinaDraws

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How I quote for a selfpublishing illustration job. I emailed this exact document to a potential client today, along w/TOS. Tip for starting-out artists: Have a formal quote template ready & all your terms clearly lined out. It helps you get taken seriously as a professional.

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

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✨"Blue and Gold" ✨ I've finally found time again for personal art this last weekend, yay! My inspiration for this was a colorscheme that seemed attractive in my mind. I hope to explore this theme some more, eventually❤ Medium: Photoshop & Wacom Intuos.

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

@KristinaDraws

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Hi, I'm Kristina, illustrator from Hamburg, Germany. I would love to draw more history themed illustration for educational/nonfiction purposes, for publishers & museums. #PortfolioDay ✨ 📩 kristina.gehrmann @gmail .com

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

@KristinaDraws

3 years

It's #PortfolioDay ! Hi, I'm Kristina, a freelance illustrator with 9 years fulltime experience in book covers, interior illustration, board games etc. My focus is history inspired subjects, nonfiction and fantasy. 🎨 📧kristina.gehrmann @gmail .com

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

@KristinaDraws

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drawing at 18 vs drawing at 31

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@KristinaDraws

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Airship Pirate ✨ This new illustration is a tarot card, "The World" for the 78 Tarot Project.

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

@KristinaDraws

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Hi, I’m Kristina, a freelance illustrator with a focus on book illustration, history and fantasy inspired themes. #PortfolioDay 🌍 📧 info @kristinagehrmann .com

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Painting from life in Photoshop, step by step Even a super simple setup like this is a great way to train your skills in observing tonal values, form, relationships, light and shadow for realistic art!

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new mermaid painting! ❤ A personal art, just for fun. Tools: Photoshop and Wacom Intuos, as usual. (I've actually got an XP-Pen screen tablet now, but I keep going back to the old Intuos because it feels so much more ergonomical and efficient 😅)

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It's been a long time since I did any sketching just for the sake of sketching. Trying to get back into it ✨ Photoshop & Wacom Intuos, ~1h each

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Victorian Girlfriends, or: The new colors of 1858 ❤️💜

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3. Don't apologise if you did nothing wrong. Instead, "Thank you for your understanding." (e.g. if you have to reject an unattractive project) is both effective and polite.

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Vaguely Threatening Swordmaiden (don't mind me, just experimenting with color, light and pattern ✨) Photoshop & Wacom Intuos

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Peleus and Thetis 🐟 Personal work, Photoshop & Wacom Intuos

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2. Overestimate your deadlines. Especially as a new illustrator it can be hard to accurately tell a client how long a project will take, so make a habit of estimating generously. Don't take on more than one "rush gig" at a time.

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Photo study

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Geralt & company at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. An official promo illustration for The Witcher III Next Gen. 😊 Client: @witchergame

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4. Have a professional website with an easily accessible email address. It helped me get work long before anyone knew me on social media, even when my skill level was lower than now. From an art director's perspective:

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People keep trying to convince themselves that having a website that is a portfolio of your best work is not as important bc of social media & share sites. It is still important. People that are trying to hire you need to see your curated work in one place, and they need...

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Miss Havisham 🕸️

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Sketching some ships ⛵️ Photoshop & Wacom Intuos, ~1-2h each

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Kristina Gehrmann 💙💛

@KristinaDraws

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Hi #PortfolioDay ! I’m Kristina, a freelance illustrator based in Hamburg, Germany. My clients are mainly book & game publishers big & small, and museums. Currently available for new projects! 🌟 🌟info @kristinagehrmann .com

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Medieval European town life

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