I recently participated in Winona Nelson's SmArtschool class/mentorship, and this was my assignment: Choose a favorite book and illustrate a cover for it. (this is a wraparound, so the right side is the front cover, middle is spine, and left side is the back cover.)
I picked "The Song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller, and my goal was to capture a similar bittersweet tone as the novel has.
A Moon Mage and her Cat-prentice! 🐱 I wanted to paint something magical and cute. Personal work.
An older personal work of mine. More at https://www.instagram.com/kristinagehrmann/
My interpretation of Amaterasu, sun goddess from Japanese mythology.
You can see more of my work at https://www.instagram.com/kristinagehrmann/ !
Commissioned character art for "The Keepers" by Sarah Goehrke.
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Swan Warrior. A self-directed illustration for my portfolio, because I want to draw more fantasy book covers 🤩
You can see more of my work at https://www.instagram.com/kristinagehrmann/ !
Hi! I'm Kristina, a freelance illustrator with a focus on fantasy and history subjects, mostly in the bookish space. Lately I've been working hard on my skills because I also want to draw for Magic: The Gathering some day.
This illustration is based on a Magic-style card art prompt from Winona Nelson's Smarterartschool class (an online illustration mentorship class that I recently participated in) - it's an assignment that works the same as a real MTG illustration gig. This one is a "White Creature" and the mood is "I am as unbreakable as our ancient institution, and due the same respect."