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@kathrinhonesta / kathrinhonesta.tumblr.com

An illustrated journal.
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I have a habit where I tend to stay in my comfort zone a lot—both in life, and eventually affected my work as an artist too. I always stick to what works, and avoid risk under the excuse of chasing deadlines for clients (therefore no rooms for mistakes).

My comfort zone as an artist right now is my "style". I am protecting it too much. I restrained myself when I was creating works because I was scared of failure if I try to explore out of it. I can feel how my creative juices in me drying out slowly because there's no new creative insight of myself to feed it with. When I started years back, this wasn't a problem because I was still in the phase of "figuring out". But now the problem is when I think I've "figured it out", while maybe there will never be a finish line to one's creativity.

So recently, I've been trying to push my ego down. Yes, I believe ego might be the one that has always bound me to my comfort zone. "My work is bigger than myself" is the mantra I now try to keep. Not the "what will people think of my work", or "what if people don't recognize my work anymore" mantras. I don't have to show perfect result everytime. Progress is alright. I have to loosen myself and just experiment, play and create 💪

So here I am in this illustration, using textures & brushes that I've never used before. It might look a little different than my other works but it's okay. I might not be 100% liking the result but at least I step out of my comfort zone & it's a start ✨

Ok I'm ending this rant with my fav quote of Pablo Picasso that I thought is somewhat related to this topic; "It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child".

Ok that's enough for my midnight rant. Rest well, and good night friends! ✨✨

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I got a chance to create an illustration for a @baltimoremagazine-blog article titled "Lifting The Veil". It's an article about the Depression-Awareness Program in hope to flatten the curve of the rise in youth suicide rates in the public schools in the US.

Public schools especially in Arundel County (was nick-named "Suicide Highschool" because of its high suicide rate 😢) has put in wellness & mental health awareness in their curriculums. The students are also encouraged to wear colorful bracelets with the suicide hotline number written on it just in case if they need immidiate help🌷

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Landmark Depression-Awareness Program Aims to Lower Youth Suicide Rate
Forward-thinking high-school curriculum addresses the issues that cannot be ignored.
Baltimore magazine
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Anonymous asked:

Hello, Kathrin! I have seen lots of your artworks. What is your biggest influence and inspired of your artworks? I guess your artworks have something with touch of surrealism. Thank you! Your such a talented artistt!

Hello :) Thank you so much for your kind words!

I love to draw stories, and the type of stories I'm into are the type where they are layered & not-so-direct. That is why I love to draw poems, and fairy-tale-like stories because it gives me so many rooms of creativity when translating it into visuals. And when I am interpreting something quite abstract like that, I tend to use a lot of symbolism & methaphors... that is why maybe my works have hints of surrealism in it.

The authors & artists who create this kind of works that I love are: Maurice Sendak, Isabelle Arsenault, C.S.Lewis, Victo Ngai & Shaun Tan. They have been my biggest inspirations 💖

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Anonymous asked:

Hello Kathrin! Could you share how do you get the stable amount of job ever since you decided to start out freelancing to now? Do you have any tips for the aspiring freelance illustrator? Sorry for my english!

Hello :)

For my case, it happened gradually actually. I started with projects from people I know at first, but at that time, I was constantly putting my works out there on Behance, instagram, and here on Tumblr too. And slowly my works became known and offers for projects came in. My suggestion is to do a personal projects & be consistent in posting it online. Be patient, always strive to do your best and eventually people will notice your work!

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Anonymous asked:

I simply love your work, Kathrin. Specially because you show your love to GOD in all of them. It is wonderful when we are not ashamed of showing our love to Him! May God bless your soul. Karin from Brazil.

That's so encouraging to hear :') Thank you so much for your kind words! God bless you too, stay safe & sound!

Greetings from the sunny Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Anonymous asked:

Could I ask you which App do you use to realise your illustrations?

"Realising my illustrations" do you mean it as how I find my style? Actually, at first I sketch a lot on paper with drawing pens. I'm such an analog person still, so I develop alot doing works in traditional mediums, only then try to recreate similar results on digital/apps. You can notice pen-strokes alike on my digital illustrations, it somewhat still keeps the value of the traditional painted works.

As for apps, I use Photoshop mostly, has been so for 7+ years!

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Anonymous asked:

Hi Kathrin, would you mind sharing more of your experience with the Ipad Pro? Because I've been thinking whether to get it or not, I am that kind of person who prefer to work on bigger screen too..but I'm just kind of wondering do you think it is good for smaller work especially when you are not around your studio workspace? Thank you so much in advance!

Hello :)

Now I know many of my illustrator friends use Procreate for their big works, and I think it's really possible to do it there. However, for me personally, I haven't get the hang of Procreate yet... and I'm also still in the middle of getting used to it.

In the end of the day, I think it is about a matter of habit. I personally love the idea of working out of my studio with iPad, and it has been saving me so much hassle so far. However, the Adobe apps on iPad has not been so improved yet, so I chose to create works with Procreate instead. Although it has similar features as the Photoshop, you certainly need time to get used to it.

As for the screen size, yes I do prefer bigger screen. So for now, iPad is just a better option for me if I were to do my work outside; purely for convenience reason. When I'm back to my studio, I'll transfer my works to the bigger screen. So I'll go back & forth that way.

It's nice to have more ways to do works, and you don't have to only stick to one. But iPad is indeed a big investment. I suggest you go online and watch many comparison reviews. I am sure a lot of people has similar concern as yours.

All I shared here is purely my personal opinion, and also I'm only had my iPad for 3 months... so what did I know right? (lol). But I hope it helps even a bit. x

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Anonymous asked:

hello kathrin! your work is very inspiring to me, i’m wondering how you scan in your sketchbook pages? do you use an app or real a scanner ?

Hello! I use a Canon scanner in a4 size. The type is LiDE 120, and it works wonder!

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Anonymous asked:

Hi Kathrin! Just curious will you be considering upgrading you bamboo tablet to a display tablet or getting an ipad?

Yes! I just bought an iPad Pro. However, I haven't get used to Procreate on iPad yet. So right now I mostly use my bamboo still for my client works. iPad is only for when I'm working outside.

After I bought it, I think I somehow prefer to work on bigger screen. Maybe in the future I would invest on an iMac or maybe a Cintiq.

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cherxdy-blog asked:

hello! can i use one of your art as my instagram profile picture, and repost it on there? i’ll be giving the credits though :)

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Sure! go ahead :)

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Portrait practice ✨ Procreate first timer here! I think I need more time to get used to it. I feel that I'm still quite rigid with it, but I realised I worked faster drawing on iPad. Also, you guys can see how feeble minded I was in the process lol. The end result looks nothing like what I intended to create in the first place 😌

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