Monday, September 24, 2012

New Blog!

Hi!
I've moved.
You can find my new blog at karenklassen.wordpress.com

This blog will no longer be updated, and all the old posts contained within this blog have been imported into my new location.

Cheers!

Karen

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

American Illustration Wins



Click here, and here, to see my illustrations selected for American Illustration 31 website!

Thursday, May 03, 2012

Portrait Lab October 31 - December 31





















At the beginning of 2011, I started my daily Portrait Lab project. The goal was to work on portraits on a regular basis, to experiment with media, and hopefully to grow as an artist. Near the end of the year, I discovered that it wasn't challenging to create a daily portrait, but daily blog posting was. The blogging aspect of it kind of wore me down, and I started to procrastinate a bit (a lot). I learned a few things about myself with this project, one of them being that I'm not a natural at 'sharing' online. Because I'm uncomfortable with unfinished business, here are the remaining portraits for my Portrait Lab project 2011, October 31 - December 31.

Friday, March 09, 2012

Portrait Lab October 30


Portrait Lab October 29


Portrait Lab October 28


Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Portrait Lab October 27


This Portrait Lab is from a series of illustrations I did for the Bankers Hall advertising campaign for 2012. I can only release a few images at this time, more to come!

Portrait Lab October 26


This Portrait Lab is from a series of illustrations I did for the Bankers Hall advertising campaign for 2012. I can only release a few images at this time, more to come!

Portrait Lab October 25



A portrait for a private commission.

Portrait Lab October 24



A portrait for a private commission.

Monday, March 05, 2012

Vincor's Winter's Kiss Label



I illustrated a label for Winter's Kiss ice wines, and just received the actual bottles and packaging. Now that they have been photographed, time for sampling! Drunken studio time, anyone?

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Portrait Lab October 23


This portrait lab piece is from a job that got killed.

Portrait Lab October 22


Portrait Lab October 21


Monday, January 30, 2012

Portrait Lab October 20


Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Portrait Lab October 19


Monday, January 23, 2012

Portrait Lab October 18


Thursday, January 19, 2012

Portrait Lab October 17


Portrait Lab October 16


Friday, January 13, 2012

Portrait Lab October 15


Portrait Lab October 14


Portrait Lab October 13


Portrait Lab October 12


Friday, November 18, 2011

Hey Look! I'm in another book.














Taschen's Illustration Now! 4. Thanks Taschen xo

Hey Look! I'm in a book.



Gestalten's Illustrators Unlimited. Neat!

Portrait Lab October 11


Portrait Lab October 10


Portrait Lab October 9


Portrait Lab October 8


Portrait Lab October 7


Portrait Lab October 6


Portrait Lab October 5


From an ongoing series of Russian personalities for Psychologies Russia.

Portrait Lab October 4


From an ongoing series of Russian personalities for Psychologies Russia.

Portrait Lab October 3



From an ongoing series of Russian personalities for Psychologies Russia.

Portrait Lab October 2

From an ongoing series of Russian personalities for Psychologies Russia.

Portrait Lab October 1


Portrait Lab September 30


Portrait Lab September 29


Portrait Lab September 28


Typhoid Mary. Such a dirty bird.

Portrait Lab September 27


Messing around on Sketchbook Pro for iPhone. That screen is really tiny.