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Hedda Kverndalen

@heddart.bsky.social

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Norwegian illustrator with a love for magic, myths and folklore. Always excited for pumpkin season 🎃👻 She/her 🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇴 Portfolio: www.heddart.com Work mail: [email protected]

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Hedda Kverndalen @heddart.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hello #portfolioday ! ✨
I’m a Norwegian illustrator who wants to do more work in books 🥰📚 Portfolio: heddart.com
#bookillustrator #bookart #kidlit #yabooks

The cover of the book «Spøkelsesstasjonen» by Anne Elvedal. A spooky train station in the background, fall trees in the foreground and children running past. White sharp hands reach towards them from the shadows.

A huge purple ghostly figure rising above the horizon, with northern lights around it, stars all around and a person in front, holding up a glowing orb.

An illustration of a girl walking past, a big heart on her phone and a tote bag that says HK.

An illustration of crows looking up through the trees, spotting a magpie flying above them. It carries a sparkly ring, making the crows’ eyes sparkly too.

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Evi 🌼 @evenlyevi.bsky.social · 7d

Marsh Labrador Tea 🌿 #art #illustration

A digital illustration of Labrador tea, a species of wildflower. The image features clusters of small white flowers against a dark backdrop. A light illuminates the foreground, giving the plants a soft glow.

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Djamila Knopf @djamilaknopf.bsky.social · 14d

I challenged myself to paint this at A3 size, which is huge for me! medium: Schmincke Horadam gouache

a painting of a girl wading through a foggy lake

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 13d

“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI

Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.

www.npr.org

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Hedda Kverndalen @heddart.bsky.social · 27d

But I don’t liiike cars and weapons 😩

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Devin - Lightbox! @devinellekurtz.bsky.social · 29d

Bakery Dragon book 2 is out today!!! 🌟

a photo of the book "the bakery dragon and the Fairy cake" by Devin Elle Kurtz. it features a little red dragon stirring a bowl of cake batter. a fairy dumps in sprinkles. behind them is a glorious wall of blue and purple cakes!

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H (エイチ) @therealhanamaru.bsky.social · Sep 28

Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge

SLEEPTOBER 2025 COMING IN CINEMA NEAR YOU

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Lily / Paraply @paraplyshop.com · Oct 31

Time to get spooky 👻🦇🎃

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BlindCoyote 🔜 CFF 🔜MFF @blindcoyote.com · Sep 24

Honestly, the best way to make an artist’s day is by being very specific about what you like about a piece. Geek out a lil. Gush over how they use line, color, texture. Every mark is layed down by the artist, so if you can connect with those little moments, it helps the artist feel seen.

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · Sep 22

Fungus Researchers

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Hedda Kverndalen @heddart.bsky.social · Sep 22

The book is heeeere!!!

Hedda Kverndalen @heddart.bsky.social · Sep 18

Heheh thanks!!

Hedda Kverndalen @heddart.bsky.social · Sep 18

Totoro has become so patient with me when I sit down to draw on our walks 🥺❤️ #pleinair #shiba #nature #drawing

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Hedda Kverndalen @heddart.bsky.social · Sep 13

The Ghost Train* sorry x)

Hedda Kverndalen @heddart.bsky.social · Sep 13

Next week, a new book I illustrated comes out in Norway! 🥳✨ Spøkelsestoget, The Ghost Station, is a spooky and emotional story for kids 10 years old and up, filled with illustrations! The author is Anne Elvedal.
#kidlit #ghoststory #kidlitillustrator #spookystories #childrensbooks

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Nova & Mali @novamali.bsky.social · Sep 4

ARTISTS WANTED!

Dames Prod and Nova&Mali are working together to create an artbook - Villainess! We’re making a book filled to the brim with hot evil ladies with up to 40 artists, each creating a digital illustration and/or merch [this is a PAID job!]

@damesprod.bsky.social

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Hedda Kverndalen @heddart.bsky.social · Sep 6

Specifically the ‘take no bullshit’-Snufkin

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Hedda Kverndalen @heddart.bsky.social · Sep 6

Snufkin 😌

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Claire SUN 🌻 @lilblueorchid.bsky.social · Aug 21

Overgrown 🌱

Illustration of a slightly top view of two legs standing in a spot of light in a field of wild grass with white small white flowers. The flowers are growing over the legs, climbing around the white tight and tearing it in some place, scratching the skin underneath in some places.

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · Aug 19

I’ve been rethinking how to tackle my TBR so I don’t burn out:

Epic trilogy ⚔️ → semi-spicy romance 🥵 → book that emotionally destroys me 🥲 → cozy palate cleanser to recover 🍄 → highbrow lit 🧐 → Then repeat 🔁

What order do you read in to avoid a slump?

#BookSky #writingcommunity

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Hedda Kverndalen @heddart.bsky.social · Aug 18

Been drawing in nature with my sketchbook this summer and I’m really enjoying it 🥰🌿

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Djamila Knopf @djamilaknopf.bsky.social · Aug 13

Road to Nowhere. It's not autumn yet, but soon. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper

A painting of a road lined with trees in autumn colours. An elk is walking on the road.

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ELK64 @elk64.bsky.social · Aug 12

Illustration done several years ago, for an artbook.

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Hedda Kverndalen @heddart.bsky.social · Aug 10

This is SO COOL

沁 @loika.bsky.social · Apr 21

matchstick

#art

Hedda Kverndalen @heddart.bsky.social · Aug 9

Totoro had his first train ride today and it went super smooth! Look at this chill dude 😌✨ The view probably helps a bit too #dog #pet #shiba #shibainu #train #norway #oslo