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Karina Giada

@karinagiada.bsky.social

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⚔️Watercolor Artist and Book Illustrator -Commissions: ACCEPTING FOR 2026 ❄️ ✨ONLINE COURSE: https://www.karina-giada.com/characters ✨PORTFOLIO/PRINTS: https://linktr.ee/karinagiada ✨OUT NOW: The Outlander Oracle Deck

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Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 15h

“I’m not fragile. I am not going to break. Please believe that about me.”

#alchemised @senlinyu.bsky.social

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Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 1d

Ciao #portfolioday ✨

I’m Karina Giada, a watercolor book illustrator. Lately, I’ve been deep in the trenches with gothic arches, lady knights, and red dresses.

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Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 6d

Omg you are too sweet. It was a suck morning doodle 🥹🥹

Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 6d

“She kissed him the way she’d wanted to. The way she’d secretly wished she could. She could have this. Once.”

#kaineferron #helenamarino #alchemised

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Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 8d

“Luc could have been friends with anyone, but he picked me. I wouldn’t have had anyone without him.”

#alchemised @senlinyu.bsky.social

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Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 9d

Lila for Sen 🥀

#alchemised @senlinyu.bsky.social

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Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 14d

🤦🏻‍♀️😤

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🩸 morteraphan 🗝️ @morteraphan.bsky.social · 16d

The Same Palette 🩸🌑

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Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 22d

I am not worthy!! Thank you thank you thank you @senlinyu.bsky.social 🙏🏻🙏🏻 this is so beautiful and I will treasure it forever. 🥹🥹

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Organization for Transformative Works @transformativeworks.org · 22d

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Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 23d

Someone SEDATE ME! I’m so so excited!

Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 23d

Happy Midnight Release Day! So so excited for you @senlinyu.bsky.social 🥀

#alchemised #kaineferron

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Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 24d

Unlikely 😏

Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 24d

More sketching continues. #alchemised

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Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 26d

Haha yes!! Our unhinged little baby girl 😭😭

Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 26d

🤷🏻‍♀️😏

Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 26d

Them 🥀

#alchemised #senlinyu

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Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you so much!! I’m trying to play around with digital more so maybe once I’m more comfortable with it I would LOVE to

Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 28d

Yes!! I like the visual of her looking very young and just picture her shrill. 🙏🏻

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 28d

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 28d

Any guesses to who it is 🫢

I am living off of crumbs - I read the Cosmopolitan article with @senlinyu.bsky.social yesterday and it had a little treat. I did want to color in her dress but I also couldn't decide on a poison green shade and lost that battle.

#alchemised

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Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · 29d

ONE WEEK!!! I’ve never been so excited to hold a book in my hands. @senlinyu.bsky.social

#alchemised #senlinyu #helenamarino

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masky🌻 @maskyarts.bsky.social · Sep 16

artists... use those 3d assets.... look up references....trace pictures of your own hands... it's not cheating, it's self care, so love yourself :)

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Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · Sep 14

You wound me. Unfathomable that it didn’t awe and inspire. 😏

Karina Giada @karinagiada.bsky.social · Sep 14

Don’t they know the girls are demanding Tom Felton, to your greatest pleasure 😂🫠

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