One pencil, paper everywhere
School notebooks with margins full of drawings, self-invented comics, characters on every shopping list. I have always drawn; the word “profession” only came along later.
About me
Hello, I'm Kim.
Illustrator in Hanover. I've been drawing since I could hold a pencil, professionally for a good ten years now.
I love stories about courage and curiosity. And the moment a child points at a picture during storytime and discovers something new.
I illustrate children's books, picture books, and editorials. The projects I enjoy most are the ones with a character at their center.
- At home in Hanover, projects happily remote and across Europe
- Process: watercolor, ink, colored pencil and digital textures
- Availability: new projects on request
My path
From a scribbled-over school notebook to the picture book.
Five stations that explain why I draw stories today.
Visual communication, Hildesheim
During my studies I learned design from the ground up: concept, typography, storytelling in pictures. Along the way I noticed that my heart belongs to characters and stories for children. I studied at HAWK in Hildesheim — Hanover has stayed home and base all along.
Calendars, editorials & many sketchbooks
First freelance projects: an illustrated yearly calendar, editorial pictures with a wink, and small pictogram series. With every commission my own line grew a little clearer.
31 days of ink, two rounds of Peachtober
Daily series as training and playground: Inktober in black and white, Peachtober in color. Together over 90 small pictures that visibly sharpened my style.
Kimsen, ready for new stories
Today I illustrate children's books, picture books, and editorials. The sketchbook lies open. What's still missing might be exactly your story.
Workshop
What I work with
Four tools, a table by the window, and a few rituals without which nothing gets going here.
Stocktaking at the drawing table
As of: this morning, second coffee-
N° 1
Watercolor
Glazes, water edges and happy accidents. Watercolor gives my pictures their glow.
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N° 2
Ink & fineliner
Contours with a mind of their own and dense hatching, the framework of almost every drawing.
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N° 3
Colored pencil
For warmth and texture: colored pencil turns flat areas into fur, wool and evening light.
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N° 4
iPad & finishing
Textures, corrections, and print preparation. Invisible, but everywhere.
Ctrl + Z counts as an eraser.
“The first time a character looks back at me, I know: now they’re alive.”
Away from the drawing table
When the brushes dry
What refuels me and sometimes wanders straight into the next picture.
Cooking, ideally for full tables
Reading, by the stack
PlayStation after hours
And now: your story.
Whether it's a picture book, a cover, or a single illustration: write me what you have in mind.