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Johis
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Finnish illustrator 
Clients: HarperCollins, Sanoma, Smithsonian & more she/her Rep by Lemonade Illustration Agency
contact@johannatarkela.com
Clients: HarperCollins, Sanoma, Smithsonian & more she/her Rep by Lemonade Illustration Agency
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My piece for #THEWEREWOLFCOLLAB zine! And naturally not a coincidence to post it on #WerewolfWednesday 🐺
Ooh I like the #StartToFinish tag and seeing all the stuff people are sharing! Here's the earliest concept I found of this one, done quickly on the ipad just to get the general idea down before anything else on it developed.
Double reveal today, for Rising Storm and A Dangerous Path featuring Tigerclaw and Brightpaw! 🔥AD as usual by the lovely
Really enjoyed working on the expressions of these two!
Published by Nowa Baśń
It's the final remake cover! Featuring so many cats. Loved painting that shiny black fur and icy eyes. Art direction by the awesome as usual! Published by Nowa Baśń
Behold the pinkest painting I ever painted, the new cover for the Polish edition of Fire and Ice!
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Cover reveal for the Polish edition of "The Blazing Star", featuring One Eye! 🐱🌟🌼
Certainly one of the most interesting ones I've got to do so far and the refs I gathered for this were pretty wild. AD as usual the lovely
Hey there! I'm Johanna/Johis, a full-time illustrator specializing in realism and nature themed subjects. I'm mainly doing work for books and other publications at the moment. 🌸🦊
johannatarkela.com
inprnt.com/gallery/johis/
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Hey there! I'm Johanna/Johis, a full-time illustrator specializing in realism and nature themed subjects. I'm mainly doing work for books and other publications at the moment.🌸🌿🦊
johannatarkela.com
inprnt.com/gallery/johis/
linktr.ee/johis
Reminder that I have a free pack of fur brushes available! (tips are appreciated of course but not required!)
Just linking for all new followers since it's been a while I last shared them
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The Polish version for The First Battle has been revealed! Featuring Turtle Tail, and Fourtrees in the back cover. Concept and AD by as usual ✨💙 I'm soooo loving the colours we settled with!
Polish cover for Thunder Rising + the full spread! I created a new fire brush for this with a combination of a couple I already had and I'm very happy with it 🔥🔥
As usual, cover concept and art direction by 🧡
Wow I can't believe it's the last book of the 4th series! Here's the full spread for 'The Last Hope' featuring Firestar all grown up. Published by Nowa Baśń and art direction by 🔥🐱
This cover also had a live reveal at Pyrkon, what an exciting moment that was too!
Full spread of the latest cover reveal, The Sun Trail! 🌅
I also designed the pattern for the bg, ended up making it with ink in the end and scanning it in for a more brush-like look.
Published by Nowa Baśń, AD by and Iza Troinska
'Far Beyond'
Finished! Thanks for looking <3
Bigger upload and longer description: artstation.com/artwork/8lg0dm
Character illustration for #Humblewood Really had a blast with this one, thank you for the opportunity! ✨
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The cover for the Polish edition of "Sign of the Moon" has been revealed! Here's the full spread too 🌕🐈 how many characters can you spot?
Published by Nowa Baśń, art direction by the lovely ! 🤎
Tasty colours in this one too, 'Forest of Secrets' was just revealed! ✨
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More cats! 🐈 The Polish editions are getting the first arc's covers remade, more to come soon! Been fun working on these and imitating the colour schemes of the originals. Fiery sky!
Here's the first one, Into the Wild
Art direction by:
Hellooo #PortfolioDay , I'm a freelance artist from 🇫🇮 living in 🇬🇧. I love making cover art and animal/creature paintings!
Open for commercial work, and also private work again this year.
🌍 johannatarkela.com
✉️ contact@johannatarkela.com
