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Portrait of Dana

I love this portrait I did of my friend Dana. She has an amazing head of hair, a touch of resting grumpy face and great earrings which makes her really fun to draw! Even though this portrait is not realistic I feel like it captures her personality perfectly.

My favourites

I know you’re not supposed to play favourites, but there are always some illustrations that for one reason or another I love a tiny, little bit more than the others. Sometimes because they were more fun to create, or perhaps because the person it was for is special to me.
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mountain run

This was a very fun portrait commission to work on for an outdoorsy family. Notice the little heart shaped bum hole on Josie the doggo! Also, this illustration is currently being exhibited at the beautiful Zeitz MOCAA! It will be on display till end October 2021. 

A BIT ABOUT ME

Hallo, I’m Karen Vermeulen, a book cover designer, illustrator, teacher and writer living and working in Cape Town, South Africa. I love humour, stories, patterns, colour and all things creativity related. My cat, Sir Henry loves walking over my keyboard and quietly judging me whilst I work.

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