Karina Giada
@karinagiada.bsky.social
⚔️Watercolor Artist and Book Illustrator -Commercial Commissions: Oct 2026 🌸 ✨PORTFOLIO/PRINTS: https://linktr.ee/karinagiada ✨OUT NOW: The Outlander Oracle Deck
Between listening to Dungeon Crawler Carl to watching Project Hail Mary this past Friday, these two have my whole heart. ✨ #projecthailmary #rocky #princessdonut #dungeoncrawlercarl
“And for Helena’s fracturing mind, an absence of cruelty was sufficient solace. For her starved heart, it was enough.” - @senlinyu.bsky.social #alchemised #helenamarino
Finally got around to editing this older piece of mine. A bit different from my current work but remains one of my favorites. #alinastarkov #shadowandbone
“No matter how you’ve romanticised him, Kaine Ferron is not a person. He is a monster.” - @senlinyu.bsky.social #alchemised #kaineferron
My assignment for Winona Nelson's SmArtschool class: Choose a favorite book and illustrate a cover for it. I picked "The Song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller, and my goal was to capture a similar bittersweet tone as the novel has.
🤚👁️👁️✋ Pan's Labyrinth~ Ofelia, no...
Hi #portfolioday! I’m Karina Giada, a character artist and book illustrator. ⚔️ I mostly work in traditional media but lately I discovered the beauty of the undo button in digital. ✨ ✨ www.karinagiada.com ✨Contact@karinagiada.com
"You sound like you spent a lot of time in those libraries." "More than was probably healthy." A shadow crossed his face. "But books don't share the judgement of the living." #theascended
“I shaped the lights with my thoughts, forming them into a small fish that swam through the air above my hands. The light cast blue shadows across my skin, beautiful and forbidden and terrifying all at once.” #theascended
"You're killing him. You're killing him. This is because of you." - @senlinyu.bsky.social Their dynamic is still so fascinating and I still cling on to the idea that Helena is the orchestrator of Kaine's existence, eroding him slowly to her own devices. #alchemised #kaineferron #helenamarino
I loved episode 5 so much I really couldn’t resist a character portrait. There was something about the falling snow and breaking down of barriers that really resonated with me. ❄️🥹 #heatedrivalry #ilyarozanov
What a year it has been. Thank you everyone for your support and love. ✨ #artvsartist #artvsartist2025
Kaine and Helena are home and I can’t wait to frame them and hang them on my wall 🥹🖤 Art by the absolutely amazing @karinagiada.bsky.social
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“Luna’s Grace.” Initially, I was inspired by Alchemised for this piece, but eventually it morphed into something wholly my own. I now cling on to this piece as it embodies so much of what I want to tell in my art as an artist, emotions ranging from longing and melancholy to hope and serenity.
Kaine. 🥀 Sen said he looks both bratty and sad in this and I think my job here is done. #alchemised #kaineferron
“I’m not fragile. I am not going to break. Please believe that about me.” #alchemised @senlinyu.bsky.social
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.
“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
“Luc could have been friends with anyone, but he picked me. I wouldn’t have had anyone without him.” #alchemised @senlinyu.bsky.social
