Carolyn Kao
designer + illustrator
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Illustration

A peek into my recent doodles and side projects

Sailor Moon has been the ultimate illustration challenge as a kid ... and to this day 🥺😂 better late than never - this girl is so hard to draw. #sailormoonredraw #procreate #2020mood #myfacewhenithinkabout2020
Happy Mother’s Day to my orchid whispering, life advice giving mother. We love you! ❤️ #gouacheillustration #mothersday #childrensillustration
Happy birthday to my talented, muffin making, bread baking extraordinaire cousin. She’s an artist and baking is her medium 🍞. Thank you for keeping us nourished during this crazy time. We love you v much, star baker💛 #gouacheillustration #sta
Work in progress for a design team values project at 23andMe: this poster represents the importance of partnering with writers / content strategists throughout the design process. Credit for the idea goes to our content strategist, @carolinewalrus !
My star baker cousin, surveying her fresh baked rosemary, potato, corn focaccia during golden hour. #focaccia #gouachepainting #colorpencilsketch #foodieillustration
Social at a distance.Featuring my mom’s cute desert rose. 🌱 🌹 #socialdistance #desertrose #childrensillustration
I’m grateful for simple rituals like breakfast - warm coffee and something delicious my cousin baked. Also taking time to practice gouache after abandoning it for a year.
This magical mirror shows your true inner self. 🔮 This strange drawing is a result of a creative prompt mashup between “magic” and “tiger.” :P #tigerking #dailyillustration
Ramen Onsen - Noodles are my comfort food. I eat them when I’m happy, sad, stressed out or relaxed. Noodles > rice ...it’s a lifestyle choice! 🍜🙋🏻‍♀️
More composition practice from a page out of a National Geographic photo book - caption for the photo: “A pair of performers put on lipstick underwater at Wakulla Springs near Tallahassee, Florida. J. Baylor Roberts, 1944” #procreate #vin
Composition practice based on a page out of a National Geographic photo book. Caption for the photo: a girl wears a curtain and a cardboard crown and becomes the “tundra princess” in the Nenets camp in Russia. - Evgenia Arbugaeva 2016 #tu
I’ve just been falling in and out of naps this winter break, slowly chipping away at a decade’s worth of sleep debt. Featuring my sister’s large stuffed shark which is very cozy. #naptime #editorialillustration #swimwithsharks #proc
Have a souper day - 🥣🌟#procreate #childrensillustration #greetingcarddesign
Hope your holiday is more cozy (but less dangerous) than a marshmallow snowman melting in chocolate 😂🍫#snowman #hotchocolate #holidayillustration #procreate
Who needs a coat when you got... hair? 🙃 Capturing feelings of winter moodiness and being cold all the time. ⛄️ #procreate #illustrationdaily #seasonalaffectivedisorder #itscold
My last Inktober post! Catching a shooting star can be a dangerous endeavor. You may gain immense powers by doing so, but you may also get cursed if you catch a bad star. The young wizard had a good feeling about this star. 💫 and that concludes this
Ben likes pumpkin spice lattes and Scarlet does not. As a half vampire, she prefers blood, but that somehow didn’t bother him one bit. #tasty #coffeerun #vampires #inktobertasty #inktoberday25
The clever little mice tread lightly over the lily pads on their shortcut to school to avoid waking the hungry snapping turtle. 🐢 #inktoberday20 #inktober2019 #procreate #ipadart #childrensillustration
Better late than never! #misfit Sure, the glass slippers fit perfectly, but Ella found out that she didn’t fit in with the royal family. The clock struck 12 as she made her escape to seek freedom and adventure. #inktober2019 #cinderella #thanky
On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the young yak is adorned in colorful ornaments and prepares for his first race at the annual festival. #ornament 🐮 Checking back in for a quick one - :) really just an excuse to draw a yak. #inktober2019 #ya