Backed by 6 years of illustration specialism, Kiara tailors her approach to each creative project. Based in New York, Kiara Johnson elevates clients’ ideas to achieve their goals and maximize audience engagement.
Count on her illustration expertise and unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality creative solutions.
Hired to illustrate the Albany, New York mascot for the popular visitor’s center in Downtown Albany.
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Rating: 5 out of 5.
“Kiara worked with us to create a custom fun whimsical beaver design looking over the city to represent Albany’s Dutch history. Kiara brought our vision to life with creating the perfect design for T-shirts, stickers, and postcards!”
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Cheer Invitational T-Shirt Illustration
Hired to create a T-Shirt graphic for Columbia Athletics. Sketched and painted in Adobe Photoshop with a 400 dpi to ensure Print Quality.
More on Kiara Johnson: “Kiara Johnson is an award winning multidisciplinary artist based in New York. The published book illustrator passionately works to support creatives and inspire all to explore their artistry. Formally trained in animation, Kiara works in motion design, complete public art, and travels to paint live at events.”
Kiara Johnson works as a multidisciplinary artist with professional experience in commercial/book illustration, motion design, and customized traditional paintings. Johnson’s current body of work showcases narrative storytelling through gouache paintings, animation and digital illustrations. Traditional painted pieces require slight research and mostly imagination. Kiara expresses more freedom and fluidity in her acrylic, oil and water-based medium paintings in contrast with her digital illustrations. Most of Johnson’s digital work is geared towards the animation industry’s taste, which requires clarity in structure, form and complex detail. However, her commercial illustrations follow demands for creating simple and attractive designs as they most likely are printed later in the pipeline. Her personal animation practices some experimental influences, but primarily commits to narrative-based storytelling strategy.
