Karina Giada ⚔️ ECCC MAR 5-8 ✨

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“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

A colored sketch-study featuring my dnd character - Mevo - a woman with pale skin, a tattoo going from her chin to her neck and shoulders, wild long black curly hair with cutesy curly bangs, sitting on a bathtub, wearing a white dress. She has a big scar on her upper arm and fully while pupils & irises

Mevonau 🌚
#art #dnd

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Ah thank you !! My favorite war criminal 😭

“No matter how you’ve romanticised him, Kaine Ferron is not a person. He is a monster.” - @senlinyu.bsky.social

#alchemised #kaineferron

Achilles and Patroclos, standing next to each other in front of a raging fire. Achilles is outfitted for battle and looks wistfully into the distance, while Patroclos ties some laces of his armor, also looking sad. Behind them and above there's the mosaic of a warrior in his chariot.

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.

Amazing thank you so much! Never occurred to me to do it this way. Brilliant ✨

I’m curious about the printing on watercolor paper! What do you suggest is best type for that size? Do you have a specific printer you use? As someone who just overlays digital sketches on top of paper, this would be sooo useful

My #oc Sofia🕯️ #art

The character Ofelia, from the movie Pan's Labyrinth, is surrounded by food and is about to eat a grape. The Pale Man monster is behind her, distracted by a fairy.

🤚👁️👁️✋ 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

Starling ✨

#theascended #thaismorvaren

Thank you so much! Big fan of anything glowy too 🥹

“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

Jonas sketch to close out the year ✨

#roadofbones #theashenseries

No lies detected 🙏🏻

"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

Day to his Night. ❄️

#heatedrivalry #shanehollander #ilyarozanov #hollanov

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

Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m so grateful 🥰

Alchemised prints from artist Karina Giada Helena on the left in a red dress and cape that is chipping away Kaine on the right in all black also chipping away

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

Thank you I’ll have the object of his desire in another painting 😏

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It’s been too long.

#dracomalfoy

This weekend only! Get some of my exclusive prints. Link in bio. 🥀

Thank you so much 🥹🥹