Sara 🎨 Illustrator
@sarahjertkvist.com
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Sara 🎨 Illustrator
@sarahjertkvist.com
· Oct 14
Okay, let’s try a #Portfolio post!
I’m Sara, a freelance illustrator and storyboard artist based in Sweden.
I’ve worked with kids animation, apps and book publishing.
Would love to branch out more towards older demographics.
📮 [email protected]
🔗 linktr.ee/sarahjertkvist
I’m Sara, a freelance illustrator and storyboard artist based in Sweden.
I’ve worked with kids animation, apps and book publishing.
Would love to branch out more towards older demographics.
📮 [email protected]
🔗 linktr.ee/sarahjertkvist
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I started saying "improvise, adapt, overcome" when I make a big mistake. Feels much better than "oh no oh no oh no"
December 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I started saying "improvise, adapt, overcome" when I make a big mistake. Feels much better than "oh no oh no oh no"
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If you see me like this, I'm fine. I'm being creative. I'm writing. I just need to be dramatic about it first.
December 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you see me like this, I'm fine. I'm being creative. I'm writing. I just need to be dramatic about it first.
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✨🕯️ Here in our dark house, walking with lit candles in her hair, comes Santa Lucia 🕯️✨
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
✨🕯️ Here in our dark house, walking with lit candles in her hair, comes Santa Lucia 🕯️✨
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🕯️Glad Lucia 🕯️dec 13
𝕊𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣
𝔄𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔬𝔩𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔰, 𝔴𝔢 𝔠𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔴𝔞𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔶𝔢𝔞𝔯.
Can you spot the various symbolic elements in this piece?
𝕊𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣
𝔄𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔬𝔩𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔰, 𝔴𝔢 𝔠𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔴𝔞𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔶𝔢𝔞𝔯.
Can you spot the various symbolic elements in this piece?
December 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🕯️Glad Lucia 🕯️dec 13
𝕊𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣
𝔄𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔬𝔩𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔰, 𝔴𝔢 𝔠𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔴𝔞𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔶𝔢𝔞𝔯.
Can you spot the various symbolic elements in this piece?
𝕊𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣
𝔄𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔬𝔩𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔰, 𝔴𝔢 𝔠𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔴𝔞𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔶𝔢𝔞𝔯.
Can you spot the various symbolic elements in this piece?
Hell yeah 💜
Early christmas gift for myself.
This year I’ve been really involved with Vtm (Chicago setting in particular) and this ties everything together so nicely. Will show entire game room setup once it’s finished.
#vtm #vamily #vampirethemasquerade #lasombra @bynightstudios.bsky.social
Early christmas gift for myself.
This year I’ve been really involved with Vtm (Chicago setting in particular) and this ties everything together so nicely. Will show entire game room setup once it’s finished.
#vtm #vamily #vampirethemasquerade #lasombra @bynightstudios.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Hell yeah 💜
Early christmas gift for myself.
This year I’ve been really involved with Vtm (Chicago setting in particular) and this ties everything together so nicely. Will show entire game room setup once it’s finished.
#vtm #vamily #vampirethemasquerade #lasombra @bynightstudios.bsky.social
Early christmas gift for myself.
This year I’ve been really involved with Vtm (Chicago setting in particular) and this ties everything together so nicely. Will show entire game room setup once it’s finished.
#vtm #vamily #vampirethemasquerade #lasombra @bynightstudios.bsky.social
A piece I made about a week ago for an invoicery firm I’ve used a lot. The brief was ’freelance life’ and I went for a blend of authentic and fantastical.
#art #freelanceillustrator #selfportrait #vectorart
#art #freelanceillustrator #selfportrait #vectorart
December 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A piece I made about a week ago for an invoicery firm I’ve used a lot. The brief was ’freelance life’ and I went for a blend of authentic and fantastical.
#art #freelanceillustrator #selfportrait #vectorart
#art #freelanceillustrator #selfportrait #vectorart
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Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
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Share your knowledge if/when you can. Teaching other people how to do what you do doesn’t lessen your art - it just means more and better art for everyone.
I appreciate when people are willing to tell me about their brushes, how they study, etc… I want to put that back out into the world.
I appreciate when people are willing to tell me about their brushes, how they study, etc… I want to put that back out into the world.
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Share your knowledge if/when you can. Teaching other people how to do what you do doesn’t lessen your art - it just means more and better art for everyone.
I appreciate when people are willing to tell me about their brushes, how they study, etc… I want to put that back out into the world.
I appreciate when people are willing to tell me about their brushes, how they study, etc… I want to put that back out into the world.
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this is true for all mediums! books, games, ttrpgs, comics, etc. Leave reviews where you can - and tell a friend you think might enjoy it about the thing!
I don't always trust reviews by strangers, but I sure do trust recommendations by people who know me well.
I don't always trust reviews by strangers, but I sure do trust recommendations by people who know me well.
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
this is true for all mediums! books, games, ttrpgs, comics, etc. Leave reviews where you can - and tell a friend you think might enjoy it about the thing!
I don't always trust reviews by strangers, but I sure do trust recommendations by people who know me well.
I don't always trust reviews by strangers, but I sure do trust recommendations by people who know me well.
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Hey, whether you did hundreds of artworks this year or one artwork this year, you are an artist, and you're doing your best. Be proud of whatever you created this year. Life ebbs and flows.
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Hey, whether you did hundreds of artworks this year or one artwork this year, you are an artist, and you're doing your best. Be proud of whatever you created this year. Life ebbs and flows.
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I'm only in my 50s, but I'm trans/nonbinary. Didn't even know that was an option until my 40s!
Something I'd like to address. There's this idea that TQ+ folk are all 21 year-old art students... and all the 'normal' old school folk are LGB and entirely left behind and confused by 'pronouns'...
Every talk I give, know who the most outspoken trans allies are? Queer folk in their 70s!!
Every talk I give, know who the most outspoken trans allies are? Queer folk in their 70s!!
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I'm only in my 50s, but I'm trans/nonbinary. Didn't even know that was an option until my 40s!
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
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Art is wild because you'll be stuck working on the same part over and over for hours and then you make one random extremely frustrated line and you'll be like "... wait... 👀" and it'll fix everything.
December 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Art is wild because you'll be stuck working on the same part over and over for hours and then you make one random extremely frustrated line and you'll be like "... wait... 👀" and it'll fix everything.
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I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice
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it's the universal queer experience /j
December 4, 2025 at 4:22 AM
it's the universal queer experience /j
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¡Por fin han llegado mis láminas! (Se había perdido la caja) Estarán disponibles en el stand de @pcrazyclub.bsky.social en Manga Barcelona 💀💕
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
¡Por fin han llegado mis láminas! (Se había perdido la caja) Estarán disponibles en el stand de @pcrazyclub.bsky.social en Manga Barcelona 💀💕
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A reminder to all that pointing, laughing AND SHAMING THE FUCK out of companies does Abso-fucking-lutely work and we should do it more often
They keep doing this becsuse they don't think it will harm their brand as much as not using it
Prove em wrong
They keep doing this becsuse they don't think it will harm their brand as much as not using it
Prove em wrong
December 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A reminder to all that pointing, laughing AND SHAMING THE FUCK out of companies does Abso-fucking-lutely work and we should do it more often
They keep doing this becsuse they don't think it will harm their brand as much as not using it
Prove em wrong
They keep doing this becsuse they don't think it will harm their brand as much as not using it
Prove em wrong
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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did you enjoy creating it? did you have fun? does it make you happy thinking about it and sharing it? then that's it. you did it. you found the secret sauce. "was that a waste of time?" of course not, fuckface. expressing yourself creatively is always worthwhile. you're doing great
March 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
did you enjoy creating it? did you have fun? does it make you happy thinking about it and sharing it? then that's it. you did it. you found the secret sauce. "was that a waste of time?" of course not, fuckface. expressing yourself creatively is always worthwhile. you're doing great
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
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November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
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November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
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So, real talk. The imposter syndrome never really goes away either, it's like an old chronic injury that flares up again and gets really bad at certain times of the year, or if you've strained yourself. It creeps back when you don't expect it, and it's hard not to hear that little voice get louder.
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
So, real talk. The imposter syndrome never really goes away either, it's like an old chronic injury that flares up again and gets really bad at certain times of the year, or if you've strained yourself. It creeps back when you don't expect it, and it's hard not to hear that little voice get louder.
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💌Traditional postcards💌
Watercolours or ink!
I’ll make a cute packaging for you ✨
Fixed price
If you’re interested please fill in the form below!!
#art #commissions #commissionsopen #postcard #traditionalart
Watercolours or ink!
I’ll make a cute packaging for you ✨
Fixed price
If you’re interested please fill in the form below!!
#art #commissions #commissionsopen #postcard #traditionalart
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
💌Traditional postcards💌
Watercolours or ink!
I’ll make a cute packaging for you ✨
Fixed price
If you’re interested please fill in the form below!!
#art #commissions #commissionsopen #postcard #traditionalart
Watercolours or ink!
I’ll make a cute packaging for you ✨
Fixed price
If you’re interested please fill in the form below!!
#art #commissions #commissionsopen #postcard #traditionalart