Los Angeles-Based Illustrator and Artist ✍️ 


The Velvet Poppy Silverlake
Illustration for my friends at The Velvet Poppy Flower Store in Silverlake





Peek into the pencil sketches:


Eye Contact
Personal Drawing

For the drawing, I had to use alienation so that the subjects would not be recognized. The looks had to remain secret. This was the birth of these characters. (SK. 2016)



Attachment


Personal Drawings reflecting on Attachment theories
Mixed Media







 



Client: Edelman Financial Engines
Agency: Gykantler

















New Work! As part of their upcoming rebrand, one of two new pre-roll spots 🐝

Stills


 Credits: 
Animation: Cadence Post 
AD/CD/Agency/Magic: Gykantler ✨

Illustration, Sequences, and Character Design:
Saskia Keultjes (me), with assistance from Ceilidh Smith ❤️
Project Turnaround: 5 days!

The 2nd commercial is currently in production!

            

Scripps Magazine
To illustrate an article about the Art and Science of Empathy I got inspired by the essence of empathy through idiomatic expressions and language research







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