Illustration
Paper Education Company
For over 2 years between 2021–2023, Konstantin worked as a contractor for Paper Education Company on the Creative Team, creating a wide variety of character designs, images and animations for their social media, marketing materials, and internal use. One of his biggest projects involved the illustrating and redesigning of a cast of characters referred to as the “Paper Pals”. While his work for Paper covered a wide breadth of projects and use cases, it most often involved creating illustrations, animations, and character designs to elevate Paper’s playful and friendly brand personality.
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BrainPOP Social Media
From 2018–2020, Konstantin Kahl worked as a freelancer for BrainPOP, an education company that creates content for students in grades K-12. During his time working with them, he was a content creator for BrainPOP’s Instagram feed, in addition to their various other social media platforms. Konstantin wrote content, created images, planned and scheduled posts, and developed social media campaigns to create a feed that better represented BrainPOP’s values. The types of work created included original artworks, photoshoots, animated GIFs and recreated memes, typically featuring their mascot, Moby the Robot, as the subject matter. These images all catered to a playful, lighthearted brand identity, which helped establish and grow BrainPOP’s instagram page from under two thousand followers to over ten thousand.
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Personal Projects
Konstantin Kahl has been drawing all his life. Ever since he was a kid, putting an image from his mind down on paper has always been one of his favorite forms of creative expression. Growing up in a world of ever-changing digital devices, it didn’t take long for Konstantin to start experimenting with digital art. In recent years he’s continued to develop his style through digital illustration, working to capture scenes of grand scale, thoughtful and creative characters, and mechanical designs of tangible substance. Even when he’s not illustrating for work, Konstantin enjoy working on a variety of personal projects, ranging from one-off pieces to ongoing concepts and series.
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Commissioned Art
As a freelance illustrator, Konstantin has been commissioned to work on pieces for his expressive character design and attention to detail. Konstantin’s commission work has included illustrations for RPG books, original character designs, stylized portraits, video game fan art, and digital murals. Konstantin tries to bring his vision and creativity to any project he works on, and often works closely with his clients to brainstorm ideas and experiment with designs. If you’re looking to commission Konstantin, you can reach out to him over on his Contact page.
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Concept Art
All of Konstantin’s artwork has always begun with a sketch. Konstantin always tries to achieve a strong sense of character, whether it’s in the human form or more conceptual designs. Expression comes in many forms, and whether its creating a new character, an atmospheric setting, or a frozen moment of action, Konstantin’s work always attempts to convey a sense of potent emotion. He loves a bold, simple silhouette just as much as a scene of endless minutia, and always aims to create layers of detail that build upon the story of a given design. While not every idea that he imagines can be fully executed, creating sketches and concept art gives him the chance to see what ideas are worth diving deeper into, and has always been one of Konstantin’s favorite stages of the creation process.
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