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Kristina Yu ✹ Artist + Illustrator
@artofkoyu.bsky.social
110 followers 93 following 21 posts
✹ Portfolio: https://kristinayu.com/
✹ Art, Gift & Stationery Shop: https://cheeryhumanstudios.com/
✹ Follow my Cheery Human brand + shop stuff on @cheeryhuman.bsky.social
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made this #zine that may or may not be based on actual events 🙈 I had fun making this video. I hope you enjoy it, too! #zinester #catart #art #illustrator #illustrationartist #zines
July 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Celebrating #cats today 🐱 with this mini #zine I made for #minizinejuly25. Inspired by Blanca Carla's @blancisthecreative (IG) prompt list to start making more zines! The first prompt is "one color". #zinemaker #zinester
July 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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It's #kidlitartpostcard day ✨ I'm Kristina, an illustrator + designer currently seeking literary / art representation. In addition to board books + picture books, I'm interested in product design, art licensing, brand collabs, and editorial illustration. Let's work together!

www.kristinayu.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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It's #KidLitArtPostcardDay! I'm Kristina, an #illustrator specializing in #adorableartwork. I've worked w/ clients on their product, editorial & marketing projects + I'd love to work on picture books & baby/toddler/board books focused on topics like food, friendship, animals + nature. kristinayu.com
Colorful illustration of various animals including cats and rabbits surrounded by clouds, trees, and rainbows. Copy on hand-lettered image reads: Kristina Yu, Illustrator, kristinayu.com, seeking literary and art representation
June 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Commissioned #illustration + #animation for The California Endowment honoring #AANHPIHeritage and Mental Health Awareness month.
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#handdrawn #illustratorforhire #freelanceillistrator #losangelesartist #losangelesillustrator #losangelescreative #clientwork
June 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcardday! I'm Kristina Yu, an #illustrator & #designer currently seeking literary / art representation. I specialize in cheery & playful illustrations. I'd love to work on picture books & board books focused on topics like food, friendship, animals, nature + more ✏️ kristinayu.com
Hand drawn digital illustration with spot drawings of fruits, people, cats, and other icons. Copy says "Kristina Yu is an illustrator + designer seeking literary / art representation. She makes art that is cheery & playful like this (arrows point to art spot drawings) and would love to work on picture books + board books focused on topics such as food, friendship, animals (especially cats), nature + more! View her work on Kristinayu.com. TY!"
April 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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progress on the pizza themed illustrations for my monthly mail subscribers on Ko-Fi. Last day to sign up for this month's rewards is March 30th 🍕 ko-fi.com/cheeryhuman

#illustrator #digitalillustration #freelanceillustrator #illustratorforhire #kidlitillustrator
Hand illustrating pizza themed illustrations on an iPad.
March 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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notes + #sketches for a new monthly @cheeryhuman.bsky.social Cheery Club theme 🍕🍕🍕

#sketchbook @ko-fi.com #ko-ficreator #doodle #foodart #foodillustrator
Hand holding a sketchbook open to a page filled with notes and colored pencil doodles that are pizza themed. Doodles are drawn with red and green colored pencils by Kristina Yu
March 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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had to sneak this fish illustration into last month's Aquarium themed sticker mail rewards bc... mood 🫠 #art #kidlitillustrator #cuteart
February 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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another #sketchbook page - oodles of #doodles using acryla gouache + colored pencils
A hand is holding a sketchbook open. Focus is on one page filled with cute doodles and drawings. There are painted circles in the top right corner of different colors - greens, yellows, pinks. Plants drawn with colored pencils in the top left corner. Leaves and flowers of different colors throughout. A cat face and face of a person with two hair buns in the bottom left corner.
February 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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so happy with how my Year of the Snake sticker illustrations turned out 🥹🐍🌸 you can check em out in my online shop here: cheeryhumanstudios.com

[ #cuteart #artshop #art #smallbizartist ]
Three illustrated snake and florals vinyl stickers surround a Year of the Snake sticker sheet by Kristina Yu of Cheery Human Studios.
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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#sketchbook time: fruits + vegetables
A sketchbook page with colored pencil illustrations of fruits and vegetables
January 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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happy lunar new year 🎊🐍🌸
#yearofthesnake #art #lunarnewyear #illustration #illustrator #stickerart
Hand holding a snake illustration made into a vinyl sticker by Kristina Yu of Cheery Human Studios. Snake is white surrounded by pink, orange, and periwinkle flowers with green leaves. There are some of the same stickers on the pink tabletop behind the hand.
January 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Hi bluesky! I'm an artist & illustrator based in Los Angeles. I specialize in cute #artwork & fun patterns. I love #doodling + especially enjoy #drawing animals, food, #cats, plants & flowers. Aside from client work, I also create stuff for my stationery brand @cheeryhuman.bsky.social 🫶
Hand holding a sketchbook open to a full spread. Both pages feature hand-drawn illustrations of flowers and plants with cute faces by Kristina Yu. Every face has a different expression. The left page has an array of yellow and dark pink hues. The right page has an array of blues, oranges, and yellows.
January 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM