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Kat Beller
@katbeller.bsky.social
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🇩🇪 Graphic designer and illustrator based in Vancouver 🍁

👭🏳️‍🌈 My Wife: @shicaraweibelvo 💖💖

Inquiries: katbeller@pm.me
Portfolio: www.katbeller.ca
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Still working on my personal projects and the #CloneTrooper calendar concept. Progress is slow 😅, but I'm getting closer to completing the base. Some adjustments are needed as the bottom third of the helmet looks too empty, yet I don't want to add too much detail.
Work in progress, base of a clone trooper (Appo) helmet. Black and white version of my clone trooper phase 2 helmet. Screenshot of my progress in Affinity Designer. Top is the photo I based it on, with line work. On the bottom is a white on black version, and then a wallpaper sized version. Moodboard of what I want the clone trooper helmets to look like. Various clone trooper helmet drawings, some flat, some with lines. There is also a Darth Vader stylized helmet illustration.
February 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I've completed the Boba Fett Train Like a Trooper Series! It was fun, especially the dynamic kettlebell moves. I'm starting the 212th Battalion series now, and hoping the Jango Fett series is out after!

I share my #Workout on Hevy: https://buff.ly/3Qker1t
February 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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This was already 5 years ago, I miss K/DA 😭😭😭Riot, please give us new music this year! I'm a huge Evelynn fan girlie, this was for a fan contest held holiday season 2020. Probably my first time trying out cell shading... and yeah, I suck at it 🤦‍♀️

#KDA #FanArt
Fanart of Evelynn (League of Legends) for a K/DA fan contest. It has Evelynn's human form and her shadow form. Quote saying "Naughty or Nice - It doesn't matter - I will skin you alive!" Detail of the illustration. Eve's shadow form is floating in the background, while her human form is posing in the foreground.
February 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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This was such a cool piece, and I'm so mad I lost the physical original, all I have is this photo. First time trying out #Watercolour seriously instead of painting with acrylics. I've been wanting to get back into painting, but I don't want the mess that comes with it 😆
Watercolour of a blue whale jumping out of the water. Sunset sky, why yellow and red reflections on the water. Detail of the blue whale, mainly on the body and face.
February 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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I did this piece on a live stream a long while back (I kidnapped @shicaraweibelvo.bsky.social Twitch stream overnight). I have no clue about digital painting, I just swish together the minimal traditional knowledge that I have 😅 Made in #Krita
Bat digital painting, detail on the face and wings. Hanging upside down, looking at viewer. Same bat digital painting, but the full piece. The bat has a little speech bubble next to it saying "I'm a bat ♥️"
February 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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It's a pretty busy week for me, so I'm just gonna dig up old projects that I've never really shared before. This was a memoir for a friend after their fur baby had passed away. (We miss you Cedric 💗)

#Illustration #PetPortraits
Pillow mock-up with various dog illustrations, and the word "Cedric" on it. Illustration flat. Various small dog illustrations with bones, hearts, and the word "Cedric".
February 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Just some thumbnail sketches trying to figure out calendar layouts for desktop / mobile and trooper helmet proportions.

#StarWars #Layouts
Photo of a sketchbook page. There are three layout sketches, and two helmet proportion sketches.
January 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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I'm thinking of creating a calendar series for some #StarWars clone troopers and was searching for inspiration. I discovered this little project from 2022 - it made me so happy making it and looking at it for a month. Does anyone else still use wallpaper calendars?
Mockup of a laptop floating. The screen is visible, and on it is a bright yellow wallpaper using Aggretsuko. The full calendar in flat view. It features various Aggretsuko illustrations, a September 2022 calendar on a bright yellow background.
January 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Was I asleep during school in Germany or what? Why is a German booklet from 1899 mainly in the Latin alphabet with rare Sütterlin, while a 1930s fairy tale book is all in Sütterlin? I'll be researching this myself as well, but honestly, I thought it'd be the other way around.

German in the thread.
Black and white add page for various printing companies, in German, ca 1898. Photo of an old book page, saying "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten" in an old German print style called Sütterlin.
January 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Going to the German embassy today to hopefully get my new passport applied for. This pile of documents is freaking me out, I hope I've got everything 😬
File folder with cute cats on it. There is a decent pile of papers in the file folder. Checklist of documents needed for the German passport application.
January 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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I'm trying to read more German, and I found the German Archive of Book Industry & Commercial Graphics (@designreviewed.com 🙏). The content is a bit tough to read (it's like they couldn't print photos in 1899 🤣), but the typeface ads are worth it. This one reminds me of Ghost's cross logo.
Typeface ad from 1899 for "Moderne Versalien" or "Corsica". It features words like Lehren, Kunstmalerei or Zeichnung in that type face. Album cover of Ghost's album Impera. Metallic plate, featuring Papa 4 (or Nihil?) with arms crossed over the chest.
January 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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I have a lot of goals in 2025, but everything is driven by building a fulfilling future with my wife (@shicaraweibelvo.bsky.social), growing personally, and growing my creative business. So that, hopefully, we can have a peaceful and purposeful future together (and an ocean view apartment 🏖️)
3x3 grid of my 2025 goals, each square has a different category. I've circled top 1: Reading, 2: Fitness, middle: My Wife, bottom: Creative Forge
January 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Early in my career, I used #GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) a lot.

It's clunky but solid with some plugins (font handling & layer effects). It's what got me started in #GraphicDesign! https://www.gimp.org/

These biz cards are just from before I went to college for graphic design.
Mockup of stacked business cards, aligned neatly. Middle stack is much taller than the rest. All business cards feature a purple bat with a heart, and the text "the freakin' bat army" "of Darling Miss Nyx" with twitch.tv and twitter.com URLs on the back of the business card.
January 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Note to self, don't share transparent files on Bsky 😭
PKMN FIT logo, barbell / pokeball icon with the PKMN FIT word underneath.
January 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Guess what?! I'm late for #portfolioday 😭

I do #graphicdesign , concentrating on #branding , and all visual products (print and digital) a small biz, content creator, or influencer may need. My specialty is giving them exactly what they require to elevate their biz to the next level!
Logo for PKMN FIT. Yellow Pokemon esque font underneath a barbell / pokeball icon. Caption in blue: Train Fight Catch Logo for Shicara Weibel Voice Over Artist. A simplified portrait illustration, heart shaped background, blacked out (but magenta) sunglasses. Name Shicara Weibel underneath in a vintage cursive font. Mockup of two stacks of business cards in a perspective view. The Kanga Pouch logo is featured on the bottom stack, yellow badge with a minimal kangaroo icon. Other stack features contact information. 5 bat illustrations, in a cartoony, cell-shaded style. In the middle it says "what freakin' bat are you?"
January 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Rediscovered Mike Karolos (https://buff.ly/3DPqbGt) and remembered a #Nosferatu poster I made in his style a few years ago. Love their thick lines, geometric shapes, and simplicity in maximalism. I'd love to tackle 1932 Dracula, Frankenstein, and other black & white classics!

#Illustration
Mockup of a billboard poster, underground metro vibes. The poster features a symmetrical face in grey colours with red eyes, featuring angular, thick lines. It says "Nosferatu" and "Eine Symphonie des Grauens" underneath.
January 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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✨ Last year, I created PKMN FIT: a fictional brand blending #Pokémon and fitness! 🎮💪

#BrandDesign included:
🎨 #Logo, icons, business cards
📱 HIIT video overlays
👕 #Merch
📣 #SocialMedia

Inspired by Fit For the Republic (Star Wars fitness community)!

👉 Learn more: https://buff.ly/4fZUGqd
PKMN FIT logo (barbell mixed with poke ball) featured in the middle in a game-like user interface window. PKMN FIT explanation inside a game-like user interface window. It states: Combining Pokémon with fitness to make exercising fun! Train, fight, and catch your way to a fitter you with our Pokémon themed workouts and coaches. Earn badges for completing activities, from cardio "Fire-type" to strength training "Steel-type" sessions. Join us and become a PKMN FIT Champion! Let's GO! Game-like user interface window. Inside the window is an intro screen to a HIIT style workout, introducing total time, workout style, and type of activities. PKMN FIT slogan: Gain XP - Get Fit Let's go! Train to WIN!
January 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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If I could, I'd create stickers, badges, and merch for every #Pokémon - seriously, all of them. But I don’t think Nintendo would appreciate that dream as much as I do. 😅

What franchise would you love to dive into if you had the time? Any Pokémon or Star Wars lovers out there?!
#FanArt #Dreams
Mock-up of three round stickers. Each features a Pokémon (Gyarados, Magikarp, Blastoise) saying "Water Type" and a slogan such as "Hydro Pimp Badge", "Splash Badge" and "Wave Crash Badge". Metal water bottle in blue, with the stickers (previous image) added to it randomly. PKMN Fit logo (barbell poke ball) is in the centre of the water bottle.
January 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Joined Productivity Spark 2025 last weekend, and it was a game-changer for goals and vision! Made my first vision board, and I get it now - seeing it daily is *motivating*! Turned it into dual-monitor wallpapers... #DesignerLife ! 😎

#GraphicDesign #VisionBoard
Graphic call-out of a monitor wallpaper (stacked below). The wallpaper has my Goals for 2025 on the right, and on the left are my quarterly quests. Graphic call-out of a monitor wallpaper (stacked below). The wallpaper has my accomplishments from 2024 on the right, and on the left is my 3-10 year vision board.
January 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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I've been diving into the Affinity Suite for personal projects last year! Still using Adobe at work (they cover my license 🙌), but I’m hyped to show what’s possible without it. Below are some designs made with Affinity! What’s your go-to design app?

#AffinitySuite #AffinityDesigner #GraphicDesign
Mockup of several phone screens with my Dial-Me launcher app concept. There is a circular menu on the left-hand side, with several icons in a rotary dial like style. Mockup of PKMN FIT business cards. The logo (PKMN FIT and barbell poke ball icon) is in the centre of the card, with various fitness themes poke ball icons around it. Mockup of a flyer (three total angled, the one in the middle is fully featured) for the Kanga Pouch school organizer.
January 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Working on my next #Pokémon piece, nicknamed CreepyMon! 👻 Here's a mockup of the art deco inspired matte that’ll frame the artwork. It pulls elements from the featured Pokémon, but I can’t share too much (my wife’s watching 👀). Stay tuned!

#MixedMedia #Art
Wooden frame on white wall, inside the frame is a digital mockup of a black image matte with golden embellishments throughout. Written in the middle is "Work in Progress 😊".
January 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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My model backlog is starting to look like the Death Star II, unfinished and intimidating! 😱 Which #StarWars ship should I tackle next?

1️⃣ Death Star & Star Destroyer
2️⃣ Millennium Falcon
3️⃣ Imperial TIE Fighter Set

Let me know in the comments! 🦾
Photo of Star Wars ships in boxes stacked on top of each other, top to down: Death Star & Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, Imperial TIE Set, two figurines, Darth Vader & Storm Trooper as Samurai on the bottom of the photo.
January 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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It’s live! My portfolio is finally online - check it out!

Do you need bold, badass graphic design services or illustrations? DM me and let’s make something awesome! 🦾

Kat Beller - Creative Forge 👩‍🎨⚒️ buff.ly/41UPi4E

#GraphicDesign #Illustration #Portfolio
Icon of Kat Beller Creative Forge. Circular icon, with an anvil at its base, on top of it, a floating cursor with flames coming from it.
January 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Early birthday (or late X-mas) gift for my wife @shicaraweibelvo.bsky.social ! 💗

I had a lot of fun tidying up her space, installing the floating shelf and adding her Sailor Moon collection to it. The new PC is a beast while looking super cute! 😻 I'm jealous!!!

#HappyWifeHappyLife #SailorMoon
My wife at her desk with dual monitors, purple LED lights, and a glowing Sailor Moon decorative light. Sailor Moon collectibles are displayed on the shelf above, and a white LED-lit gaming PC sits under the desk. Collage of the Sailor Moon floating shelf (top) and two images of her new gaming PC below.
January 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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It's goal-setting time!!! 2024 was a huge mile*year* for me. I started tracking and working towards my goals - about halfway through the year. 😅

For 2025, I'm going for it right from the get-go! 🦾

#GoalsFor2025 #LetsDoThis #GoalSetting
3x3 table / grid. Middle square says "Goals for 2025". Every square around it has goals for a category, left-right, top-down: Reading, Fitness, Savings, My Wife, Social, Travel, Work & Creative Forge.
January 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM