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this is her illustration portfolio of published editorial work & self published promotional work.
Karen Justl, MDes
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Karen Justl is an illustrator that is fascinated by the neuroscience of facial expression and emotion. A keen observer, K. Justl draws what she loves: alternative realities. She conducts her illustrative research in caricature, facial expression, body language, stand-offs, and confrontation. Her illustrations have been published across Canada in, subTerrain Magazine, Broken Pencil, Chesterfield Magazine, Kiss Machine, Herizons Magazine, The Mark News, Pilot Project Books and Crow's Toes for Children. She has indulged in a series of self-published and collaborative illustration work including the striking, Art Slut Comix, 1992; Pear Comix, 1993 and; The Bird (cage), 2009. In 1993 her comix traveled around Canada in a Fantagraphics show called Misfit Lit. Her series People and Their Problems won a prize and made an appearance in Applied Arts magazine in 2009. Her work was showcased on subTerrain's cover and folio, 2011 and in Broken Pencil's folio section for the Canzine Issue, October, 2010.
She holds a Masters of Design from the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto and a BFA Honors in painting from The University of Manitoba. She is currently situated in Toronto, but dreams of living in an abandoned Russian Village in the woods.
Illustration | Design
January 2000 – Present
Toronto, Ontario
{ Client and Publisher List }
Dixon Hall, Toronto, Ontario | Upside Consulting Group, Toronto, Ontario | Toronto School of Art | Marah, USA | Harvard School of Law | University of Toronto | York University, Toronto, Ontario | OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario | Applied Art Magazine | Broken Pencil Magazine | subTerrain Magazine | Kiss Machine Magazine | Herizons Magazine | Pilot Project Magazine | Crow's Toes Magazine | Calgary Animated Objects Society | Crawdaddy, San Francisco Theatre | Rye Cinema, Toronto, Ontario | Dirt City Films, Edmonton, Alberta | Leah Van Loon, stylist, Calgary, Alberta | Canadian Film Centre, Toronto, Ontario | CBC/Sienna Films, Toronto, Ontario | Alcina Pictures/Telefilm, Toronto, Ontario | Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Training Academy, Winnipeg, Manitoba | IAFF Local 0867 Winnipeg, MB Firefighters, Winnipeg, Manitoba | WinWin Picture Company, Toronto, Ontario | Bravado! Bras, Toronto, Ontario | ESPN | Alliance Atlantis, Toronto, Ontario | Settebello Restaurant, Winnipeg, Manitoba | Tango Cafe, Winnipeg, Manitoba | Eye Opener Diner, Winnipeg, Manitoba | Oscar's Deli, Winnipeg, Manitoba
