Karisan
illustrator & dreamer
✦ welcome
Hello, I am Karina. I am an illustrator living somewhere between the real world and an uncanny dream. I draw strange things, design games, and build small corners of the internet like this one.
This site is my personal space — an archive of illustrations, strange ideas, half-finished worlds, and the occasional thing that followed me home from a dream.
✦ quick facts
- name Karina
- based in underworld
- job illustrator
- studies BA visual communication
- sign not sure
- mood uncanny
- site since 2026
✦ interests
✦ favourites
- video game Final Fantasy XIII
- board game Gymos
- book mostly folklore, but I love crime — like The Name of the Rose
- film The Matrix
- youtube Storied
✦ current obsessions
- designing a hand-emptying card game
- a specific shade of dark teal
- old illustrated maps
- short stories and folklore
✦ exhibitions
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Apr 2025
Work in Progress
A collaborative exhibition with Gate Darkroom — Wednesday 22 April -
Oct 2025
River
Installation at Photofusion — opens Monday 5 October, de-installation 10/11 October