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Hi, I’m Kate Trotsenko, a Kyiv-based graphic designer and illustrator with a passion for storytelling through visuals. I work with books, posters, branding, and 2D game art, creating vivid characters, eye-catching layouts, and polished branding materials. I thrive on collaboration and can handle tight deadlines, delivering on-brand visuals that resonate with audiences. From kids’ books to marketing assets and digital illustrations, I bring ideas to life with a mix of traditional drawing skills and modern design software.…Hi, I’m Kate Trotsenko, a Kyiv-based graphic designer and illustrator with a passion for storytelling through visuals. I work with books, posters, branding, and 2D game art, creating vivid characters, eye-catching layouts, and polished branding materials. I thrive on collaboration and can handle tight deadlines, delivering on-brand visuals that resonate with audiences. From kids’ books to marketing assets and digital illustrations, I bring ideas to life with a mix of traditional drawing skills and modern design software.

Kate Trotsenko

Illustrator, Designer, Graphic Designer, +3

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Hi, I’m Kate Trotsenko, a Kyiv-based graphic designer and illustrator with a passion for storytelling through visuals. I work with books, posters, branding, and 2D game art, creating vivid characters, eye-catching layouts, and polished branding materials. I thrive on collaboration and can handle tight deadlines, delivering on-brand visuals that resonate with audiences. From kids’ books to marketing assets and digital illustrations, I bring ideas to life with a mix of traditional drawing skills and modern design software.…Hi, I’m Kate Trotsenko, a Kyiv-based graphic designer and illustrator with a passion for storytelling through visuals. I work with books, posters, branding, and 2D game art, creating vivid characters, eye-catching layouts, and polished branding materials. I thrive on collaboration and can handle tight deadlines, delivering on-brand visuals that resonate with audiences. From kids’ books to marketing assets and digital illustrations, I bring ideas to life with a mix of traditional drawing skills and modern design software.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Kate Trotsenko, a Kyiv-based graphic designer and illustrator with a passion for storytelling through visuals. I work with books, posters, branding, and 2D game art, creating vivid characters, eye-catching layouts, and polished branding materials.

I thrive on collaboration and can handle tight deadlines, delivering on-brand visuals that resonate with audiences. From kids’ books to marketing assets and digital illustrations, I bring ideas to life with a mix of traditional drawing skills and modern design software.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Childrens Book Illustration

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Editorial Illustration

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Beginner

Adobe Premiere Pro

Beginner

Adobe After Effects

Beginner

Language

English

Fluent

Ukrainian

Fluent

Russian

Fluent

French

Beginner

Croatian

Beginner

Work Experience

2D Artist, Illustrator, Designer at Freelance

March 1, 2018 - Present

Created engaging visual content including GIFs and social media assets; produced on-brand slide decks with copywriting and material search; graphic design for products (keychains, T-shirts); posters for marketing, medical, education, and live music initiatives; marketing course materials; icons and sprites for pet sites, mobile games, and apps; children’s books and coloring books; mockups for clothing, pins, keychains, books, dog collars; hundreds of custom cartoon portraits; book covers.

Graphic Designer at Office

August 1, 2017 - April 1, 2018

Created social media materials for top restaurant chains in Ukraine; typeset menus, brochures, books; designed table covers; animated GIF promos; large-scale banners and promotional car stickers.

Illustrator, 2D Artist at Remote, Kyiv

September 1, 2015 - August 1, 2017

Created 2D game art for small indie studios; hand-drawn comic strips, portraits, illustrations; typeset various novels; designed 2D vector backgrounds and characters for educational YouTube channel; pre-print design; murals.

2D Artist, Illustrator, Designer (Freelance) at Freelance

March 1, 2018 - Present

Created engaging visual content, including GIFs and social media posts for Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook; delivered on-brand slide decks with copywriting and material search; produced product graphics for keychains and T-shirts; crafted posters for marketing, medical, education and live music initiatives; developed marketing course materials including books, brochures, and website design; rendered icons and sprites for pet sites, mobile games and apps; typeset and illustrated children's books and educational materials; numerous mockups for clothing, pins, keychains, books, dog collars; hand-drawn hundreds of custom cartoon portraits; designed book covers.

Illustrator, 2D Artist at Remote

September 1, 2015 - August 1, 2017

Created 2D game art for small indie studios; hand-drawn comic strips, portraits, and illustrations; typeset various novels; designed 2D vector backgrounds and characters for an educational YouTube channel; pre-press design and murals.