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Hi, I'm Kayla Gilliam, an experienced illustrator, self-published cartoonist, and designer skilled in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint, WordPress, and Carrd. I also have intermediate Japanese language skills and am comfortable with formal conversations. I love combining my illustration talents with cultural insights to create meaningful and engaging content. I have contributed to diverse projects, from illustrating middle-grade novels to creating personal webcomic sites. My work includes commissioned covers, black and white chapter illustrations, and comics that explore personal experiences. I am highly social, enjoy freelancing, and pride myself on excellent customer service and client satisfaction.…Hi, I'm Kayla Gilliam, an experienced illustrator, self-published cartoonist, and designer skilled in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint, WordPress, and Carrd. I also have intermediate Japanese language skills and am comfortable with formal conversations. I love combining my illustration talents with cultural insights to create meaningful and engaging content. I have contributed to diverse projects, from illustrating middle-grade novels to creating personal webcomic sites. My work includes commissioned covers, black and white chapter illustrations, and comics that explore personal experiences. I am highly social, enjoy freelancing, and pride myself on excellent customer service and client satisfaction.

Kayla Gilliam

Illustrator, Comic Illustrator, Freelance Digital Illustrator, +2

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Hi, I'm Kayla Gilliam, an experienced illustrator, self-published cartoonist, and designer skilled in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint, WordPress, and Carrd. I also have intermediate Japanese language skills and am comfortable with formal conversations. I love combining my illustration talents with cultural insights to create meaningful and engaging content. I have contributed to diverse projects, from illustrating middle-grade novels to creating personal webcomic sites. My work includes commissioned covers, black and white chapter illustrations, and comics that explore personal experiences. I am highly social, enjoy freelancing, and pride myself on excellent customer service and client satisfaction.…Hi, I'm Kayla Gilliam, an experienced illustrator, self-published cartoonist, and designer skilled in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint, WordPress, and Carrd. I also have intermediate Japanese language skills and am comfortable with formal conversations. I love combining my illustration talents with cultural insights to create meaningful and engaging content. I have contributed to diverse projects, from illustrating middle-grade novels to creating personal webcomic sites. My work includes commissioned covers, black and white chapter illustrations, and comics that explore personal experiences. I am highly social, enjoy freelancing, and pride myself on excellent customer service and client satisfaction.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Kayla Gilliam, an experienced illustrator, self-published cartoonist, and designer skilled in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint, WordPress, and Carrd. I also have intermediate Japanese language skills and am comfortable with formal conversations. I love combining my illustration talents with cultural insights to create meaningful and engaging content.

I have contributed to diverse projects, from illustrating middle-grade novels to creating personal webcomic sites. My work includes commissioned covers, black and white chapter illustrations, and comics that explore personal experiences. I am highly social, enjoy freelancing, and pride myself on excellent customer service and client satisfaction.

Skills

Experience Level

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

Japanese

Intermediate

Work Experience

Illustrator at Faith L. Justice (Author)

January 1, 2018 - Present

Hired illustrator for the middle-grade novel TOKYO: The Samurai’s Daughter (2018). Created a full color illustrated cover and black and white chapter illustrations. Provided Japanese cultural notes for the author to ensure authenticity.

Contributor at Bex Ollerton’s anthology SENSORY: Life on the Spectrum

January 1, 2023 - Present

Contributed a three-page comic about personal experience with autism for the 2023 anthology. The anthology was nominated for the Ringo Award and the Eisner Award for Best Anthology of 2023.