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Kina 'Christina' de Grasse Forney
My name is Kina de Grasse Forney, although you may also see me go by Christina. Kina is a family nickname I adopted, and over the years it has also become my artist pen name. 
I consider myself first and foremost an illustrator and graphic designer. Drawing is what comes most naturally to me, but I also really enjoy the world of design. Throughout my life I studied visual arts and music. I was born in Canada, and raised in both Ottawa and Montreal. I earned my bachelorof fine arts with a specialization in computation arts from Concordia Univeristy, Montreal in 2009.
 
 
 
Lue Geisha [right]
Photoshop. One of my own original characters in an old Japanese print setting. An experiment with textures and different colour schemes.
 
I currently live with my husband and my
cat, drawing and designing websites free-lance full time. Like a lot of kids who get into drawing, I started off with anime and japanese cartoons; imitating and copying things I saw and found
visually appealing. As time went on, I started trying different subject matter and media, although the anime influence can still be clearly seen in my character illustrations.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Lonerli and Foxli  [left]
This sketch and inking commision was done in Paint Tool Sai, with some touch ups in Photoshop.
 
 
 

 
Stanley Brambles [right]
Right now I'm focusing a lot of my energy on illustrating the novel
Stanley Brambles and the Pirate's Treasure, by Owen Spendlove. It's my
first time drawing for a real novel, and I'm very excited about it. I
still feel like I'm very much in the development stages of my own
illustration style, and am not completely comfortable in it quite yet.
I hope that getting more projects like Stanley Brambles which help
push me into the direction I want my art to be.
 
 
 
If you would like to contact me about a commission, illustration project or website, you can reach me at kina (at) kina-ink.com or by using the contact form.
 
Please take a look at my other works at www.kina-ink.com or http://kina.deviantart.com.
 
Thank you!
 
Kina