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You've reached the web home of freelance illustrator, designer, and artist Shaina Koval. A graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, Shaina focuses on children's book and editorial illustration, and can be hired for freelance work for local jobs in her (physical) home of San Francisco, national work in the US, as well as international projects.

When the bears in The Bear Dance aren’t dancing, they’re just your regular nature lovers, spending time …

A fun commissioned illustration I did for a Vassar connection’s wedding based on one of the couple’s …

It’s epic. There’s a llama. ‘Nuff said.

In the usual fashion of drawing things for people I like, this is the latest incarnation of …

A prequel drawn after-the-fact to the illustration titled “Sea Kitties.” Maybe they’ll get a whole story… to …

Do you remember that game from the 90s called Hungry Hungry Hippos? This really has nothing to …

Sea Kitties is a children-book interpretation of the doodles I leave behind on every piece of paper …

I dread a future like this, where instead of trees, there are only telephone poles and cables. …

My partner in crime, life, and art, Rahn, has had published an autobiographical essay about gender and …

Otter and Lemur’s saga began here, as a present to my partner Rahn for our fifth anniversary. …

Before I decided to claim my name on the internet, just in case another Shaina Koval popped …

Marit Larsen sings sweet songs, with a light and pure vibe, and I tried to capture it …

My partner, the in-laws and I take a ride through the ocean on some badass motorcycles, making …

For an article published in The New York Observer, this piece explores director Elia Kazan’s relationship with …

When all you have is money on the mind, and you try to do something as ridiculous …