Big Illustration projects I'm leaving 2024 with; New Illustration projects I'm starting in 2025

Going out in 2024


Honey label for a private client with a small bee-keeping business

Illustration ©️ Kat J. Weiss / Jar mockup by Pixpine

Book cover and print for my fellow artist friend’s photo book Transatlantic — special edition

Illustration ©️ Kat J. Weiss

An installation with an anti-war message. I wasn’t all too happy with my output, but we can only learn by trial and error — making art within the context of my art community, PULPXIX is exactly the room to do that. At the end of the day, I can only hope that my message comes across: we mustn’t accept as a normality, the plight and suffering of children in the world’s horrific wars. 

Photo of my installation ©️ Sebastian Schubmehl, graphic designer

In case you’re feeling charitable, here’s an organisation that I think is doing terrific work in this field:




What's in store for 2025


T-SHIRTS RELOADED...! 

What I had in mind. Illustration ©️ Kat J. Weiss / T-shirt mockup by Mockups-design.com

After a long hiatus in the t-shirt biz, I would like to start something this January!

My lovely friends have been encouraging me to turn my recent doodles in t-shirts. It’s always surprising when something like that happens; that’s how the last t-shirts got started, too. Perhaps there is something about the honesty in expression that people like about doodles?


“Food Fantasy” continued

“Gelato”, Illustration ©️ Kat J. Weiss

I would like to continue my series of placing people and food in surreal contexts, exploring the communal significance of certain cultural foods. For instance, dim sum in Hong Kong or the doner kebab in Germany are foods that bring people across the board to identify with each other. And I think that’s beautiful?

Only problem is, I am a vegetarian (often incorporating veganism into my daily life) and I don’t feel comfortable depicting meat — which a lot of cultural foods still include. Hmm. So the idea might be just to focus on classic vegetarian dishes from different cultures, which I hope won’t be too niche to be relatable.

Illustration Pricing FAQ

The price of an illustration depends on a few factors:

  • Exclusivity – exclusive or non-exclusive rights

  • The number of print or digital media applications, e.g. one or more print media, online, social media, television, etc.

  • The scope of use – how many editions of the illustration will be published, and/or how large is the target audience

  • Duration of use – single use to 1 year, 3 years, 10 years, unlimited

  • Geography of use – how many countries, regions (e.g. DACH region), continents will the illustration appear in, should it be international?

  • Size of artwork

  • Level of detail – background or no background, how many people should be in the illustration, what subject matter should be included, full colour, black & white or only linework

Based on these factors, I can quote your project accordingly.

Sample Prices

Based on “Honorarwerk Illustration“ (2019), an overview of industry-standard prices across all illustration markets in Germany. It was published by Illustratoren Organisation, a German illustration workers’ union.

  • Editorial illustration for magazine or newspaper, print, single page, non-exclusive rights, DACH-region, single use to 1 year – €550

  • School book illustration, print, DACH-region, exclusive rights, single edition, simple motif in colour – €80

  • Children’s or young adult book cover illustration, print, DACH-region, exclusive rights, simple or moderately complex style – €750

  • Poster or flyer (advertising), 1 print medium + online publication, non-exclusive rights, simple style with limited colour, limited editions, single use to 1 year, Germany – €500

🌼 Finding illustration jobs & opportunities on my own after being dropped by my agency

2024 so far: giving a talk about illustration as a career at a university, poster for a children’s theatre production of The Odyssey, and my second mural in Hong Kong :)

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My Illustration Agency Dumped me 🤷🏻‍♀️

Though it stung my ego, it did not come as a surprise, as they have not been able to find me any assignments in these last two years. They rightfully pointed out that, since the creative industry has been very tough in recent times, and they have been unsuccessful in marketing my particular style, they no longer see the sense in continuing our working relationship.

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