Copyright Klaus Piechocki 2022

About Klaus (he/they)

I’m Klaus. I’m a freelance illustrator and novelist based in West Yorkshire. I have a BA in Media production from Northumbria Uni (2D animation and filmmaking), and an MA in Creative Writing. I spent my early career working as a script writer and working on film sets as a production designer, as well as 2D animation for short films.

I’m a proud bisexual trans man, and my work tends to be queer. I live in Yorkshire with my husband, three rescue cats and two house rabbits. (My studio door has a baby gate installed because the smell of sketchbooks attracts the rabbits…)

Illustration

I work in both a semi-realistic style using pencils and copic markers, and also digitally. I often use analog and digital tools interchangeably.

I specialise in portraiture, narrative illustration and surface design.

I worked as in-house illustrator for a year with an English teaching company in Osaka, Japan.

I’m currently illustrating a self-initiated 78 card LGBTQ+ tarot deck, The Hierophanies Tarot.

Much of my self initiated work explores gender and diversity. An ongoing theme of my work is drawing beautiful and ornate portraits of men, because I think we don’t see enough positive representation of men and masc nonbinary people exploring femininity.

I also love to illustrate my original characters from my writing work and novels (‘OC’s’.) I love illustrating fashion themed pieces and clothes, and positive LGBTQ+ representation.

I’m a practicing witch and I’m intuitive, and my these sensibilities often make it into my work.

I’m actively looking to do more illustration and in the spirituality, illustrated book and gift publishing industry. I would particularly love to illustrate more oracle and tarot decks, so if you’d like to work together, please get in touch using my contact form.

Writing

I briefly worked as a freelance script and pitch writer for studios in the US and Ireland.

I’m a professional copywriter and editor, and currently work in-house.

I’ve worked as a copywriter in academic publishing, tech startups, and higher education.

I write high-concept novels, one of which was picked up by Unbound. I’ve had short stories published in several small journals and presses.

Follow my substack for up to date content about my upcoming tarot deck and fiction

Works in progress

Self-initiated projects

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For commission and work enquiries, I will aim to get back to you within 24 hours. Many thanks!

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