ABOUT — Kaistoodios

Kai Johnson (They/them) is an Illustrator and designer based in Kansas City, Missouri. With 6 years of freelance experience, Kai has designed and illustrated many projects. This includes: patches for KC Current’s Pride collection, a tifo and hand painted banner for the Google Pixel X NWSL Championship 2024, a mental health journal for children, wrestling merchandise and uniforms, a flower press and portraits. Kai’s current artistic endeavors include building an art curriculum that aims to pair somatic experiences with art–a series of exercises to empower and transform emotions within the body. In their spare time, Kai loves to indulge in early 2000s cartoons and roller skating.

Kai’s work is an active and boundless journey of self discovery, growth, and introspection. Kai is inspired by the flow and crudeness of nature, discovering this ignites their own rawness and desire to share their experiences in mental health, gender, and love.

They use mechanical pencils to draw wobbly, energetic lines paired with solid digital color. This combination creates a parody of reality; a bold and dirty picture to capture that natural rawness and illustrate the many rhythms of humanness.

Though there is text to communicate their stories, Kai also fills their illustrations with symbolism and fantastical characters as declarations to complete their statements. They invite questions, exploration, and chuckles.

Feel free to reach out if you think Kai would be a good fit for a project.
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Find them on Instagram and LinkedIn!

Read more about Kai with Indivisa at Goal.com, HERE!

Read more about Kai with VoyageKC HERE!