Portfolio of Illustrations

Illustration work by artist Karla Beatty. Traditional and digital illustrations.
Three garden images in watercolor with colorful flowering plants.
Client: Timber Press ~ Book illustrations
Three floral illustrations of watercolor flower blossoms, tulips, and a holly wreath with berries and red bow.
Watercolor/Digital Hybrids
Five vector illustrations, auto mechanic, dog groomer, bee keeper, 4th of july birthday cake, fourth of july bag of fireworks.
Adobe Illustrator Illustrations
Digital photography art with horses running the range, with cave drawings of horses from Lascaux cave.
Horses Run With Us
Photography art with a leopard resting on a tree branch, with sanskrit Ohm and an Indian mandala.
Tree Hugger
Digital painting borrowing from Rembrandt's Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Pearl Earring
A yellow tulip Botanical Illustration and an image of a row of tulips of varied colors in Red, Orange, and Yellow.
Object Manipulation: Before ~ After
A watercolor scientific illustration of a tulip is the resource for a simple tulip illustration. The source tulip was cut away from its white background, the stem was straightened, colors were changed, and the shapes were varied.
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Precise Selection: Before ~ After
A vintage illustration from the LOC was restored and repaired. The four dancers were selected and cut away. Notice that a foot and also a hand under the breast of one of the dancers had to be removed and reconstructed.
A damaged vintage photo of JDRockefeller and a bicycle is restored and repaired.
Restoration and Repair: Before ~ After
A vintage photo from the LOC of JD Rockefeller was repaired and restored. Missing and torn elements were reconstructed. Contrast and sharpness were enhanced.
Vintage photo of a trolley and police officers, with a digital art print of a vintage map of New York City.
Composition of Elements: Before ~ After
Vintage photos from the LOC were collaged together to create a digital art print. The original b&w photos were repaired and restored, changed to sepia, selectively faded or sharpened, and layered together.
Japanese-style tattoo art of a lotus flower and Japanese red maple leaves.
Lotus and Soft Waves
Digital poster of a pink lotus blossom and red Japanese maple leaves.
Lotus and Circles
Vintage map of New York City with two old photos of Ellis Island and two girls newly arrived.
Just Arrived! NYC Ellis Island
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Vintage photo collage of New York City map, Ellis Island, and a boy and girl newly arriving to Ellis Island.
Ellis Island Boy and Girl Immigrants
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Vintage map of New York City with old photos of Ellis Island and a boy and girl immigrant children.
Ellis Island Boy and Girl Sepia
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Three vector illustrations with graduation as theme.
Vector Illustrations
Three spot art digital illustrations, team work, insects, fitness yoga
Digital Images for Websites and Online
Three digital images of a creative person, meditation, smiley face frowny face buttons
Digital Images for Websites and Online.
Mixed spot art images: first aid kit, high heel shoe, pill bottles, honey pot, wood tick, meditation, beets, carrots
Digital Spot Art Illustrations for Websites
Three watercolor paintings of a tree and leaves, beetle and larva, flowering shrub.Watercolor Illustrations for Gardening Magazine
Client: Horticulture Magazine
Two colored pencil illustration for seed packetsColored Pencil Illustrations for Seed Packets
Client: Botanical Interests Seed Company
Digital Medical illustrations of human anatomy in black and white.
Client: Micromedex
Digital medical illustrations in black and white.
Client: Micromedex
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Client: Micromedex
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Science Illustrations
Watercolor botanical illustrations of various flowers and plants.
Botanical Illustrations
Watercolor illustrations in the book Nonstop Garden
Client: Timber Press Publishing