Meet the Artist

Welcome to my website!

My name is Emma Habekost Jakobsen, and I am an illustrator based in Aarhus, Denmark.

What drives me in drawing, and in life in general, is stories. I have a Masters degree in Arts, in English and Scandinavian language and literature, which blends perfectly with my passion for art. I enjoy figuring out how I can best portray a character, scene, or meaning through illustration based on the text, written or spoken, that my illustration might be connected to.

I have also completed several art courses, like a course in classical drawing from The Drawing Academy in Viborg, which have given me a great foundation for understanding anatomy, movement and composition.

I get excited by experimentning with new styles, color schemes, and motifs, and I love challenging myself in order to keep finding new and interesting ways to create a new art piece.

I am inspired by: novels, Ghibli movies, people I see, nature documentaries, Tove Jansson and music.