Susann Hoffmann

Things are a bit more quiet at the moment, my fellow illustrators know what that means: ✨ portfolio update time! ✨ This is a hidden picture puzzle I did way back in 2023 that I never showed you! It was done for a summer festival of FUNKE Mediengruppe and was printed on a large wall so that people could stand in front and look for all the clues to TV shows and movies together. 😁 All in all it contains hints at 15 TV shows as well as 15 movies, can you find them all? 😃🎬 This project was a fun challenge for me because the large print format forced me to work in vectors only which I rarely do with such detailed illustrations. I noticed that what works really well for me though was to work in Adobe Fresco using a jitter brush, a technique which I used more often after this project. A nice reminder that it can be good to step out of your comfort zone every once in a while! #illustration #movies #tvshows #busypicture #hiddenpicturepuzzle #childrensbookillustration #susannhoffmann #digitalillustration #vectorillustration

Haven’t drawn anything personal in forever, not particularly happy with this either BUT here’s a little Puss in Boots for a chance to win a ticket for this year’s @bunte_hunte congress. 🤞🏻 When I read the summary if this fairy tale again I laughed because Puss is working hard on redistributing wealth and kinda fighting the class war so of course I like him. 😂🚩 Ewig nichts mehr nur für mich gezeichnet, auch nicht sonderlich zufrieden damit ABER hier ist mein Beitrag zur Ticketverlosung für den @bunte_hunte Kongress. 🤞🏻 Beim Lesen der Zusammenfassung des Märchens fiel mir auf, wie stabil der Kater hier Reichtum von oben nach unten verteilt und irgendwie auch den Klassenkampf kämpft. 😂🚩 #buntehunte #buntehunteverlosung2025

It’s been a few weeks since @naturalvibes.eu have launched the limited edition foxy socks that I created for them and I was so happy to read your comments and that you liked the socks too! ❤️ If you buy them (link is in my bio) feel free to share a pic of you wearing them so I can share it with the world! 😊 #naturalvibes x #susannhoffmann #SocksWithFoxes #FoxSocks #EthicalFashion #Socks

I can finally show you the results of a collaboration that has been a long time in the making and I invite you to take a trip down memory lane for me. 💭 Seven years ago, in 2017, I started with my Posca sketchbook doodles, and one of them was this spread of foxes and squirrels. Remembering this time feels a bit nostalgic, because everything was so different back then! I was single and living alone in my cute little apartment, Instagram was still fun and I was creating so much more back then, especially personal pieces. But I am so grateful for this time, because these doodles kind of jumpstarted my career. 🥹 And now, I get to hold these socks in my hands that have my little ol’ foxes on them! They are made sustainably and ethically from organic cotton and recycled plastic by @naturalvibes.eu . Thanks for this sweet collaboration that awoke so many memories! ❤️ They are a limited edition and you can get them in the @naturalvibes.eu online shop. 😊 #naturalvibes x #susannhoffmann #SocksWithFoxes #FoxSocks #EthicalFashion #Socks #BehindtheScenes #MakingOf #MemoryLane #Gratitude

Den Post werde ich später wahrscheinlich wieder löschen, aber hier nochmal ein Versuch, auf die Sticker hinzuweisen, die ihr für eine Spende an Ärzte ohne Grenzen oder den PCRF von mir bekommt. 🤗 Schickt mir einen Beleg eurer Spende (Screenshot o.ä.) über mindestens 5€ und eure Postadresse an mail@susannhoffmann.com und ihr bekommt einen Brief von mir (solange der Vorrat reicht). 💌 Wichtig: Ich versende leider erstmal nur nach Deutschland und kann auch keinen versicherten Versand anbieten. (Ich lösche eure Adressen natürlich nach der Aktion sofort wieder, das ist keine versteckte Marketingaktion oder so. 🤗) #FriedenIstFürAlleDa #sticker #helpgaza #hilfefürgaza

Ich versuche hier Worte zu finden für das, was gerade passiert und kann es nicht. Diese Gleichzeitigkeit ist so absurd. Hier sein Leben vor sich hinleben und Menschen in Gaza bei lebendigem Leib verbrennen sehen. Unfassbar. Sehen, wie unsere Medien berichten und wie unkritisch unsere Regierung Waffen liefert. Freund*innen und Kolleg*innen wünschen zu müssen, dass ihre Angehörigen unversehrt bleiben, wenn neben ihnen Bomben fallen. // Dann wieder Alltag und auf einen Job konzentrieren. // An die noch lebenden Geiseln denken und an die Angehörigen der Opfer vom 7. Oktober. // Sich über etwas im eigenen Leben freuen. // An die Tausende, Tausende tote Kinder denken. 💔 Bereits letztes Jahr schrieb mir Lena, eine Mutter von zwei Kindern. Sie schrieb, dass ihr und ihren Kindern meine Buchreihe „Kleidung/Spielzeug ist für alle da“ gefallen und da ihr (wie vielen von uns) die Situation in der Welt zu schaffen machte und sie wütend, traurig und hilflos hinterließ, hatte sie die Idee für den Satz „Frieden ist für alle da“ und ob man damit nicht irgendetwas machen kann, das man in der Welt verteilen kann. Hier also die Sticker zu dieser Idee (danke an @stickerapp für die Kooperation). ❤️ Lena, ich danke dir, dass du dich mit deiner Idee an mich gewandt hast, auch, wenn meine Mühlen manchmal extrem langsam mahlen. Ich würde mich freuen, wenn diese Sticker ihren Weg in die Welt finden. So bekommt ihr sie: schickt mir einen Beleg eurer Spende über mindestens 5€ an Ärzte ohne Grenzen oder den PCRF und eure Postadresse an mail@susannhoffmann.com und ihr bekommt einen Brief von mir mit je einer Taube und einem Schriftzug (solange der Vorrat reicht). 💌 Wichtig: Ich versende leider erstmal nur nach Deutschland und kann auch keinen versicherten Versand anbieten. #FriedenIstFürAlleDa #SusannHoffmann #StickerApp

Dog illustration from 2022 for pet food brand Fred & Felia (“we miss you” illustrations for email communication with customers). They also fit the current mood well, what with the German federal state elections from last weekend. A lot of people voted for fascist party AfD in two states and I realised I subconsciously was always sure that things would never, could never turn out the way they did 100 years ago. Now this conviction is wavering and I feel more and more powerless against this development, like what can we do? The most effective thing that comes to mind is to ban this party – it won’t stop this shift in society but it might buy more time before they get too powerful. 🙁 Apart from that I’m having daydreams about magically leaving this country together with all the people who’d actually be in danger (let’s face it I’d have a lot of privilege if it ever came to this) and all the fascists left rotting away in a state that’s fallen to pieces. #afdverbotjetzt

[Ad/Collab] Happy to share these shiny new stickers made in collaboration with @stickerapp 😍 Got to try out some Matte Mirror, Pixie Dust and Glitter effects – my favourite is definitely Matte Mirror. ✨ Thanks for your feedback in my stories on which set of stickers you prefer – the cats won and here they are! The process of ordering the stickers was easy enough, and when the preview of the stickers didn’t work and I had questions on how to figure it out I could simply contact customer service and they helped me out so fast and were so helpful! ❤️ In the end, you know you’re ordering at a place where actual humans will check your files and make sure everything comes out just like you want. 😊 What’s also great is that you can either make an “effects” layer to tell the StickerApp team where you want the effect (for example glitter) to happen OR you can simply leave a comment where you want the effect and they will figure out the rest for you! 🥳 It really couldn’t be easier! In hindsight, I would use the effects (especially Glitter and Pixie Dust) more cautiously, as they are very prominent which makes it hard to make out the design. 🙂 I hope you can learn from my mistakes! 😁 How do you like them? #StickerApp #ArtistsOfStickerApp #CustomStickers #GlitterStickers #PixieDustStickers #MirrorStickers #HowToMakeStickers #stickers #susannhoffmann

Completely forgot to share this, but had a lot of fun illustrating yet another puzzle for @willawunst a few months ago – thanks for the continued collaboration! 💛 After puzzles about fruit&vegetables and flowers it was now time for HERBS! 🥳 Swipe for details and a little peek into the process. With these detailed motifs my process differs quite a bit to the way I usually work. I leave the sketch in a very rough phase and quite soon proceed to the final illustration (with the client’s trust of course), I just start with one plant and work my way trough the puzzle, trying to fill the space evenly and arrange the elements nicely. 😌 You can check the puzzle out (and buy it) here: https://willawunst.com/products/kraeutergarten-puzzle ✌🏻(I’ll also put a link in my bio) Credit for slides 2+7: @willawunst #puzzle #puzzleillustration #puzzledesign #willawunst x #susannhoffmann #illustration #illustratedherbs #kräutergarten #digitalillustration #illustrationartists

Even though I’m back home from this vacation for a while now I still love to think about it, can I still share some impressions with you? ❤️ At the beginning of May we went to Tuscany for 10 days and it was so beautiful. I can only share 10 photos here but I also created a story highlight from the trip (I love having these, they are so great to look at after some time has passed!). The weather wasn’t all summery but we had a bit of everything: rain, very warm days, and a few perfectly pleasant days that weren’t too hot. Probably the best thing about our trip was our AirBnb – we had our own separate flat but in a rustic house shared with an older Italian lady who also had two lovely cats. 🥹 The cats visited us a lot and on the rainy days spent hours cuddling with us (how amazingly trusting are they?!). The boyfriend and I were pretty set on welcoming a cat into our home one day anyway, but this vacation really persuaded us more and more to follow this plan, and soon (we’ll probably be visiting some shelters in September 🥹). We also drove around Tuscany for a bit, we started in Pisa and then went on to see Volterra, San Gimignano, the Chianti region, Siena, and a few more smaller towns. 😊 Some of them were pretty crowded but I still love the look of these narrow alleys. 🥹 In a few weeks I’ll be going on another trip, can you guess where to? 🐑 #visualdiary #travellingartist #artistonvacation #illustratoronvacation #tuscany #italy #illustratorsofinstagram #IllustratorLife #lifelately #latergram #triptoItaly #triptoTuscany #pizzalife

Does anyone still read captions…? 🥹 For those who do, here’s a tiny life update (how have nearly 2 months passed since my last post?). Last week I spent most of my time in bed or on the couch with Covid. It was the first time for me and even though it wasn’t that bad overall, I was still pretty knocked out for the week. Now I’m already back at around 90% but I’m still looking forward to when the last remnants of the cough and sniffles are gone. ✨ I drew this granny back in February, when I played around with my style a bit. I enjoyed keeping the outlines (drawing them is my favorite part of an illustration so why don’t I keep them?) and playing around with gouache brushes a bit. Like another artwork from that time it was inspired by an image from the #tekenuurtje challenge by @housecatillustration. Actually, you’re only supposed to spend an hour drawing in this challenge, but I really liked the photo prompts and just kept drawing after the hour was over. 😅 Unfortunately, I don’t know who took this photo, so if you know the artist, please let me know so I can add a proper credit! What about you, do you like to explore new things in your work or are you happy with the style you currently have? 🙂 #tekenuurtje2023 #tekenuurtje2024 #digitalillustration #procreateillustration #timelapse #hyperlapse #wip #workinprogress #illustration #illustrationartists  #art #instaart  #childrenillustration #kidlitart #susannhoffmann #makingof #behindthescenes #bts #procreate #digitaldrawing #illustrators

(Ad/gifted) You guys know I rarely do cooperations, only for products I’m genuinely interested in and only when I can share my HONEST opinion. A few weeks ago I posted a photo of my new workspace in my new flat. I had just recently bought myself the ScreenBar Halo by BenQ when a few days later I got an email from @benq_lighting asking me if I was interested in trying out the ScreenBar Pro – and sure I was! 😅 I really am a sucker for technical gadgets like this… So here’s my review after two weeks of trying it out. I was already happy with the Halo model but the Pro model brings a few perks that I don’t want to miss now: • EASILY ADJUSTABLE: no need for an additional remote on my desk which looks cleaner, I can adjust brightness and temperature just by touching the bar • PLUG: it has an USB-C instead of an USB-A cable which I prefer (can now use plug it into the studio display without an adapter) • MOVEMENT SENSOR: I don’t have to think about turning it on and off as it will do so automatically – plus it can adjust the brightness automatically as well • DESIGN: the Halo model was a bit clunky and I didn’t like the color much, the Pro model comes in black and silver now and looks much cleaner on my display • WEBCAM: I’m using an Apple studio display and the Halo model used to block the webcam there – not an issue anymore with the Pro model! • NO GLARE: the Halo model didn’t either but there’s really no glare where you don’t want it – the monitor itself. :) What I missed from the Halo model was the rear light which is the USP of the Halo model. What I did to still have some ambient light: put some LED strips on the back of the monitor. :) Now I have the best of both worlds! I really like playing with lights to create a cozy workspace. ❤️ Thanks a lot to BenQ for gifting me one of these! #BenQ #BenQlighting #BenQScreenBarPro #MonitorLightBar #Monitorlampe #lightforworkspace #workspace #creativespace #desk #homeoffice #illustratorworkspace #artistworkspace #workspacegoals #studiosetup #desksetup #deskinspiration #workspaceinspiration #setup #cozyworkspace #cozy #cozyhomeoffice #cozyvibes #illustratorsofinstagram #büro #arbeitsplatz #studio