Olivia When

@oliviawhen

Children's book illustrator, 2D animator, dog observer ✏️🐕 she/her ✧ Read The Day Leap Soared! oliviawhen.carrd.co

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Olivia When@oliviawhen· Jul 15

Oh you asked AI? Well I asked Brioche and he said:

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Jun 26

Cute little bowl I use to hold my rings while I work!! Cen makes so many nice things!

Small walnut bowl holding a few gold and black rings on a wood desk. A marker, pencil, and sketchbook are sitting next to it.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Jun 25

Some complaints from Brioche for #makeaterriblecomicday2026

A black and white comic.
Panel 1: Cat loafing and looking out a window angrily yelling WAHH
Panel 2: A view from outside the window looking at the cat yelling, with me peeking over confused to see what he's yelling at
Panel 3: Cat turns around furiously to redirect his yelling at me, who looks surprised
Panel 4: Cat angrily walking straight at the viewer with a slight motion blur, yelling AAAAAAA

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Jun 16

It can feel overwhelming when you have big set of images, or you're doing dailies etc, but you do it once and you have it forever. You can use it later for product descriptions etc. Ok thanks for reading!

A siamese mix cat (Brioche) sitting in loaf form on a grey couch. He's wearing a pink and blue striped tie, and is backlit nicely. Some sweaters are piled up next to him. He's looking off screen as though he's waiting on someone to send him files on a Friday. He will bring this up in a 1:1 later.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Jun 15

Completely forgot I had two more new prints!! They're up now, along with an original. If you already placed an order it'll be added! 🦭

Mini print of a seal point siamese cat and a seal loafing on a white bg. In the foreground around the top are orange and yellow dahlias.

Mini print of a seal point siamese cat and a seal napping on their backs on a white bg. In the foreground around the top are orange and yellow dahlias.

Photo of an ink painting of a sea lion, whose had is above water smiling, and body is blurry under water. A paintbrush and a keyboard are framing it.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Jun 13

A couple new mini prints up in my store! 🌊 oliviawhen.com/store

Hand holding a 5 x 7 print of an ink painting of a sea lion with their head above water. Below water their body is very inky and blurry. The bg of the photo is a little pond of water lilies.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Jun 9

Some bonus sketches. So many artists are making incredible things independently!! Be sure to cheer them on and support them! 🎉

A pencil and marker sketch for the painting above. Pretty similar with the addition of a vcr and round rug.

A pencil and marker sketch of ghost pup emerging from a fridge. The kitchen is framed by an arched doorway and monstera. A glow is coming from ghost pup.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Jun 9

A painting I made for @karekareo.bsky.social's film Morning, morning! I love ghost pup so much. 🥺

Gouache painting of a ghostly yellow puppy crawling clumsily out of a brown tube tv. The room around is dark and covered with gritty textures. A single lit candle is on a coffee table with some books, and a big monstera sits on the static-y tv. The overall vibe is spooky, which is somewhat ruined by how friendly and silly the dog looks.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Jun 4

Some bonus alts from when I was painting this urgently last night lol. I'm not very good at drawing myself, but my younger sister is very accurate here at least.

Ink painting of me as a kid, sitting on the ground on a white bg. I've got a book covering 75% of my face with one eye peeking out annoyed over the top of the book. The book is the Rainbow Fish, which is one of the first books I remember being very interested in. I was and still am disgruntled when interrupted while reading.

To the right is me and my sister as kids, collecting cherry blossoms in some baskets. Completely shook as we'd never seen a flowering tree before.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Jun 4

Happy 5th birthday to #KidLitArtPostcard!! 🎉 Here's me as a kid, stealing neopoints and playing flash games. Hire me for your next project, I'm great at computers!

Ink painting of me as a kid, sitting at a big wood desk, on a dining chair, in front of a big grey monitor and speaker, with the tower on the ground. My feet don't reach the ground, and I have to lean over the desk to hold the mouse. I'm playing neopets, probably somewhat unethically. I have long barely kempt brown hair, and am missing some teeth.

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Olivia When@oliviawhen· Jun 1

My new caard is pretty cute though so I guess it's ok.

A screenshot from a caard page with 5 links on it. The title says Olivia When. Below are links to Portfolio, Instagram, Bluesky, Store, and The Day Leap Soared. The bg is an ink painting of a sea lion peeking out above water.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· May 31

Thank you, I love him!!

A little papier-mache grey tabby being held in front of my cat Brioche who's looking away. The bg is a big floral rug and a book about fish.

Brioche has noticed me holding something and is urgently sniffing it to determine if it's edible, which he is notoriously bad at verifying. The cat figure looks tiny and nervous.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· May 27

Exactly!!

Colored pencil sketch of Dimitri from fe3h dressed as eoleo from wha, but in dimitri's blue colors. He's crouched hiding next to some scrolls and a chest. These sketches are from 2022.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· May 20

If you're in the Bay Area, this Saturday I'll be at the Marine Mammal Center with some new prints!! Come check out lots of great AAPI artists' wares and support the work of this great rescue. 💖

A seal and sea lion swimming in a circle underwater. Behind them a little brown dog is watching with their paws pressed against the glass of the tank. Some kelp is in the foreground framing them.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· May 20

Just swimming by to say hello.

Ink painting of a sea lion with their head above water. Below water their body is very inky and blurry.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· May 14

Now that more people are getting into Witch Hat, please join me thinking about the Knights Moralis as an fe3h blue lions au.

Felix, Sylvain, Ingrid, and Dedue from fire emblem dressed as the knights moralis from witch hat atelier. It's a colored pencil drawing on a white bg. Felix is carrying a sword instead of the staff. He also has lion ears on his hat and a tail instead of the wings.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· May 9

Sunbeam hour. 🌤️

Ink painting of a calico cat standing in a beam of light in an otherwise dark room. The cat is smiling, her tail going off into a shadowy patch.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· May 8

Hi #kidlitpostcardday! I'm Olivia, an illustrator/animator and open to work currently! You can find all sorts of works by me at oliviawhen.com.

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A gouache painting of an all dog theater production. The spotlight is on a three headed floppy eared dog in a red collar. An impressive display of artistry from the prop department to make a cerberus. A rough collie puppy is in the bg playing a big bare branched tree and looking disgruntled. In the foreground a couple dogs are watching through fancy binoculars and dabbing tears from eyes, very moved. A shiba wearing headphones is doing a great jobs on the lights.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· May 6

Some ink blotch calico cats. Just testing out ideas and techniques lately.

Three ink paintings. Left: A calico cat made of ink blotches. She's barely being held together by a few lines. Like all cats she's more liquid than solid. The colors in all these are cyan, purple, and orange.

Right: Ink blotch calico lounging on her side in a shrimp pose. Her held is tilted back so you can only see a smile. In the top right is an unrelated latte with a cat made of foam.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· May 6

A few more! ☕

An ink painting of a juice box with straw and a tall somewhat fluffy dog. The dog and the juice box have a gradient going from brown at the top to cream at the bottom, like espresso being poured on top of milk.
To the right is a small espresso machine with an iced latte next to it. There's an espresso cup under the portafilter that with a white cat on it. The cat's ears poke up above the rim.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· May 6

Some little paintings thinking about iced lattes.

An ink painting made of diamine golden brown, and sailor manyou hinoki. To the left is espresso pouring out of a small blue espresso cup. Below that is a cat standing up with their paws pressed to a blue square of sky. To the right is a vase of flowers that looks vaguely like anemones, with a small surprised cat sitting to the right. The flowers, the flower water, and the cat have a watery brown to cream gradient.
In the bottom right corner is an ink bottle with latte colored ink.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· May 2

Job hunting in a hostile environment. ✨

A three panel comic done in mostly a blue-purple ink. Frame 1: The artist, a tired person with their hair in a bun and a bag on their shoulder standing in the awning of a bus shelter. There's an ad on it that says "STOP HIRING HUMANS", above a woman whose face has been replace with the word "AI".
Frame 2: The bus comes, it's wrapped in an ad that also says "STOP HIRING HUMANS." The artist has a blank look.
Frame 3: A plane has now arrived above the bus and the human. It's carrying an ad banner that also says "STOP HIRING HUMANS".

Olivia When@oliviawhen· May 1

Last day of plein airpril at the beach. ☀️

Six little ink paintings on a white bg from the beach. The first is a few sand dunes with sand covering parts of the curb and some small signs about the flora and fauna. There are three small paintings of ice plants, which look like green succulents with pink flowers. They're invasive, but pretty. There's a single stalk of gold colored grass. And lastly a painting of a branching tree with flat top surrounded by some shrubs and grasses.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Apr 30

Two more days of plein airpril. Right as it's finally getting warm again too.

Three ink paintings on a white bg. The first is a stone lantern with a thin leafy tree behind it and some boulders next to it. Everything besides the boulders are very green and mossy. The second is the cafe at the japanese tea garden in san francisco. It's a traditional Japanese style roof with open air seating looking out at a very manicured but lush garden of trees and shrubs. The third is a cup of jasmine tea in a cup with fish scale pattern on it.

Three ink paintings on a white bg. The first is an ube matcha latte in a clear plastic cup. I ordered it because this kind of gradient is satisfying to do with inks, but it was pretty good. The second is of two brown chairs and table outside a cafe with orange tiles. The third is a light orange building with orange details. It has a delicate iron gate, and garage with two doors. There's a parking meter on the side walk in front.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Apr 28

Plein airpril day 2: some little paintings from the scrungly shared yard.

Three little ink paintings on a white bg. The first is of a stalk of small white flowers in an overgrown patch, with a wood fence behind it. The second is of a house with purple balconies and railings, behind a wood fence. There's a purple plum tree next to it. The third is a rectangular ceramic tube with a spiky potted plant sat on it. Messy leaves and flowers grow in front and around it, with some drooping yellow flowers.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Apr 27

Showing up to plein airpril on the 26th. ☕🧍

Ink paintings of a latte in a short minimalist glass, and a bike with brown seat and handlebars, and helmet resting on a pedal.

Ink painting of some laundry hanging out the window of an alleyway. The colors are a mix of blue, yellow, brown, and purple.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Apr 26

Bonus: Off the clock.

The orange cat is now awake and reading a comic book. She's wearing huge glasses. One day she hopes to be promoted to director of purchasing. The bg is white.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Apr 26

Happy Independent Bookstores Day!! Thank you for your important work bookstores (and bookstore cats.) 📖🐱

Ink painting of the sunny arched window of a bookstore on a white background with stone bricks framing the top. An orange cat with white belly is curled up napping comfortably on a display of books. Behind the display a parent and child peek over to appreciate the cat employee. Behind them is a student carrying a book to the register walks to the right, while two girls with glasses look through a book together happily.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Apr 19

More gorgons! On a weekend and on a school day. ☀️

A group of four gorgon friends hanging out in summer. From left to right, a girl with long brown snakes is tying them up in a high ponytail. She has a hair tie in her mouth while she wrangles them, and circular sunglasses. She's wearing a crossbody bag and red shorts. To her right is a girl with long yellow snakes braided into a side plait, with sunglasses resting on her head. She's sipping on green milk tea with boba while her snakes nap. She has a dark complexion and has a hand in the pocket of her dark green skirt. To her right is a taller girl with a bob of light green snakes. The one visible snake head is looking disgruntled at the snake plant she's carrying. She has a brown cap, backpack, and white skirt. To her right is a smug looking girl with smug looking red, brown, yellow-stripped snakes tied up in a bun. She's pale and holding a yellow soft serve, with a tan jacket tied around her waist. The background is a pink-purple, with a few lines to imply storefronts. In the foreground is a black iron gate with patterns curled in to look like snakes.

A little gorgon kid on her way to school under the boughs of many cherry blossoms. Her shoulder length yellow snakes are half up, loosely held by a hair tie with two blue baubles. The snakes are having a great time cherry blossom viewing/eating. She's black with dark eyebrows, a white shirt, and pink backpack. Like the spot illos she's facing right, on a light blue textured bg.

Olivia When@oliviawhen· Apr 19

A bunch of gorgons! Just wanted to mess around with some snake hair styles. I really like gorgon stories, but want them to be only silly and lighthearted.