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Stylized portrait of Skunk Anansie front woman Skin

Skin

Stylized portrait of Skunk Anansie front woman Skin

Vector illustration of a bird, a great tit, sitting on a frozen twig with frozen rosebutts an frozen brown leaves, on a winterly blue background

Great Tit

Bird study on a winterly twig

Illustration of a white horse with a red mane and tail on a green background, with a winding plant with growing hearts on it’s back, and a white hand lettering saying „Year of the horse“

Year of the Horse

Hand Lettering Illustration

Rolling Stone Germany Review page about Blur's new album The Ballad of Darren, Illustration by Julia Kerschbaumer

Rolling Stone Blur Review Opener

Illustration for the review of the new Blur album „The Ballad Of Darren“

Christmas Card 2025 for ÖAW (Austrian Academy of Sciences)

ÖAW Christmas Card 2025

Seasons Greetings from the Austrian Academy of Sciences

A woman in traditional bulgarian clothing enjoys a glass of wine

Glug Magazine Bulgaria

Cover for Glug wine magazine

A strong woman with red fiery hair makes a gesture of strength and rock fingers, on her arm is written Empathy rocks and Lead with care.

Love Power Lady

Role-model for positivity, empathy and democracy

Packets of cream of mushroom, pumpkin and potato instant soups with illustrations, hand lettering and design in funky autumn colors by Julia Kerschbaumer

Cream of Vegetable Soups

Packaging illustration and hand lettering for cream of mushroom, pumpkin and potato instant soups

Rolling Stone Magazine photo opening on the page with a review of indie rock band Sleater-Kinney's new album, depicting the band and a screaming ice devil, illustrated by Julia Kerschbaumer

Rolling Stone Sleater-Kinney Review Opener

Illustration for the review of the new Sleater-Kinney album „Little Rope“

Caricature of pop star Taylor Swift posing on stage

Celebrity Caricatures

Caricatures of popstar Taylor Swift, actor Timothée Chalamet and supermodel Naomi Campbell.

Can design for traditional Austrian premixed summer drinks with illustrations and hand lettering, designed by Julia Kerschbaumer

Summer Drinks

Can design for wine/prosecco based mixed summer drinks

Cover for the Pasadena Magazine with a lettering that says Best of Pasadena 2022, illustrated city landmarks are around

Best of Pasadena 2022

Cover of Pasadena Magazine, July/August 2022 issue

Face of a lynx put together of illustrated plants and seeds, for a Pinot Noir wine bottle label;
Black wine bottle with a lynx on the label on red background

„Rreqebulli“ (Lynx)

Pinot Noir Wine Label

Magazine spread with Design and illustration of Oranges and Orange leaves on a turquoise wooden table

Oranges from Valencia

Oranges still life for a food magazine

Oh, Vienna

Packaging design for a range of traditional Viennese Christmas cookies

Magazine Cover with an illustration of a woman who embraces the golden autumn sun, with autumn leaves in her hair, rose hips and chestnuts as earrings and golden autumn leaves and twigs as tattoos on her back, in golden, red and green fall colors

Aurelia

Beauty & Lifestyle magazine cover

Spread of a lifestyle magazine with an article named „Mushroom Mania“ with illustrations of Mushroom silhouettes around the title and a retro styled illustration on the right page with a mother and three children, collecting mushrooms in the wood and wearing hoods that look like mushroom hats, in retro pink, orange, purple, red, light green and white.

Mushroom Mania

Editorial illustration and design

Banner saying From our house to yours - merry Christmas, which winds its way through Vienna's houses, ending as a stream of air from Santa's sleigh, in front of a starry sky.

From our house to yours

Christmas Card 2023 for ÖAW (Austrian Academy of Sciences)

An illustrated skull with hand lettering on it that says "It's Halloween - you're home alone - having no sweets - doorbell rings -what would you do?" in dark blue, orange and yellow retro tones

It's Halloween

Hand Lettering Illustration for Halloween

Wine Label design and illustration for a Cabernet Sauvignon red wine with birds in a jungle that at the same time look like hidden eyes that peak through the leaves.

Mirada Oculta

Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Label Design

Dive

Pattern and label design for a tropical fruit juice brand

Arrangement of a glass of smoothie with a straw and ingredients like oranges, a cut banana, a glass of honey and a cup of yoghurt on a desk in front of the sunset over a sea coast, in yellow, orange and turquoise tones

Yoghurt Smoothie Breakfast

Food Illustration for a Travel Magazine

Hand lettering saying slow down in the shape of water waves with a relaxing redhead woman in white bikini in the middle upside down on white background

Slow Down

Summery image for merch and editorial use

Rolling Stone Magazine photo opening on the page with a review of indie rock band The Folk Implosion’s new album, depicting the two band members Lou Barlow and John Davis on a black and white wavy background, illustrated by Julia Kerschbaumer

Rolling Stone The Folk Implosion Review Opener

Illustration for the review of the new The Folk Implosion album „Walk Thru Me“

Vector illustration with textures of a traditional wooden table with a bottle of Vogelbeerschnaps on it, surrounded by birds, leaves and rowanberries, in the background is an Austrian landscape in the alps and a cheering couple in traditional Austrian clothes.

Vogelbeerschnaps

Advertising and label design for a traditional Austrian rowanberry brandy.

“I tend to assign Julia Kerschbaumer for particularly tricky tasks, as she is prepared to go the extra mile to master them. She works conscientiously, researches extensively and, even under time pressure, creates unique three-dimensional spaces that are visually enthralling.”

Nils Stelte, Photo Editor at Rolling Stone Germany

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