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Little Black Kat Creative

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Little Black Kat Creative

Brighten your brand with custom graphics and illustrations!

Kat is a Brisbane freelancer known for her bright illustrations, her quirky digital portrait drawings and her bold brand designs. She also loves helping vibrant business owners bring colour and fun into their branding through illustration and consistent designs.

24/09/2026

IMITATION. IMPERSONATION. ITERATION. INFILTRATION. INFRINGEMENT.

Just a few other things the “I” in AI could stand for. 🤷‍♀️

I tend to bury my head when it comes to sharing personal opinions online, but something happened this week that made me think it was probably time I shared mine on AI.

I know it’s not going anywhere, and I’m not anti-technology. I’m a digital illustrator after all.

But tools change, industries evolve and we need to evolve with them.

There are parts of AI I genuinely love. Anything that makes the boring admin side of running my business quicker gets a big tick from me.

But using generative AI to completely replace human creativity, or feeding someone else’s creative work into it?

That’s where you lose me.

Creativity isn’t just knowing how to make something look good. It comes from experience, curiosity, judgement, mistakes, weird ideas, gut instinct and all the other stuff we pick up simply by being human.

AI has access to an enormous amount of information. But it hasn’t lived a life. It can remix what it knows, but it doesn’t have its own story, instincts or point of view.

This week, I saw designs I created being fed into AI to generate new content. 😳

Honestly, it broke my little designer heart. And yep, the results felt like a bit of a gut punch.

But more importantly, I didn’t give permission for my work to be used that way.

Putting your work online isn’t an invitation for someone to feed it into AI. And paying a creative to make something for you doesn’t automatically give you permission to upload their work and generate your own versions of it.

Somewhere in the rush to make everything faster, cheaper and easier, I think we’re forgetting the value of the actual human behind the work.

The ideas. The experience. The weirdness. The point of view… That stuff matters and it’s worth protecting.

09/09/2026

Who said kids’ brands have to be bright? 🌿

We all know I’m a sucker for colour. The brighter the better usually. 😂

But when I’m creating a brand, it’s not actually about my favourite colours (or yours, for that matter). It’s about finding the colours, fonts, imagery and overall feel that make sense for the business.

Little Wildlings is a perfect example.

They’re an outdoor early learning centre with a big focus on nature, outdoor play and exploration... so a rainbow-bright palette just wouldn’t have felt right.

This is a brand that’s all about getting muddy, exploring nature and giving kids the space to just be kids. So instead, we went earthy, warm and natural.

It’s still playful and still very much a kids’ brand. It just feels like THEM.

And that’s really the point.

A kids’ brand should feel like the business behind it. Sometimes bright and colourful is exactly right (and you KNOW I’m always here for that 😂), but sometimes the brand calls for something completely different.

The fun bit is figuring out what fits yours.

So if you have a kids’ brand and you’re not quite sure what that looks like yet, come say hi. I’d love to help you figure it out. 🤎

03/09/2026

With Father’s Day coming up this weekend, I thought I’d share a little appreciation post for one of my biggest supporters. 😂❤️

01/09/2026

Something a little fitting for the first day of spring 🌸🐝

I don’t often get the chance (or the time) to enter design competitions, but I managed to sneak in a few hours over the weekend to put together an entry for the Beechworth Honey comp.

The theme was Bees, Flowers & Food... so obviously I was very happy to oblige 😂

Fingers crossed! 🤞🍯

26/08/2026

Always LOVE working with Bandicute (handmade educational toys and children’s clothing) 😊🎄❤️

We’ve been creating Aussie Christmas together for a few years now, so the challenge is always coming up with something that feels completely different from the year before.

After throwing a few ideas around, we landed on wombats and Chrissy by the Sea was born.

Bandicute’s 2026 Family Christmas range launches TOMORROW, so if you’re a family Christmas outfit kinda person, head over to Bandicute (handmade educational toys and children’s clothing) for a peek.

Thanks for having me back for another Christmas, Bandicute. Always a fun one! ☀️🎄

12/08/2026

Ever wondered why people are finding your business… but not choosing you?

I’ve put together a 2-minute quiz to help you figure out what might be getting in the way.

⭐️ Maybe your brand isn’t building enough trust.
⭐️ Maybe things feel a little inconsistent.
⭐️ Or maybe you’ve simply outgrown the brand you started with.

This quiz will point you in the right direction, with some practical tips on what you can do next.

Curious? 👀
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https://littleblackkat.com.au/quiz/

05/08/2026

Classical music + A cheeky bin chicken.
Not exactly the pairing you’d expect. 😬

When Brisbane Arts Diary approached me, they wanted a brand that celebrated classical music, theatre and the arts.....but they also wanted it to feel welcoming, approachable and unmistakably Brisbane.
The challenge wasn’t designing an ibis.
It was making sure the ibis didn’t make the brand feel silly.

The answer wasn’t to choose between sophisticated or playful.

It was finding the balance between the two.
A strong brand isn’t built by following the stereotypes of your industry. It’s built by understanding how you want people to feel when they discover you.

In this case, that meant creating a visual identity that feels artistic and credible, while still having enough personality to make people smile.
Because sometimes the most memorable brands are the ones that break expectations.

I’d love to know... What’s an industry that you think could use a little more personality?

29/07/2026

Can you guess these two iconic Queensland locations? 👀

Unless you work in design, you’ve probably never come across the term “environmental graphics”.

It’s basically a fancy name for graphics and illustrations designed for physical spaces.

Think murals, wall graphics, signage and illustrations that help transform offices, schools, hospitals and other workplaces into spaces that tell a story.

These two are part of a collection of 13 large-scale illustrations I created for the meeting rooms of a Brisbane corporate office.

I’ve just added the full project to my website if you’d like to take a look.
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https://littleblackkat.com.au/project/office-wall-illustrations-and-environmental-graphics/

14/07/2026

Not every business needs a new logo.
Sometimes they need a stronger brand around the one they already have.

🌸 That’s exactly what this project was about.

SYDNEY FLORIST • SYDNEY FLOWER DELIVERY • FIVE GENERATIONS 💐 already had a strong, recognisable logo. My role wasn’t to reinvent it… it was to build a complete visual identity around it, giving the business a consistent look and feel across every customer touchpoint.

From social media and email marketing to custom icons, illustrations and patterns, every piece was designed to make their marketing easier, more consistent and instantly recognisable.

✨ Swipe through to see how it all came together.

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Springfield Lakes, QLD
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Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 4:30pm
Thursday	9am - 4:30pm
Friday	9am - 12:30pm

Website

https://www.littleblackkat.com.au/

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