Illustrations are a versatile art form with a wide range of applications. While books are a common platform for illustrations, they can also be found in:
Animation backgrounds: Here, illustrations create the visual world where characters and stories come to life. Posters, advertising and marketing materials (brochures, packaging, websites) Editorial content (magazines, newspapers) Children's books and educational materials Greeting cards and invitations Concept art and storyboarding (visualizing ideas for films, games, and other creative projects)
Compositions of all illustrations created for the book "Jord, livet i jorda, livet på jorda". The challenge and task was to create a sense of harmony between the two styles. To achieve this, I used a warmer color palette, such as orange and yellow, to represent the South American style, and cooler colors, such as blue, to represent the Scandinavian style. I also focused on adding many different plants to create a sense of harmony and jungle feeling. The most important element in all illustrations was the soil. To expose it, I used a special technique of creating straight brown-yellow gradients of lines that separate the soil from the rest of the illustration.
The illustrations showcase Slavic deities in a proto-design stage for a future animated film project.
The character designs are inspired by book chapters from the book "Eternity," which explores the transition from earthly life to the afterlife, where humans are guided by an underworld god towards paradise. Bold, sharp lines allude to modernism and dynamism, representing movement. These lines also reflect the emotional contrasts among the gods and the psychological interplay within their relationships.
The illustrations were created in collaboration with Monika Miklar and served as the background for posters promoting a self-help tool for cleansing oneself of unwanted thought patterns.
The illustrations depict two women dancing around a fire. The designer created two color variations to showcase a contrast.