Janne Harju

I just finished doing illustrations, cover design and layout for a book called Noora ja nauravat tähdet (Noora and the smiling stars) by Finnish author Tittamari Marttinen.

It’s a very nice book for young girls. Noora is a little girl who’s mother, the janitor of their house, falls from a tree while picking up apples, breaks her leg and has to stay in hospital for some time. Noora takes care of the house with her friends, finds an old film star, dreams about a dog and finally gets one (named Kuura).

I’m very happy with my works for the book. I’m specially pleased with the cover: I took my normal style a bit further by softening a backround (and parts of the foreground too) trying to make it look a little bit like a painting.

Hopefully Noora will have a whole series of books.