Janne Harju » New works 2009

Astrobird

Janne — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:29:53 +0000

One day I had a little idea of a bird who wants to migrate to space. I thought that it’ll take a couple of hours to draw and decided to do it. Well, it took one day to draw it in Illustrator and four days to paint in Photoshop. And it’s not even ready yet (a bit sketchy in many parts, some elements should be better, etc.) but I had to stop somewhere. I’m anyway quite happy with the result and I got good practice in painting in Photoshop.

Father-Daughter relationship

Janne — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:13:41 +0000

This one’s an editorial illustration for a story about bad relationships between fathers and daughters. Girl is trying to get her father to skate with her, maybe because she knows he is interested in ice sports, but father is only interested in ice hockey news and is angry to the girl for interupting him, maybe wishing he had a boy with who he could play.

I think I found a good combination of retro and modern style in this picture. I have been trying to soften my style lately, get rid of sharp edges of colored areas by softening them by blurring. By having both sharp and blurry edges I’m trying also to get more feeling of space and movement.

Mother in Law

Janne — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:59:43 +0000

Opening illustration for a story about mothers in law (good ones and bad ones). Here’s a mother trying to keep his son to herself, protecting him against invaders.

Importance of Breakfast

Janne — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:37:14 +0000

First one here is an opening picture for story about importance of breakfast. Lady is eating healthy breakfast and that gives her energy to fly through the day.
Two lower pictures are examples of good breakfasts.

Planning the Meals of the Week

Janne — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:27:15 +0000

Illustartion for the magazine of Finnish electricity company, about planning meals of the week ahead to make life easier.
Texts on the tables are shorts of weekdays in Finnish: Ma = Monday, Ti =Tuesday, Ke= Wednesday, …

Need Life Coaching?

Janne — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:40:52 +0000

If you’re under heavy stress at work (pic.1) and also obsessed with fitness (pic.2) you maybe need some life coatching (pic.3).
Here’s three illustrations I have done around those themes during last couple of weeks. For Anna, Finnish ladies’ magazine.

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Dancing on Ice

Janne — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:22:26 +0000

Winter is coming. Get good shoes before you hit your head on the icy road.

Illustration for Terveydeksi -magazine (magazine about health).

Noora and the Smiling Stars

Janne — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:03:21 +0000

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.

Pernod ad

Janne — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:04:05 +0000

Four illustrators of my agency were asked to do illustrations for in-bar-ad-campaign of Pernod. They gave us quite free hands, within certain brand-concerning rules of course.

I did this piece about captain of a shipwreck floating towards a fire-erupting iceberg. The flying fish show hin the way and big wave is helping him to get there. I tried to give impression of refreshment, adventure, fairytale and a little danger.

Small house and energy usage

Janne — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:54:40 +0000

Here’s too illustrations about energy usage of small houses for two different magazines.

First is for a magazine of Finnish energy company and is about checking energy usage at one’s home (heating, water usage, etc.)

Second is for Osaava kodinrakentaja -magazine (Handy homebuilder) and is about stopping energy leaks at one’s home.