Illustrations, cover design and layout for second book in Noora series: Noora ja täyden kuun kestit (Noora and the smiling stars) by Finnish author Tittamari Marttinen.
Here’s my previous post about first book in Noora series: Noora ja nauravat tähdet
Illustration for Helsingin Sanomat – Kuukausiliite (monthly magazine of biggest Finnish newspaper).
Editorial about people with funny name-profession connection. Nomen est omen.
Some of those names traslated in english:
Mr Lynx – Vet
Miss Firehazard – Manufacturer of fireplaces
Mr Furnace – Priest
Mrs Hairy – Hairdresser
Mrs Ironhammer – Dentist
Illustrations are based on old Finnish card game of people with funny name-profession connection.
1: Dreaming of sleeping.
2: Diet.
3: Home safety.
Illustrations for Terveydeksi-magazine.
Two illustrations for Ahlström personnel magazine. First is about personal time management and second about emotional intelligence.
Cover illustration and design for Michelle Paver’s Varjojen valtias (Finnish edition of Ghost hunter).
It’s been a very long time with no updates on this site. Sorry. I start cathing up right now with lots of posts.
Let’s start with this one about saving money.
Illustrations for Ilmastotalkoot , campaign to get people and companies aware of climate change.
I did this job Pro Bono, for the public good, you know, for free.
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.
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.
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.