Series of illustrations that were created during the online intensive course at the British Higher School of Art & Design.

Tools used: ink, crayons, Adobe Photoshop.

I was happy to participate in the open call organised by Mile books publisher. The result was 7 zines for children written by new authors about 7 different emotions. Each zine was accompanied by a game connected to the feeling. All of them were screen printed. I was also responsible for the lettering on all of zines’ cover. The feeling that I have illustrated was joy.

Ekaterina Kukhareva is a luxury knitwear fashion designer whose clothing lines are sold across Europe, USA and Middle East. The brand needed to relaunch their website in order to showcase the beautiful patterns prevalent in their design. Round shapes incorporate the latest collection’s patterned fabric and also represent ‘planets’ in Ekaterina’s world. Following a successful relaunch of the website, the client came back to create another website for a more ‘casual’ knitwear line. Included are also some examples of other work that was done for the client such as lookbooks, line sheets, cards, website banners, etc.

Tools used: gouache, pen, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign.

I have created series of illustrations of dragons combined with lettering during the workshop of Akulka Print School and Typomania School. The workshop was dedicated to Chinese New Year celebration and St Valentines day.

Tools used: ink, pens, Procreate app.

The final illustration that I show here, has some of the best known tennis players in the world. I builded up to it by practising players’ portraits starting with numerous pencil sketches before working on them digitally. I payed particular attention to capturing resemblance as well as showing movement in this illustration. I finished these during the online course with Masha Shishova at Prostaya Shkola.

I have created a bunch of stickers for telegram social media representing whatever comes to my mind when I think about autumn. Berry is the main character who has a lot of friends in the forest.

Selection of illustrations drawn from photos during weekly online sessions with Prostaya Shkola. Every week has a different theme. All illustrations were made within 5-15 minutes.

Series of commissioned portraits that I drew to gather donations for the pet shelter called “Asenka”, based in Kazakhstan.

Tools used: ink, Adobe Photoshop.

City of Melbourne

The aim of the project was to create a visually attractive and memorable, as well as easy to navigate newsletter about the City of Melbourne’s extensive network of parks and gardens.

After research I created hand-drawn illustrations of plants and animals that are resident in the parks. Bright colours and detailed work on text improve readability and hierarchy. They also accentuate versatility of the 170-hectare Royal Park with its unique landscape and wetlands habitat.

Following declining number of trees, City of Melbourne developed various incentives to manage climate change and protect urban forests. I have put together leaflets that have information about a particular plant and its importance as a part of biodiversity, and relevant seed packet. I have also created sustainable options of merchandise as tote bags, reusable coffee cups, reusable water bottles to promote cutting usage of plastic.

Tools used: ink, paper cut-outs, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop.

Series of posters and the short animation were created to participate in the “Berrywaterfest”, international festival of book illustration and visual literature, held annually in Moscow. Every poster was made using different materials.

Tools used: ink, crayons, pencils, collage, gouache, procreate, Adobe Photoshop.

Discover Welsh Music is an online digital archive of the music of Wales. It currently focuses on few composers but will grow in quantity over time, therefore the client wanted a very clear and easy to navigate website. I set out to create the logo, which has a modern look to attract a diverse audience. Red colour reflects passion for music as well as connection to Wales. I introduced elements of line across the whole website to illustrate sheet music, sound waves and simplify updating of composers’ catalogue.

Tools used: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator.

‘Smart Activities’ children activity book that I illustrated and designed for a self-publisher is aimed at helping children to learn and strengthen preschool skills. All illustrations were hand drawn with ink pens then coloured digitally and compiled in Adobe Suite applications.

Tools used: pen, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign.

GEM Kreatives is a creative agency that specialises in jewellery industry. Over the years I have worked with them on a variety of projects including concept development, branding, lookbooks, linesheets, presentations and other visual collateral.

Tools used: Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator

Here is a selection from my different sketchbooks. They are mainly observations from museum visits, zoos, parks and meeting wonderful people.

Tools used: ink, pen, watercolour, pencil, gouache.

The digital calendar is a personal project; its main purpose is to increase awareness about endangered species and ways that we can have an effect on the current environmental situation.

Each month consists of a hand-drawn illustration of a critically endangered animal, calendar month and short information on population, status and scientific name of that species. An illustration was revealed every month to be downloaded for free on any device along with a concise guidance on changes we can make to help save animals.

Tools used: ink, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign.