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Pismo. | Editorial Illustrations | 19/20

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I like the sea, Natalie Portman, to sleep well, cheese Brunost, irony, to play chess, Behance and to draw illustrations for the polish opinion magazine Pismo.

So I am glad to show ü some editorial illustrations created for the aforementioned magazine during the 19/20 football season.


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'President Of The Tinder's Era'

Editorial illustrations for an article describing the phenomenon of becoming Volodymyr Zelensky president of Ukraine.
'How in the ‘Tinder’s Era’ comedian and showman, never engaged in politics, managed to become the head of state?'
& alternative portrait sketches
& small illustrations complementing the context
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How his team used Social Media and YouTube to lure voters to their side?' 
& inside the layout
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'Trap Of The Future'

This illustration was created for an article about how our future is shown on TV shows (like 'Black Mirror') and how it can actually be. When our home ceases to be only our home. When screens affect our lives.
Our cozy corner of the house turns into a kind of trap that we do not notice.
'Hello, 1984'
& details
& other illustrations complementing the context
The essay also discusses the feeling of being lost in time, touches on the theme of cyclicality, repeatability.
The author asks (and trying to answer) such questions: How does the past affect our future? 

Moving into the future, are we returning to the past? 
A wordplay is also used here – in Polish language ‘future’ and ‘past’ differ by only one letter:
‘przyszłość’ & ‘przeszłość’, respectively.  
& some other rough sketches that were rejected
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'Jeff Bezos's Master Plan'

The main illustration – a portrait of Jeff Bezos – complements an article written by Franklin Foer
(originally published in The Atlantic), translated and published in the polish magazine Pismo.
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& some first attempts 
& small illustrations complementing the context
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What the Amazon founder and CEO wants for his empire and himself, and what that means for the rest of us?'.​​​​​​​ 
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Pismo. | Editorial Illustrations | 19/20
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Pismo. | Editorial Illustrations | 19/20

Selected editorial illustrations created in 2019 and early 2020 for opinion magazine Pismo. Some illustrations are made in a symbolic playful sty Read More

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