hi there
i present to you my project for the Silpo store. In the summer of 2021, i was lucky enough to work on the design of one of the Silpo stores in Kyiv at 144b kharkiv highway. the theme of the store is psychedelic and mushrooms. all mushrooms used in the illustration are real mushrooms. each illustration carries a certain idea and concept. this is not just a series of illustrations, this is an interactive museum for learning about the world of mushrooms. and so, i present to you the wonderful world of psychedelic, and not only, mushrooms
live photos of the store
i hope you will enjoy
the difficulty of working on the project was that most of the illustrations had to have a vertical composition. at the same time, illustrations should be normally divided in the middle and a second illustration attached from other sides can be obtained from it
each illustration has its own plot, scientific fact, reference to popular culture or just a beautiful mushroom fantasy mushroom landscape. all types of mushrooms in the collection are divided into two types: psychedelic and all the rest
plasmodium is not immediately noticeable, it looks like either a jellyfish or a piece of jelly. this is such a translucent mucous body of myxomycetes fungi. It consists of reticulate-cellular protoplasm with numerous nuclei. and he walks through the forest, waddling from side to side
journey to the mushroom planets
mushrooms, like humans, produce vitamin D in the sun
in a fairy-tale form, the process of reproduction of mushrooms is shown
from spores to adults
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have found out how the cordyceps unilateralis fungus (Ophiocordyceps unilateralis) changes the behavior of the carpenter ants on which it lives, actually zombifying insects. The infected ant leaves the anthill and begins to wander, looking for the optimal place for the parasite to reproduce
some types of mushrooms set traps for their victims and enemies
mushrooms set traps
quick freehand sketches
pay attention to how the illustration turns from a simple pencil sketch into a full-fledged illustration
it was the first part of a series of illustrations for the silpo store. I will gradually upload several illustrations to show in detail and colorfully how I took part in the design of the store
