Personal Work

Personal work

Illustrations for the longboard series Mt.Nemo

In summer I like to sleep with open windows, but due to war, we have air alarms from time to time. Usually in happens at night, so, you basically hearing these strong sound through the dreams. 19.09 we had drones attack and obviously air alarm, but the shape in the middle which symbolize the horn a bit broken, because it’s getting more usual and it’s a bit scary for us.

Recently I was thinking about the scale of the war that unfortunately is getting bigger and bigger. For Ukrainians, this full-scale invasion started in Feb 2022, before the spring, but instead usual blossom, we got a blossom of war, which is spreading across the world. This poster was made on the day when Palestina started invasion in Israel. Peace.

Shelter is a contemporary super-closed serif typeface inspired by russia’s horrific and terrifying invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The extremely closed forms refer to the need for a safe place and give the typeface a notable distinctive character. Even so, the typeface was crafted as modern and versatile to become a highlight of any design.

This illustration is a fragment of a graphic novel that is currently still in the creation stage. In this image, the author shows how a person who has the power to influence reality and control time, on the way to his dream, still makes mistakes every time and starts from scratch. Literally. It simply boils down to the fact that, relying on his abilities, the character simply forgot how to make decisions on his own, knowing that in case of failure, everything can be started again.

The Ukrainian coat of arms, Tryzub, has a thousand-year history and numerous variations that have absorbed a lot of meanings. This is a graphical experiment to step outside the historical boundaries and reimagine the symbol in an ornamental way. 

This story is about the Kyiv cake, one of the city’s symbols. And if you cut it to 16 pieces you can compose the name of the city Kyiv (Київ) out of them. The illustration keeps original design of Kyiv cake that became iconic throughout the years.

When the t-shirt is a piece of cake, its size is measured in kilocalories and it is packaged in an original cake box. The expiration date on the lid says it is timeless and good forever.

I made this digital drawing of a happy student who passed his exam. One of the goals of this project was to depict views of the city of Kyiv.

During the war, the number of displaced persons went so high that the reality of the problem is lost in statistics. Refugees are not just data. You cannot store them in a cloud.

The thunderbolt on the Ukrainian flag background is a metaphor for power and determination to fight back the invaders.

The book is based on the art project GRANNY and contains well-known photography and archives, texts, and reviews never been published before. The project is dedicated to the study of dementia. The book shows a person not only in her old age dementia condition. But a vivid personality, courageous, beautiful, young, and progressive woman, which wasn’t an everyday fact in the middle of the XX century.

Don’t drop Ukraine. Support!

When there are no more colors, the Ukrainian flag is still waving.

How do you see Ukraine? This question is addressed to all foreigners.

Doves bring peace only with donations.

The poster tells about the imposter syndrome and helps to attract attention to the design community members’ emotional well-being, which helps start a conversation and find solutions.

The King or Zero? It all depends on one’s point of view. The amount of doubts often evaluates the design and professional achievements. Thus the designer questions themselves frequently.

The typographic poster is dedicated to the beloved city of Kyiv.

The poster depicts an embroidered tree of life, a sacred and the most recognizable symbol of Ukrainian folk crafts. The blooming tree should symbolize eternal life, family continuity, and connection between the past, the present, and the future. But, instead, the tree is cut down and damaged.

Poster idea is inspired by Ukrainian Avant-Garde art that was born in the same period of time – about 100 years ago. Folk art influence that is typical of this style helps to reflect repertoire of the band – traditional and patriotic songs of Ukraine. The main element of the design is bandura (musical instrument) with a sound hole in the shape of “play” button as an allusion to an integration of folk and contemporary music.

Word “mriya” means “dream” in ukrainian. The plane Antonov An-225, the pearl of ukrainian aviation,largest world aircraft was also named Mriya. It had been destroyed by russian forces 27 february 2022, on the third day of full-scale russian invasion.
There’s a bitter parallel in the fact that dreams and plans of millions ukrainian people and “Dream” plane, which was the pride of ukrainians had been crushed at the same time.
But the darkness will end – and Mriya will fly again.