Poster for Nike

Sitting in the basement of our house during the shelling, we drew and wrote to overcome our fear. Art therapy saved us from stress.
The shelling of our region continues to this day.
The only weapon I could use to defend myself was art.

An illustration about bipolar moods caused by permanent stress.

Image from my zine about surrealistic wizards land of Ooo

This installation includes a photograph of murdered civilians taken by Mykhaylo Palinchak in Bucha in April of 2022 after the liberation of the city from russian troops, as well as a number of books by classical russian writers such as Lermontov, Karazin, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Turgenev and others who exalted the russian empire and used the colonial narrative in their works.

Ukrainian work from wartime period inspired a design that blends our ethnicity and tradition with contemporary mass market motifs. Emphasizing symmetry and palindromes, phrases like ‘око в око’ or ‘козак з казок’ are featured on vintage-market-sourced clothing. In response to a concerns about ‘fast fashion,’ this project champions sustainability by repurposing existing garments. All revenue will to Ukraine. It is crucial to support those who provide assistance. Photos: Alta Nguyen

The best hug you can get is when you embrace yourself. You understand you have faults and sensibilities, so you prefer to go inwards than outwards. In those moments, you hide from everyone: you find comfort in your shyness.

History is an extremely important aspect. Textbooks, on the other hand, are often boring and off-putting. However, history needs to be known and studied. Therefore, in this project, I introduce a modern, attractive and user-friendly design for a book about historical episodes.

The artwork reflects Russia’s heavy losses in the first month of the invasion. Although the Russians did not claim any losses, the Ukrainian fields were covered with bodies and destroyed equipment. The idea is expressed in the image of a shipping box with folds resembling a coffin. The losses of the aggressor country are so big that the Russian post (their logo on the box), instead of special transportation packages for bodies, begins to produce simple cardboard packaging.

This project reveals my journey to personal strength against the backdrop of living through war. These images, as symbols of my new external reality, emphasize inner growth and resilience. Through mechanical manipulations of the photographs, I convey my feelings and experiences that are changing my life. In ‘Recovery,’ I delve into my own vulnerabilities, capturing moments of despair interwoven with hope.

This posters were made for my native city anniversary in 2022 when the war was started.
I made this type.This type is my tribute to the city, to its history and vibes

Sometimes we get lost in our own head, but nothing will stop us from seeing the truth over time.

Sometimes we feel devastated, but even exhausted we dance like it’s our last time.

in 2023 British music band The Tiger Lillies ask Mykyta Lyskov make design for upcoming album “Ukraine”. In the cover of the CD Mykyta used his drawing made in city Dnipro during escalation of the war in 2022

“Social problems of youth” is the textbook for foreign students who study the Ukrainian language at the C1 level. The challenge was to solve editions overweight problems and to create a lot of space for notes. That’s why I separated the book into 7 brochures and put it into the folder with magnetic sides. For reaching a more convenient space for writing I had added a slight dot’s pattern, which takes into account a variety of human handwriting.

The album cover was created for drum and bass, techno-punk band “HZV”. Their music is very contrasting and harsh (18+), so the design contains tactile materials that are as dissonant as the band: sandpaper and bubble wrap. Also stencil font black and orange colors are used to emphasize the special brutality of the music. Due to the functional component, the cover can be used many more times for other purposes, such as grinding surfaces.

Illustrations for war-related short stories by various Ukrainian authors published by Tyktor media.
“Lucky!” written by V. Ivchenko tells a story of a Ukrainian family trying to evacuate from the war zone under the russian fire.
“Yurchyk” focuses on the problems Ukrainians deal with during the war: they lose their homes, they have to protect their kids or fight the russian occupiers.

A huge ecological & humanitarian disaster was caused by russia blowing up Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine. Over 80 towns were flooded. People lose their homes. Animals in the local zoo died. Natural sites and agricultural resources are destroyed. A nuclear plant was put at risk. Russias’ eco-terrorism needs to be stopped now.

After the full-scale russian invasion while I was in Kyiv I couldn’t draw for a long time. It seemed to me no matter what I drew, it wouldn’t be enough. These posters were some of the first artworks I brought myself to create then.
Choke on it! is visualization of my wish for russian aggressive imperialism to be finally ended by Ukraine.
Kramatorsk is the city where russian missile hit a railway station. The missile had a writing “for the children!” on it and killed seven Ukrainian children.

Samson was created for the charity festival KYIV 4.5.0. In Ukrainian military slang 4.5.0 means “everything is quiet”. In my poster everything is quiet, too, although it is a completely different kind of quiet.
Every day I used to pass by this old fountain with a sculpture of Samson fighting the lion in peaceful Kyiv. Now the mythical strongman is shielded with bags of sand by the volunteers to protect him from the russian missiles. Samson is invisible, but he’s still there.

This is a portrait of the late Roman Ratushnyi who was one of the student protesters of Maidan, an eco-activist who is famous for the campaign to preserve Protasiv Yar park zone in Kyiv, Ukraine (seen in the map in the background), and a military volunteer who fought the russian occupiers and was killed in combat in the east of Ukraine.