sanja janša

London

2012-01-31T22:58:00.010+01:00

January 2012.

Summer illo

2011-12-25T15:26:00.011+01:00

Pri spletnem portalu Dom in stil so si omislili pisan projekt ter cel kup veselih dogodkov povezanih z njim: naprimer. Za lastni koledar, pusti komentar. :) In ko bo na vrsti zgornja ilustracija, bo lepo svetlo in nosili bomo japonke.

Illustration I did for a colourful calendar.

BVSS 05

2011-11-10T18:54:00.007+01:00

Evo. Z veseljem (in z majhno zamudo): Murakami (fotka zgoraj, post spodaj) in slogani (ki so medtem postali razglednice) na ogled v Narodni galeriji od torka do nedelje med 10. in 18. uro. Do 27. 11. 2011. V sklopu petega bienala vidnih sporočil. Vstop prost.

My designs (book and postcards) on show at the National Gallery, as a part of 5th Biennial of Slovene Visual Communications. Until November 27th.

Mol Concepts logo was designed by David Fartek. Mr. Client said that it should be much bigger, 'cause people don't need that much writing space nowadays. :))

O čem govorim, ko govorim o teku

2011-09-24T20:54:00.025+02:00

My design for H. Murakami's What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, a book which covers author's four month preparation for the 2005 NYC Marathon. Since it is a memoir on running, I turned pages into kilometers, so that reader can run the page marathon, while the author is surmounting his road distances.
Iz japonščine prevedel Aleksander Mermal. Uredil Andrej Koritnik. Izdala založba Mladinska knjiga.
Hvala Lukatu za zgornje fotke, in bratu ki se je trikrat preoblekel da sem lahko pofotkala naslovko. :)

Raje Platona kot pomirjevala!

2011-08-31T21:24:00.005+02:00

My cover design for Plato, Not Prozac! by Lou Marinoff.

"Platonovo optimistično stališče je, da si moramo prizadevati zgraditi ta boljši svet, namesto da zapravljamo energijo za odkrivanje načina, kako jo odnesti brez posledic. Platon je imel za to utopijo v mislih podrobno politično vizijo. Vendar mislim, da so posamezna dejanja in osebna odgovornost prvi temeljni kamni. ... Osebno bi rad živel v svetu, kjer bi se ljudje izogibali nekaterim početjem, ker so napačna, ne samo zato, ker bi se bali, da jih bodo zasačili." (225)

Prevedel Niki Neubauer. Uredil Mitja Pucer. Izdala založba Mladinska knjiga.

Osijek

2011-07-05T11:16:00.022+02:00

My hometown. June 2011.

Služkinje

2011-07-03T17:24:00.005+02:00

The Help, a novel by Kathryn Stockett. Above is my cover design, depicting the "separate bathrooms" motif - the story takes place in early 1960's Jackson, Mississippi, where white residents are advised to build garage toilets for their colored maids. Catch a glimpse of that in a movie trailer.

Služkinje je prevedla Dušanka Zabukovec, uredila Ana Ugrinović, izšle pa so pri Mladinski knjigi.

Šablonce

2011-06-14T21:37:00.011+02:00

Prejšnji torek je v Konzorciju potekala delavnica šabloniranja, pod vodstvom Oloopk. Za s sabo sem dobila golobčkasto šablonco, ki je trojno pristala nad domačim vzglavjem. Vzglavniki so pri nas doma stvar osebne izbire (od tod rahla diskrepanca med pouštroma).
We visited a workshop the other day and I've got a mightily nice dove stencil there. It ended up on a bedroom wall. And just in case you were wondering: the huge dotty thing is in my possession.

Ne povej nikomur

2011-05-02T16:56:00.005+02:00

Tell No One by Harlan Coben. The first thriller book design I grappled with (lots of firsts this season!). And a fairly decent read, if you're fond of the genre.

Prevedel Miro Mrak. Uredil Boris Bogataj. Izdala založba Mladinska knjiga.
SJ sem jo oblikovala, prelomila in počečkala predpapir.

Pisanice

2011-04-30T11:04:00.008+02:00

Center Evropa, dva tedna plus dva dni nazaj. Barvanje in okraševanje pirhov. Z akrili, z bleščicami pa s koščki prtičkov, nato še s haklci in pentljicami. Za hobi ustvarjalce so - na moje vegansko veselje - na voljo plastična in stiroporna jajca. Taka bela pa lepo zaobljena prijazno vabijo, da jih takoj potunkamo v barvo.

I was recently invited to hold an easter egg dyeing workshop. We coloured fake eggs with acrylic and glitter paints. The paper napkin technique, fancily known as decoupage, was also used. Later on, the eggs were equipped with ribbons and fishing lines, so that they can happily hang from ceilings and trees.

Skrivnost slave

2011-04-06T07:00:00.030+02:00

Še ena naslovka iz zbirke Črka ob črki, ki izhaja pri založbi Sodobnost International. Prevedla Dušanka Zabukovec. Uredila Jana Bauer.

Tekst s hrbtne platnice: "Pisec uspešnice Toliko knjig! se v tem delu ne ukvarja toliko s knjigami kot z njihovimi avtorji. Zakaj pišejo? Zakaj hočejo biti slavni? Kakšne so posledice slave, če jo dosežejo? Zakaj sta tako pogosta odpor in deziluzija? Gabriel Zaid analizira metode in motivacijo pisateljev od antike do naših časov ter prikazuje sodobni literarni svet v kritični, čeprav humorni luči – svet, v katerem »pisatelji raje opravljajo druge pisatelje, namesto da bi jih brali«. Spotoma se dotakne marsikatere težave, ki zaznamuje svet književnosti: od literarnih ter literarno-znanstvenih tradicij in dogem do manije citiranja in navajanja opomb pod črto ter še marsičesa, o čemer se večina bralcev po navadi sploh ne sprašuje."

Above: my cover design for Gabriel Zaid's The Secret of Fame.

Sve najbolje!

2011-04-03T17:45:00.016+02:00

Hrvatsko izdanje knjige s podnaslovom 400 izreka, citata i čestitki za svaku prigodu. Da su svi crtežići na svom mjestu pobrinula se tehnička urednica Marija Morić. Knjiga je izašla pod okriljem Mozaik knjige Zagreb.

Croatian edition of All the best! quote book. My first book project in my first language. :)

Kako govoriti o knjigah, ...

2011-03-26T09:40:00.018+01:00

... ki jih nismo prebrali. (In kako uporabiti fonte, ki jih nimamo ...)

Prevedla Dušanka Zabukovec. Uredila Jana Bauer. Izdala založba Sodobnost International.

Tole je tekst s hrbtne platnice:

"Zakaj tako zavzeto govorimo o knjigah, za katere smo samo slišali, jih zgolj preleteli ali prebrali in jih potem pozabili? Pierre Bayard, univerzitetni profesor književnosti v Parizu, skuša dokazati, da kultiviranemu človeku ni treba brati knjig; dovolj je, da razume njihov pomen v kulturnem življenju naroda. Delo, ki ga je revija London Review of Books opisala kot »izvrsten in prepotreben primerek literarne sociologije«, je fascinantna kombinacija gladkega francoskega filozofiranja, zabavne hudomušnosti in pogumne analize našega resničnega odnosa do knjig."

Takole pa pravi najboljši radio.

Above: my cover design for Pierre Bayard's How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read?

Nespodobna ponudba

2011-03-12T18:48:00.008+01:00

Presenting my very first chick lit design: Indecent proposal written by bestselling German author Kerstin Gier. I know I should have used less noticeable paperweight while portraiting the endpaper, but the wind was so strong today!

Prevedla Breda Rajar. Uredila Tatjana Cestnik. Gospodična na naslovki Shutterstock. Izdala založba Mladinska knjiga.

Malta

2011-02-24T20:49:00.028+01:00

Malta & Gozo. December 2010. Lots of nice lettering there. :)

Za devetimi gorami

2011-01-30T12:00:00.010+01:00

Slovenian folk tales by Anja Štefan.

Illustrated by Zvonko Čoh and Ančka Gošnik Godec, who also handlettered the title.

I designed the book and wrote the mini letters.

Uredila Andrej Ilc in Irena Matko Lukan. Likovno uredil Pavle Učakar.

Izdala založba Mladinska knjiga.

Naslovna ilustracija, nastala pred četrt stoletja, je delo Ančke Gošnik Godec.

Nalepkico Biser je oblikovala Jerneja. :)

Tukaj pa še dogodki povezani s knjigo.

Na zlati obali

2011-01-21T18:39:00.006+01:00

A new book by Evald Flisar. I did a cover illustration, thanks to its writer.

Knjiga je izšla v talepi zbirki Nova slovenska knjiga.
Urednica Nela Malečkar. Tehnični urednik Matej Nemec. Oblikovalska zasnova zbirke Radovan Jenko. Izdala založba Mladinska knjiga.

North

2010-12-25T18:50:00.009+01:00

Berlin, Denmark and a little bit of Sweden. October 2010.

Nicholas Dane

2010-11-08T22:20:00.006+01:00

Prevedel Jure Potokar. Uredil Zdravko Duša. Oblikovala Sanja Janša. Izdala Cankarjeva založba. Več tukaj.

Vse najboljše!

2010-10-14T21:57:00.007+02:00

This quote book was a nice opportunity to draw little baby carts and presents and engagement rings and holy chalices and a lot of curly lines.

S podnaslovom 400 voščil, izrekov in citatov za vsako priložnost, izšlo pri založbi Mladinska knjiga. Zbral Andrej Gogala. Uredila Andreja Peček. Risala in oblikovala moja malenkost.

Štefica Cvek v krempljih življenja

2010-09-26T11:55:00.003+02:00

Dubravka Ugresic: Steffie Speck in the Jaws of Life.
Since it is a patchwork novel, I stitched the lettering. :)

Prevedla Višnja Fičor. Uredila Tjaša Koprivec. Izdala Založba Sanje.

Biba buba baja

2010-09-12T22:21:00.006+02:00

This is one great piece of Slovene baby literature. :)
Written by Mira Voglar, illustrated by Lidija Osterc.
I (re)designed it and hand-lettered the title.

Uredila Alenka Veler. Izdala založba Mladinska knjiga.

Bernard Beckett: Geneza

2010-07-06T21:19:00.006+02:00

Genesis by Bernard Beckett. A book that "will make smart teenagers feel very respected". :)
Prevedla Irena Duša. Uredil Zdravko Duša. Prelom Petra Jerič. Ilustracija in oblikovanje ovitka Sanja Janša. Izdala založba Mladinska knjiga.

Evald Flisar: Drame

2010-06-12T08:54:00.005+02:00

The Selected Plays of Evald Flisar. I did the cover drawings and designed the covers. :)
Uredila Jana Bauer. Izdajatelja Vodnikova založba in založba Sodobnost International.

Janja Rakuš: Hotel Andro.gen

2010-06-02T20:12:00.002+02:00

Uredil Zdravko Duša. Oblikovala Sanja Janša. Izdala Cankarjeva založba.

Plakete za najboljšo kratko zgodbo in eseje

2010-05-16T10:01:00.008+02:00

The 2010 Awards for Best Short Story and Best Essays were announced at the opening of Slovene Book Days in Ljubljana last month. I was invited to write them by hand.

Čestitke nagrajencem!

Počečkani ropar + Čečkalnik

2010-04-04T19:12:00.009+02:00

New picture book from Spominčice / Forget-Me-Nots book series. Special edition this time. ScribbleRobber - accompanied with ScribbleBook - by Lucija and Damijan Stepančič. Very funny, very boyish. :)

Uredila Jana Bauer. V angleščino prevedel Evald Flisar. Oblikovala Sanja Janša. Izdala Vodnikova založba (DSKG).

Novo!

2010-03-14T22:42:00.007+01:00

High quality prints of my illustrations available for online purchase in a colourful place called Artbutik. Framed, unframed, huge or small, they all make a nice presents for best friends and mothers-in-law alike.

(Za širitev trga in vstop konkurence lahko potrkaš na info@artiko.si :)

Slovenia gets new slogans!

2010-02-18T21:09:00.009+01:00

Copy Luka Bajs. Art Sanja Janša. Spiritual guidance Martin Mol.

About the project. Kaj pravi Primož.

Zgodbe iz Japonske

2010-02-14T23:46:00.002+01:00

Prevedel Peter J. Vojvoda. Uredila Jana Bauer. Ilustracija in oblikovanje ovitka Sanja Janša. Knjižna zbirka Izmenjave/Exchanges. Izdala založba Sodobnost International.

Photos of the Recent Past, Poem of the Distant Past

2010-01-31T18:40:00.007+01:00

København, October 2009

Køge, October 2009

Prozori
Otvorenim očima
Mogu svijetliti
I smijati se
Noćima.

Prozori
Sklopljenim očima
Mogu skrivati
Mrak u stanu
I rugati se danu.

(M. Kušec)

Illustration Friday: Confined

2010-01-08T22:31:00.005+01:00

New Decade on the Horizon

2009-12-31T20:11:00.006+01:00

Wish you a happy journey!

Zgodbe iz Portugalske

2009-12-31T19:58:00.006+01:00

Prevedla Barbara Juršič. Uredila Jana Bauer. Ilustracija in oblikovanje ovitka Sanja Janša. Knjižna zbirka Izmenjave/Exchanges. Izdala založba Sodobnost International.

On a Cliff

2009-12-27T19:55:00.004+01:00

A photo I took two moths ago in Denmark.

Nova gripa

2009-12-26T21:23:00.001+01:00

Knjigarna

2009-12-02T14:05:00.008+01:00

My recent book cover design. The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald.
Prevedla Miriam Drev. Uredila Tjaša Koprivec. Izdala Založba Sanje.

DSG na BVSS

2009-11-18T14:24:00.013+01:00

Gospodinja se je uvrstila na 4. bienale vidnih sporočil Slovenije! Razstava v Narodni galeriji je odprta od 10h do 18h, med torkom in nedeljo, do 29. novembra.

My book cover (Diary of a Serbian Housewife) was shortlisted for 4th Biennial of Slovene Visual Communications.

(Not bad for a housewife!;-)

Princeske: pozabljene ali nepoznane

2009-10-14T19:16:00.013+02:00

This is Slovene edition of the superb French book written by Philippe Lechermeier and masterly illustrated by Rebecca Dautremer.

Princesses are enriched with Rebecca Dautremer's handwritten additions to the text and these parts require a copyist for translated editions. Here is how I undertook the task. :)

Conception artistique Maryvonne Denizet. Prelom Maja Čuk. Prevod Stana Anželj. Urednica Tjaša Koprivec. Izdala Založba Sanje. In še aktualna ponudba za iskalce zaposlitve:

Bog: navodila za uporabo

2009-10-03T11:09:00.003+02:00

God: Instructions For Use, new book by Nara Petrovič. I designed the book cover using Nara's own handwriting (we did this once before).

Knjiga je izšla pri založbi Žarek.

Old New Stuff

2009-09-30T23:23:00.008+02:00

Recently I rescued some neglected furniture. They seemed like a nice shoe storage solution!

Zajec Emil na počitnicah

2009-09-19T23:33:00.002+02:00

And another one (from Spominčice / Forget-me-nots). Emil Rabbit's Holiday by Tatjana Kokalj. Designed by me. The letters are left-hand written (to give a book more childlike look:-).

Ilustrirala Daša Simčič. Uredila Jana Bauer. Izdala Vodnikova založba.

Lutke iz sedmega nadstropja

2009-09-09T20:49:00.003+02:00

The Puppets from the Seventh Floor by Slavko Pregl, another picture book from Spominčice / Forget-me-nots book series. Designed this summer.

Ilustrirala Ana Zavadlav. Uredila Jana Bauer. Izdala Vodnikova založba.

Pesem za vilo

2009-09-02T03:00:00.004+02:00

Song for a Fairy by Cvetka Bevc, new from Spominčice / Forget-me-nots book series.
I took care of design and handwriting.

Ilustrirala Andreja Peklar. Uredila Jana Bauer. Izdala Vodnikova založba.

Kako sem otrokom razložil demokracijo

2009-08-26T18:29:00.005+02:00

This wise book is explaining basic terms of democracy (to the youth). I designed the inside as well as outside of it.

Napisal dr. Miro Cerar. Ilustriral Izar Lunaček. Uredil Zdravko Duša. Izdala Cankarjeva založba.

Dnevnik srbske gospodinje

2009-07-10T12:13:00.005+02:00

The diary of a Serbian housewife by Mirjana Bobić Mojsilović. First-rate, accurate insight into the life of a Yugoslavian girl - during her country's golden days and during it's downfall. The roses on a book cover are artificial. And glittering!

Prevedel Slavko Barič. Uredila Tjaša Koprivec. Izdala Založba Sanje. Priporočam:-)

Zgodbe iz Venezuele

2009-06-26T15:01:00.003+02:00

"Ljudje živijo za to, da bi našli zaklad. Mene je ta želja že minila. Sedim v naslanjaču in ne dovolim, da bi me kar koli zdramilo iz moje pogreznjenosti in v meni znova zbudilo vero v priložnosti."

Odlomek iz zgodbe Odprava Lutk. Napisal Israel Centeno. Prevedla Veronika Rot. Uredila Jana Bauer. Knjižna zbirka Izmenjave/Exchanges. Izdala založba Sodobnost International.

Knjigarna Sanje

2009-06-25T23:41:00.010+02:00

Poster announcing the opening of the dream bookshop in Ljubljana.
Knjigarna soimenjakinja, prav kmalu sredi prestolnice. Na Tavčarjevi 11.

Zgodbe iz Kitajske in s Tajvana

2009-06-22T09:03:00.007+02:00

Stories from China and stories from Taiwan. As usual, I took care of the outward form.

"Stari kmetje pravijo: varčuj tri leta, jej malo slabše, pa boš prihranil za eno kravo. Reči je lahko, ko pa res poskusiš, je vse prej kot preprosto. Pomislimo. Če si ne bi tri leta trgal od ust, kje bi lahko sploh še znižal stroške? Če pa še hrane ne bi jedel, koliko sploh lahko privarčuješ?
Li Shundajeva družina je od nekdaj živela po tem načelu. Pred osvoboditvijo zato ni nihče sanjal o nakupu krave. Toda po uveljavitvi agrarne reforme je zaživel tisti duh: tri leta si trgati od ust, vendar Li Shunda ni sanjal o kravi, ampak je želel zgraditi trosobno hišo.
Toda koliko takih 'treh let trganja od ust' je treba za dograditev trosobne hiše? Li ni vedel, le zadeve niso bile več takšne kot pred osvoboditbijo. Če bi stiskal drobiž na kup in porabil le najnujnejše, bi se čez čas zagotovo nekaj nabralo. Tako je zorelo upanje."

Odlomek iz zgodbe Li Shunda gradi hišo. Napisal Gao Xiaosheng. Prevedla Mojca Pretnar. Uredila Jana Bauer. Knjižna zbirka Izmenjave/Exchanges. Izdala založba Sodobnost International.

Opazovalec

2009-05-29T18:34:00.008+02:00

Another new book by Evald Flisar that I was a part of. By illustrating and designing the cover, of course.

Tehnično uredila Mojca Dariš Kumar. Izdala Cankarjeva založba.

The Price of Heaven

2009-04-24T23:20:00.012+02:00

By Evald Flisar. Seven travel stories from India & Nepal. For each one I drew a different vehicle.
Text Layout by Shakeel Hasan. Published by Nirala Publications, New Delhi. First edition 2009.

Bolšja palača

2009-03-20T23:13:00.005+01:00

. * . The first day of spring brought The Flea Palace from the printing house! . * .
It's a novel by Elif Shafak. Book jacket came into existence as a combination of hand drawn and recycled elements.

Prevedel Jure Potokar. Uredila Tjaša Koprivec. Izdala Založba Sanje.

Zoli

2009-03-09T22:01:00.005+01:00

A novel, written by Colum McCann. Cover design started with a photo. Everything else was built around it. A layer of UV lacquer goes all the way round the book jacket, with the exception of a floral pattern area (which, of course, cannot be seen above:).

Prevedel Jure Potokar. Uredila Tjaša Koprivec. Izdala Založba Sanje.

Illustration Friday: Intricate

2009-03-06T19:10:00.005+01:00

It may seem a bit repetitive, but the illustration from my previous post fits so well to this week's IF topic ... It's a scene from the book by Evald Flisar, in which Alice - together with her uncle - takes her first ride in an intricate, rattling vehicle from Crazyland.

Alica v nori deželi

2009-03-06T12:03:00.006+01:00

Alice in Crazyland by Evald Flisar. Slovene book with the British sense of humour. Published by Vodnikova založba (DSKG) & Sodobnost International. Cover illustration and design by yours truly.

Laž in njen ženin

2009-03-05T17:37:00.007+01:00

As usual ... I'm showing off my work. However, this witty pretty illustration is created by someone else - Ana Razpotnik Donati, a girl of great talent. I did the handwriting part.

Še odstavek naprej od onega na hrbtni strani ovitka:
"Premišljevala je in je prišla slednjič do tega konca in sklepa, da se bo omožila. Omožena ženska - tako je modrovala - ima vendarle več veljave pri ljudeh kakor samica." Fran Milčinski, kakopak. Pa založba Sanje.

Moj porodni načrt

2009-02-28T11:11:00.011+01:00

Book jacket for Creating Your Birth Plan, written by maternity specialist Dr. Marsden Wagner. Design (+ handwriting) = my contribution to the Slovene edition (Založba Sanje; prevod dr. Zalka Drglin).

Illustration Friday: Instinct

2009-02-20T20:07:00.004+01:00

Desetnica

2009-02-18T20:07:00.007+01:00

The Desetnica award for youth literature is conferred each year by the Slovenian Writer's Association. I didn't win it, but I designed a logotype and a sticker for it.

Zgodbe iz Pakistana

2009-02-14T00:50:00.006+01:00

Stories from Pakistan, this time. I illustrated and designed a cover for the new book from Izmenjave/Exchanges book series (published by Sodobnost International).

"Moški že celo večnost žre druge moške - močnejši žre šibkejše, bogati revne, zatiralec zatirane. Kdor ima številčno premoč, požre samotnega posameznika. Toda mar so vsi ubogi, šibki, zatirani in samotni ljudje izginili z zemlje? Rekli boste, da ne. Jaz bom rekla, da niso in ne bodo. Pa veste zakaj? Res je, da Bog ne pride z modrega neba, da bi zvijal roke mogočnim, ampak je obdaril šibke s tolikšno močjo in pogumom, da v trenutku, ko so nekateri izmed njih ubiti, drugi stopijo na njihovo mesto in postanejo še močnejši kot prej. In prav zato močni, bogati, zatiralci in tisti, ki se ponašajo s številčno premočjo, nikoli niso mogli uničiti šibkih, ubogih, zatiranih in razdedinjenih."
KRIVONOGA ČAROVNICA, Afzal Ahmad Randhawa (prevod Maja Kraigher)

Poljubček

2009-01-27T22:45:00.006+01:00

Book jacket for Slovene edition of Kiss Kiss, remarkably thrilling masterpiece by Roald Dahl. Published by Sanje, drawn & designed by yours faithfully. (Iz angleščine prevedla Ana Barič Moder, besedila na zavihkih spisala Tjaša Koprivec.)

Jezero Fewa & konj

2009-01-20T21:53:00.005+01:00

The Lake Fewa & a Horse is a book of poems written by Nepalese poet and translator Yuyutsu RD Sharma. Slovene edition was translated by Evald Flisar and published by Sodobnost International. Book cover - designed by me.

I wish you a lot of ...

2008-12-29T14:17:00.004+01:00

... in the upcoming year!:-)

(-:Smejavo 2009:-)

2008-12-29T14:11:00.004+01:00

Predvsem to:-).

Antonov cirkus ...

2008-11-30T11:13:00.016+01:00

... prejel nagrado za Najlepšo slovensko knjigo 2008, v kategoriji Književnost ter knjige za otroke in mladino! Nagrada, ki jo podeljuje Strokovno združenje založnikov in knjigotržcev Slovenije pri GZS, pomeni priznanje za izjemno raven oblikovanja slovenske knjige in spodbudo za založbe, da bi nenehno skrbele za zviševanje te ravni (iz sejemske knjižice). Knjigo Petra Svetine je uredila Jana Bauer, v angleščino prevedla Erica Johnson Debeljak, ilustriral Damijan Stepančič, oblikovala moja malenkost, izšla pa je pod skupnim okriljem Vodnikove založbe in založbe Sodobnost International, kot sedma knjigica v dvojezični zbirki Spominčice / Forget-me-nots.

Anton's Circus awarded as Most Beautiful Slovene Book 2008 (in category Literature and Books for Children & Youth)!

Illustration Friday: Vacant

2008-10-31T16:34:00.004+01:00

G, getting into reading during vacant hours.

Illustration Friday: Clique

2008-09-19T16:48:00.011+02:00

"The bullies lifted their eyes and gaped at it. Then one of them suddenly had a clothespin squeezed on his nose. It closed his nostrils so he had to open his mouth to breathe. “Ow!” he cried. And then the other ten had clothespins on their noses too. “Ow!” they all cried together." (From the book Spots becomes a World Champion by Evald Flisar, illustrated by me)

Illustration Friday: Clutter

2008-09-05T17:36:00.003+02:00

A simple way to declutter one's mind.

Illustration Friday: Memories

2008-08-30T15:21:00.006+02:00

This illustration is a memory of my 3-month stay in Budapest, as a part of CEEPUS programme (Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies). It was made on a sunny sunday afternoon at the end of my first week there.

Človek: navodila za uporabo

2008-08-24T12:14:00.007+02:00

New book jacket that I designed for the second edition of Nara's book called Human: Instructions For Use. Handwriting is by Nara himself. (Knjiga je izšla ta mesec, pri založbi Mea Valens. Še povezava do Meinega bloga. Tako.)

Illustration Friday: Detach

2008-08-16T17:24:00.009+02:00

The above watercolour was made early this summer, during a stay in a Bosnian raft camp, rather detached from civilization. Taking along drawing kit to such a place is advisable thing to do, otherwise you can end up playing parlour games all day long ... (not that there's anything wrong with that, but doodling is more fulfilling anyway:-)

Dark Experience

2008-07-28T20:55:00.011+02:00

Book jacket that I illustrated and designed for the book series Izmenjave / Exchanges (Sodobnost International, 2008). It went to printing house violet and it came back deep-blue-black ...

Designed lately ...

2008-07-02T12:10:00.006+02:00

These are few parts of a catalogue called Award - winning plays by Evald Flisar. It was published by Texture Press & International Plays, designed by me, printed in China and distributed throughout the World:-).

Illustration Friday: Hoard ...

2008-06-20T17:16:00.003+02:00

... of illustrations :-).

Illustration Friday: Forgotten

2008-06-06T14:22:00.006+02:00

Dormitory kitchen - a forgotten illustration from my onetime sketch-block.

European movies dare to ...

2008-05-23T15:16:00.017+02:00

This idea was created by Primoz and me in november 2007 at Kalidays festival - it won the 1st place at the Start Smart Copy and Art workshop led by dutch creative team Martin Mol and Jos van der Lee. Here you can see them talking very nicely about our work! Anyhow, our task was to create a billboard, which would attract viewers to visit European film festival at Slovenian Cinematheque. Later on, I came up with some visual solutions for the slogans and two of them were realized in form of Feliks cards (free promo cards). Here is the first one:
It says "European movie dares to be cheap" and it made it's way to the finale of Magdalena Festival last week. The second one says "European movie dares to ------- the hero" and unfortunately it didn't made it to the finale of Magdalena:
The third one was even less fortunate: not only that it didn't made it into finale, but it was never printed as well ... It says "European movie dares to show MORE":
Euroteka festival began in january and it will end next month, so I guess this is a conclusion of our idea as well.

Čarovnikov vajenec

2008-04-23T01:59:00.005+02:00

book cover - designed recently - by me - book is written by Evald Flisar - first published in 1984

Illustration Friday: Save

2008-04-04T19:09:00.007+02:00

"Consumerism is self-expression for the uncreative."

Illustration Friday: Homage

2008-03-28T15:45:00.006+01:00

I almost forgot that I suggested this topic - thank you Illustration Friday for picking it out:-).

Illustration Friday: Garden

2008-03-07T21:58:00.005+01:00

From the hungarian supermarket garden ...

Illustration Friday: Leap

2008-02-29T21:02:00.003+01:00

It occurs only every four years, but still it was just the ordinary day ...

Illustration Friday: Multiple

2008-02-22T21:07:00.003+01:00

I'm painting these turtles since 1997 - for no particular reason. No. 1 is in Australia - it migrated there with Nadja and her family. 4 and 6 are hanging on the wall of Renata's living room in Slovenia. No. 7 is in my aunt's kitchen in Croatia - it was made for my cousin's 10th birthday. 2, 3, 5 and 8 are standing upon our bookshelf at home. There are at least 20 other turtles here and there - 12 of them went to a traveling exhibition ten years ago and never returned back ...

Illustration Friday: Theory

2008-02-16T03:07:00.004+01:00

Have a nice stressless week ;-).

Illustration Friday: Choose

2008-02-08T16:57:00.000+01:00

Illustration that I made for Slovenian literary journal Sodobnost (9-10 2006). Article was about an influence of TV on a child's brain. (-: Thanks for stopping by :-)

Slovenian wanderer

2008-02-06T21:56:00.001+01:00

Slovenian wanderer -> seven different programs for stimulation of team activities in a company, based on Slovenian tales and legends. I made the main title and other handwritten titles for motivational programs. Design of presentation map is executed by Advertus (which is SW concept developer and program offerer as well). Photo is taken by me and it could be better ...

Illustration Friday: Blanket

2008-02-01T21:37:00.000+01:00

"However, once in bed, he felt overcome by a deep sadness. He was the world soccer champion, but what could he do with that? Without the hippityhopsters, everything seemed pointless. In the falling evening light, when Spots was already certain he’d seen the last of them, the faces of the hippityhopsters suddenly glowed above the bedside table. They winked at him happily. “Cool!” he exclaimed. “Are you going to stay with me?” They jumped up and formed the following words in the air: WE WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY!" (From the book Spots becomes a World Champion by Evald Flisar, illustrated by me)

Workshop: Venetian Masks

2008-01-31T19:09:00.000+01:00

Center Evropa – Ljubljana team invited me to guide their Venetian Masks workshop. We did the casting ourselves a few days earlier - quite successfully. Participants continued the process by painting and decorating the masks - quite successfully as well. A few glimpses caught on my camera:

This was caught on the Studio Delo's camera (no, I don't feel uneasy in front of it;-).

Illustration Friday: Tales (and Legends)

2008-01-25T21:20:00.000+01:00

A king helping a queen to put all those mattresses and feather beds over the pea ...

Illustration Friday: Plain

2008-01-18T19:48:00.000+01:00

Just a bug, flying through a Friday evening ...

Hard to squeeze

2008-01-15T14:51:00.000+01:00

Zgodbe iz Nepala

2008-01-10T10:27:00.000+01:00

Book jacket illustration and design that I made recently. Riksha on the front cover stands as an invitation for a ride through a 23 Nepalese short stories, while a prayer wheel on the back meets the reader at the end. Stories from Nepal are published by Sodobnost International, Ljubljana, as a part of a book series Izmenjave / Exchanges.

. . . Greeting . . .

2008-01-08T17:51:00.000+01:00

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Illustrated quote from the Heart of a Buddha booklet . . . . . . . . . .