CIPSCHK - Booklets

In the first semester of my illustration course at UdK I worked on a prototype to an illustrated book. I chose "Tenderenda der Phantast", a collection of surrealist, semi-autobiographical short stories by Hugo Ball - one of the major contributors to the dadaist movement of the 1920s. This time around, I was responsible for both the illustrations and the entire graphic design concept of the book - I even bound it myself at the end, choosing the paper, binding type etc.

I wanted to keep the drawings surreal while still approachable, and had a major focus on narrating the stories through the composition of each illustration - for example, I used a panel-like composition implying rooms in a short story that passes in a Metaphysical hotel. My process for the illustrations was to sketch it out and ink it traditionally, and paint it digitally in CMYK (some illustrations ended up being inked digitally too because of timeconstraints). Here is a look into the process:

This was by far one of the longest and most difficult projects I've worked on so far, but it was quite fun and I learned a lot about book production and graphic design, and especially about planning for long term projects!

Publikation UdK final.pdf

This publication was made with and for UdK (Universität der Künste Berlin). The content is a guide on how to apply, study and graduate in Visual Communication at UdK, from a students perspective.

The text is the result of the collective effort of the Basics Class, while the graphic design and illustrations are mine.

Doku How to Study (VK Meta Guide) - Final.pdf

This is a second part to the previous publication, documenting my work process on it. It's much shorter and uses the same art style for consistency - just slightly sketchier to imply the work in progress instead of a finished product. I made the entire text this time too, which was fun to write and illustrate.

"Superpositions" (or how to sit) is a short book I made where I superimpose myself with chairs, at first in very normal sitting positions, which get more and more absurd as the book goes on. It is entirely hand painted with ink and colored pencils.

You can flip through the pages in the following image carousel:

Dokumentation2.pdf

This work is a documentation of my works in the woodworking class at UdK. I made it jokingly in the style of Ikea manuals, but included all machines to make all parts too. All illustrations are vectorial and in isometric perspective.