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Illustration, comics, visual storytelling

Fact, Feeling and Fiction.

Research, observation and imagination are not separate worlds in my work. They overlap — and that is where the image begins.

The visual world

Different subjects, one way of seeing.

Every project in my portfolio begins with a question: what is it that I want to show, and why does it matter? My works may explore different subjects — nature, science, people, or imagined worlds — but they are connected by the same intention: to look closer, find meaning, and turn that discovery into an image.For me, illustration is not only about how something looks. It is a way of thinking, observing and asking questions. Each project is an attempt to find the right visual language for an idea, a feeling, or a story that wants to be seen. My work is connected not by one style, but by a way of seeing.

The way i work.

I start with attention. A detail, a question, a strange fact, a gesture. Then I look for the image that can hold it. Not every image starts with a clear answer. Sometimes the question is the structure.

Nature. Curiosity. People. Strange encounters.

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Trees know, In search of a swallow, Please, Science

Four projects, one recurring interest: looking at familiar things from an unfamiliar angle.

What if nature was watching us?

A graphic series about contemplation in gardens, told from above — through the eyes of trees.

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A quiet shift in perspective.

Plants are not decoration here. They are characters, witnesses and a way of seeing.

Trees know

THE SHIFT

From landscape as background to landscape as narrator.

Trees know

Curiosity needs a journey.

A young scientist searches for swallows and for new discoveries.

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The landscape carries the story as much as the character does.

In search of a swallow

THE ENGINE

Search —> Observation —> Discovery

In search of a swallow

Can an artwork look back at you?

A large-format illustration about people trying to get closer to artworks.

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What happens when people want to get closer to an artwork and when the artwork seems to notice them back? A watercolour world somewhere between human and statue.

Please

THE TENSION

Viewer & artwork. Human & object. Reality & imagination.

Make the method feel alive.

Non-fiction about the scientific method, accompanied by plants, trees and curious researchers.

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Information becomes easier to enter when it has rhythm, characters and a visual world.

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Science

THE BALANCE

Information + character + visual rhythm

WHO IS THIS FOR?

I want to work with people who have something worth showing.Editorial projects, cultural institutions, publishers, scientists, artists and creative teams — especially those looking for a visual language that can make an idea more curious, human and aliveI am interested in collaborations where there is something to explore, not just something to illustrate.

If the brief has a question, I can help turn it into a visual world. Together, we can give the idea a world of its own.

Email: yafa.s@mail.ru TG: @s2wloss
Look closer | Portfolio
Проект создан 29.10.2026
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