Tag: contemporary illustration

Eva Válková creates handmade children’s illustrations filled with soft colours, imaginative landscapes, animals, and small stories hidden throughout each page. Inspired by the illustrated books she loved as a child and the creative environment she grew up in, Eva approaches illustration as a way to shape mood, emotion, and curiosity rather than simply explain a story. Working entirely by hand with watercolour, coloured pencils, and fine liners, she creates slow, thoughtful images that encourage children to stay on the page and look closer. Birds, mice, beetles, and other tiny characters often…

Ligia Fascioni creates layered portraits that merge photorealism with hand-drawn floral and figurative elements over real urban textures. Using photographs of the Berlin Wall and torn street posters, she builds faces on surfaces rich with history and meaning. Each piece reflects the idea that identity is formed through layers—cultural, emotional, and historical. With a background in engineering and design, her work is both structured and deeply expressive. Her compositions transform decay into beauty, turning overlooked materials into powerful foundations. The result is art that invites viewers to look closer and uncover…