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Ma�ka mese�arka / Moonlight Cat

2010-04-13T00:20:00.031+02:00

Nakon po�etka prole�a pra�enog iritantnom praskavom kijavicom, jedne selidbe (sa Zvezdare na Crveni krst), navikavanja na novi kom�iluk i gomile posla (�to ku�nog, �to umetni�ko frilenserskog), do�ao je red i na blog. Za po�etak, a i za ovonedeljni Illustration Friday, evo jedne ma�ke na mese�ini, sre�ne, zaljubljene...Ma, sva se u srce pretvorila!

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After the early spring followed by a burst and annoying sneezing, moving to a new neighborhood and a bunch of work of all kinds, I finally found some time for blogging! For start and for this week's Illustration Friday, here is a cat, happy and in love, with moonlight...

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Mala u�ara / Long Eared Owl

2010-02-04T12:17:00.016+01:00

Galerija Elektrika iz Pan�eva u saradnji sa www.wild-serbia.com organizovala je konkurs za prijem radova na temu Divlji svet Banata - Sove. Izabrani radovi na�i �e se na plakatima, majicama i nalepnicama, sve u produkciji Elektrike! A po�to ja jako volim prirodu, ptice, ali i Elektriku, sa zadovoljstvom sam se prihvatila posla i nacrtala ovu ovde sovu, malu u�aru :-) Konkurs traje do 10. februara. Po�urite!

Ovo je ujedno i moj prilog za ovonedeljni Illustration Friday. (klik na sliku za detalje)

Elekrtika Gallery from Pancevo in a cooperation with www.wild-serbia.com recently announced a call for entries with the topic Wildlife of Banat - The Owls. Selected works will be used for posters, T-shirts, stickers...all from Elektrika production! And since I love the nature, birds and of course Elektrika, I've took this assignment with pleasure and drew this owl, the long eared one :-)

This is also my last minute entry for this week's Illustration Friday. (click on picture to see the details)

Novosti razne / News of all of kinds

2010-01-28T15:18:00.031+01:00

Neke od radova koje sam upravo ubacila na stranu sa ilustracijama za decu ve� ste imali prilike da vidite ovde, na blogu. Ali neke i niste! Zato izvolite, pogledajte i ako �elite javite utiske :-)

I strana sa biografijom je dopunjena novim informacijama, najvi�e o izlo�bama, objavljenim radovima i sl. Razmi�ljala sam tako�e o sre�ivanju ostalih stranica, prvenstveno prodavnice i linkova...Ali kako uskoro planiram blagi redizajn celog sajta, za sada neka ostane ovako.

E da, stvarno ne znam kako mi je promaklo da javim da sam, negde pred kraj pro�le godine, predstavljena na Designed.rs, sjajnom dizajnerskom web portalu, jedinstvenom na na�im prostorima. Imala sam �ast da se na�em u rubrici High5 i evo kako izgleda moj profil tamo!

A kad smo ve� kod profila, od nedavno sam napravila jedan i na Behance Networku. Zgodna mre�a taj Behance, jedino jo� nisam sigurna da li je i koliko korisna. �im saznam javi�u!

I just uploaded some new stuff to my childen's book portfolio. You probably already saw some of it published here, on my blog. But some of it I didn't show before. So, here they are, ready for your observation :-)

The bio page is also updated with some new info, mostly about the exhibitions and publications. I was thinking to make changes on some other sections too, especially shop and friends... But I am going to redesign this place very soon, so until then I'll leave it as it is.

And one more new thing (well, not so new, really don't know how I missed to tell you earlier)... I've been presented recently at Designed.rs - the great and unique web portal dedicated to art and design. My work has been featured at High5 section, an here is how my profile looks!

Oh, and speaking of profiles, I've opened one on Behance Network. Such a lovely place! Hope it will be useful as well.

Sre�na Nova godina! / Happy New Year!

2009-12-31T16:05:00.004+01:00

The Ark Project

2009-12-19T15:59:00.018+01:00

Pro�le godine, negde u ovo vreme, pozvana sam da u�estvujem u lepoj umetni�koj akciji pod nazivom The Ark Project. Cilj akcije bio je da se u jednoj knjizi, kroz razne umetni�ke forme, a najvi�e ilustraciju, prika�e raznolikost �ivotinjskog sveta na planeti danas, ali i da se uka�e na njegovu konstantnu ugro�enost. Umetnice i umetnici iz celog sveta, nas preko 200, imali su zadatak najpre da izaberu jednu �ivotinju iz svog regiona, a zatim i da je na sopstveni na�in predstave. Ja sam izabrala lasicu, i to evropsku :-)

I kona�no pre neki dan, iz daleke Argentine, zaobilaznim putem preko Hong Konga, stigla je i dugo o�ekivana puckava koverta. A u koverti knjiga - divna, �arena i prepuna �ivotinja iz celog sveta! I moje lasice su tu! Vrlo se radujem jer su u lepom dru�tvu :-)

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Last year I've been invited to participate in a pretty interesting artistic action named The Ark Project.
The aim of this project was to show the diversity of animal species across the planet today but also to point out to their constant vulnerability. Each of the selected artists (more than 200 of us) had to choose an animal from their region, and then to present it in its own artistic way. I chose to illustrate a mink, the European one :-)

And finally, far from Argentina, detour via Hong Kong, the long awaited envelope came! And there was a book in it! Wonderfully designed and full of animals from all over the world! And my minks are there too! I'm so very glad they are in such an amazing company :-)

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Crunchy

2009-12-10T01:13:00.005+01:00

Something sweet and crunchy before the holidays and for this week's Illustrartion Friday :-)

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Malo slatki�a pred praznike i za ovonedeljnu Illustartion Friday temu :-)

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Lekcije iz poezije / Lessons In Poetry

2009-11-29T18:19:00.020+01:00

Pre par meseci imala sam zadovoljstvo da ilustrujem jednu jako zanimljivu knjigu. U pitanju je priru�nik za pisanje poezije ali veoma poseban i druga�iji. Napisana sa puno duha iz pera �panskog pesnika Luisa Garsije Montera, ova specijalna knjiga posta�e odli�an putokaz svima koji pi�u, �itaju ili jednostavno vole poeziju!

Ovde vidite naslovnu stranu i nekoliko ilustracija (sa spreadova) koje najavljuju svako od poglavlja, tj. lekcija.

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Lekcije iz poezije (u originalu Lecciones de poes�a para ni?os inquietos) izlaze uskoro u izdanju Kreativnog centra. Jedva �ekam! :-)

A few months ago I had a pleasure to illustrate a very interesting book. It's a kind of manual for writing poetry, but quite special and different one. Written with a lot of spirit by Spanish poet Luis Garc�a Montero, this unusual book is going to be an excellent guide to all who write, read, or simply love poetry!

Here I present the cover and a few spread illustrations which announce each of the chapters, ie. lessons.

(click on the pictures to see details)

Lessons in poetry... (originally Lecciones de poes�a para ni?os inquietos) will be out very soon, published by Kreativni centar. Just can't wait! :-)

Knjige sa slikama

2009-11-10T18:18:00.025+01:00

I ove godine sam sa Sajma knjiga donela prete�no knjige sa slikama! Neke sam kupila zato �to sam planirala, neke sam sticajem �udnih okolnosti dobila, jednu sam �ak i ilustrovala :-) A ove tri dole levo skoro da su mi same uletele u ceger! Do neba sam se obradovala ugledav�i ih na jednom od �tandova sa starim knjigama. U pitanju su slikovnice: Devojka cara nadmudrila - sa predivnim ilustracjama Ide �iri�, zatim Najbogatiji vrabac na svetu - sa ilustracijama legendarnog �e�kog ilustratora i animatora Zdeneka Milera i Po�tareva pri�a - koju je po tekstu Karela �apeka nacrtao njegov brat, slikar Josef �apek. Sve tri knjige kod nas su izdate sredinom �ezdesetih, a sude�i po posvetama, pripadale su devoj�ici po imenu Violeta koja ih je dobila za uspeh i primerno vladanje. Da sam imala malo vi�e vremena za obilazak, ko zna kakva blaga bih jo� otkrila na svim tim pra�njavim, zaba�enim �tandovima...

A sad jedan iz serije sjajnih crtanih filmova o Krtici iz opusa gorepomenutog Zdeneka Milera. U�ivajte!

Poludeli od lepote / Went Mad From Beauty

2009-10-12T13:02:00.018+02:00

Nedavno sam zavr�ila strip i to je super. Poludeli od lepote - tako se zove. Pri�a je ljubavna i izuzetno svemirska, avanturisti�ko-futuristi�ka :-) Ovde prikazujem samo jedan kadar, �to je ujedno i moj odgovor na ovonedeljnu Illustration Friday temu, a kompletan strip pro�itajte na strani sa stripovima, upravo sam ga tamo objavila. I kad smo ve� kod objavljivanja, ovaj �e strip svoj dom na�i i u nekoliko �tampanih izdanja, najpre kod nas, a zatim u Brazilu i Hrvatskoj. A do tada mo�ete ga videti u Sre�noj Galeriji Studentskog kulturnog centra u Beogradu (kao deo postavke nagra�enih radova 7. me�unardnog Salona stripa - izlo�ba traje do 23. oktobra) ili na FIQ (Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos) me�unarodnom Fesivalu stripa u Belo Horizonteu u Brazilu, ako vam je bli�e :-)

I've finished a new comic recently and I really feel great about it! Went Mad From Beauty - that's how I named it. It's a space love story, adventurous and futuristic :-) The scene shown here is just a detail, and also my answer to this week's Illustration Friday theme. You can find the complete story at the comics page of my web site, and read it as well using the translation which is provided here. And I'm happy to announce that this comic is going to be published in a several printed editions in Serbia, Croatia and Brazil. But until then you can see it at Happy Gallery of Student Cultural Center in Belgrade (as a part of the exhibition of awarded works from the 7th International Comics Showroom) or at International Festival of Comics (Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Cimet meda / Cinnamon Bear

2009-09-05T12:51:00.015+02:00

Naslovna strana i nekoliko detalja iz knjige koju sam nedavno ilustrovala. Knjiga se zove Cimet meda, napisala ju je Vesna Aleksi� i izlazi uskoro u izdanju Kreativnog centra. Vi�e o knjizi uskoro na sajtu izdava�a. Ja vam za sada mogu re�i samo da �e se knjiga dopasti svima, naro�ito unukama i bakama, a mo�da i ponekom medvedu :-)

Here are the cover and a few illustrations from a book I've illustrated recently. The name of the book (freely translated) is Cinnamon Bear and it was written by Vesna Aleksic. More about the book you will find soon at the publisher site. But what I can tell for sure is that everyone will love the book, especially grandmas and granddaughters. And maybe some bear will like it too :-)

Mediteranske razglednice / Mediterranean postcards / Cartoline dal Mediterraneo

2009-07-27T10:32:00.076+02:00

Na pla�i Punta Pena u Vastu duva sasvim poseban vetar. Od njega danima zuje u�i i dobijaju se dobre ideje. I svi kao da malo polude od tog vetra, ali sasvim suptilno i lepo.

Na istoj ovoj pla�i, u �u�kavom �bunju koje je okru�uje, �ivi i sasvim posebna ptica. Fratino ili Charadrius alexandrinus - tako se zove. Ona svoju budu�u decu �uva u pesku. I brine se o njima veoma predano. Ba� kao �to se o njoj samoj i celoj pla�i, kao rezervatu prirode, brinu lokalni ekolozi i ljudi iz Vasta.

A divni ljudi iz Vasta, ta�nije iz organizacije Arci Chieti i Arci Vasto, pobrinuli su se da naprave i jedan sasvim poseban, ekolo�ko-umetni�ki festival - Med Connections - Intercultural Art and sustainable living, na koji su pozvali sve samu pametnu i lepu omladinu iz celog Mediterana. Tako su se u istom kampu, na mnogobrojnim radionicama, tribinama i ostalim dru�enjima na�li ekolozi, biolozi, umetnici...iz Italije, Srbije, Gr�ke, Makedonije, Crne Gore, Belgije, Bosne i Hercegovine, �panije, Bugarske, Hrvatske, Potugala, Albanije, Rumunije i Slovenije.

I naravno, u celu se pri�u potpuno prirodno uklopio i strip. Nasa strip radionica trajala je pet dana ( od 15. - 20. jula), a lokacije smo menjali u zavisnosti od dnevnog rasporeda i inspiracije. Tako smo jednog dana crtali na pla�i, slede�eg
u senci borova, pa onda opet na drugoj pla�i i tako redom...A na radionici smo u�estvovali i lepo se druzili Muha, Vlada, Irena, Harry, Franco, Ivanka, Simon i ja. Da je potrajalo jo� koji dan verovatno bih poludela od sre�e, eto koliko nam je bilo lepo :-)

Da, i izlo�ba je bila odli�na, postavljena u zanimljivom prostoru u centru grada (hol Palazzo D'Avalos). Na dan otvaranja promovisan je i fanzin-katalog pod nazivom Bitta Generation - Fumetti d'oltremare, u kome su objavljeni radovi i biografije svih u�esnika. S tim u vezi veliko hvala Franku Saketiju, inicijatoru i uredniku ovog ambicioznog poduhvata. Definitivno mu nije bilo lako sa nama :-)

I puno, puno hvala Mariu, �or�u, Linu, Alesandru i celoj Arci dru�ini! Re�i nemam da opi�em koliko su svi bili sjajni :-)

Na fotkama ovde objavljenim vide�ete samo nekoliko, meni posebno dragih detalja. Kompletan foto izve�taj izvolite ovde!

A very special wind blows on the Punta Penna beach in Vasto (Italy). It makes your ears tingle for days after and so many good ideas are passing through your head... And everyone goes mad from that wind, but just a little, and just in a very subtle, good way.

On the same beach, in the rustling bushes that surround it, lives a very special bird. Frattino or Charadrius alexandrinus - that is what it's called. This bird keeps her babies in the sand and cares for them so devotedly. Just as local ecologists and people from Vasto care for the bird itself. That's why the whole area is protected as a natural reserve.

Great people from Vasto (or, to be more precise, from Arci Chieti and Arci Vasto) also organized a completely unique eco-art festival called Med Connections - Intercultural Art and sustainable living). They gathered young people, mostly environmentalist, biologists, artists..., from all over the Mediterranean to participate in a number of workshops, panel discussions and other interesting activities.

Of course, comics fit this story absolutely naturally. Our comics workshop lasted for five days and depending on the schedule and inspiration we changed location almost every day. One day we draw at the beach, the next day in the shades of pine trees, then again on another beach, and so on... It was really great to see my dear friends and colleagues such as Muha, Vlada, Irena, Harry, Franco, Ivanka, Simon all drawing, talking and laughing together... If the workshop lasted just for a few days more I would probably go completely crazy (from happiness, of course :-))

Oh, and the exhibition was really good. It was set in a quite an interesting space (hall of Palazzo D'Avalos) in the center of Vasto. Our works shown at the exhibition were also published in a nicely packed fanzine named Bitta Generation - Fumetti d'oltremare. Thanks a lot to Francco Sacchetti, who edited the fanzine and organized this ambitious comics project! Dealing with us was definitely not easy :-)

Also, a big, big thanks to Mario, Giorgio, Lino, Alesandro and the whole ARCI crew. I just don't have words to describe how great and inspiring they all were :-)

The photos shown here are just a few of my personal faves. You can find the complete photo report here!

Un vento molto speciale soffia sulla spiaggia di Punta Penna a Vasto (Italia). Ti fa fischiare le orecchie per giorni, lasciando passare cosi tante buone idee nella testa�E ognuno diventa folle sotto la sua influenza, ma solo un poco, e solo in una maniera molto sottile, e positiva.

Sulla stessa spiaggia, nei fruscianti cespugli che la circondano, vive un uccello molto speciale: Fratino o Charadrius alexandrinus e il suo nome. Questo uccello cresce i suoi
piccoli nella sabbia prendendosene cura devotamente. Proprio come gli attivisti locali e la gente di Vasto si occupano dell�uccello stesso. E� per questo che l�intera area e una riserva naturale protetta.

Uno splendido gruppo di persone di Vasto (per essere pi? precisi, del Circolo Arci di Chieti e Vasto) ha organizzato un festival eco-artistico davvero unico, intitolato Med Connection- Intercultural Art and Sustainable Living; mettendo insieme un gruppo di giovani, principalmente ambientalisti, biologi e artisti da tutto il bacino mediterraneo, per dare vita a workshop, discussioni di gruppo e altre interessanti attivita.

E, ovviamente, i fumetti si adattano a questa storia in maniera assolutamente naturale. A seconda del programma o dell�ispirazione ci siamo spostati quasi ogni giorno: cos? abbiamo prima disegnato sulla spiaggia, il giorno successivo all�ombra di una pineta, quindi ancora sulla spiaggia, e cos? via�E� stato davvero grandioso vedere cari amici e colleghi quali Muha, Vlada, Irena, Harry, Franco, Ivanka, Simon, tutti insieme a disegnare, conversare e ridere insieme� se il workshop fosse durato solo pochi giorni in piu sarei probabilmente impazzita (dalla felicita, ovviamente :-)

Oh�e la mostra e riuscita davvero bene. Era allestita in un luogo molto interessante nel centro di Vasto, una grande sala voltata nell�antico palazzo D�Avalos. I nostri lavori in mostra sono stati anche pubblicati in una fanzine graziosamente confezionata, dal titolo Bitta Generation - Fumetti d'oltremare. Un grande ringraziamento a Franco Sacchetti, che ha curato la pubblicazione della fantine e ha organizzato questo ambizioso progetto fumettistico! Avere a che fare con noi non e stato assolutamente semplice :-)

Un grande, grande ringraziamento anche a Mario, Giorgio, Lino, Alessandro e l�intera banda dell�Arci. Non ho proprio parole per descrivere quanto fantastici e ispiratori siano stati tutti.

Le foto mostrate qui sono giusto alcune tra le mie favorite personali. Potete trovare l�intero reportage fotografico se cliccate qui!

Nevinost bez za�tite u galeriji Elektrika / Innocence Unprotected in Elektrika gallery

2009-07-09T11:37:00.022+02:00

Evo nekoliko fotografija sa strip radionice inspirisane legendarnim filmom Nevinost bez za�tite Du�ana Makavejeva, kao i likom i delom slavnog akrobate Dragoljuba Aleksi�a. Radionica je odr�ana u galeriji Elektrika, u Pan�evu, 28. juna ove godine pod vo�stvom Nine Bunjevac, kanadske strip autorke, koja se ba� tih dana na�la na proputovanju kroz Evropu i Balkan. Budu�i da se �itava akcija de�avala pod firmom GRRR! programa, koordinator iste bio je, razume se, Sa�a Rakezi� alias Aleksandar Zograf.

Moram ista�i da je Nina radionicu sjajno osmislila i jo� bolje realizovala. U ovom neobi�nom jam session-u u�estvovalo je nas desetak, a zahvaljuju�i odli�no pripremljenom materijalu u toku samo jednog dana nastao je strip od 15 strana. Negde pred kraj radionice pridru�io nam se i Makavejev li�no i mislim da mu se ba� dopalo ono �to je na radionici video :-)

Zavr�en strip izlo�ili smo na uvid mnogobrojnoj radoznaloj publici, koja je, ruku na srce, tu bila vi�e zbog Makavejeva nego zbog stripa. Ali i to je super, jer vi�e je nego divno videti Elektriku onako punu i �ivahnu :-)

Kra�i razgovor sa Ninom Bunjevac i Du�anom Makavejevim vodio je Sa�a Rakezi�, a prikazani su i inserti iz filma Nevinost bez za�tite. Tako�e, Nina nam je pokazala i njen najnoviji super strip koji je izlo�ila na CRACK festivalu u Rimu.

Evo i kako su o svemu drugi pisali:
Svakida�nja umetnost akrobacije (VREME 965, 2. jul 2009.)
Heroji off Srbije
(Pan�evac Press, 3. jul, 2009.)

A tu je i Ninin foto izve�taj sa facebook-a. U�ivajte!

Autor fotografija koje vidite ovde (osim druge i �etvrte) je Stefan Male�evi�. Hvala :-)

Here are some photos from a comics workshop inspired by a legendary movie Innocence Unprotected directed by Dusan Makavejev. The movie is about a famous Serbian strongman and acrobat Dragoljub Aleksic. The workshop was held in Elektrika gallery in Pancevo, on June 28th and it was run by Nina Bunjevac (a comics artist from Canada). She was just traveling through Europe and Balkans those days. Since the whole event was a part of GRRR! program, the coordinator of the workshop was Sasa Rakezic alias Aleksandar Zograf.

I have to point out that Nina planned and executed the workshop marvelously. In this unusual jam session, there were ten or so of us, and thanks to well prepared material, during just one day we made 15 pages of comics. Near the end of the workshop Makavejev himself joined us and I think he really liked what he saw :-)

Finished comics were exhibited to curious audience who, to be honest, came to see Makavejev rather than comics. But that's great too because it is wonderful to see Elektrika so packed and lively :-)

Sasa Rakezic lead a short conversation with Nina Bunjevac and Dusan Makavejev. Parts of the Innocence Unprotected movie were shown and Nina showed us her great new comic she exhibited at the CRACK festival in Rome.

And here's Nina's foto report on Facebook. Enjoy!

Photos (except second and fourth) by Stefan Male�evi�. Thanks :-)

Ilustracije za Politikin Zabavnik / Illustrations for Politikin Zabavnik

2009-06-25T13:54:00.011+02:00

Evo nekoliko fri�kih ilustracija ra�enih za Politikin Zabavnik! Jo� nisam videla kako izgledaju od�tampane (po�to broj izlazi sutra), ali verujem da su se lepo uklopile uz tekst...Ina�e, jako inspirativan zadatak je ovo bio, plus sjajna prilika da se pozabavim nekim novim teksturama i koloristi�kim re�enjima...

(klik na sliku za detaljniji prikaz)

Here are some freshly done illustrations for the newest issue of Politikin Zabavnik (more about magazine here).
I still haven't seen them printed, but I believe that they turned out fine...Anyway, this was very inspiring assignment to do, plus a great chance to play around with some new textures and colors...

(click on the picture to see details)

Birthdays! / Ro�endani!

2009-06-09T22:18:00.006+02:00

Many people celebrate birthdays today. Best wishes to all of them, especially to some :-) Donald Duck also celebrates! It is exactly 75 years since his first appearance in The Wise Little Hen. Here's an illustration I did for an exhibition dedicated to Carl Barks, the most famous artist who drew Donald and other Disney's ducks. The exhibition was held in Galleria Libreria dell'Arco in Genova, Italy. It was conceived by gallery director Ru�ica Babi� to whom I give my thanks. Mora about the exhibition here.

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Puno ljudi danas slavi ro�endan i sre�an im svima, nekima naro�ito :-) A ro�endan, sedamdeset peti, slavi i Paja Patak. Ta�no toliko je pro�lo od kada se prvi put pojavio u crtanom filmu The Wise Little Hen.
Tim povodom evo jednog rada s kojim sam se nedavno predstavila na izlo�bi posve�enoj Karlu Barksu, naj�uvenijem crta�u Paje Patka (i ostalih Diznijevih pataka). Izlo�ba se odr�ala krajem marta, u Galeriji dell Arco, u �enovi. Izlo�bu je osmislila i selekciju napravila urednica galerije Ru�ica Babi�, kojoj se ovom prilikom zahvaljujem. Vi�e o izlo�bi ovde.

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Maskenbal

2009-05-10T20:19:00.019+02:00

I've been asked recently to make a piece for a very unusual publication - an illustrated linguistic map of German expressions which are commonly used in Serbian language. The name of this book is Rajsfe�lus (originally Rei�verschluss, which means zipper) and it contains about 30 expressions illustrated by artists from Serbia, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia. There you'll find such words like �pajz (der Speisekammer/a pantry), frajla (die Frau/a lady), �trudla (der Strudel/a sort of cake)...I've got the word maskenbal (der Maskenball/masked ball) and here's how it turned out :-) (click on the picture to see details)

Oh, and Rajsfe�lus has just came out from the press! Promotion with an exhibition will be held very soon in Elektrika gallery. Thanks a lot to Vladimir Palibrk who initiated the project and edited this uncommon book :-)

This illustration is also my entry for Illustration Friday theme -parade. Technique: Pen, ink, gouache on pastel paper, digitally colored.

Pre par meseci imala sam zadovoljstvo da, sa jo� tridesetak umetnika iz Srbije, Austrije, Hrvatske, Slovenije i Makedonije, u�estvujem u nastajanju jedne veoma neobi�ne knjige. Re� je o Rajsfe�lusu, ilustrovanoj lingvisti�koj mapi nema�kih izraza odoma�enih u na�em svakodnevnom jeziku. Umetnici su tako na ilustrovanje dobili razne zanimljive re�i kao �to su: �pajz, frajla, �trudla, �tikla, knedla, kibicfenster...Ja sam dobila - maskenbal! I evo, kako je ispao :-) (klik na sliku za detaljniji prikaz)

Ina�e, Rajsfe�lus je pre neki dan iza�ao iz �tampe, a promocija sa izlo�bom o�ekuje se vrlo uskoro u galeriji Elektrika u Pan�evu. Puno hvala Vladimiru Palibrku, inicijatoru i uredniku ovog nesvakida�njeg izdanja :-)

Ova ilustracija je ujedno i moj odgovor na ovonedeljnu Illustration Friday temu. Tehnika: tu�, pero, gva� na pastel papiru, digitalno kolorisano.

Bjelovarska terapija stripom / The Comics Therapy in Bjelovar

2009-04-25T14:01:00.031+02:00

Pre par dana vratila sam se sa Bjelovarskih odjeka kazali�ta ili kra�e BOK festa, u okviru kojeg je, ove godine po prvi put, uprili�ena i strip radionica. Radionicu je osmislila i odli�no organizovala Irena Juki� Pranji�, strip autorka, ilustratorka i �lanica strip grupe Emisija emocija. Ko slu�ajno ne zna njene radove smesta neka sko�i na ovaj ovde link, a oni koji znaju, neka se podsete i u�ivaju.

Dakle, Irena je pozvala nas nekoliko - Sonju Ga�perov, Matiju Pisa�i�a, Igora Hofbauera, Miroslava Nemetha i mene, da u Bjelovaru, na BOK-u odr�imo zajedni�ku izlo�bu, da crtamo stripove, dru�imo se i uop�te u�ivamo u svim blagodetima terapije stripom. Poslednjeg dana radionice pridru�io nam se i Kre�imir Zimoni�, umetni�ki direktor Zagreb filma, pa smo svi skupa u bioskopskoj sali Doma kulture odgledali desetak animiranih filmova po njegovom izboru.

A �to se samog Bjelovara ti�e, to je jedan lep i pitom grad, prepun cve�a i drve�a. Najlep�e izgleda posle ki�e, tad je naro�ito zelen, sav blje�ti i sija od sve�ine. U �uvenom bjelovarskom parku sve je pod konac uredno i svaki bi detalj mogao biti motiv sa razglednice. Sve ulice u Bjelovaru seku se pod pravim uglom, pa je navodno nemogu�e izgubiti se. Ipak, Matiji, Sonji i meni to je po�lo za rukom. Izgubili smo se u sred centra poku�avaju�i da nadjemo Dom kulture u �ijem se foajeu to ve�e otvarala na�a zajedni�ka izlo�ba.

Ina�e, izlo�ba je pro�la odli�no, posetilaca je bilo taman koliko treba, a izlo�bu je otvorio Goran Navojec, glumac i urednik festivala. Tom prilikom je rekao da mu se �itava ideja sa stripom mnogo svi�a, te da bi vrlo rado i slede�e godine ugostio tako divne ljude i umetnike kao �to smo mi (dobro, mo�da nije ba� skroz ovako kazao, ali tako nekako)

Sve u svemu �etiri dana terapije stripom urodila su plodom. Nacrtali smo ukupno 32 table fantasti�nih stripova, sve vreme smo bili izuzetno dobro raspolo�eni, a posle zavr�enih stripova jo� i vi�e. Uz to bih pomenula da sam �ak i ja svoj strip od tri table komplet zavr�ila i to rade�i ga svojim dobro oprobanim sporim tehnikama...Sve ovo upu�uje na to da je Irenina terapija stripom i te kako delotvorna, te da bi je valjalo smesta patentirati jer to je u interesu stripa i �ove�anstva!

A kako su o istoj zgodi blogovali Irena, Sonja i Zimoni� pogledajte ovde, ovde i ovde.

I have just returned from a comic workshop in Bjelovar, Croatia. Actually it was a part of a theater festival, also known as BOK fest. The workshop was initiated and perfectly organized by Irena Juki� Pranji�, one of the most interesting artists at Croatian comics scene. She is also an illustrator and a member of the Emisija emocija comics crew.

So, Irena invited Sonja Ga�perov, Matija Pisa�i�, Igor Hofbauer, Mirosalv Nemeth and me to participate in the group exhibition, to share our artistic experience and enjoy drawing comics together. It was, as Irena put it, the real comics therapy! The last day of the workshop, Kre�imir Zimoni�, the art director of Zagreb film joined us and we all went to the town cinema hall to watch animated films he selected.

Speaking of Bjelovar itself, it is a beautiful and pleasantly cultivated city, full of flowers and trees. It looks best after the rain with those specific green colors all around� it�s just sparkling and shining with freshness! The famous Bjelovar park is also lovely and almost every detail could be a motif for a post card. The streets are crossing under the right angle and it is quite impossible to get lost. However, for Matija, Sonja and me it wasn�t a problem at all. We got lost quite easily at the Bjelovar main street, trying to find the place where our group show should be opened that evening.

Otherwise, the exhibition was great and there were a lot of curious visitors around. The exhibition was opened by Goran Navojec, famous Croatian actor and editor of BOK fest. He was delighted with the idea about comics and workshops, and said that he would be happy to host such a wonderful people and artist (as we are) again next year.

At the end, four days of intensive comics therapy shows its results. During the workshop we draw 32 pages of fantastic comic and we were in good mood all he time. Even I finished my 3 page comic despite the fact I used my well known extra slow techniques� Irena�s comics therapy is more than effective! It absolutely needs to be patented immediately because that�s in the best interest of comics and humanity!

Lepe vesti iz daleke Australije / Good News From Far Australia

2009-04-14T21:59:00.006+02:00

�asopis Yen - vode�i nezavisni �enski �asopis u Australiji, ve� �est godina za redom izdaje i specijalno izdanje Curvy, posve�eno, kako sami ka�u, najzanimljivijim dizajnerkama i ilustratorkama �irom sveta. Svake godine oko 100 umetnica po izboru �irija dobije priliku da se predstavi u ovom specijalnom izdanju. U ovogodi�njem broju ta prilika se ukazala i meni! Moj rad pod nazivom Dan na Zemlji u�ao je u selekciju, a budu�i da je ove godine konkurencija bila �estoka (stiglo je oko 1600 radova iz 40 zemalja) podrazumeva se da sam i te kako ponosna i sre�na :-) Velika izlo�ba povodom promocije Curvy #6 odr�ala se pre nekoliko dana u Sidneju, a kako mi javljaju, moj primerak �asopisa ve� je na putu ovamo. No, bi�u strpljiva, jer ipak, daleko je Australija...

The Yen magazine � Australia's #1 independent publication for woman, publishes a special issue called Curvy for 6 years now. It is devoted, as they put it, to the most exciting female graphic artist and illustrators in the world. Each year, a jury selects around 100 artists and gives them a chance to present their work in this special issue. This year the number of artists is 120 and I am one of them! My piece called Day on Earth was selected, and since the competition was strong (over 1600 works from 40 countries) it's understandable that I am so proud and happy :-) A big exhibition and promotion of Curvy#6 was held a couple of days ago in Sidney, and my copy of the magazine is on its way. But it will take some time, Australia is far away...

Poise

2009-04-01T11:48:00.006+02:00

I've been working on this one in my free time for a last few days. I almost forgot how good it feels to make an illustration just for fun :-) Posting again to my favorite Illustration Friday feels great too!
Technique: digital drawing with hand painted textures.

Evo ilustracije nastale u pauzama izme�u poslova. Skoro da sam i zaboravila kako je super uraditi ilustraciju iz �istog zadovoljstva :-) Naravno, veoma me raduje i �to ponovo u�estvujem u mom omiljenom Illustration Friday-u.
Tehnika: kombinacija ru�no slikanih tekstura i digitalnih tehnika.

Next Comic festival, Linz 09

2009-03-20T19:04:00.008+01:00

Evo, �itavih deset dana mi je trebalo da sredim utiske i fotografije sa prvog izdanja Next Comic festivala, odr�anog od 6. - 8. marta u Lincu. Bilo je to sjajno iskustvo, korisno i u svakom pogledu osve�avaju�e. I ne mislim pritom samo na strip festival, koji je o�ekivano bio odli�no oganizovan i pose�en, ve� na kompletnu impresiju koju ostavljaju grad, ljudi, atmosfera na ulicama... Ina�e sam Linc nije velik grad, ali je zato sav skockan i �ivopisan, ba� kao neka fina kutija za �okoladu ili kakav lepo ure�en, doma�inski �pajz :-) Uz to je progla�en i za evropsku prestonicu kulture za 2009 godinu! Vi�e o tome ovde. A na samom strip festivalu bilo je svega: otvaranje, dodela nagrada, tribine, predavanja razna.. No najvi�e je, razume se, bilo stripova, kako onih oka�enih po zidovima galerija, tako i onih za pazarivanje. Meni su obe kategorije bile podjednako privla�ne. Ipak, ono �to me je najvi�e obradovalo bila je radionica koju su organizovali na�i sjajni doma�ini iz Unkraut strip kolektiva! Inspirisani na�im pro�logodi�njim okupljanjem u Pan�evu na radionici Kuhinje (galerija Elektrika, oktobar, 2008.) ali i samim konceptom crtanja stripova u kuhinjskom ambijentu, drugari iz Unkrauta su u jedan od galerijskih prostora doneli pravu pravcatu starinsku kuhinju! Nisu izostali ni prate�i elementi u vidu sudopere, krpara po podu, kariranih stolnjaka, �aja, klope... Doda li se tome podatak da su u istom prostoru bile postavljene izlo�be stripova Aleksandra Zografa i fenomenalnih vezova Gordane Baste, jasno vam je da je �timung bio kompletan. Nismo imali kud no da smesta prionemo na crtanje, najpre po papirima, a kasnije i po samom kuhinjskom name�taju :-) Jako sam sre�na �to mi je ukazana �ast da iscrtam �ak dve fijoke! I Vlada Palibrk je iscrtao jednu, evo, vidi se na fotkama, dok je Zograf u saradnji sa ilustratorom i strip autorom Henrikom Dorgatenom iscrtao �itava vrata jednog ormara! Me�utim, najbolja stvar u vezi ove akcije je ta �to �e se ovako "nastripovan" name�taj prodati na aukciji, a prihod �e oti�i u dobrotvorne svrhe. I naravno, jo� mnogo je zanimljivih detalja o kojima bih pisala, ali �ini mi se da se ovaj post malo odu�io. Za kraj �u pomenuti i klib KAP U, mesto gde smo bili sme�teni. KAPU je poznat po mnogo �emu, ali najvi�e po svirkama i gostovanjima raznih bendova, me�u kojima je i Nirvana! Naime, pre dvadeset godina, na samom po�etku karijere, Kurt Cobain se obreo u Lincu i odr�ao koncert ba� u ovom klubu. Evo, ima i snimak. Na jednom od i�aranih zidova u prostoru gde smo spavali navodno se i potpisao... Za svaki slu�aj i sama sam nacrtala nekoliko crte�a po zidovima :-)
Puno hvala drugarima iz Unkrauta - Christianu, Martinu, Janini, Miki, Williu..., ljudima iz KAPU-a, kao i glavnom uredniku festivala Gotffridu Gusenbaueru.

�to se fotki ti�e, ovo je samo deli�. Ostatak pogledajte ovde.
A evo i najnovijeg Zografovog stripa sa utiscima iz Linca. U�ivajte!

It took me ten days to gather my thoughts and sort the photos from the first Next Comic festival, which was held from March 6 to March 8 in Linz (Austria). It was a great experience, useful and refreshing in every way. By that I don't mean just the comics festival, which, as expected, was very well organized and well visited. The whole impression that the city left on me was refreshing - the people, the atmosphere on the streets... Linz itself is not a big city, but it is tidy and lively, just like a nice chocolate box or some nicely arranged domestic kitchen closet :-) In addition, it was made the European Capital of Culture 2009! More about that here.
And during the festival itself there was the opening, the award ceremony, discussions, lectures... and, of course, comics. Those hung on the gallery walls and those on sale. I liked both.
But what impressed me the most was the workshop organized by our great hosts from the Unkraut comics collective! Inspired by our gathering in Pancevo last year, on the Kitchen Workshop (Elektrika gallery, October 2008), and by the concept of drawing in the kitchen ambiance, they brought a real old-time kitchen to the gallery! All the elements were there: the kitchen sink, floor mops, checkered table cloths, tea, food... Add to that the exhibitions of Alexandar Zograf's comics and incredible embroidery of Gordana Basta, which were set up in the same space, and the mood was just right. We could not resist drawing, first on paper and then all over the kitchen furniture :-) I was very honored to get the chance to draw over two whole drawers! And Vlada Palibrk drew one, while Zograf, together with Henrik Dorgathen did the whole closet door! And the best thing about drawing on the furniture it that these "comicized" kitchen parts will be sold on an auction, with all profit going to charity.
There were a lot more interesting details I could write about, but I feel this post is already too long. At the end, let me just mention the KAPU club, the place where we slept. KAPU is well known by concerts that many famous bands held there at their beginnings, like Nirvana who played in Linz twenty years ago. There is a video from that concert. Allegedly, Curt Cobain signed his name on one of the walls... I drew couple of sketches on the walls myself :-)
Thanks a lot to friends from Unkraut - Christian, Martin, Janina, Mika, Willie..., people from KAPU, and the director of the festival Gottfrid Gusenbauer.

As for the photos, this is just a small bit, the rest is here.
And here's Zograf's latest comic with his impressions from Linz. Enjoy!

Pogon za strip u Fabrici ideja

2009-02-16T19:12:00.009+01:00

Celu pro�lu nedelju (od 9. � 14. februara) provela sam u Trsteniku, mom rodnom gradu. Tamo sam, na poziv Omladinskog kulturnog centra Reformars, imala zadovoljstvo da, u okviru projekta Fabrika ideja - pogon za strip, u saradnji sa strip autorom Milo�em Cvetkovi�em iz Leskovca, odr�im petodnevnu strip radionicu namenjenu deci. Radionice su bile organizovane u osnovnoj �koli Miodrag �ajetinac �ajka, a polaznice i polaznici, njih dvadesetak uzrasata od 6-14 godina, svakodnevno su se okupljali u lepoj i svetloj u�ionici, kao stvorenoj za kreativni rad. Zanimljivo je (barem meni) da je na mestu te u�ionice nekada bio bazen. O tome svedo�e svetlarnik i veliki okrugli prozori koji mi i posle toliko godina izgledaju nekako egzoti�no i tajanstveno...No, vratimo se radionici. Kao �to znate, ja obo�avam strip radionice. Bilo da u�estvujem u njima ili da ih dr�im, uvek me raduje ta specifi�na atmosfera koja se uvek, bez izuzetka, stvori oko stola za kojim se crta. Tako, samo mnogo bolje, bilo je i ovog puta! Crtalo se i razgovaralo, listali su se stripovi i gledali filmi�i, postavljala su se pitanja i smi�ljale najneverovatnije pri�e i naslovi. Bila je to prava pravcata Fabrika ideja! A da �e i rezultati biti sjajni videlo se ve� na po�etku drugog dana. Skice su bile gotove, pri�e osmi�ljene, neka od dece zavr�ila su i crte�e i krenula sa kolorisanjem svojih radova. Tu su nam negde ponestali markeri, a olovke bile potro�ene do pola :-) Tre�eg dana morao je da se dokupi i crta�i papir, dok su �etvrtog neki od stripova ve� bili potpuno zavr�eni. Petog dana sa zadovoljstvom smo konstatovali da imamo oko 60 tabli fenomenalnih stripova spremnih za obavljivanje u Stripovnici, specijalnom radioni�kom izdanju, koje �e, nadam se ubrzo iza�i! Tako�e, u planu su jo� neke, veoma ambiciozne akcije, ali o tome kad za to do�e vreme :-) Do tada, veliko hvala ljudima iz Reformansa - Andreju, Ivani i Lazi, na pozivu i odlicnoj organizaciji, kao i kolegi stripad�iji Milo�u na pomo�i, anga�ovanju i dru�enju.

Kompletan foto izve�taj pogledajte ovde!

A lot of new stuff! / Puno svega novog!

2009-01-14T13:24:00.014+01:00

I added a lot of new illustrations to my children's book portfolio. Most of them are from a picture book I'm working on at the moment. Actually, the project is still at the beginning, but I couldn't wait any longer, just had to show it here :-) The rest of the new stuff is from the text books I illustrated last summer (publisher BIGZ �kolstvo, Belgrade).

Upravo sam u sekciji za decu dodala gomilu novih ilustracija. Ve�ina je iz slikovnice na kojoj trenutno radim. Zapravo, �itav projekat je tek na po�etku i mnogo je jo� detalja koje valja re�iti i razjasniti...Ali sve jedno, ja prosto moram da ih poka�em :-). Ostale (nove) ilustracije ra�ene su letos za ud�benike, prete�no za 2. i 6. razred (izdava� BIGZ �kolstvo, Beograd).

Happy New Year! / Sre�na Nova godina!

2008-12-31T20:47:00.002+01:00

Neobi�an doga�aj, Rebel Star i Jesenji orkestar u Elektrici

2008-12-30T11:20:00.014+01:00

Pro�le subote, 27. decembra, kao deo sada ve� ustaljenog GRRR! programa, u galeriji Elektrika u Pan�evu, predstavljena je i moja knjiga stripova! Tako�e, bila je tu i izlo�ba printova sa motivima iz knjige, a uprili�en je i kra�i razgovor. O knjizi smo govorili Aleksandar Zograf, Bojan Jankovi� i ja. Nakon toga usledio je koncert gde su svoje muzi�ko ume�e predstavili Rebel Star Milana Glavo�kog (Popcycle, Eva Braun) i Jesenji Orkestar Daniela Kova�a (Jarboli). Sve u svemu, bilo je to jedno veselo dru�enje kakvih �e, verujem, u Elektrici biti jo� puno, puno!

Ina�e, za ovu prednovogodi�nju zgodu imala sam zadovoljstvo da napravim plakat (ovaj sa ukrasima). A na fotografijama koje slede primeti�ete, izme�u ostalog, i dva "ljupka" stvora od kartona. Njih sam osmislila, nacrtala i iseckala specijalno za ovu priliku :-)

I da ne zaboravim, Neobi�an doga�aj sa namigivanjem i druge pri�e od sada se mo�e nabaviti i u Pan�evu, u knji�ari Mala Galerija (�. Mi�i�a 1, preko puta Kulturnog centra). �to se Beograda ti�e, knjigu potra�ite u Beopolisu (Dom omladine). Ukoliko je ne na�ete tamo, javite se, dogovori�emo se.

A sada nekoliko fotki iz Elektrike (fotkali Marc Schneider i Zograf). Ostatak pogledajte ovde.

Similar

2008-12-09T23:13:00.010+01:00

These days I've been busy with creating some characters for a picture book. It's a quite an unusual story, almost a fairy tale, with a bunch of picturesque creatures...But, since I can't reveal more, here are just two of finished illustrations. On the first one the three lovely court ladies are shown. This illustration is also my entry for this week's Illustration Friday. And on the second one you can see the main heroine of the story, the queen herself!

(click on picture to see details)

Ovih dana radim na osmi�ljavanju likova za jednu slikovnicu. U pitanju je prili�no �a�ava pri�a, takore�i bajka, sa gomilom �ivopisnih karaktera...Ali po�to ne bih smela puno da otkrivam, evo za sada samo dve od zavr�enih ilustracija. Na prvoj su prikazane dvorske dame (ova ilustracija je ujedno i moj odgovor na ovonedeljnu Illustration Friday temu), a na drugoj je glavna junakinja, kraljica li�no!

(klik na sliku za detaljniji prikaz)

Balloons

2008-11-30T20:35:00.011+01:00

One of the most interesting and creatively challenging assignments I had this year was the one I did for Struktura 9 - a small but perspective marketing agency from Belgrade. The illustration shown here is one from the series of nine. They will be published in Struktura's promo magazine. The rest of the material will be posted here as soon as the magazine is out.
Also, this is my entry for this week's Illustration Friday theme.
(click on picture o see details)

Jedan od zanimljivijih i kreativno podsticajnijih poslova ove godine bio je i rad za Strukturu 9, malu ali perspektivnu (i izuzetno profesionalnu), marketin�ku agenciju iz Beograda. Ovde vidite jednu iz serije ilustracija ra�enih za promo �asopis ove agencije. Ostale �e se na�i ovde ili u portfoliu kad �asopis iza�e iz �tampe.
Ujedno, ovo je i moj odgovor na ovonedeljnu Illustration Friday temu.
(klik na sliku za detaljniji prikaz)