Hi everyone, sorry for having no time to update my blog recently. I've just moved back to Vilnius from Moscow and of-course sank in hundreds of meetings, packing and distributing Kata Kiosk stuff to various places, working on various assignments (more about that in future posts) and meeting people, people I've really missed while being in Moscow. It's great to come back and still find long-time friends over here and speak to them as if I've just seen them a day ago.

Well, but the main reason for writing this blog-update is the fact that recently I've focused on children's fiction illustration and working on details which for some time was a hard thing for me to do. As you've probably read in my 2012 resolution I've promised myself this year to dig deeper into things that interest me and children's book and other children-aimed illustration was one of those themes. So I've worked on details with no rush. This action has produced two things: few children's books illustration examples for hunting more picture book / children's fiction literature assignments and a T-shirt for children with a surreal but also detailed print on it. Take a look:

©Kotryna Žukauskaitė, 2012

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So the Tshirt's print is based on a contemporary angle of Lithuanian mythology and inspired by well known idea of Tree of Life. I've tried to mix some symbols of contemporary Lithuania (such as air balloons flying over heads in Vilnius on sunny days or architecture of the city) with more folkloric symbols, such as weaved ornaments, wooden craft and fairy-tale-like half-dragon-half-adder creature. Tried my best, so this is how it looks.

These Tshirts and some other Kata Kiosk items are available to see or buy in my recently updated Etsy store HERE . Sneak-peek:


all items ©Kotryna Žukauskaitė, 2012