Smithsonian: Contributors page!

Very proud to be introduced as one of the regular contributors to the Smithsonian Magazine with a little blur and even a portrait! Always excited to work with these guys on illustrating the newest technological trends. In this case - Bitcoin in a historical context of alternative currencies.

Project: Bitcoin
Client: Smithsonian
©Kotryna Žukauskaitė, 2017 | www.kata-illustration.com

©Kotryna Žukauskaitė, 2017 | www.kata-illustration.com

Communication Arts 2018 Illustration Shortlist Finalist x 4!

Very happy and honored to be shortlisted among finalists in this year's Communication Arts 2018
Illustration competition. 

Thank you to my Art Rep Joanie Bernstein, and art directors, who created an amazing work environment for these illustrations to happen.

4 different submissions got shortlisted in Editorial and Institutional categories. I hope this is a hint towards the upcoming year, as I really wish to proceed to create conceptual illustrations in the editorial and scientific fields. Check my portfolio at www.kata-illustration.com for more!

Editorial Category: Project: Pregnancy at work can be hard. Let's be more honest about it Client: The Lily, The Washington Post, 2017

Institutional Category: Project: What yogis know: Stanford researchers have pinpointed the brain cells behind tranquility-inducing breathing. Client: Stanford Medicine, 2017

Institutional Category (Series): Project: Lung Report, Client: Heart-Lung Foundation (Hjärt-Lungfonden) Agency: Appelberg, 2017

Institutional Category (Series): Project: Heart Report, Client: Heart-Lung Foundation (Hjärt-Lungfonden) Agency: Appelberg, 2017

Editorial illustration.

Oi folks, just realized I haven't properly updated my blog with new editorial work for a while, and I have to admit, that once almost unachievable goal to work from Vilnius with clients from all over the world is now a reality from 9 to 5, or rather from 5 to 9, as living and working in different time zones is a very nocturnal experience.

So just scroll down to see the newest illustrations for various editorial / corporate clients, or go directly to my portfolio at www.kata-illustration.com for full experience:

Project: Technology column: New vs Old News Media Formats. Client: Smithsonian Magazine ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, For more check www.kata-illustration.com

Project: Defusing PTS, Client: MOAA ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, For more check www.kata-illustration.com

Project: The Black Spot (a form of OCD related with cellphones) Client: Scientific American Mind ©Kotryna Žukauskaitė, www.kata-illustration.com Project: Technology column: Chat Etiquette. Client: Smithsonian Magazine ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, For more check www.kata-illustration.com

Project: Upswing in Jobs Market ( / Talent Gap), Client: Jobs Report ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, For more check www.kata-illustration.com

Project: Data Security, Client: JPMorgan Chase & Co. ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, For more check www.kata-illustration.com

Project: How Patient Satisfaction Scores Define You, Client: Family Practice Management ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, For more check www.kata-illustration.com

Client: Research Magazine (ALM) Project: Choose Your Strategy for Wealth Preservation ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, For more check www.kata-illustration.com

Audit - Taking a Deep Dive into Company's Papers ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, For more check www.kata-illustration.com

Published!

WEEKEND.
For a freelancer working mostly for USA & European clients from home in Vilnius (Lithuania), there is no bigger joy than to receive a cardboard envelope hiding a magazine with those illustrations actually published. I sometimes almost forget this happens for real, not in my imagination or just virtual space. Check full illustrations in good quality at my portfolio. P.S. let's meet on facebook & instagram!

Client: form. Design Magazine Project: Land of Design: Lithuania (cover & double spread) 2016 ©Kotryna Zukauskaite | www.kata-illustration.com

Project: Technology column: Chat Etiquette.  Client: Smithsonian Magazine,  2016 ©Kotryna Zukauskaite | www.kata-illustration.com

Wish everyone a great weekend!

Every day is illustration day

Oi folks, 

it's been such a busy time these recent weeks (and it's not getting "not busier" any time soon), and though not every assignment goes directly into my portfolio (cause it would explode!), I thought this every day work flow is something worth a blog post anyway, as it was assigned by really wonderful and patient clients, and to be true, this amount of work is what really makes me grow. Fast workflow really may teach one to improvise, and I (being a total control freak in my normal state) am learning every day now :)

Here are various editorial illustrations for different editorial clients: news paper, magazines, and online publication. More details under every illo.

 

More at www.kata-illustration.com
All images ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2015

Cover image for The Owl at Chase.com, Client: JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2015, AD: Eve Binder More at www.kata-illustration.com, illustration ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2015

Physician, Reveal Thyself, Client: Brunswick Review, 2015, AD: Jonny Hughes More at www.kata-illustration.com, illustration ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2015

Counterculture Revolution, Client: Hemispheres Magazine, 2015, AD: Tracy Toscano More at www.kata-illustration.com, illustration ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2015

Deep Breath (story about a new study that shows that workers sleep better and rest easier when there is a reduction is work-family conflict), Client: The Boston Globe, 2015, AD: Jane Martin More at www.kata-illustration.com, illustration ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2015

Night-time driving (story on driving in night vision goggles), Client: MOAA, 2015, AD: Rose Richey More at www.kata-illustration.com, illustration ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2015

Short Jan update, hello 2015

Well hello 2015.

No, no New Year resolution this year. Ok, no "I'll tell you out loud my New Year resolution" this year. Well ok ok, my resolution is to travel. Here, I said it. Now I'll have to buy a ticket somewhere. To some place that has an old town. Amsterdam, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Milan in my list. Tokyo and Hong Kong in my dreams.

Until then...
After few weeks of holiday-ish family time over here in my hometown Vilnius, I came back to work and in opposite to previous years, January was good to me this time. Here comes few of my recent editorial illustrations for various US clients on Vaccines, Insurance, and.. Aiming for the Stars. 

Top 10 Steps to Selling Property & Casualty Insurance, Client: NU Property & Casualty Magazine ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2015 For more check www.kata-illustration.com

Top 10 Steps to Selling Property & Casualty Insurance, Client: NU Property & Casualty Magazine ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2015 For more check www.kata-illustration.com

Top 10 Steps to Selling Property & Casualty Insurance, Client: NU Property & Casualty Magazine ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2015 For more check www.kata-illustration.com

Vaccines, Client: Family Practice Management ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2015 For more check www.kata-illustration.com

Aim for the Stars, Client: Military Officer magazine (MOAA) ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2015 For more check www.kata-illustration.com

I feel that I'm ending some creative phase recently. I feel like a different person than couple of months ago. Nothing changed dramatically, nothing happened in the outside world, but something clicked inside of me. I felt so tired, so uninspired, so distracted. And then, suddenly something changed. I was drawing this week non stop (wait for new updates later in Feb on that). And I think preparing for a public talk on illustration, that I'm going to give in front of few hundreds young creatives in the end of February, has something to do with that - something was growing in me, but it stuck, and when I rethought everything I know about my work, skills, and creative process, some barrier has melted and I'm working and creating in high gear since then!

I'm a shooting star leaping through the skies

Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity

I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva

I'm gonna go go go

There's no stopping me-eeeeeee!

Guts.

Some projects are harder than others. Some are more time-consuming. This was both, but it also was a lot of fun.

Not everyday one gets an email describing in detail something called "Leaky Guts Syndrome" but that was exactly what Experience Life Magazine attached to an email assigning me for this project. There were a lot of small scale illustrated icons assigned, and what I've understood during this process was that small scale doesn't mean less time for generating ideas (normally I offer 3 for every illustration assigned). So though this was a stressful marathon with strict deadlines, great art direction by Lydia Anderson made this so much easier.

I am always very thankful for an opportunity to work on a subject that I've never worked before and in this particular case - allowing a conceptual illustrator like me to enter the field normally occupied by great illustrators specializing in realistic anatomical drawings.

Here are almost all of the illustrations, first bunch describing ways to fix one's guts by healthy eating and bigger changes in one's lifestyle, and the second bunch focuses on anatomic functions of different parts of the digestive tract. 

For more, check my illustration portfolio at www.kata-illustration.com.

All images included into this post ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014

Project: Fixing one's guts by healty eating and lifestyle changes. Client: Experience Life Magazine, 2014. AD: Lydia Anderson. ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014

Project: Anatomy of a leaky gut syndrome. Client: Experience Life Magazine, 2014. AD: Lydia Anderson. ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014

RNA Shredding

Oi folks, here comes my newest illustration - a rare assigned but unpublished case - a cover illustration for xxx science magazine. The story behind the illustration focuses on RNA shredding technology, that allows multiple and very precise cuts across the RNA chain.

Though the cover was retracted the last minute, I can still say it was a great pleasure to work with such a talented bunch of scientists from Institute of Biotechnology (Vilnius University) who approached the project personally and passionately.

P.S. this is a rare case in my portfolio for many reasons, and black background with bright contrasting elements on top of it, is one of those reasons.

©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014

Hello everyone, 

here is my newest editorial illustration for Smithsonian Magazine on how 2D printing (and copying) created an explosion of paper industry because people used it in ways no one could predict in advance, and now, 3D printing technology is also entering the same unplanned phase.
And of course great thank you to Heather P. for great art direction on this.

©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014. For more check www.kata-illustration.com.

©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014. For more check www.kata-illustration.com.

Closing Corporate Gender Gap

Hey all,

just a small update on new editorial work I've been doing for Global Management Consulting Firm recently. A series of articles focused on creative things done to close the gender gap in corporate world: working on gender equality and promoting women into leadership positions. I was especially happy to work on this assignment (full spread and five spot illustrations), as the cause is so dear to my heart plus I've got a chance to include some info-graphics into my work which has been my secret love affair beyond illustration for years. 
And of course my warm thanks goes to Delilah Zak for great and kind art direction.
All images ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014. 
For more check out my portfolio at www.kata-illustration.com

©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014

©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014

October now? Really?

Oi folks, sorry for disappearing for more than a month, it's been crazy - work work work, plus golden autumn in Vilnius, plus time to read, time to create future something for my own Kata Kiosk, plus time to spend with loved ones. I have no idea where the month has gone, I didn't realize it's getting so cold so soon!

Well, but when Variety comes and Variety asks for an illustration, it's an occasion enough to go back to writing a post in the blog. Here are the details and the illustration.

Project: The story is about HBO announcing it'll start offering stand-alone HBOGo service without cable, and how that could completely change the TV landscape.

Client: Variety
AD: Cheyne Gateley
©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014, for more check www.kata-illustration.com

©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014, for more check www.kata-illustration.com

Thank you, Cheyne, it's always fun to work with you!

UPDATE: Few Editorial Illustrations

Oi folks, sorry, there is simply too much work for "one new illustration" updates, but here are few editorial illustrations on different topics for various clients:

food coming on a table from different types of farms for (altered version published by) Zest Maine, (full page);

oil funds arts for Fort Worth Weekly, (cover);

and A Game of Choices (energy supply chain) for Deloitte University Press.

 

All artwork ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014.

For more check www.kata-illustration.com

Food coming on a table from different types of farms for (altered version published by) Zest Maine (full page); ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014. For more check www.kata-illustration.com

Oil funds arts for Fort Worth Weekly, (cover); ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014. For more check www.kata-illustration.com

A Game of Choices (energy supply chain) for Deloitte University Press (cover). ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014. For more check www.kata-illustration.com

New Work!

New work for Military Officer magazine (MOAA). The illustration is based on an article "Suspicious Mail", a cute story on a grandmother sending her grandson soldier candy corn by mail and him getting in trouble because of it. The story happens in Vietnam era, so the main task was to make this look vintage. 

AD: Rose Richey

©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014. For more check my portfolio at www.kata-illustration.com

©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014. For more check my portfolio at www.kata-illustration.com

Big times! EGGER GREY Illustrators' Representation

Big update: Berlin based rep agency Egger Grey is now representing my work in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 

Joanie Bernstein is still my rep for US / Canada market.

All contact details: https://kotryna-zukauskaite.squarespace.com/about/

More new work coming soon!

One more editorial

Oi folks, check out my newest editorial piece Luring Prospective Renters for the Multifamily Executive Magazine. Massive thanks goes to AD Allison Levy for her incredible patience with this one. For more check www.kata-illustration.com

©Kotryna Žukauskaitė, 2014 For more check www.kata-illustration.com

New work for the Brunswick Review, issue 8

Oi folks,

check out my latest work for the Brunswick Review, issue 8. It's probably the most decorative editorial illustration I've ever performed, but people who know me for a while know that in my life... there're never too many triangles.

©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2014

Thank you to Paul Richards for great art direction, and of course massive thanks goes to Brunswick Review for assigning me once again. You can see all the work I did for the publication here.

Tons of work for Morningstar Advisor

Ta-daaaa! Long story told short, earlier this year I was assigned to make 8 editorial illustrations for Morningstar Advisor (print & web) magazine, which provides investment insights for financial advisors, Dec-Jan issue (http://tinyurl.com/cx6fwhc , and you can see full issue at e-version of the magazine here http://tinyurl.com/cj445wh). Brief included:

1. Front cover (Spotlight: Funds of Funds),

2. Sector Rap ("Risks Loom Over Telecom Industry") p.30-31,
3. Spotlight Splash page p.34-35 (continuation of the front cover; answers what Funds of Funds is all about),
4. Decorative Banner p.36-37,
5. Morningstar Conversation ("How the Landscape for Advisors is Changing") p.48-49,
6. Undiscovered Manager ("Mark Egan Embraces Volatility") p.56-57,
7. Gray Matters I ("Alpha, Beta, and Now Gamma") p.60-61,
8. Gray Matters II ("Performance Gaps") p.64-65,

Special thanks to editorial staff and especially Art Director A.S. for his advises, endless optimism and patience while art directing all of this. 

http://tinyurl.com/cj445wh

All illustrations mentioned or/and published ©Kotryna Zukauskaite, 2012