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Japanese vocabulary illoz 2

2012-01-27T15:46:00.001+01:00

As promised before I am uploading a few new kanji/word illoz that help me in my learning process.

Miśko JLPT Help © Zuza Miśko 2012

All images are copyrighted but they are free for download as a learning aid. The choice of words is random but based on my Japanese language classes (grade 2) and inspired by the N5 vocabulary/kanji list.
Please keep coming back for updates. Any comments are welcome.
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Japanese vocabulary illoz 1

2012-01-24T10:46:00.000+01:00

I am trying a method of learning through designing. It is especially efficient, when it comes to memorizing something as visual as Japanese kanji and words containing them. The basic concept is to create very simple vector illoz in a very short time, which would help me remember those otherwise abstract writing signs.

Miśko JLPT Help © Zuza Miśko 2012

All images are copyrighted but they are free for download as a learning aid. The choice of words is random but based on my Japanese language classes (grade 2) and inspired by the N5 vocabulary/kanji list.
Please keep coming back for updates. Any comments are welcome.
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Celeriak Shopper

2012-01-23T23:54:00.000+01:00

I printed my Pan Seler (Mr. Celeriak) on this cotton shopper for a friend.
Polish Cuisine: Pan Seler © Zuza Miśko 2008Polish Cuisine: Pan Seler © Zuza Miśko 2008

New Year (Fox) 2012

2012-01-03T21:27:00.000+01:00

A little belated and a bit drunken - New Year Foxes. Happy 2012!!! And lots of love to all forest creatures!

Happy New Foxes! - with best New Year greetings © Zuza Miśko 2011

(Yes, I know it is the year of the dragon and not the fox ;-))
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Merry Xmas! (Foxes)

2011-12-23T12:03:00.002+01:00

It is the time this year to say Merry Christmas to everyone! May Santa bring luck and happiness to you and your dear ones!!!

Merry Foxes! - with best season greetings © Zuza Miśko 2011

Inspired by the recent Tokyo street fashion item - the real fox collar, I created some greetings' cards with merry foxes. More are to come before the year ends!!!

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Kani (タラバガニ)

2011-11-27T13:09:00.000+01:00

New work form the Tales of Consumption series: "Kani (King Crab Has a Delicious Brain)".
The greenish paste, which is the brain of Red King Crab (タラバガニ) is considered a delicacy in Japan.

Tales Of Consumption: Kani (King Crab Has a Delicious Brain) © Zuza Miśko 2011

Kani (King Crab Has a Delicious Brain) vector image details © Zuza Miśko 2011

Limited edition giclée artistic prints are available. Size 50 x 50 cm. Mail me for print on demand.

Apium Regis

2011-11-18T00:27:00.000+01:00

I am publishing more artworks from the Tales Of Consumption series, made this year. Please meet King Celery who rules in the soup. The taste of celery is strong so it should be added wisely in small amounts - at least that is what my mother taught me.

Tales Of Consumption: Apium Regis (King Celery Ruler Of The Soup) © Zuza Miśko 2011

Tales Of Consumption: Apium Regis - vector image details © Zuza Miśko 2011

Corneaters - Pestcards

2011-11-17T22:25:00.000+01:00

Unpublished before - "Corneaters Pestcards" - an addition to "Corneaters".

Postcards with images of Maize Pests - Sitophilus Zeamais and Helicoverpa Zea. For these little animals maize is as important source of energy as it is for us. Inevitably, we use pesticides to reduce their number. If we put the killing aside and have a closer look, we might see just a funny beetle and a fluffy moth.

Tales Of Consumption: Corneaters Pestcards © Zuza Miśko 2011

Poster

2011-11-14T12:07:00.000+01:00

More for the State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw - poster for the Fair of Cutout Inspired Objects which will take place in Museum at the end of November.

© Zuza Miśko 2011 for PME

Shamanistic Research Conference

2011-10-05T11:39:00.000+02:00

I spent last weeks designing for the 10th Conference of the International Society for Shamanistic Research, which starts today at the State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw.

Shaman - main illustration for the Conference © Zuza Miśko 2011

Poster for the Conference © Zuza Miśko 2011

Badge as a shaman's drum - identification badge and orange badge for the bag with the drawing of Pałac Kultury as a symbol of Warsaw. On the right ready bag for the Conference with the attached badge. © Zuza Miśko 2011

For info on the Conference please visit the website of the State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw.

"Natto" and "Corneaters" awarded in Japan.

2011-09-05T02:25:00.004+02:00

I am honored to have my two works from the last year awarded at the Japan Illustrator's Association annual competition. Now it is time to reveal them at last.

Tales Of Consumption: "Natto (Selfportrait from Another Lifetime)" - censored version © Zuza Miśko 2011 | For the full image please take a look at my website.
Tales Of Consumption: "Natto (Selfportrait from Another Lifetime)" - detail © Zuza Miśko 2011

For those who might be puzzled by the food pictured above, a helpful link to "natto" on Wikipedia.
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Tales Of Consumption: "Corneaters" © Zuza Miśko 2011
Tales Of Consumption: "Corneaters" - detail © Zuza Miśko 2011

Maize, sugar, sunflower oil and Monarch butterflies are elements of fascinating myths and lies about obesity, GMO and prophecies of the World's End that spread all over internet. The truth is hard to find.
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My notebook and a porcelain racoon

2011-06-19T16:58:00.000+02:00

There is a new project I am working on, which keeps me busy as much as demons and folktales.
It involves a whole new way of designing, which is messy and exciting.

Matching colors and textures in my little notebook.

I have a little porcelain companion - the recent addition to my obligatory animator's nicknack collection. Although I am far from collecting porcelain poodles and other monstrosities, this retro Russian Lomonosov racoon got my attention for great stylization of the body and nice glazing. It is possible however that once my project is ready, the racoon will find it's way back to the garage sale.

Images © Zuza Miśko

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Bubble Bath printed edition

2011-06-06T10:17:00.001+02:00

My artwork "Bubble Bath" from 2006, which was first published as a t-shirt design, is now available as giclée print in a limited edition of 30.

Bubble Bath © Zuza Miśko 2006

Namazu-e prints

2011-05-19T22:45:00.003+02:00

I have donated two Namazu graphics to the charity event "Poland For Japan" which was held in Ethno Cafe Bílý Koníček on the 14th of May.

"That Is Enough Namazu" and "Busy Bunny" in Ethno Cafe, 14th May 2011.

Busy Bunny w Ethno Cafe

2011-05-12T01:00:00.000+02:00

Przypinki "Busy Bunny: Help Japan" będą do kupienia w Ethno Cafe Bílý Koníček na Kredytowej 1 w Warszawie 14 - stego maja, w czasie składania origami i kwesty na rzecz ofiar kataklizmu w Japonii. 100% dochodu na pomoc ofiarom.

Busy Bunny: Help Japan! © Zuza Miśko 2011

"Busy Bunny: Help Japan" badges will be available in Ethno Cafe Bílý Koníček in Warsaw at the origami event for Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Victims on the 14th of May!

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Namazu-e prints

2011-04-19T00:26:00.001+02:00

First batch of "That Is Enough, Namazu!" has just arrived from the printing company.

As the night falls I am cutting pictures...

...signing pictures...

... putting matte on...

I really like the look of the gold matte. Very bourgeois, very yummy...

Ready and off she goes, to the new home.
All images © Zuza Miśko 2011

For "That Is Enough, Namazu!" please visit zuzamade shop.

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Namazu-e for 2011

2011-04-11T21:47:00.009+02:00

One month has passed since enormous earthquake and tsunami ravaged northeast Japan.

For the last four weeks I have been thinking about the fragility of the high-tech civilization, of its dependence on electricity and about the immense power of a global communication. What saddened me the most, was the irreparable loss of people, as the loss of a single individual in the unity called modern culture is destructive for many.

"That's Enough, Namazu!" © Zuza Miśko 2011

It seems utterly senseless to be angry at the Nature and the Japanese have been showing an unusual composure in the face of the tragedy.
Still, giving a shape to Nature's destructive powers can give a vent and in the olden days Namazu was the one to blame. Namazu was a giant catfish living under the earth, who would cause earthquakes by sudden movements of his body. That demon became especially popular when a series of earthquakes struck Japan (mainly Edo which is now Tokyo) in mid 19th century, when artists produced numerous Namazu-e, a kind of Ukiyo-e with images of Namazu being punished for the earthquake.

Mythic creatures and folk demons are my inspiration, as I am an animation director-turned-illustrator, always trying to tell a fairytale. 'Japanese Mythology' book with Namazu on the cover was on my desk when the earthquake struck.

'Japanese Mythology' by Jolanta Tubieleweicz, image © Zuza Miśko 2011

I have plenty of my own nation’s demons to draw and a gaijin-made namazu-e seemed inappropriate at first but the strong aftershock, that struck northeast Japan last Thursday, made my Slavic blood boil. It happened at the time, when things were getting better in Japan and I was pleasantly chasing after rainbows with Hifana.

I came back from work with the picture of Rusałka, trying to tame Namazu, in my head. Rusałkas are female demons from Slavic folklore, who dwell in lakes and mountains. They are usually seductive and dangerous so she seemed strong enough.

Sketches for "That's Enough, Namazu!" © Zuza Miśko 2011

When I finished the work on my namazu-e today, the news of another strong quake in Japan arrived.

"That Is Enough, Namazu!" will be available as a giclee print on archival paper, hand-signed, in a limited edition of 30. Please pre-order in my temporary shop ZUZAMADE.
50% proceedings go to Japanese Red Cross.

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Busy Bunny Japan Edition

2011-03-19T19:22:00.001+01:00

For many years Japan has been my source of visual thrills, art inspirations and cultural discoveries. These days have been a proof, that I developed a strong sympathy for that beautiful country.

Kyodo news site keeps me up to date with the info and tweets from Tokyo reassure that Japan is very much alive contrary to the gossip. It doesn't change the fact that devastation and sorrow in the north east is overwhelming. Concerns about the nuke plant don't especially brighten the day either. In such situation it is good to do something creative and heartwarming.

I prepared a special little edition of my Busy Bunny designs, which from now, till the end of March (or till the end of stock) will be given to anyone who sends me a receipt of their donation to Japanese Red Cross or a relevant institution.

I am giving away two folded postcards, which can be printed in a limitless amount for a personal use, as well as button badges with Busy Bunny to cheer everyone up. Please visit ZUZAMADE for details. The shop is under construction but temporarily open.

HelpJapan! postcard © Zuza Miśko 2011

Happy Easter postcard © Zuza Miśko 2011

Button badges HelpJapan! edition © Zuza Miśko 2011

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"Seoul Mate"

2011-02-07T11:14:00.000+01:00

I have just received the copy of "Seoul Mate" from Jules East. It is always the most rewarding to see the finished illustration in print. Thank you Jules!

All images © Zuza Miśko 2011

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My desk

2011-01-19T19:32:00.007+01:00

Winter in Warsaw is getting darker and gloomier as snow has melted revealing the real blossom of dog excrement and plastic bottles on sidewalks and wherever grass used to grow. On such gray days I escape into digital colors of my new project which will continue the series of "Capsule People" and "Polish Cuisine"

Folk inspirations and patterns by William Morris.

Inspired by polish folk art and by the flow of positive energy from Yamato drummers, whose show I saw in December, I am trying to capture and put together on paper all tiny elements of joy, fantasy and beauty dispersed in a somber Polish reality.

My reading - chasing demons in Polish folklore.

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Karimba from "Pracownia Promyk" has a unique sound and helps to go through gray days. It feels good to put fingers on something else than Wacom pen or computer keyboard.

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Seoul Mate

2011-01-13T09:58:00.010+01:00

At the end of 2010 an unexpected project brought Far East theme into my life again.

American writer Jules East commissioned the book cover for his story "Seoul Mate", with an image of Korean rock singer smoking in the solitude of his hotel room. I wouldn't do without inspirations from Tokyo street style blog, section called New Tribe, as it is quite impossible to see Asian rock stars in my part of the world.

"Seoul Mate" book cover © Zuza Miśko 2010

Jules wanted the face of main character a bit hidden but I also drew another version for myself.

Alternative version of the main character © Zuza Miśko 2010

More info coming soon.
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Let it sparkle!!!

2010-12-31T13:04:00.003+01:00

In those last extremely busy days at Flota we created little firework cards with Santa The Astronaut, to share the Christmas and New Year fun with our clients. Let it sparkle!!!
Happy New Year 2011!

design by Zuza Miśko 2010 © Flota Filmowa

Ow-Love! mug

2010-12-26T12:12:00.002+01:00

Ow-love! thermal mug for Tymovski!

design © Zuza Miśko 2010

Ow-Love!

2010-12-08T15:30:00.009+01:00

More birds this winter: these are my best season greetings to everyone! Ow-Love!
Sugarees: Ow-Love! - with best season greetings © Zuza Miśko 2010

Bird is the Word

2010-10-25T23:43:00.002+02:00

As winter slowly approaches I made two postcards with birds to brighten up the day of those, who visit the website of my client.

All images © Zuza Miśko for Flota Filmowa 2010

"Nie bój się życia" w Empiku

2010-09-27T11:25:00.010+02:00

Książka Kasi Miller "Nie bój się życia" z moimi ilustracjami jest już na półkach w Empiku, zapraszam!

Please take a look at the book "Nie bój się życia" ("Don't Fear Life") by Katarzyna Miller, which I illustrated last month.It is now available at Empik and other bookstores.

Okładka © Zuza Miśko 2010

Nie bój się popełniać błędów (Don't Be afraid of making mistakes) © Zuza Miśko 2010

Nie bój się bycia egoistką (Don't Be afraid of being an egoist) © Zuza Miśko 2010

Nie bój się bycia rozlazłą (Don't be afraid of being sloppy) © Zuza Miśko 2010

Nie bój się złości (Don't be afraid of anger) © Zuza Miśko 2010

Nie bój się świąt bez rodziny (Don't be afraid of Christmas without a family) © Zuza Miśko 2010

Nie bój się mówić mężczyźnie czego od niego chcesz (Don't be afraid to tell your man what you want) © Zuza Miśko 2010

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"Być kobietą i nie zwariować" still sells well!

2010-09-20T11:50:00.000+02:00

"Być kobietą i nie zwariować" shares the bookshelf with the writings of Dalajama. This one I found in Empik bookstore on Sunday. Congrats Monika and Kasia and thanks for the project!

Image © Zuza Miśko 2010

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"Nie bój się życia"

2010-09-11T14:18:00.017+02:00

Katarzyna Miller is publishing a new book on psychology. "Nie bój się życia" ("Don't Fear Life") is consisted of articles on subjects of fears, which although common, remain often subdued - from the fear of anger to the fear of laughter. Zwierciadło, the illustrated magazine for women who is the publisher, got in touch with me and as a result I undertook the proposition of making over twenty illustrations in almost no time.

Katarzyna Miller wydaje nową książkę. "Nie bój się życia" składa się z felietonów na temat lęków, które choć częste, bywają przytłumione - od lęku przed złością po lęk przed śmiechem. Magazyn Zwierciadło, który jest wydawcą, zwrócił się do mnie o podjęcie się wykonania ponad dwudziestu ilustracji, w bardzo krótkim czasie.

Brush drawing for the cover illustration of "Nie bój się życia" © Zuza Miśko 2010

The pile of illustrations for "Nie bój się życia" on my drawing table © Zuza Miśko 2010

The deadline was short so I decided to make simple drawings with the Japanese brush. As "first thought is the best one" most illustrations recall my personal experiences with fears described in the book. I did the job at nights, listening to Mozart Mass In C Minor over and over again as my days were filled with other chores. I could say that this assignment was a sort of a personal therapy. That's why I can't wait till I get the printed copy, which is already at the presell in Polish online bookstores.

Ponieważ musiałam pracować w pośpiechu, zdecydowałam się na proste rysunki japońskim pędzlem. W myśl zasady "pierwsza myśl jest najlepsza" większość ilustracji jest odwołaniem do moich osobistych przeżyć związanych z opisywanymi przez Kasię stanami emocjonalnymi. Co więcej, rysunki powstawały głównie nocami, przy słuchanej w kółko Mszy C-moll Mozarta. Mogę więc powiedzieć, że było to zlecenie o mocy terapeutycznej.
Tym bardziej nie moge doczekac się kiedy książka, będąca już w internetowej przedsprzedaży, znajdzie się w moich rekach.

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Fleet Force

2010-09-11T13:14:00.024+02:00

August was extremely filled with work as I joined forces with the little and vigorous collective at Flota Filmowa (which translates as Film Fleet). Part advertising agency, part actors agency, Flota kept me busy as a graphic designer, as starters taking care of their visual identity.

My new business card at Flota and the logo design © Flota Filmowa 2010

Compliments card © Flota Filmowa 2010

Door label © Flota Filmowa 2010

Website illustrations © Zuza Miśko for Flota Filmowa 2010

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my studio II

2010-08-09T20:46:00.003+02:00

I am endlessly inspired by the play of lights and colors of things I keep piling up in my studio, which is my best Warsaw retreat.

Clockwise from the left: English chair on Moroccan rug, skull and kaleidoscope among Polish glass, the hand painted mirror made by my parents.

All images © Zuza Miśko 2010

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The Secret Life of My Converse Shoes

2010-08-06T19:09:00.002+02:00

My new long Converses are fun to play with. More images on 'okiem zuzy'

The Secret Life of My Converse Shoes: Birth © Zuza Miśko 2010

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"Być kobietą i nie zwariować" nadal bestsellerem!

2010-07-21T12:29:00.004+02:00

Nowe wiadomości na temat książki Moniki Pawluczuk i Katarzyny Miller "Być kobietą i nie zwariować", którą zilustrowałam pod koniec 2009 roku. Książka jest na drugim miejscu bestsellerów w Merlinie i na piątym w Empiku!
Dla tych, którzy nie mieli szans zobaczyć "Być kobietą i nie zwariować" w księgarniach, prezentuję kilka ilustracji. Na szczęście nieoficjalnie wiadomo, że kolejne egezmplarze pojawią się wkrótce na półkach i okazja do przeczytania tej zupełnie nietypowej książki nie ominie nikogo. Więcej informacji na temat mojego udziału w tym projekcie tutaj.

More news about "Być kobieta i nie zwariować" - a sort of "anti-self-help" book by Monika Pawluczuk and Katarzyna Miller ("Be a Woman Without Going Crazy" WAB 2010) which I made illustration for. It is the second of all best selling titles in one of the largest Polish bookstores - Merlin and it is the fifth in Empik. For those who didn't have a chace to take a look at the book, I present some of my illustrations. More info about the project can be found in the blog.

All illustrations © Zuza Miśko 2010 for WAB

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Black Pelican stamp

2010-07-16T13:29:00.006+02:00

A stamp I designed a few days ago, commemorating BP oil spill.

Black Pelican © Zuza Miśko 2010

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"Black Pelican" was inspired by photos of pelicans from the Gulf as well as by old stamps from my grandfather's collection.

"Black Pelican" is a part of a larger series of artworks, coming to life in these hot summer days.

The entire series will be available on my new website and in shop.

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my studio at last

2010-06-20T15:16:00.004+02:00

Pics from my new, yet unfurnished studio. Today is the first day I can sit back to work at last.

Image © Zuza Miśko 2010

It seems I have gathered a lot of tiny little creatures in the past few years.

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"Pasterz tysiąca zajęcy" clip

2010-04-28T09:08:00.005+02:00

A short clip from my 13" animated film "Pasterzy tysiąca zajęcy" ("Shepheard Of The Thousand Hares") from "Polish Fairytales" seroes. Producer: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych Sp. z o.o. for Telewizja Polska S.A. © TVP S.A. 2009

w TVP 1 "Wieczorynka - Baśnie i bajki polskie - Pasterz tysiąca zajęcy, odc. 19 Emisja programu 2010-05-03 o godzinie 19:00:00" (via Google)

director: Zuza 'Miśko' Krzysik
character design: Zuza 'Miśko' Krzysik
background:Bożena Jędrzejewicz - Krzysik
scenario:Grażyna Dyksińska

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bestseller

2010-04-26T13:42:00.005+02:00

"Być kobietą i nie zwariować" - książka, którą ilustrowałam w dziesiątce najlepiej sprzedającyh się tytułów marca 2010!!

"Be a Woman Without Going Crazy" is in the first ten bestselling titles of March 2010!!

Ilustracje © Zuza Miśko 2010 dla WAB

design findings - Polish 1950's - 1970's - part 4

2010-04-26T12:59:00.007+02:00

Glass item designed by Polish master of glass Zbigniew Horbowy. This psychedelic design is unusual for the colors of glass - grading from dark pink in the bottom through flesh color in the middle up to the juicy yellow on the rim. Deep red one color verion exists as well.
The item was mass produced in the 1970's.

Zbigniew Horbowy glass. All images © Zuza Miśko 2010

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portraits by Bożena Jędrzejewicz

2010-04-26T11:57:00.003+02:00

I am a great fan of these two recent portraits painted by my mother.
Both women are art painters just like her.

Portrait Of The Painter - Helena © Bożena Jędrzejewicz-Krzysik 2009

Portrait Of The Painter - Agnieszka © Bożena Jędrzejewicz-Krzysik 2009

Currently I am in the process of making my mother's website and quite soon I will invite you all to view it.

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"Być kobietą i nie zwariować"

2010-03-11T11:21:00.015+01:00

Seeing one's own illustrations as printed pages of a well-selling book is the best award for the artist.
I was reassured of that simple truth today when I received freshly printed copies of the book, which I illustrated last year.

Images © Zuza Miśko for WAB 2010

"Być kobietą i nie zwariować", written by Monika Pawluczuk and Katarzyna Miller is an unusual book for women written in a form of interviews. At first intended by Monika to be a film, the entire material was written down in a form of a book which makes it absolutely unique. Each chapter, analyzing a different state of mind, has it's own illustration.

Check out on bookstores!

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"Być kobietą i nie zwariować" is out

2010-02-24T20:03:00.007+01:00

The book I illustrated last year is out. More pics coming soon.

Images © Zuza Miśko for WAB 2010

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watercolor illustrations

2010-01-29T11:21:00.003+01:00

I just finished a few watercolor illustrations, more are to come.

Character from Kraków © Zuza Miśko 2010

Character from Kraków © Zuza Miśko 2010

Characters from Kraków © Zuza Miśko 2010

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design findings - Polish 1950's - 1970's - part 3

2009-12-31T13:22:00.003+01:00

I haven't collected much of the Polish design in 2009 but father of Tymovski gave me this huge plate.

Hand painted faience plate from Włocławek - a fine example of what was called in Poland "Picasso item", 1960's

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Finished my film

2009-12-31T12:04:00.016+01:00

In December I finished my animated film for children "Pasterz tysiąca zajęcy" / "Shepherd of the Thousand Hares" from Polish Fairytale series. It was produced by TV Animation Studio in Poznań for Polish National Television. The twelve minute short will be aired on TVP as well as on other televisions abroad.

It was the first time I had to collaborate with a team of 2D animators and take all the responsibilities for their work. The production took place in at least three cities at the same time, work being delivered via server, information via email.
Difficulties emerged, when I strongly pushed into Japanese animation style, trying hard to give the film the best look possible, with realistic characters and even more realistic background. To be completely honest I chose the hard way to find out how to achieve it.

Wszemił - pasterz / shepheard - colour model sheets for "Pasterz tysiąca zajęcy" from "Polish Fairytales" series. Producer: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych Sp. z o.o. for Telewizja Polska S.A. © TVP S.A. 2009

After designing my first characters I was forced into making model sheets. Some studio artists were afraid to deal with my designs for they seemed too realistic. I had already known at that point that animators might be careless so I made all model sheets on a lined paper to be sure sure that all proportions were immaculate and characters were easy to animate.

Staruszek / Old Man - colour model sheets for "Pasterz tysiąca zajęcy" from "Polish Fairytales" series. Producer: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych Sp. z o.o. for Telewizja Polska S.A. © TVP S.A. 2009

Kasztelan / Castellan - colour model sheets for "Pasterz tysiąca zajęcy" from "Polish Fairytales" series. Producer: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych Sp. z o.o. for Telewizja Polska S.A. © TVP S.A. 2009

When first layouts arrived I spent countless hours correcting perspective, making sure characters had good proportions and right facial expression. At the same time my mother Bożena Jędrzejewicz, who worked as a background designer on this film, had to straighten perspective in background layouts. She was the person I could trust blindly on that work.
Throughout animation phase of production I made dozens of animation sketches in Flash, using tablet. It was an unforgettable experience for I always considered myself more an illustrator than animator and was afraid to animate myself.
After two months of such work I begun to achieve well animated and well drawn scenes from animators in Bielsko Biała, especially close shots rendering a whole kaleidoscope of different emotions.

There was a strange pace to the production with moments of stressful haste and long pauses. I am not going to get into details of that schedule but I must admit it had a bad effect on background artworks as my mother had to quit precise gouache technique in a Ghibli style and switch to watercolor. Yet considering circumstances I was pleased with the result.

Fragments of background artwork for "Pasterz tysiąca zajęcy" from "Polish Fairytales" series. Producer: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych Sp. z o.o. for Telewizja Polska S.A. © TVP S.A. 2009

This is a poster background my mother made a few years ago when we collaborated on Chio Chips campaign for the agency Singing Dorsz. It shows the amount of detail we initially wanted for "Pasterz".

We had 174 shots, about 35 character models and over 80 background artworks in this film. The animation process took about five months, the entire production much longer. I was not able to supervise all composting process which took place in Poznań, he process which was difficult and unfortunately crucial to some scenes. Some copying processes went wrong as the deadline was getting tight and some good pencil animation got awfully distorted. On the other hand I worked with a lot of talented people on sound recording in TVP studio in Warsaw: dialogue director, actors and sound engineer. Their work added life to drawings.

I will post a demo and stills some time soon.

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Things from Japan

2009-12-30T23:36:00.007+01:00

In November I visited Japan, which I had written about a bit. I would like to share some more visual treasures for the inspiration.

textiles - the blue one is a tenugui - traditional Japanese cloth for wrapping things and many other uses.

Maneki Neko - traditional Japanese cat figurine bringing luck, here in a version of electronic tilting toy. Depending on the tilt it produces different sounds, from realistic "meow" to buddhist gongs. Bought in Akihabara, Tokyo.

Children book about the little fox is both for watching pictures and my attempts at reading.

A tenugui patterns guide with lots of little pictures.

From many little books (air luggage restrictions...) in Tokyo National Museum I picked Ito Jakuchu as the most surprising. I have visited just two museums - The Tokyo National Museum and Ghibli in Mitaka. I much preferred to fill myself the city life, rather than be stuck with mute exhibits. I was lucky however to come across a splendid exhibition of the Tibetan art.

Man-size wooden sculptures covered with gold had almost manga-like expressions on faces while other figures sported up to one hundred hands, the palm of each each equipped with eye. Some of them dated as old as 14th century and in a way they reminded me of European medieval sculpture, especially Veit Stoss Altar in Cracow. For the first time I could see so many religious objects of Buddhism, which are very far from Buddhist philosophy we read here about in Poland. I ended buying a full catalog of the exhibition.

In Ghibli Museum, I bought postcards with the background art for the inspiration.

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2009 events - Stryjeńska retrospective

2009-12-30T18:55:00.012+01:00

In May 2009 National Museum in Cracow and in Warsaw held a retrospective of Zofia Stryjeńska (1891 - 1976) - "Princess of Polish Painting" - as she was called before the WWII. The retrospective consisted of large format paintings, mostly gouaches depicting Polish and Slavic folklore and mythology as well as costume, textile and graphic designs.

Prządka (Żółta spódnica) / Weaver (Yellow Skirt) by Zofia Stryjeńska (1953), postcard from the National Museum in Warsaw

As I am a great admirer of her art I have seen the exhibition twice and collected a number of reproductions, both form the period and the recent ones.
What is unfortunate, the work of Stryjeńska has never been promoted well and this exhibition was the first retrospective after the WWII. Once enthusiastically received in Paris where her works decorated the World Expo Polish Pavilion in 1925, nowadays she remains unknown to most of the world. It is a loss because her bold compositions with unusual details driven from Slavic folklore (which she loved and studied) and her perfect drawing skills can be a refreshing inspiration to every modern illustrator.

Z cyklu "Młoda Wieś" - from the cycle "Young Peasants" - pre-war postcards with paintings from the early 1930's.

"Harnasie"* - pre-war postcards depicting people from the Tatra mountains, probably from 1930's

"Tańce polskie - Zbójnicki" - "Polish Dances - Robber's Dance" - on the left a post-war plate (1950's) with the reproduction of the pre-war original print. On the right the pre-war print. I only could afford one of the series but it is my favorite because the man is jumping above the fire, with an axe and a gun in his hand, just like a comic book character.

"Bożki slowniańskie" - po lewej Marzanna, po prawej Dziedzilia / "Slavic Gods" - on the right the March Woman, on the left Dziedzilia (1934) - fragments of postcards from the National Museum in Warsaw. The entire series is amazing and I wish I could have it in a book. Slavic gods was a subject explored by Stryjeńska quite often.

Not many know that as a young girl Zofia Stryjeńska studied at the Arts Academy in Munich disguised as her brother, the only girl in the entire institution apart from naked models.
Stryjeńska was a free spirit trying to hold together the hard life of an artist - a woman artist - and the life of a mother in the times when European women only begun to awake to freedom. Devoted to her art and stuck in front of the easel she often longed for active, worldly life. Her paintings vary from ones having an immense depth to rough and almost kitchy ones and that reflects her emotional and financial difficulties she had to deal with through all her life.
Throughout the 1950's and 1960's she was massively (and illegally) copied and reproduced in Poland on plates, postards as well as she was imitated by less talented artists. Thus now she is widely associated with a social-realism and communist ideology, despite the fact that after the WWII she never returned to communist Poland. There is a hope however that the 2009 retrospective changes that image and will result in a further promotion, so that the world could see her art on a big scale.

* Harnaś - means a chief or robbers' gang. Due to the poor soil and tough living conditions in the 19th and early 20th century many highlanders from Tatra mountains lived on robbery and ventured as far as today's Slovakia and Austria. There is some Polish mythology connected with those gangs which comes together with the romantic image of Tatra mountains. Thus Stryjeńska often painted handsome harnaś boys and girls. "Harnasie" was also the name of the opera by Karol Szymanowski. Stryjeńska and Szymanowski lived in the Tatras, in Zakopane for a while. They collaborated on the staging of "Harnasie", Stryjeńska as a costume and set designer.

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okiem Zuzy update

2009-12-17T15:55:00.004+01:00

I am a Bear © Zuza Miśko 2009

I am a Bear
I made two new posts on okiem zuzy as the season for winter Bears begun in Warsaw. That I draw those old women (called bears by Alan because of their fur coats) comes from the fact that as a freelancer I shop at the same time as they do. I like their bold shapes and faces bearing so much expression.

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work in progress - illustrations for the book

2009-11-29T13:56:00.004+01:00

Six days of psychological interviews, six chapters of a self-help book about women is my latest illustration assignment.

Images © Zuza Miśko for WAB 2010

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my desk

2009-11-29T13:51:00.006+01:00

Some new tools on my desk... The ball pen is from Ghibli, the pen is a birthday present from Tymek. Nibs are from Japans as well as super ultra tiny writing tools. The average store with writing tools and materials for crafts in Tokyo is quite an experience... but it is impossible to take everything home.

The ring is from Ainu shop in Sapporo, quite an elaborate piece for 30 ZŁ.

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amazing Japan

2009-11-26T11:14:00.009+01:00

A little bit of amazing things I have managed to see on my two-week trip to Japan:

The Tokyo crowd...

The Tokyo peace...

Fishing at noon in the center of Tokyo. Some people quietly gathered and cheerfully applauded. The stingray was later let free.

Pretty girls. No lazy ones as Coco Chanel would say.

Men at work. This is the largest fish market in the world in Tsukiji, Tokyo. At 5 AM tuna auctions start.

Contemplating the sea. Hokkaido Island.

The work of the hands. Pottery market in Ueno, Tokyo. Pottery from the south of Japan.

The feel of tatami

The colour of the Japanese Sea, the mountains in the land of Ainu. Hokkaido, Shakotan, Cape Kamui.

Ghibli Museum in Mitaka - a museum of the art of animation, a museum of a real animation studio where paints are still open, brushes seem wet and each animation procedure is carefully ad wittily explained.

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graphic Japan

2009-11-18T10:45:00.007+01:00

Some snapshots I took in Tokyo and Hokkaido showing just a few of the innumerable logotypes, signs and drawings in the city landscape.

in Asakusa, Tokyo

in Asakusa, Tokyo

in Asakusa, Tokyo

in Asakusa, Tokyo, roof of the beer company

in Asakusa, Tokyo, rooftop of the temple

in Asakusa, Tokyo

Tokyo

in Tokyo, on the left streetart (?), on the right - the cat moans the burden of credit loans and his past consumption - an advert.

as written about in PinMag, japanese manhole covers are decorated. The Tokyo one...

... the Otaru one

the road construction site protected by monkeys. I have seen frogs and elephants on the way as well. Hokkaido island

Logo of the transportation company.

Tanuki, somewhere on the parking lot in Otaru, Hokkaido.

Tanuki, in Tanukoji, Sapporo.

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getting ready for the trip

2009-10-15T08:01:00.002+02:00

findings - cute fellow

2009-07-28T20:50:00.004+02:00

I met this fellow on a side street in my neighborhood today. He could not care less about people and cars, preoccupied with his meal.

animation in progress

2009-05-23T12:43:00.002+02:00

While I am correcting background layouts, my mother is painting backgrounds for my film. In the end we will have about eighty water-color and gouache paintings for this eleven minute animation.

On the table...

design findings - field trip

2009-05-11T01:17:00.006+02:00

I have visited my Mom, who is painting backgrounds for my film. She has an inspiring atelier, where jugs of brushes correspond with glass objects and catch amazing light from the large window.

On the table a 1970's Horbowy vase, like a liquid gold.

Another Polish glass item from the 1970's.

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Secession in Kraków is inspiring as well. It was largely influenced by the style that came from Vienna, as this part of Poland at the time was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Here are pics of details I found on the staircase of the house deigned by a Viennese architect at the turn of the 20th century.

Psychedelic tiles.

Large glazed hallway, which gives mysterious reflections.

More glazed elements.

More reflections.

Patterns on one of internal staircases.

Stained glass on the staircase casts warm lights on glazed walls.

Secession railing in the house.

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animation in progress

2009-02-26T23:50:00.004+01:00

Some people's layouts for my film, although paid for, are useless so I am making new ones.

Richard Williams book - I wouldn't do without, manga - inspiring

Okiem Zuzy

2009-02-23T23:37:00.008+01:00

My new, experimental blog about street style and fashion in Warszawa. In hope I will make at least one drawing per week.
I got extra part-time job in an advertising agency and while commuting I get a lot of inspiration from watching other people in the tram. It is amazing how types differ depending on the time of the day or location.

"Ursus Deluxe" © Zuza Miśko 2009

Check it out at Okiem Zuzy

Zuzamade Cows

2009-01-02T17:03:00.009+01:00

I have completed the first batch of 2009 Cows, made of Fimo modelling clay. There are 9 different cows, each measuring about 4cm, signed and numbered.

Cow Party. © Zuza Miśko 2009

Mediterranean Bull (above) and Butterfly Cow (below). © Zuza Miśko 2009

Grass eating Cows and the Dung. © Zuza Miśko 2009

Chagallesque Cow (Number 5). © Zuza Miśko 2009

Cow Number One (at the top) with Dung and Yellow Butterfly. Milk-giving Cow and Chagall-esque Number Three (middle), Mama Cow (at the bottom) - made in last hours of 2008.
© Zuza Miśko 2009

Cows on my desk, all taged and ready to go.
© Zuza Miśko 2009

design findings - Polish 1950's - 1970's - part 3

2008-12-13T18:22:00.009+01:00

Christmas in coming. Indians from Ecuador dressed in feathrs are playing Polish Christmas carols in front of the mall, angels and Santas made by little hands of Chinese children adorn window shops where people are happily spending their little Christmas bank loans.

It is a good time to sit back, relax and take a look at more of the bizzare Polish book illustrations from the 1960's.

"100 Bajek Brzechwy" by Jan Brzechwa in a timeless edition, illustrated by Jerzy Srokowski.

The cheese is pink but it doesn't matter.

The fly and the millipede, both giving creeps.

Scary image of Toothless Natalie for children who don't clean their teeth.

On the right, fly on the war with angry toadstools.

Creatures of the night.
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A book about adventurous cats by Jan Tetter, illustrations by the real icon of Polish post-war illustration and the master of bush - Janusz Grabiański. His specialty were dynamic portraits of animals, popular as book illustrations, posters and postcards.

Bad print quality hardly shows the amazing brush technique of Janusz Grabiański.

Cats in the harbor, cat on the bucket of red paint.

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On my serach for old Polish children's books I came across these little jigsaw piglets, which were very popular in the 1970's, but might be even older.

They are not larger than a matchbox.

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design findings - Polish 1950's - 1970's - part 2

2008-11-29T15:52:00.010+01:00

New amazing finding from the golden era of Polish design which were 50's - 70' of the last century.

Vase designed by Zbigniew Horbowy, an artist who graduated and became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, institution which educated the most famous Polish glass and ceramic designers of the 20th century.

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Ikebana from Bochnia, probabily from the 1960's. In Bochnia household stoneware in heavy shapes and brown colours was produced.

Flowerpot from Bolesławiec - place famous for bunzlauer ceramics. This shape however is in a complete opposition to typical Bolesławiec forms.

Candle holder from little, nonexistant today factory in Mirostowice.

Brown glaze covered with white drops, which gave it organic character, was the most characteristic of Mirostowice tableware.
Designer behind Miostowice was another Wrocław Academy graduate, Adam Sadulski.

Brown tableware, even the cheaply made ones, awake my earliest childhood memories, a short period of time, before the crisis of the 1980's destroyed all sense of aesthetics.

Earlier in the history - at the turn of the 1960's the fashion for Picassos produced such jugs as this hand-painted on from the faience factory in Koło.
Zdjęcie / Photo © Zuza Miśko.

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animation in progress

2008-11-29T14:19:00.005+01:00

For some time now I haven't published anything interesting in my blog, which reveals how little I have to show. To excuse myself and prove that I am not wasting my time - a photo from the work on my animated film, which is slowly coming to life, and details of which I am still not allowed to reveal.

The thick book is full of animation models I drew.

Evil Nioska

2008-10-30T10:48:00.007+01:00

Evil Hen Tee has just arrived straight from Germany - that is where my designs, available at the Spreadshirt store, are being printed.

Evil Nioska zimowa dla chłopa © Zuza Miśko 2008

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już Jeże...

2008-09-12T20:40:00.005+02:00

Już są Jeże w moherze i Nioski dla kury (domowej).
Hedgehogs in mohair, Bunny and Hen are ready now.

Sugarees w akcji

2008-09-11T23:52:00.004+02:00

Cały dzisiejszy dzień przypinki były w akcji mierzenia i pakowania...
All day today button pins were in action of trying on and packing...

Jeż na moim japońskim moherku...
A hedgehog on my mohair from Japan...

i żeby załonić plamę na nowych trampkach...
...and to cover the stain on new sneakers...

Krasnoludki?
Dwarfs?

Na tiszercie kurki domowej...
On the tee of a young housewife...

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Kiss-Tee

2008-09-11T11:19:00.016+02:00

Marieta Żukowska asked me to design t-shirt for her, for the convention of "M jak miłość" fans. We picked a girl from my "Bubble Bath" artwork and I added a little kiss - from Marie to her fans.

"Kiss - Tee" © Zuza Miśko 2008

Marie wearing "Kiss-tee"

Yupi!

design findings - Polish 1950's - 1970's - part 1

2008-06-04T22:04:00.024+02:00

Recent 'Ostalgia' (or nostalgia) led me to rediscovering Polish design from the 60's and 70'. Taken out of the context of 'real socialism', these object are almost beautiful in the world of Ikea and Disney and whatever the globalised world has.

Polish ceramics from the 1960's - co called "Pikassy" ("Picassos"). In front the hand-painted faience ikebana from Włocławek, which I use for keeping pencils.

I try to breathe some new life into these carcasses and keep them as a substitute of ceramic art from 1970's Wrocław, which I faintly remember from my early childhood.
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1960 must have been good for illustrators. Althogh photography made its way to books long before, among adults still was the need for drawn images. Here is the example of excellent illustrations which I found in... a cookbook.

The endpaper with a "pikasso" design and the illustration for chapter "beverages".

Two illustrations and a few "cubist" vignettes.

This edition of "Kuchnia Polska", a famous "berger", has been in my house ever since and it always fascinated me with flat and a bit grotesque pictures. ("Kuchnia Polska", graphics by Tadeusz Piątek and Franciszek Winiarski, published in 1963 by PWE).
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Children's books are the best source of illustrations from the 60's. Despite often naive content, tinted with the socialist propaganda, artworks in those books break any possible rules. Children in socialist Poland had a hard task of understanding images which were far beyond literal depiction and almost on the edge of abstraction.
Did it make them any good? Possibly so, at least in my case. The further images were away from the the text and the bigger my effort to unite them with the story into one reality, the better was the entire experience. At least unforgettable...

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Among few old books that I have, here is one about strange adventures of flowing water illustrated by Barbara Gawdzik. ("Dziwne przygody płynącej wody" - Karol Szpalski and Marian Załucki. Wydawnictwo Literackie 1967).

The entire book is designed as wide spreads through which the water flows as a river. On this page some serious people, responsible for water in the socialist utopia.

Hand-made lettering on the cover.

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Here is another funny book of poems called "A Cat with a Pipe"("Kot z Fajką" by Jerzy Jesionowski, illustarted by Ewa Salamon, published by RUCH in 1962).

As the cat philosophically smokes pipe, magpies get jailed by militia.

The owl, as always, is a wise bird.

Somehow the illustration and the vase have a simmilar look... The palette of Polish 1960's seems dull, the artwork is almost careless, the materials are poor. Here the galzing on the vase is half done and patched with dirt. The paper is rough and the print uneven. Surprisingly it only adds the sophistication to those objects. The secret lies in the design itself, which, although poorly executed in factories of PRL, was conceived by artists who remembered solid, pre-war traditions of design. Their works might be crude and difficult but excel in concept and composition. Something to wish for today...

For more Polish children's books from before 1990 check out this nice blog tralaloskop.

animation in progress

2008-05-30T19:00:00.006+02:00

The days are long and sun shines on my desk even at 7 in the afternoon.

The mess on my table...

...and my pencils. I am almost done with the storyboard for my animated film, at last!

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gold fish and two hundred roosters

2008-05-23T19:07:00.017+02:00

Once upon the time the emperor wanted to have a painting of a rooster. After some time the artist brought the painting to the emperor. It was so perfect that the emperor wanted it immediately. The painter, however, demanded a very high price for his work. It was because he painted not one but two hundred and one roosters. Only the last painting was perfect, though, but it wouldn't be, if not those two hundred painted before. The legend says thet the emperor understood the artist and paid him well.

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Having this story in mind I spent all day painting fishes for the poster, commissioned by Tomek Wolski. The poster is for his new documentary "Złota Rybka" ("Goldfish"), a warm portrait of mentally disabled people who are preparing the fairytale "goldfish" for the stage.

Tomek wanted the fish to look more lika a carp.

I actually have some roosters around... in the background testicles of porcelain Tanuki... and a new big brush from Japan.

Very inspiring bluish glazing on the vase from the 1960's.

At the end of the day I had a pile of images to choose from. This vase inspired me to imitate glazing with watercolour.

The finished poster. © Zuza Miśko 2008

"Goldfish" will be screened at the Cracow Film Festival in the end of May.

gold fish

2008-05-04T15:40:00.014+02:00

Today is the day to try some new brushes from Japan. I am using them to make a poster for the new film by Wolski.

This brush rocks! I am not good at this yet but was promised to be given a lesson when I come to Japan.

Sketch of the goldfish © Zuza Miśko 2008

Hare A Bunny Easter

2008-03-02T01:53:00.033+01:00

Hare a Bunny Easter this year with some Busy Bunnies! They come printed on button pins and cards, in two sets: regular "Busy Bunnies" set of two pins and a card and "Bunny Easter" set with extra Easter card and "Hen" button.

"Busy Bunnies" and "Bunny Face" © Zuza Miśko 2008

"Hen" ("Nioska") © Zuza Miśko 2008

"Busy Bunnies" © Zuza Miśko 2008

"Hare A Bunny Easter" © Zuza Miśko 2008

And some printed stuff.

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T-shirt quest and poster from Shibo

2008-01-11T10:09:00.003+01:00

I have completed a long Quest:
In November DBH sent me a package of 12 free T-shirts with my "Poppy" design, straight from California. My Quest was to bring that package home from the Post Office.

It was an adventure - I traveled outskirts of Warsaw, paid a visit to the Customs Office, I explained that T-shirts are T-shirts and confirmed that in writing. As soon as some weeks later I traveled again, to the Post Office, where I paid 100$ as a Duty and Tax. And a Tax of The Tax. Or The Tax of The Duty. Plus some Tax of the shipping which I had paid. Anyway today I brought the package home.
Now I can indulge in rubbing the texture of cotton.

At the same time the Xmas poster from Shibo - Art Director and PH consultant from Taipei - made it to my mailbox!

Now when I see it printed in a large format I feel how merry it is! And with the sparkling touch of silver.
The brown paper is excellent - survived travel from Taiwan very well.

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design findings 2

2007-08-25T16:36:00.001+02:00

With recent hot weather I drink a lot of chilled green tea. It sits on my table in a ceramic teapot, which keeps it cool all day long. Teapot in a shape of a cat is one of the most bizzare things that can be found in Poland.

The expression of pleasure on his face together with the fish sticking out from his belly are somewhat disturbing and I can almost imagine him whisper "drink from my fish..."

"Teacat", an example of so called "Bunzlauer" pottery, looks like a perverted brother of Nekobasu but in fact he is closely related to Garden Dwarfs, which points his German descent.

Teacat was bought in Kraków in Sukiennice for about 10 euros.

design findings 1

2007-08-19T17:27:00.001+02:00

I am a great fan of unusual design.
As a kid growing up in communist Poland, I used to collect food packages from the West. Chocolate wrappings and Donald Duck heads cut from orange juice boxes were attractive collectibles in the world where toilet paper was a luxury good. Graphic design in the 80's in Poland was almost non-existent, with the exception of brilliant posters, stiff propaganda murals and surprisingly artistic book illustrations. Poland was in such economic crisis that shops were empty and there was no need for any design.
For my generation of kids China was the biggest provider of taste and design. People would stand in long queue to buy Chinese pencils with pictures of animals. Usually shop would sell only two pencils per person so those, who wanted more, had to return to the queue a few times. I used to have butterflies in my stomach when Chinese pencil cases would arrive to the store. My childhood had a smell of Chinese erasers, taste of "Hero" ink and feel of notebooks in gray, cardboard covers.
Today most of the design comes to life in laboratories, controlled by specialists who measure desires, dreams and habits of consumers. They process the data, follow results and produce perfect, beautiful, sophisticated and dull objects precisely aimed at chosen groups of clients.
It takes a bit of an effort to find a design, which is not overdone and doesn't compete with the others. Here are some things that I found in Polish shops.

Hair dye from Pakistan in a genuine cardboard box with the portrait of a lady. Silver bag is always covered with henna dust and there are misspellings on the box but the product is excellent. (Bought for 1 euro in a small cosmetics store in Warsaw.)
Next to it a tin of 'Temple of Heaven' balm. It is tiny and hard to open but the balm really helps to cure headaches. (Bought on Jarmark Europa for 1 złoty.)
On the right a plastic soap dish with a 'cute' sticker - a typical Chinese design for children. (Bought for 1 złoty in a souvenir shop at the seaside)

Temple of Heaven appears also on the package of tea called 'Shanghai". Actually it is a bit confusing because the temple itself is in Beijing.

It seems that "Temple of Heaven" is a popular name for Chinese products. I drink this tea every day although it is packed in a suspicious plastic bag. As long as it doesn't say 'poison' on the box I feel safe.
On the right two packages of snacks that probably didn't change for the last twenty years:
"Pałeczki z Makiem" are sticks with poppy seeds, locally produced in Warsaw. The green graphic shape placed on yellow and red stripes must be a logo of the bakery.
On the next package - banana chips - I found an ugly elephant. Luckily it is situated on the back of the product so it doesn't scare clients. When I was little such elephants were painted in most kindergartens, playgrounds and hospitals for kids. Surprisingly now this very popular image bears an ® - respect!

Here it is - the grandfather of that elephant!
On the top - books from my childhood - "Matołek the Billy-Goat" ("Przygody Koziołka Matołka") by Kornel Makuszyński with drawings of Marian Walentynowicz. Born in 1933, Koziolek Matolek is a classic hero of all Polish children. He travels through the world and cries from happiness on his return to beloved Warsaw (published by Wydawnictwo Literackie).
Underneath a book of Russian fairy tales retold by Tolstoi, beautifully illustrated by E. Ratchev and published in French (Editions du Progres, Moscow).

I am wondering if those talented illustrators were familiar with "Panda" watercolors set from China (bought at the seaside for 1 złoty). The box has funny spelling of colo-urs and a lovely Panda Brand logo in the upper corner.
Panda must be another popular brand name in China - there is at least one razor blades and one TV set producer called Panda.

'artzmania'

2007-08-18T11:08:00.013+02:00

Many thanks to Artzmania team for the interview and presenting my artworks in their latest x.5 issue called "Color Wonderland".
Artzmania is an eye candy online magazine presenting visual artists - from dreaming freelancers to hi-tech commercial professionals.

© Artzmania 2007 and respective artists

On the occasion of the interview I publish two new illustrations, from the series called "Romantic Imaginary".