Is my work the right fit for your project?
When choosing an illustrator for your project - choose the one whose vision and experience you trust. Will it be me? Just look through my work and see if it speaks to you and shares your project’s values.
With your trust my inspiration will flow and I will be able to take the best professional care of your project.
Quality takes time.
Every illustration project process starts with research and sketches, then comes a round of feedback and applying changes when necessary, then finalisation. Illustration project turnaround time is 1-2 weeks on average for a single illustration and anything from several weeks to several months for big projects.
The illustrated calendar below has 2 months of work behind it, while turnaround time for Illustrations for the article underneath was about 3 weeks.
Long-lasting relationships bring benefits.
I started working with Slovak NGO NOTA BENE back in 2019 and since then we’ve made 2 calendars, 11 covers (and counting), adverts and article illustrations together.
A long term collaboration makes it possible to build a consistent visual style for my clients and improve their visual recognition over time.
I believe in artistic approach to commercial illustration.
None of my projects are done in absolutely identical style. I work with a wide range of techniques and materials, digital & analogue and mostly use combination of both.
When starting work on a new project I experiment and choose the technique that fits the particular task the best. This way each project has its unique face, character and personality.
See portraits for 2 different projects below.
I’m all for illustration travelling beyond the printed page. For my client scout’s magazine I created an interactive illustrated advent calendar - characters and elements would be added every week until the full picture reveal.
Do you need illustrations for a cook book by any chance?
I’m a passionate cook myself, so a cook book is my dream project to illustrate. I illustrated this series of squashes for my own amusement and I can’t wait to do more food illustration.
While I love good food and wine...
I do not accept it as a form of payment. However I’d be more than happy to go out for a drink with you to celebrate a successful project we did together!
If you share my values there’s a good chance that we are meant to be. Write me an email and let’s chat.
I’m an artist with formal education in Graphic Design & Interactive Graphics. I started my career as packaging and brand designer in 2012, and later worked as a university lecturer and a freelance illustrator. My experience is gathered across creative fields and my skills include analogue as well as digital illustration, visual concept development and visual communication through illustrations for brands, editorial illustration and infographics, portraits and scenery. Scroll through my website to see the full range.
— Sasha Chagina