Client:
Spoon Agency
Art Direction
Lars Jenssen
Illustrations
Tavo Montañez
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Set of cover illustrations for Perspective (magazine published by the Norwegian Refugee Council). Perspective is the first international foreign affairs magazine published by a Norwegian NGO. The English-speaking magazine focuses on humanitarian assistance and international politics. Here are some custom illustrations I made for those covers:
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Illustration
Violence in the Northern Triangle of Central America
Edition
November 2014
About
I was asked by Lars Jenssen to prepare some cover illustrations for this issue. Cover Proposals was was hand drawn, inked and coloured in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom Intuos. Unfortunately project was no approved.
Illustration
Back to the USSR
Edition
September 2014
About
The conflict in Ukraine brings back memories of the Cold War and the Soviet era.So far, over one million people have been displaced. The UN fears a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and a destabilisation of the entire region. Illustration was inspired by a soviet Stalin poster and was drawn and coloured in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom Tablet.
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Back to the USSR
Edition
November 2013
About
President Vladimir Putin, Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church and nationalists have entered into a holy alliance to protect «traditional» values, at the expense of gay rights. As the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi draws closer, democracy proponents around the world are protesting the suppression of Russia’s gay community.
Illustration was inspired by Breshnev kissing Honecker in mural titled 'My God help me survive this deadly love' by Dmitry Vrubel, at East Side Gallery on Muhlenstrasse, formerly Berlin Wall, Friedrichshain district. Illustration was drawn and coloured in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom Intuos.
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Constituting the Arab Spring
Edition
June 2013
About
Two years on, several Arab Spring countries have taken on the difficult task of drafting new constitutions. However, conflicting interests and political power battles threaten to make the road to democracy long and winding. Illustration was hand drawn, inked and coloured in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom Intuos.
