The whole set of re-published novels by Gaja Grzegorzewska / Wydawnictwo Literackie.
Cover design by Marek Pawłowski / Wydawnictwo Literackie
Re-published by Wydawnictwo Literackie, “Grób” – dark crime story by Gaja Grzegorzewska with my illustration on the cover. Released on November, 2016.
An illustration for the special edition of Zwykłe Życie, a life-style magazine published in Poland. This doggie became a part of a series called “Gumowe Ucho” – illustrated short stories, pieces of dialogues and situations picked from the street by Agata Napiórska, the editor of a magazine. Also, it is my personal tribute to Kazimierz Mikulski, cracovian painter and scenographer, who created “Ferdynand Wspaniały” – a character from the book by this title written by Ludwik Jerzy Kern. Of course – the dog from the picture exists for real – his name is Piorun (Thunder) and he’s a VIP.
Re-published by Wydawnictwo Literackie, “Topielica” – dark crime story by Gaja Grzegorzewska with my illustration on the cover. Released on August, 2016.
The re-published set of Gaja Grzegorzewska’s novels.
Design by Marek Pawłowski / Wydawnictwo Literackie
All books of the Author, published by Wydawnictwo Literackie.
Design by Marek Pawłowski / Wydawnictwo Literackie
Re-published by Wydawnictwo Literackie, “Noc z czwartku na niedzielę” – dark crime story by Gaja Grzegorzewska with my illustration on the cover. Released on June, 2016.
Brand new book by Gaja Grzegorzewska! “Kamienna noc” with my illustration on the cover. The book was released on May, 2016. I was really happy and surprised when I’ve found out a small, yet funny trend in Gaja’s fandome: girls were making themselves selfies, wearing sunglasses and hoodies – like on the cover and posting the photos online. Le plus Ql.
Beautifull and tallented – Gaja Grzegorzewska with “Kamienna noc” / photo: Wydawnictwo Literackie.
Re-published by Wydawnictwo Literackie, “Żniwiarz” – dark crime story by Gaja Grzegorzewska with my illustration on the cover. Released on February 2016.
Design by Marek Pawłowski / Wydawnictwo Literackie.
I’m happy to be on a team of “Grain of truth”, the second film of Borys Lankosz, director of “Reverse” Polish candidate to OSCAR ACADEMY AWARD® in 2009, awarded at the film festival in Moscow, New York and Seattle. The film is an adaptation of the bestseller thriller by Zygmunt Miloszewski , “A Grain of Truth” was awarded the High Calibre Prize for the Best Polish Crime Novel of the Year 2011. It was published in 2012 in Great Britain and USA by Bitter Lemon Press. On January 2014 the book was published in Israel by Pen / Jedijot Sfarim
So, what is it all about?
A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to “start a new life” in picturesque town in southeast Poland Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. Alienated in provincial reality he struggles to find a killer, when he stumbles upon more victims. While the investigation continues he realizes that all murders are connected to alleged historical Jewish ritual killings. Those murders prompt a wave of antisemitic hysteria in the town. In his investigation Szacki must wrestle with the painful tangle of PolishJewish relations and real findings of his work that roots of some legends arefantasy, not a grain of truth… (source: Studio Rewers).
My work included: making the clay model of the underground and then the storyboard for an underground sequence.
“Grain of truth” was promoted during Berlin International Film Festival. Below, a promotional leaflet, with my illustration on the front and back – it is a travesty of an infamous painting by Karol de Prevot, depicting Jews slaughtering Christian children. Since XVII century the painting decorates the wall of a catholic cathedral in Sandomierz – sadly for years it was left without any commentary or just covered – a shameful sign of anti-Semitism, hidden deeply in our consciousness, functioning (even till now) in a form of a gruesome urban legend.
De Prevot’s painting. Source: Wiki Media,
Here is two illustrations I made for the short story entitled: “Things I’ve found at the attic, but did not tell Mom about”, written by Marceli Szpak for Zwykłe Życie – one sweet, rich in content, clever and well designed magazine.
Sweet small project: “Tribute to Valentina”, the heroine of Master Crepax. “Tributes made by some of the best international comic book artists from countries such as Portugal, Switzerland, Brazil,
Croatia, UK, USA, France, Spain, Japan, Sweden, Italy, México, Argentina, Finland to Valentina by Guido Crepax for an exhibition to this iconic character to promote Fantagraphics Books Inc. upcoming Crepax book collection”. Here is my first approach – a bit more bodylicious Valentina, with crazy peacock feathers. AND – OMG – it landed in a noble company (Sienkiewicz, Koeb, Farby, Pratt, Canalez, Mack and many more, also – great Polish artists like Wojtek Stefaniec…I’m intimidated. Thx Manuel Espirito Santo for the invite!
