What Happens When a Finnish Illustrator Takes Inspiration from Japan

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Amanda C
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It’s always exciting to stumble upon a great artist in the sea of Instagram content. Today, we’re introducing Heikala, an illustrator from Finland whose artwork is influenced and inspired by Japan’s animation style.

“A huge source of inspiration for my work comes from Japanese animation and other popular culture,” Heikala explains. “I’ve also now been to Japan three times and will visit again this autumn. I like to take pictures and get inspired and then implement my adventures in my work. I think my style is a combination of Japanese anime-style and Finnish children’s book illustrations… think Rudolf Koivu and Tove Jansson.”

See her work and the process of creating it below.

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Process of Early Bird✍️ Music was composed by video game and film composer @rycamus http://www.ryancamus.com 💕 You might have noticed on my stories already but here’s some info on my plans for 2019: Next month I’ll be attending CoAket in Hamburg as a special quest✨ I’ll be tabling at my first US con in March at ECCC in Seattle and the week after me, @sibylline_m and @meyoco will have a gallery show together at @gallerynucleus ✨ The copies of the Art of Heikala books will be shipped out to backers next month, if you missed out on the Kickstarter the book can be preordered now from the publisher’s @3dtotal online shop💕 Do you have recommendations for events/conventions near you that I should attend? Let me know✌️ #processvideo #colouredink

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