Illustration: Curious stories told with drawings by Karolis Strautniekas

Date
29 January 2014

Really very impressive work here from Karolis Strautniekas who, after spending a few years as an art director, decided to turn happily back to illustration where he truly belongs. Karolis has the magic ability to come up with a very good idea and very quickly turn it into an immediate drawing that speaks volumes. His Portraits from Behind series, for instance, could easily have been restricted to just his camera phone, but instead he has brought it to life in detailed, layered illustrations. His editorial work is clever, easy on the eye and not without a sense of humour. I swear my alarm clock says that (above) every morning, or at least my brain does.

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Karolis Strautniekas: Portraits from behind

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Karolis Strautniekas: Portraits from behind

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Karolis Strautniekas: TÆNK Magazine illustrations

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Karolis Strautniekas: Illustrations for Usbek & Rica

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Karolis Strautniekas: Handbook Cover

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Karolis Strautniekas: Illustrations for Usbek & Rica

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Karolis Strautniekas: Illustrations for Usbek & Rica

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Karolis Strautniekas: EDF underwater

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Liv Siddall

Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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