My name is Lena. I am an illustrator and award-winning picture book author. My passion is to craft compelling visual stories. I love to enrich digital illustration with traditional techniques and create bold visuals with a good pinch of humor.
Here’s my professional life journey in a nutshell:
2004 — graduated from Ural State University with a bachelor degree in Foreign Literature;
2004-2006 — studied Graphic Design at St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University;
2007-2012 — freelancer in the fields of copyrighting, marketing and graphic design;
2013-2019 — narrative designer in UGO Games (casual game development);
2019-2020 — studied Book Illustration and Graphic Art at St. Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy;
2020 — became one of the winners of the Image of the Book contest and was longlisted by the Unpublished Picturebook Showcase;
2020-present — freelance illustrator and picture book author.