Kyiv-based illustrator Tasha Levytska has a worthy goal in mind when making her eye-popping illustrations: to induce laughter. “I like to make a good laugh and usually trying to find something funny in the outer world and bring it to my illustrations,” she said in an interview with Ballpitmag.
Describing her aesthetic as “fun, sometimes sarcastic, colorful, a bit psychedelic,” her creations span from editorial work and advertising to web illustrations and animated GIFs.
Based on close observations, her creation corresponds with her immediate surroundings, including the people around her. “I think that art is everywhere and I really like to observe,” she says. “So, if in the subway you’ll see a girl who obscenely stares at you, probably it’s me.”
But when it comes to her artistic upbringing, Levytska admits she came to illustrations at a much later age than most creatives. “I can’t say I drew a lot when I was a kid and I always wanted to be a coder when I grow up,” she admitted. “At the university I understood I enjoy drawing some weird imaginary creatures and I started to draw a lot,” she recalled.
She hasn’t looked back since.
