My favourite worlds of illustration

For sure many creators (to not use word "artists") meet a day when they find that somebody else had a similar idea.
When I was preparing my diploma works for Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland, I had an idea for a mysterious illustration. As I was very busy at that moment I decided to leave it for later. It was in 2003. A while ago I came back to it and made a quick sketch - to not forget again, but... it disappeared under a pile of dozens other sketches, notes and more important projects - these waiting for clients' feedbacks.



And one day, quite recently, I've accidentaly found a website of a great Swedish illustrator Alexander Jansson. He has already done this illustration... Well - there are at least two good things about it - it has been done in 2008, so 5 years after I thought about it for the first time (but who knows how long Alexander waited to complete it ;), and second - it's stunning! I'm sure that much better than if I had done it :) Great stuff Alexander, I've became your fan!



Alexander's works are very similar to Alan Clarke's - an Irish illustrator from Dublin. They both explore a world of mistery, darkness and fairy tales. They even use similar techniques. It's great that thanks to them we can come back to our childhood dreams and favorite worlds of imagination.