alcohol-based markers, fineliners, watercolour, adobe photoshop
Illustrating Hesse's Steppenwolf
It just so happens that the vast majority of Steppenwolf book covers feature a wolf, which trivialises Hesse’s idea and reduces Harry Haller’s multifaceted personality to the platitudinous "two souls in one body."
The aim of this project was to find out what communicates Hesse’s ideas better than images of werewolves.
The aim of this project was to find out what communicates Hesse’s ideas better than images of werewolves.
Apparently, one of the possible solutions to this problem is to create illustrations filled with symbols and allusions so that the reader can recognise something familiar and rely on that piece of information when forming their initial opinion about the book.
In-Book Illustrations
One of my goals was to make Steppenwolf characters look more like cardboard figures or theatre props than real people.
Chapter II
Harry contemplates suicide
Chapter III
Harry tries to end all connections with bourgeois society
Chapter V
Harry meets Hermine
Chapter XIII
Harry overcomes his fear of death
In-Book Illustrations
One of my goals was to make Steppenwolf characters look more like cardboard figures or theatre props than real people.
Chapter II
Harry contemplates suicide
Chapter III
Harry tries to end all connections with bourgeois society
Chapter V
Harry meets Hermine
Chapter XIII
Harry overcomes his fear of death
I made these GIFs as a little experiment, it was my first attempt at animating my drawings.
