Cover design and illustrations for Dido Yvanchik, a unique novel by a Ukrainian writer and ethnographer Petro Shekeryk-Donykiv, which was considered lost for many decades because of the Soviet repressions and tells an epic story of the Ukrainian Carpathians. The novel was published in the original Hutsul dialect for the first time by Discursus publishing house.

Photo: @Maria Maria

The face and hand of the character was hand-drawn with coloured pencils and digitalised.

Some sketches I made before the final image was approved:

Three inner illustrations for each chapter:

The lettering for the cover was created using linocut.

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