18th of April 2010 Animation music video for Eleonoora single from Sintti Silmusuu album. Paintings and animation by Ilja Karsikas.
Album lyrics, music and illustrations by Ilja Karsikas. Music produced by Samae Koskinen. More songs in Sintti Silmusuu's MySpace
Visit me in Vimeo. And get your own copy of Sintti Silmusuu in Stupido Shop or in Levykauppa Äx.

14th of April 2010 Sintti Silmusuu album and Sintti Silmusuu tahtoo oppia lukemaan
book are out now! Album lyrics, music and illustrations by Ilja Karsikas, produced by
Samae Koskinen. Order your own copy in Stupido Shop or in Levykauppa Äx.

More details and examples in For Children section.

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11th of March 2010 First single called Eleonoora from forthcoming Sintti Silmusuu
album is out now! Lyrics, music and illustrations by Ilja Karsikas, produced by
Samae Koskinen. And hey! It's already playing in Finnish radios.

11th of January 2010 Few updates and some organisation in web site structure.
In Music section cover illustration and design for Flannelmouth's new album
The Heart Cannot Hold (picture above) and design for Petteri Sariola's Phases album.
New work called The Birch in Personal gallery and in Books section Matti Rönkä's
new book cover illustration and design.

Now you can also be a fan of Keksijä Punainen and Sintti Silmusuu in their
own facebook pages. You can find me as well in Facebook with lovely face of
world famous Cheburashka.

29th of October 2009 Updates: Pernod ad campaign illustration (detail above).
See the whole picture in Print section. New editorial illustrations for HUB magazine
in Editorial section.

21st of September 2009 Exhibition of the illustrations for the children's book Keksijä
Punainen jahatun varjo (Inventor Red and the Shadow of a Hat)is in Napa Gallery from
September 30th to October 25th, 2009. In the exhibition there's guache paintings and
wooden figures of the characters.

The book is written by Heimo Hatakka and it's published by publishing house Tammi.
The book is available in Tammi webshop and in bookstores around Finland.
See some example spreads in For children section.

Illusive. Contemporary Illustration Part 3. I’m really happy to be among the
world-class illustrators featured in the third volume of Illusive, a series published
by the Die Gestalten Verlag. According to Gestalten, Illusive. Contemporary
Illustration Part 3 is “a definitive reference and veritable guide to the best in
illustration today”.

The book features a nice selection of my illustrations that are originally published
in HUB (Helsinki University Bulletin). Illusive. Contemporary Illustration Part 3
is available now. For details visit www.gestalten.com

9th of July 2009 Napa Illustrations' and Agent Pekkas group exhibition NAPA X PEKKA
presents illustrations from both agencys illustrators in Helsinki DesignWeek
in Cable Factory, Helsinki, from September 8 to 11. Napa Illustrations Posters are
available in Napa Books. My work is called The Drown and it's inspired by Herman
Melville's Moby Dick.

Napa Illustrations and Napa Books have also a street art exhibition Shadow Harbour
at Kalasatama from September 5 to 27 and a documentary on street art at Napa Gallery,
Eerikinkatu 18, from September 9 to 27. Napa Illustrations' new Catalogue II is also
out now and you can order it from Napa Books