Johan Thörnkvist
A picture, a drawing tablet and Photoshop: that is all it takes to create these wonderful illustrations to the Swedish .
After some years as a web creator for an advertising agency, he decided to go it alone and study drawing on his own. He chose art as his career, even if still now he isn’t sure it is really a career: “The paintings I make are just for and from me and I don’t really care if I make any money on them”.
It takes a long time to create these whimsical cities, in which the picture comes to life, hosting small and micro stories. The idea behind these illustrations is reminding the viewer to see the world with a child-like imagination, this idea may be simple, but his execution yields a fantastic perspective.
His inspiration comes by looking everyday scenes and trying to imagine what could exist in that space instead, the result are magnificent landscapes that tell a story and tickle imagination.
From now on you just can’t deny the existence of this imaginary creatures in our world.
