Biography

An illustrator and graphic designer with a background in the advertising industry, Ville began illustrating in 2005 and now works independently full-time. He hand sketches his illustrations and finishes them in Photoshop. Ville’s work has been featured in Creative Review and Computer Arts magazine and his series of posters for the Delish convenience store chain won gold in the Finnish Kultajyvä print advertising awards. He has exhibited his work at Slick 09 in Paris, at Illustrative09 and Pictoplasma 2010 in Berlin and at the Pick Me Up exhibition in London in 2010. Ville is inspired by Tom of Finland, Prince, Animal Collective's old albums and portraits from the early 1900s. His recent projects include a series of animations for the Finnish TV channel Sub, board graphics for Apo Snowboards and a series of T-shirt designs for Adidas.