Davor Bakara Illustration Blog

Extremely realistic portrait of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Contribution for cartoon competition.

As you can see, there is no line at the horizon. Personal piece, used for self-promotion.

Portrait of Barack Obama. Personal piece, used for self-promotion and published in “3×3 Illustration Directory Illo 09″.

Portrait of W. A. Mozart. Initially a printed postcard, used for self-promotion. Some weeks later “Die Zeit”, one of Germany’s most important weekly newspapers, used it as a cover illustration. Due to layout matters it was mirrored. Client: Die Zeit.

Portrait series of six illustrations about poetry in the romanticism era in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Wilhelm Hauff, Rahel Varnhagen, Ludwig Uhland, Joseph von Eichendorff, Justinus Kerner. The last one was about a Swabian theater with “Orpheus”, a play that deals with this famous singer in greek mythology. Client: BW Woche.

One from a personal series of Musicians. Published in the book “Freistil 2 - Best of European Illustration”.

One from a personal series of Musicians. Published in the book “Freistil 2 - Best of European Illustration”.

One from a personal series of Musicians. Published in the book “Freistil 2 - Best of European Illustration”.

One from a personal series of Musicians.

One from a personal series of Musicians.

Article about the hungarian mathematician Paul Erdoes. Client: Voss Magazine.

Postcard used for self-promotion.

Heike and me.

Another portrait of my daughter Ella, a few months later.

A portrait of my daughter Ella.

A self-portrait from one of my sketchbooks with daily portraits.

A woman and a not really unknown guy.

Four from a directors portrait series: Woody Allen, Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang and David Lynch. Personal pieces.

Portrait series from my book “Modern Myths”: Marlene Dietrich, Che Guevara, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley.

Portrait for an article about Madeleine Albright. Client: Voss Magazine.