Between imagination and intent.
Projects exploring the borderland between illustration and concept art — experiments in storytelling, symbolism and mixed media texture. These pieces sit in the space where ideas begin: loose studies, visual worlds in progress, and early forms of narratives waiting to unfold.
A surreal forest where mushrooms rise like trees beneath a moonlit sky. Birds, snails and caterpillars inhabit this dreamlike world, watched in silence by a translucent spirit of the woods.
Created for the “Tales of the Uncanny” competition — an ode to mystery, metamorphosis and the strange poetry of nature.
A flat-style mural concept weaving together wild animals — moose, deer, herons, squirrels and small birds — into one flowing composition. Shapes overlap like memories of the forest, balancing structure and rhythm.
Though never painted, the design captures the quiet coexistence of movement and calm.
A layered mixed media poster inspired by the quiet alchemy of compost — where decay becomes renewal.
Hand-painted textures of soil, leaves, roots and small garden life form a circular mandala celebrating transformation, patience and balance in the natural world.
A surreal reinterpretation of the children’s poem On the Bergamot Islands — imagined as a vivid world of geometric creatures, fantastical islands and playful, dreamlike logic.
Built from hand-cut paper, tiny photo cutouts, stamped textures and mixed media marks, the illustration blends humour and strangeness with a soft, childlike sense of wonder.
Conceptual and experimental illustration by Kata Qooo — merging surreal imagery, texture, and symbolism inspired by the natural world.