Vesa Lehtimäki
Hi! I'm Vesa Lehtimäki, illustrator, occasional photographer and graphic designer. Helsinki, Finland. As an illustrator I prefer the field of journalism, editorial and portraits. Never said no to an occasional advertorial illustration either but they are fairly rare these days. I have always worked as a freelancer with breaks as a magazine designer and AD. I accept fast assignments and ones with more time to spend – I have never run out of time. Finnish and English.
As an illustrator my work has an emphasis on editorial illustrations and portraits. I call them portraits but some may call them caricatures. I’ve had a weekly portrait spot in Suomen Kuvalehti magazine since 2004. I've done some adverts in the past as well.
As a photographer I operate in a small niche of toy photography under the alias Avanaut. Clients for those projects come outside of Finland.
As an illustrator: Suomen Kuvalehti, Yliopisto, Journalisti, Helsingin Sanomat among others
As a photographer: Disney, Lego, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Hasbro, Funko, Playmobil, Warner Brothers
As a Designer: Aula & Co, Docendo
Selected Works / Suomen Kuvalehti Magazine
Selected works from Suomen Kuvalehti magazine for which I have made illustrations regularly since 1994.
The techniques have varied a lot but have been defined into clear and fairly simple conceptual works. Originally I worked with traditional mediums, even with oil paints, but today it’s all digital. Sometimes the illustrations are expanded to animations, like the opening spread with Barack Obama later in the carousel – the typography was animated for the online version.
Selected Works / Suomen Kuvalehti Magazine
Click to see more about the project.
Selected Works / Suomen Kuvalehti Magazine
Selected works from Suomen Kuvalehti magazine for which I have made illustrations regularly since 1994.
The techniques have varied a lot but have been defined into clear and fairly simple conceptual works. Originally I worked with traditional mediums, even with oil paints, but today it’s all digital. Sometimes the illustrations are expanded to animations, like the opening spread with Barack Obama later in the carousel – the typography was animated for the online version.
Selected Works / Suomen Kuvalehti Magazine
Selected works from Suomen Kuvalehti magazine for which I have made illustrations regularly since 1994.
The techniques have varied a lot but have been defined into clear and fairly simple conceptual works. Originally I worked with traditional mediums, even with oil paints, but today it’s all digital. Sometimes the illustrations are expanded to animations, like the opening spread with Barack Obama later in the carousel – the typography was animated for the online version.
Selected Works / Suomen Kuvalehti Magazine
Selected works from Suomen Kuvalehti magazine for which I have made illustrations regularly since 1994.
The techniques have varied a lot but have been defined into clear and fairly simple conceptual works. Originally I worked with traditional mediums, even with oil paints, but today it’s all digital. Sometimes the illustrations are expanded to animations, like the opening spread with Barack Obama later in the carousel – the typography was animated for the online version.
Selected Works / Suomen Kuvalehti Magazine
Selected works from Suomen Kuvalehti magazine for which I have made illustrations regularly since 1994.
The techniques have varied a lot but have been defined into clear and fairly simple conceptual works. Originally I worked with traditional mediums, even with oil paints, but today it’s all digital. Sometimes the illustrations are expanded to animations, like the opening spread with Barack Obama later in the carousel – the typography was animated for the online version.
Selected Works / Suomen Kuvalehti Magazine
Selected works from Suomen Kuvalehti magazine for which I have made illustrations regularly since 1994.
The techniques have varied a lot but have been defined into clear and fairly simple conceptual works. Originally I worked with traditional mediums, even with oil paints, but today it’s all digital. Sometimes the illustrations are expanded to animations, like the opening spread with Barack Obama later in the carousel – the typography was animated for the online version.
Polkom-column / Suomen Kuvalehti magazine
My dearest assignment, a weekly portrait in Suomen Kuvalehti magazine. Since 2004 and still going strong.
In my view these are not caricatures per se but rather portraits. Or at least they caricatureness is a tool, not the goal, for capturing the essence in any person pictured.
Sometimes, all too rarely, I make animations of these as well.
Polkom-column / Suomen Kuvalehti magazine
Click to see more about the project.
Polkom-column / Suomen Kuvalehti magazine
My dearest assignment, a weekly portrait in Suomen Kuvalehti magazine. Since 2004 and still going strong.
In my view these are not caricatures per se but rather portraits. Or at least they caricatureness is a tool, not the goal, for capturing the essence in any person pictured.
Sometimes, all too rarely, I make animations of these as well.
Polkom-column / Suomen Kuvalehti magazine
My dearest assignment, a weekly portrait in Suomen Kuvalehti magazine. Since 2004 and still going strong.
In my view these are not caricatures per se but rather portraits. Or at least they caricatureness is a tool, not the goal, for capturing the essence in any person pictured.
Sometimes, all too rarely, I make animations of these as well.
Polkom-column / Suomen Kuvalehti magazine
My dearest assignment, a weekly portrait in Suomen Kuvalehti magazine. Since 2004 and still going strong.
In my view these are not caricatures per se but rather portraits. Or at least they caricatureness is a tool, not the goal, for capturing the essence in any person pictured.
Sometimes, all too rarely, I make animations of these as well.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous. The oldest from 2011, newest from this year.
Miscellaneous
Click to see more about the project.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous. The oldest from 2011, newest from this year.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous. The oldest from 2011, newest from this year.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous. The oldest from 2011, newest from this year.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous. The oldest from 2011, newest from this year.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous. The oldest from 2011, newest from this year.