Love inspires designer to turn “Love is…” series into “Belarus is…”
Young Israeli designer Semyon Burakevich lives in Prague but he knows what Belarusian reality is like.
The designer has told Euroradio that the postcards “Belarus is…” used to be made only for friends and acquaintances but then they attracted a lot of attention on the web.
Semyon Burakevich: The concept of using the chewing gum “Love is…” appeared long ago but I did not know where to apply the idea. However, when you encounter something new, you get overwhelmed by emotions, get down to the computer and start making something. I am not good at drawing at all but my knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator helped me. I spent a lot of time drawing the eyes and making the characters. My girlfriend translated it all into Belarusian. We posted it on Facebook and received a lot of responses so we will continue doing it.
Semyon has decided to print his works as postcards that will be available at http://sporov.net at a symbolic price. The author has not considered the idea of organizing an exposition in Belarus yet.
