About
Main approach
I am an artist and illustrator working in both traditional media and digital. Being able to combine the two freely is one of the main strengths of my practice: depending on the brief, a project can be made entirely digitally or in traditional media and then adapted for commercial use.
Technique
I work with alcohol markers, coloured pencils, oil, watercolour and other traditional media, and I also create digital illustration. Traditional techniques keep the live texture of hand work; digital makes it easy to adapt the image for packaging, print and other applications.
Application
I create illustrations that adapt easily to different briefs and formats — packaging and print, books and magazines, puzzles and textiles, murals and spatial design.
Form and colour
Both form and colour matter to me. Through form I convey the character of the subject; colour helps look at familiar things in a new way and make them more visually expressive.
Working from reference
I work from life and from photographs, studying form, detail and texture. What matters is not how the reference is used, but the ability to see the character of the subject and carry it through my own style.
Services
Commercial illustration and packaging design
Illustration for packaging, labels and brand visuals.
Murals and hand-painted walls
Author murals for restaurants, cafés, hotels, commercial and private interiors.
Pattern and textile print design
Author patterns and illustration for textiles and products.
Original paintings and commissions
Painting and works on paper for private collections and interiors.
How a project works
- 1
Brief
We discuss the idea, project format and gather references.
- 2
Deposit
Once the brief is agreed, a 50% deposit of the project fee is paid.
- 3
Sketch
I develop a sketch and composition; we agree on the direction.
- 4
Colour
I choose a palette and we approve colour before the final pass.
- 5
Final illustration
After sketch and colour are approved, I create the finished work and prepare files for use.
- 6
Final payment
When the work is complete, the remaining 50% of the fee is paid.
- 7
Delivery
After full payment, I hand over final files in the formats your project needs.
Location
Based in Buenos Aires. Open to commercial projects, commissions and licensing worldwide.
Bio
Veronika Novikowa is an artist and illustrator from Siberia, based in Buenos Aires. Her practice focuses on botanical and food illustration. She works with alcohol markers, coloured pencils, oil, watercolour and digital, combining traditional techniques with contemporary commercial illustration. Her work centres on natural forms, colour and everyday objects seen through her own visual language.
Selected exhibitions
2021X International Youth Art Exhibition "Az.Art.Sibir"
2021Gallery MAS, Novorossiysk
2018V Moscow Exhibition of Botanical Painting and Illustration
Professional membership
SABA — Society of Botanical Artists. Member since 2018.
Education and training
IDI University · 2017–2018
Incomplete studies
Nikolai Sergeevich Zaikov — graphics · In-person study
Professor, member of the Artists’ Union of Russia, laureate of the Altai Krai art prize.
Pirgeldi Dovletovich Shirov — oil painting · In-person study
Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation, member of the Artists’ Union of Russia.
Tatyana Shirbidova — watercolour · In-person study
Member of the Professional Union of Artists of Russia; participant in Russian and international exhibitions. Illustrator of a Gourmand World Cookbook Award-winning book.
Kalacheva School
Courses in watercolour, sketching and alcohol markers.