Kewpie illustration by Maja Tomic
Maja is a graphic designer and illustrator. She lives in Toronto and makes things that go on shelves, screens, and walls.

Personal Projects

↳ Work made outside of work.

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Screenprinting

Learned the basics of screenprinting, registration for multi-layer printing, the process of half tones/split fountain and finally, printing my designs on multiple textiles.

Two-colour block-print of a hissing tiger-cat with kanji 虎 (tiger), black and ochre on cream paper
Hand-screenprinted Sriracha Kewpie design in red on a natural canvas tote bag
Teal and white papercut illustration of two cats under a crescent moon and stars

Lee B. Johnson's Storefront

Located at 244 Queen St E, I assisted Paul Austerberry with designing the storefront. Borrowing language from the main banner, I designed the hanging sign and sandwich board to feel all connected visually.

Lee B Johnson's Dept Store at 244 Queen St E, full storefront with hand-painted black and gold signage
Lee B Johnson's hanging sign with wrought-iron bracket and vintage exterior lamp
Lee B Johnson's sidewalk sandwich board sign with sparrow icon and gold-and-white lettering

T-shirt Designs

Bootleg rock-tees and pet tributes designed and printed for friends.

Balto Space Dog t-shirt design — Y2K airbrush bootleg style with pet portrait, moons, and orange display type
Balto Space Dog design printed on a black t-shirt, mockup
Shannon and Darryl Just Married vintage bootleg tour-tee tribute design

Photography

Photos taken over the years with my trusty Fujifilm XE1 camera and multiple film cameras.

Bold red apartment building with stacked balconies in Reykjavik
Whitewashed buildings of Mykonos along the harbor
Greek hillside at dusk with white Cycladic houses under a lavender sky
Cycladic house with dusty pink walls and deep green shutters
Stacked tiers of a Japanese pagoda lit at night against black
Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto, reflected in still pond water
Parisian rooftops with zinc tiles and a rose window in soft grey light
White modernist church in Iceland against a pale sky
Whitewashed Greek terrace with archway, terracotta pots, and warm tile floor
Tabby cat lounging on a path beside lush tropical foliage in Bali