Pauliina Mäkelä

Illustrator's Website

Pauliina (b. 1980) graduated from the Lahti Institute of Design in 2005 with a degree in graphic design. Since then, she has been working as an illustrator and comic artist in Helsinki.

Pauliina is a member of the Kutikuti studio, and part of the editorial staff of the experimental comics newspaper Kuti.

Her debut comic album 'Karnevaalit' was awarded at the annual Finnish graphic design competition Vuoden Huiput in 2006. She is also the winner of the 2007 comics competition organized by the Fumetto festival in Luzern.

Pauliina’s favourite tools are charcoal, tipex, acrylic colours and magic markers. Her hands are never clean.