Ossi Pirkonen

Wohoo! My new installation piece is now officially finished and ready for visitors. This work is called Ihmisluonto, Nature of Human Beings and it's about violence in close relationships. The drawings on the walls talk about the violence, pretty self-explanatory. The big characters are the catalysts: weaponry, money, home, substances. And there's always these sad, pressuring clouds above peoples heads. Big theme is also contrast. Pink cute colors vs. extreme violence. "I wouldn't have believed it of this guy!" Violence happens near you, not in statistics or some distant land. Let's keep our eyes open and believe the victims. This time I really concentrated on the drawing side of the artowrk. It took me a little under 100 hours to draw the illustrations on the wall. It is a meditative act for me. I barely sketced this work. I didn't sketch any ilnes on the wall. I just strated to draw with a marker. Me, marker, music and time = story. I'm drawn to big themes in my art practise and this work is no exception. This time making the line was an act of purification: I draw to feel the pain and the act of drawing is to purify one self. I am literally transferring the red ink out of my marker onto the wall. The Purkutaide / Tämän Haluan Sanoa (This I Want To Say) exhibition is now open at Arabia135 building in Hämeentie 135, Arabia, Helsinki, Finland.

Seiskaluokkalaisen Alexin ja hänen Rauha-mummonsa vauhdikkaat seikkailut jatkuvat suositun sarjan neljännessä osassa Agenttimummo ja kultainen vaippa. Ilkka Olavin kirjoittaman ja Ossi Pirkosen kuvittaman tarinan hillittömät juonenkäänteet ja Fortnite-teema vetoavat myös niihin varhaisnuoriin, jotka eivät tavallisesti innostu lukemisesta. Agenttimummo-sarjassa ovat aiemmin ilmestyneet Agenttimummo ja lentävät tekarit (2023), Agenttimummo ja salainen huussi (2024) ja Agenttimummo ja villi rollaattori (2025). #agenttimummo #lastenkirjagram #lastenkirjasuomi #lastenkirja

Style test.

Character sketches for a comic strip project that started this month and will continue the whole year. I’ll post the comic strip later. The last character is the final dude, Keke.

Couple of quick custom typography lunch box signs for Spoon Ravintolat in Espoo. Typographic fun! I got to design the font and the illustration and paint the thingie. Rock 'n' roll! . . . . . #signpaint #kyltti #seinämaalaus

Look at that crazy color burst jungle! Most of the Tampere mural sketches combined into one illustration.

Quick fun meeting room painting for Spoon Restaurants in Espoo. Boom! You can see the sketches of the paintings on a computer screen in the end and then the final paintings. #seinämaalaus #muraali #maalaus #wallpainting

Doodlinnnnnn.

Little fellaz at a block party. Yeah. #characters #kuvitus #illustration

Journey doodle. I was feeling sick. #markerart #characterillustrator #hahmo #character

Festival day at @bildvarldgransland / Illustrations Fwstival Malmö! Huuuuge thanks to the festival organizers for making it super duper smooth experience! Thanks and see you next time! #illustrationsfestival #malmö #illustration

Day 1 of Malmö Illustrations Festival! The festival has officially been opened!