Sebastian Sotavalta is a graphic designer + web developer + illustrator + comic artist from Finland.
Illustration
Prince
Character portraits
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Pride 2020
Illustration
To celebrate Pride in the time of Covid-19, I decided to create an 8-part series of illustrations, each piece to be inspired by a color used in the original Pride flag designed by Gilbert Baker back in .
Characters
Character portraits
Various illustrations of my original characters.
Sport icons
Icon design
Two sets of sporting event icons, inspired by both classic Greek art and Bauhaus.
Dogs
Illustration
A collection of some of the most popular dog breeds in Finland.
Black and white animals
Illustration
When vacationing in Malta, I kept spotting animals that reminded me of my own black and white dog at home.
Portraits
Portrait paintings
Ink illustrations
Illustration
Traditional ink illustrations drawn by hand.
Couples
Illustration
Digital illustrations of couples.
Autumn
Illustration
A set of digital illustrations depicting the apple trees outside my window... At night time it looked as if they were glowing.
Web design
Seitsemanveljesta.net
Web site
Seitsemanveljesta.net is an educational website created by Melon Arbus Productions in collaboration with the Museum of Nurmijärvi. It aims to make the Finnish literary classic Seitsemän veljestä more accessible to modern audiences.
My role in the project was to wireframe and design the website, create web graphics and additional decorative illustrations. I also participated in the development of the website as a front-end developer.
The published website can be visited at seitsemanveljesta.net.
Älymuseo-kehityshanke
Web site, visual identity
A simple, informative and easy-to-use site for Älymuseo, powered by Wordpress. In addition to designing & building a website for the project, I was also responsible for creating the initial visual identity for the project and for designing infographics related to the project.
The published website can be visited at alymuseo.fi.
Käpylän sähkökaapit
Web site, visual identity
I was part of the team that build the website for the utility boxes of Käpylä project. The visual identity was created in collaboration with visual artist Kaisa-Maria Laiho and the project lead Terhi Kallonen. The project was part of the Käpylä 100 event that celebrated the 100 year anniversary of the founding of Käpylä, a vibrant neighbourhood in Helsinki, Finland.
The published website can be visited at kapylansahkokaapit.net.
KOHTAA NUORI
Web site
A Wordpress site for KOHTAA NUORI project. Rather than a traditional website, the site functions as an academical digital publication. Because of this the project had some unique challenges, that were solved by building a custom theme and tweaking plugins to behave in the desired way. Website was built in collaboration with Valovirta.
The published website can be visited at kohtaanuori.metropolia.fi.
Anna lapselle raitis joulu
Web site
Anna lapselle raitis joulu -campaign was designed and created by Valovirta. My role in the project was to adapt the website design into a functioning, multilingual Wordpress site. During the process I had to redesign parts of the original design.
The published website can be visited at annalapselleraitisjoulu.fi.
Print design
Not yet seen
Comic zine
Not yet seen is a remix of Henry David Thoreau’s influental essay On the Duty of Civil Disobedience. Not yet seen was created as a part of the Zineton 2020 challenge. It earned one of the honorary mentions given by the Extinction Rebellion Finland.
Business cards for LOVA
Business card design
A business card designed for LOVA Oy.
BZZ
Package design
A visual identity concept for a fictional line of products.
This too shall pass
Comic zine
This too shall pass is an autobiographical comic zine. It is a collection of snapshots from my chilchood to adulthood.
Väinö Harha
Comic zine
Väinö Harha is my second 24-Hour Comics Day -comic, drawn in 2017 and later printed in 2018. The protagonist of the comic, Väinö Harha is an immigrant livign in Estonia while struggling with unexplained fear and paranoia.
Prisoners of Goa
Magazine spread
Famous dogs
Magazine spread
A magazine spread designed, written and illustrated for the Koululainen-magazine.
Memeology
Magazine spread
A magazine spread designed, written and illustrated for the Koululainen-magazine.
End of childhood
Poster design
Poster design, depicting the end of childhood.
SEBPUN
Zine
SEBPUN is a small zine filled with (Finnish) puns based on my name. Sometimes you have to print something just to amuse yourself.
Maiden of Finland - 100 years
Poster design
An A2 sized poster designed to celebrate Finland's 100 years of independence.
Mixsix
Package design
A visual identity concept and a package design for a fictional line of products.
Abandoned
Comic zine
Abandoned is my first 24-Hour Comics Day -comic, originally drawn in 2016 and then later printed in 2017. Coincidentally, it is also my first self-published comic zine.
Christmas card
Postcard design
Christmas card designed & printed to be used by the Youth Services of Nurmijärvi for their internal Holiday Greetings, but also to be sold by the Youth Services during their annual Christmas sale events.
About
Hi, I'm Sebastian! Depending on the day, I'm a graphic designer, a web designer, a front-end developer or an illustrator. Professionally (and personally) I am especially passionate about cognitive accessibility. Above all I love solving problems, collaborating with other skilled people and learning new things. When I'm not working, I'm usually playing tabletop games or cooking.
At the moment I'm living and working in Helsinki, Finland. I'm fluent in Finnish and English, as well as capable of holding a basic conversation in Swedish. I can also ask for a smoke in Estonian. Hit me up by sending an e-mail to seb.sotavaltagmail.com. I can also be found on Instagram, Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter and Ello.
Or if you are so inclined, you can look at my CV here!