It’s time for our seventh creative work of the Art for Artemis project. The author is Maria Eliassen from Kristiania University College, one of the oldest private institutions of higher education in Norway.

Let’s find out a bit more about her and her art.

Credits: Maria Eliassen

What school are you studying at and what degree?

I am currently studying Illustration at Kristiania University College.

Tell us about the technique used to make your Art for Artemis piece.

For this illustration I started out by drawing in ProCreate on an iPad to sketch out the drawing, then I used Adobe Illustrator to make the finished version. I focused mostly on shapes and the flow of the drawing, with a lot of storytelling elements braided into it. I also wanted the viewer to get dragged into the artwork, so I worked a lot on composition, colour and contrast to get that effect.

What inspired you to make the artwork and who are your inspirations in general?

I have always been fascinated by space and space travel, so that was very inspiring to start with. In addition, I was also inspired by early 1900s posters and the space race in the Sixties. But in the end the thing that inspired me the most was the flow of smoke, how it curls around things and creates patterns in the sky.

Do you have any thoughts to share about the Moon and human spaceflight?

I just think it is wonderful that we are finally sending a woman to the Moon, it means a lot to so many including me. It will be a historical event that I am so happy to have been a small part of with this contest.

Anything else you would like to add…

Just a thank you for this opportunity and thank you to everyone who likes my artwork!

Follow Maria on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariaelidesign/