Portfolio · Paris — Wrocław

Anna
Sitnikova

Graphic designer · Visual artist · Illustrator

Identities, watercolour and pencil illustration, picture books and objects for dogs and their people. Work for Chanel, Loro Piana and Glenview Records, and a hand-sewn picture book of her own.

Painting of a figure standing in a white doorway
Sitakasitaka.art
Selected clients Chanel Parfums Beauté Loro Piana Glenview Records Biostase DFD Consulting 107 Consulting Maeko Psiamatka
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Illustration & identity

Commissioned work for fashion, beauty, music and consulting clients.

Illustrations of Chanel make-up products with a shell and a glass of rosé
Chanel Parfums BeautéIllustration
107 Consulting stationery and brand identity
107 ConsultingLogo design & brand identity
Selection of logotypes
LogotypesPsia Matka, Beautiful Vision, Marmello, Black Milky Way, Buddža…
DFD Consulting posters in red and blue watercolour
DFD ConsultingIllustration · graphic design · page layout
DFD Consulting posters with illustrated crowd
DFD ConsultingPrejugé / Réalité campaign
Vinyl record sleeve with blue pencil illustration
Glenview RecordsArt direction · illustration
Vinyl record with grey ink-ring sleeve
Glenview RecordsSleeve design
Seven black vinyl records with illustrated labels
Glenview RecordsLabels
Watercolour illustrations of sheep, a crown and hands for Loro Piana
Loro PianaWatercolour illustration
Textile patterns with ginkgo leaves and flowers
MaekoTextile pattern design
Nine skies with a deep-blue disc
Love of Indigo ColorPersonal work · art direction · painting
Biostase illustrated treatment guide
BiostaseIllustration · graphic design · page layout
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The Perfect Carrot Cake

A picture book, written and illustrated by Anna Sitnikova — 2021.

Picture book · text & illustrations

A Shiba and a carrot cake

Text and illustrations by Anna Sitnikova. A limited edition of 100 numbered copies, hand-sewn and published by Buddža in Wrocław.

  • Format120 × 175 mm, hardcover
  • Pages72
  • Edition100 numbered copies
  • BindingHand-sewn
  • PublisherBuddža, Wrocław
Cover of The Perfect Carrot Cake: a Shiba Inu behind a plate with a cake
Pencil drawing of a Shiba peeking through a door
Illustration of a woman at a table with a Shiba
Shiba in a snowy field
Two Shibas around a table with chairs
Illustration from the picture book The Perfect Carrot Cake
The book lying on burlap
Pencil drawing of a living room
Illustration from the picture book The Perfect Carrot Cake
Open book with a folded spread
Stacked copies of the book
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Book cover for Psiamatka

Watercolour cover illustration for “Moja Shiba”.

Watercolour of a woman and a Shiba under a pine tree by the sea
Cover illustrationWatercolour
Moja Shiba book with reading glasses
Moja ShibaBook cover design · illustration
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Buddža

Leather dog accessories: collar, leash, harness, bags, keyring and belt.

The Samurai limited edition dog collar on pink metallic fabric
The SamuraiLimited edition · hand painting
Shiba Inu wearing a Buddža collar
Collar under a glass dome
Leather collar on a brass stand under a glass dome
Coiled leather leash under a glass dome with a tangerine
Leather belt worn by a bronze statue
BeltPhotographed on a bronze statue

Brand · product · photography

Objects with a dog’s eye view

Collars, leashes, harnesses, bags, keyrings and belts, designed and photographed by Anna: concept, art direction, product design and imagery. House line: “my sport, every day”.

  • RoleArt direction · concept
  • ProductProduct design
  • VisualsGraphic design · photography
  • Shopbuddza.com

Photo-story · personal project

1 / 365 with a dog

“Through photographs, the project shows what it means to have a dog of a popular breed — the limitations, external and internal, and the dependence of the owner on his four-legged pupil. Emotions are an important element here: when love and hatred become a homogeneous feeling.”

Creative direction: Anna Sitnikova · Photography: Mykyta Martynenko & Maksymilian Nesterenko

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One day with a dog

Analog photographs, Wrocław. A day on the leash with Buddha, the Shiba Inu.

I want a dog like that!

I don’t know how fate has brought us together. I love him, I hate him. He knows better about me than any friend. He has changed my life. I began to appreciate other things, rethinking a lot. His name is Buddha. This is my dog.

Woman walking a Shiba along the river in front of the University of Wrocław
Portrait of a smiling Shiba Inu in a collar
Woman bending down to pick up after her Shiba on a lawn
Woman lying on a couch with a Shiba, seen from above
Shiba surrounded by strangers taking phone photos
Woman in a pink coat with her dog at an iron gate
Raw meat on a plate on a kitchen table, dog at the edge of the frame
Black and white photo of a woman walking a Shiba
Woman with glasses and a dog in a warm interior
Woman and her dog seen through a café window with pink flowers
Woman in a patterned shirt standing at a table with her Shiba
Woman in black using a lint roller on her clothes
Shiba on a street crossing among passers-by
Woman holding her Shiba in her arms against a grey wall

A dog is a choice!

No matter how negatively I react to all the difficult situations and lack of personal space in life with a dog, I don’t regret that we have each other.

  • Creative director & modelAnna Sitnikova
  • Dog modelThe Shiba Inu Buddha
  • PhotographyMaksymilian Nesterenko · Mykyta Martynenko
  • Stylist & assistantOleksandr Ostapchuk
  • LocationWrocław, Poland
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Background

Trained in architecture, then in graphic arts in Paris.

Education

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneDesign, media, technologies
EPSAA, ParisHigher School of Graphic Arts and Architecture — conception in visual communication
TGASU, TomskState University of Architecture and Construction — architecture

Exhibitions & residency

#tag — July 2014Personal exhibition, Espace Quinzequinze, Paris
DEEP — September 2013With Claire Malary, Espace Smaaks, Paris
Cité internationale des artsArtist residence, January – March 2015, Paris

Also

The Perfect Carrot CakeAuthor of the picture book, 2021
Meet The TalentsSpeaker at the conference organised by Adobe France, Paris
ClientsChanel · Loro Piana · Glenview Records · Asya Malbershtein · Biostase · Psiamatka

Let’s make something together.