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Karel Korp

Biography

Karel Korp (1967) graduated in art education and drawing from the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute in 1993. He is a head of the Estonian Graphic Designers’ Association and the member of the board for it's creative committee. Since 1997 Korp is an owner of the graphic design company Disainikorp. In addition to illustrating children’s books, Karel Korp has created illustrations for Eesti Pank, the Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority, the Chancellor of Justice, the Estonian Employer’s Confederation, the Estonian Cooperation Assembly, and many other organizations and companies.

I was born into a family of journalists and as far as I know, none of my other relatives are artists, so I formed and developed independently. Creatively, I have a restless spirit and for a long time I have tested and experimented with different styles and techniques. At one point I was fascinated by the endless possibilities of computer graphics. Now, however, I have come back to paint and brush because the sensation provided by crafts cannot be achieved with computer programs. Looking at my current pictures, I feel like I have finally arrived home. The inner critic of my work has mellowed and I know what I aim for.
The background in journalism has helped me to author or co-create the concept of three award-winning children’s books. For example, in
We Spook! We Haunt! pictures were finished before Leelo Tungal wrote stories to them, later the book received the Annual Children’s Literature Award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.


Profile photo: Piia Ruber

 

Competition illustration 1: A. H. Tammsaare. Truth And Justice, 2016, computer graphicsCompetition illustration 2: A. H. Tammsaare. Truth And Justice, 2016, computer graphicsCompetition illustration 4: A. H. Tammsaare. Truth And Justice, 2016, computer graphicsIllustration of Günther Reindorff. Jaak Urmet. From Hurt to Pärn, Post Factum, 2017, watercolour, coloured pencilIllustration of Hardi Tiidus. Jaak Urmet. From Hurt to Pärn, Post Factum, 2017, watercolour, coloured pencilIllustration of Jaan Rannap. Jaak Urmet. From Hurt to Pärn, Post Factum, 2017, watercolour, coloured pencilIllustration of Hando Runnel. Jaak Urmet. From Hurt to Pärn“, Post Factum, 2017, watercolour, coloured pencilIllustration of Priit Pärn. Jaak Urmet. From Hurt to Pärn, Post Factum, 2017, watercolour, coloured pencilDigital workspace. Manifest of Employers 2018, computer graphicsOpen Estonia. Manifest of Employers 2018, computer graphicsA Christmas Card for Wolf Group, 2018, computer graphicsA Christmas Card for Wolf Group, 2018, computer graphicsVeiko Märka. How All the Months Got Their Hats: January, 2019, watercolour, coloured pencilVeiko Märka. How All the Months Got Their Hats: March, 2019, watercolour, coloured pencilVeiko Märka. How All the Months Got Their Hats: April, 2019, watercolour, coloured pencil

A Tram Named Moonika

Ivo Parbus

Tallinna Linnatranspordi AS
2016, 56 pp
ISBN: 9789949389339
fiction, storybook
2022
25 Best Designed Estonian Books, Certificate of Merit (Anne Velli. Cool animals)

2017
25 Best Designed Estonian Books, Certificate of Merit (Jaak Urmet. From Hurt to Pärn.)

2002
The Nukits Competition, 1st place (Leelo Tungal.  "Tema amet" [Their Occupation].)

1997
The Annual Children’s Literature Award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia (Leelo Tungal We Spook! We Haunt!)