Bialova Nika — graphic art portfolio
2. Creative portfolio
- 1. Comic — Deutsch Trip
- 2. Illustration series and specific themes
- Gender party · Destructive principle · Man with a dog’s head · Homeless (Dogmatic Disorder)
3. Photo projects
Applying for a Master’s degree
Graphic Art
2026/06
Bialova Nika — Graphic Art
University taught me how to work with printing software and equipment. Working with illustrations is one of my strengths.
Book covers · magazine · zines · booklet · and custom-sized spreads
How I work in publication design:
«The Mug»
Serge Gainsbourg · 2026
This book is dedicated to Serge Gainsbourg—musician, author, provocateur, and one of the most vibrant figures in 20th-century French culture. His work, image, demeanor, and public scandals made him not just an artist, but a cultural myth, blending music, literature, cinema, love, and self-destruction.
Main tasks:
- analysis of analogies and references
- research of the biography, work, and influence of Serge Gainsbourg
- creation of the book text
- development of a visual language
- creation of illustrations
- typography and layout
- printing
The book reveals Gainsbourg as a multifaceted and ever-changing figure, from a refined singer to the daring and dangerous Gainsbarre. Through music, quotes, images, and stories from his life, not only the artist’s biography is revealed but also the atmosphere of an entire era—Paris, bohemia, scandal, love, and freedom.
Bialova Nika — Graphic Art
At university, I learned how to work with software and visual identity. Development, starting with branding, client communication, identity development, and the ability to apply it to promotion and adaptation to various media.
Logo · Fonts · Palette · Textures · Merch · Internet Media · Posters
Hound’s Puncture
Tattoo and piercing salon · Vilnius
A complete salon identity built around a hound’s bite: the logo lives inside the fangs, the palette stays black, white and one red, and the system stretches from business cards and gift vouchers to care instructions and street posters.
- Fonts
- Bahianita Regular
Battery Park - Palette
San Antón
Festival identity · Madrid · 16–17 Enero
Identity for the Madrid festival of San Antón, patron of animals: a geometric saint assembled from dogs, birds and paw prints, applied to posters, badges, and a family of tote bags.
Bialova Nika — Graphic Art, Scenography
Comics are one of the best forms of creativity for communicating and impressing the viewer. Personally, I’d like to develop this area further.
Deutsch Trip
Concept for a comic · 2025
This is a comic about two sisters who go on a trip to German cities. It’s a rough draft, but it turned out very lively and emotional, the comedy working well for the focus group.
Gender party · Destructive principle · Man with a dog’s head · Homeless (Dogmatic Disorder)
Gender Party
Concept for a series of illustrations · 2026
Gender is a strong theme in my work. The differences between sexes and genders have always resonated with me. I try to explore what is true and what is stereotypical, and how the body, gender, and sexuality are interconnected.
Gender dysphoria and transsexuality have become a separate and important area of focus. As someone with gender dysphoria, this is very important to me. I explore these topics through myself and others.
Destructive Beginning
Exhibition of contemporary art · 2025
Spring is the best time for brain and physical activity. But the further you go in life, the harder it is to rethink your strategies for experiencing strong emotions that have been developed over the years. Destructive Beginning is an exhibition of contemporary art aimed at studying the broken functions of our brain. Our authors want to share how all the garbage accumulated in our heads and bodies begins to bloom, giving us the opportunity to see more clearly what we usually leave inside ourselves.
I organized the exhibition, gathered my student friends, and presented a number of illustrative and graphic works on the topic. Some of mine are presented here.
Man With a Dog’s Head
Concept for a series of illustrations · 2026
Dogs are a great inspiration to me. This image runs through my entire creative journey. They are a multifaceted symbol that has become both the main character of my projects and an established means of expression.
Homesickness
Illustration series · 2026
It’s a symbol of the most sensitive and naive times. After the death of my four-legged friend, this theme took on new colors in my illustrations. It’s a symbol of home, family, devotion, and honesty.
Dogmatic Disorder
Book concept · 2026
Dogmatic Disorder is a ready-made print project of an emotional rainbow, reflecting on the theme of migration and separation from home and family.
In my photography projects, I try to focus on background stories and forms, both visual and narrative. I especially enjoy working with decor, concept, post-processing, and interacting with models. But I also feel confident behind the camera.
Cockroach Project
Graphic Art, Illustration and Contexts, Scenography · 2024
The goal of the project was to show the challenges faced by almost every student at our university and, based on this, create a portrait. For this, I chose three second-year students from the visual design program. Of course, who would have more problems than the half-baked designers and, at the same time, half-baked artists? I chose people I know personally, and the problems I know and see myself; all that remained was to categorize them and give them an image.
Death of a Student
Photo project · Scenography · April 2025 · Mars and Vinz — Anti-students
«From a simple desire to take a photo in a freaky image with feathers to a depressive and comical scream into the void»
The idea came while listening to the song “NEW GOOD #TEXT”. The chorus, written and performed by Kirill Bledny, contains the line: “Because of one text, I was denied entry to Europe”. I had a thought: “For what text would I be denied entry to Europe?” The obvious answer came to mind — for expulsion from university.
The angel is a representation of actual death, holding two attributes at once: a diploma and an expulsion order. The exhausted pedantic bunny in a business suit and Adidas pants, added by my friend, colleague and muse Vinz, is a student on the edge who does not see himself as anyone except his profession. It was a collaboration with another design student. I prepared the props, created the looks of the angel of death and the bunny diploma, did makeup, was a rough model, and was behind the camera.
The Original Portfolio
All twenty spreads of the printed portfolio this site is built from. Use the arrows or your keyboard.
