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Winter Banner

Winter banner for SCBWI’s Canada East chapter website.

Cricket Magazine

Series of illustrations created for the January 2023 issue of Cricket magazine to accompany Susan Metallo’s (@metallowrites) beautiful short story “Four Things You Hear”.

Client: Cricket Media

AD: Anna Lender

Greenhouse

Bloom on! Sometimes the hot-house growth just can’t be contained.

Greenhouses do contain multitudes, not just in the literal botanical-biomass sense, but also as spaces that are nourishing and revitalizing.

Winter Forager

Swiss Proverb: Potatoes

“The most foolish farmer has the biggest potatoes.”

The meaning of this proverb is essentially that you don’t need to know much in order to do something skillfully.

A more positive interpretation is that you can grow more success and satisfaction by knowing one field well instead of knowing a little bit about everything.

Leaf Litter

Mila & Jasper and the Kettle Ghost

My MFA thesis project, featuring a curious little witch named Mila and Jasper, her grouchy cat. They encounter a mischievous ghost, resulting in the three of them being sucked into her mother’s enchanted tea kettle. In order to outsmart the denizens of the tea world inside the kettle and find their way home they will need to work together.

Wisp

Merry Christmas

Christmas card design & illustration.

Branches

Garden Toad

Swiss Proverb: Answer

“You may ask if you don’t mind the answer.”

Swiss Proverb: Flowing

“There will still be a lot of water flowing down the Limmat.”

Zephyr Rider

Philanthropy Poster 2019

Piece for the 2019 Philanthropy Poster Project Exhibition held in Athens, Greece as part of the Stavros Nicholas Foundation Conference.

Nestling

Nestling is an accordion book that explores a little harpy's search for her own kind.

The final art was created using india ink, watercolor, colored pencil, and gouache.

Harpy Print & Tote

Song of the Selkie

This series is based on Gina Oschner's short story, Song of the Selkie.  

I was inspired by the images in Oschner's text that focus on the five senses: sight, taste, hearing, smell, and touch.  The bound book features hand-sculpted 3-dimensional covers and is split into  five parts, with a spot and spread for each sense.

Node

Part of Light Grey Art Lab's Parallel exhibition.

Philanthropy Poster 2018

Piece for the 2018 Philanthropy Poster Project Exhibition held in Athens, Greece as part of the Stavros Nicholas Foundation Conference.

Masks of the Natural World

Creative and educational masks for kids, focusing on specific biomes (Forest, Rainforest, and Savanna)and the animals who call them home. 

That's It, I Quit!

Sketches and concept art for a whimsical and magical children’s book featuring a little witch and her very grumpy cat familiar.

Vild

Vild explores a landscape dominated by the interdependence of myth, ideology, and history. 

The preliminary drawings and concept art for this project were collected into a hand-bound book.

Come Home to Play - Ikea

Visual development for an IKEA UK television advertisement.

Winter Banner

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Cricket Magazine

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Greenhouse

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Winter Forager

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Swiss Proverb: Potatoes

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Leaf Litter

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Mila & Jasper and the Kettle Ghost

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Wisp

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Merry Christmas

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Branches

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Garden Toad

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Swiss Proverb: Answer

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Swiss Proverb: Flowing

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Zephyr Rider

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Philanthropy Poster 2019

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Nestling

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Harpy Print & Tote

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Song of the Selkie

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Node

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Philanthropy Poster 2018

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Masks of the Natural World

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That's It, I Quit!

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Vild

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Come Home to Play - Ikea

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All works © 2025 Christina Rycz