Dmitrij Lübesnov

Close the gap – When Three Random Words Become a Love Story

This illustration started with three random words: subway, dining table, and young couple. No concept, no message, no particular direction. I was experimenting with a different approach to creativity:…

Close the gap – When Three Random Words Become a Love Story

This illustration started with three random words: subway, dining table, and young couple. No concept, no message, no particular direction. I was experimenting with a different approach to creativity:…

Tailed messenger of love – old vs. new

I've been thinking a lot lately about how my approach to drawing has changed. The image on the left is one of my earliest designs for United Love Co. A simple cat silhouette, a heart, and a message. E…

Love takes the scenic route

A bald guy on an old Dutch bicycle, heading towards a heart. He could probably get there in a straight line. But where's the fun in that? There's a sleeping cat, a lost sneaker, a puddle, a butterfly,…

Stealing time with you

It started with three random words: a raccoon, a tree stump, and an alarm clock. Somewhere along the way, the raccoon stole the clock. I didn't ask why. Maybe he figured that if you can't make more ti…

A smiling hedgehog leans in to hug a prickly cactus, topped with a small red heart. Teal and black linework on a warm beige background sets up the playful message: “Takes one to hug one.” A cheerful t…

Takes one to hug one

A cactus and a porcupine fall in love. Neither is particularly good at being cuddly. Both come with a few thousand reasons to keep your distance. But somehow, they've found someone who doesn't mind. N…

Love each other, you b...s!

Michelangelo imagined God reaching out to give humanity the gift of life. I figured that after a few thousand years of watching what we've done with it, God might have reconsidered his approach. A gen…

Love bites

This started with three random words: a beaver, a bicycle, and a piano. Apparently, that's all it takes to ruin a perfectly good musical instrument. He pedals. He plays. He occasionally eats the furni…

Fish out of water. Still flying

A fish on a plane. Completely out of its element. Not particularly concerned about it. Sometimes life takes you somewhere you were never designed to be. That doesn't necessarily mean you're in the wro…