Last month was a very special treat for RAD caricatures. We were approached by one of the largest newspapers of the Russian community in Toronto and asked to create a cover for the yearly business catalog. Roughly three weeks later this image had come to be and the rest is history.
The lovely lady Maia Master, who is the president of the “Russian Canadian Press” was looking for something different, warm and positive for the cover of Russian Toronto 2015. After a brief discussion, we decided that the image had to depict a happy Russian immigrant in Toronto. This theme hit very close to home, as I had to rediscover for myself what really makes me (a Russian born - Canadian) happy here in Toronto. It's the beautiful parks, the smiling strangers, feeling of belonging and a whole array of good memories. Finally, I decided to draw a happy woman walking with an energetic stride and made her resemble Maia. It could be her or anyone else. She loved the idea and even requested to include her dog! In the background you may recognize some land marks like Yummy Market and the Russian Polyclinic.
The bright colored catalogs filled the stores in early June and Russian Express wrote an entire article about the creation of the catalog and of coarse this illustration.
