Castles of Lithuania by Tadas Bujanauskas
The project "Castles of Lithuania" started basically as a free time activity by multidisciplinary designer Tadas Bujanauskas, it reflected upon nostalgia and his childhood experience. Growing up in Lithuania, he knew that the subject is not so much explored and touched so he came up with idea, and figured out how to draw it neatly and informative at the same time.
Biržų Castle - Construction of the earth bastion-type castle started in 1586 by the order of Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Lightning" Radziwiłł.
Klaipėda Castle - an archeological site and museum housed in a castle built by the Teutonic Knights in Klaipėda, Lithuania, near the Baltic Sea.
As you can see I have much more projects that are linear so it was a conscious decision to do it with line, but to make it more interesting I added some coloring. I can say, that each linear project evolves into a bit different and advanced, unique style, so I'm very happy about that, plus it motivates to draw more I guess.
-Tadas Bujanauskas
Kaunas Castle -situated in Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. Archeological evidence suggests that it was originally built during the mid-14th century, in the Gothic style.
Medininkai Castle - was built in the late 13th century or the first quarter of the 14th century.
Gediminas' Tower - the remaining part of the Upper Castle in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Norviliškių Castle - (a former monastery, also called Norviliškės Manor) is a Renaissance style castle in Norviliškės, Lithuania.
Panemunė Castle - a castle on the right bank of the Nemunas river, in Vytėnai, Jurbarkas district, Lithuania.
Well my inspiration, I think as from the design point of view, definitely the line work and linear illustrations inspired me the most, which I really adore how neatly and simplified you can do. And as from visual and conceptual side of it, I think just memories and childhood experience with parents visiting some of those castles.
-Tadas Bujanauskas
Raudondvaris Castle - also referred to as Raudondvaris Manor, is a Gothic-Renaissance gentry residence, located in the eponymous town of Raudondvaris, Lithuania.
Raudonė Castle - a residential castle of the 19th century in Raudonė, Lithuania.
Taurage Castle - The entire ensemble of the castle features a “romantic” character of a Renaissance castle conveyed to it by its builders.
Siesikų Castle - the residential castle near Siesikai, Ukmergė district, Lithuania. The castle on the Siesikai Lake was built by Gabrielius Daumantas-Siesickis in the 16th century in the Renaissance style.
I think as my style evolves or has evolved already, I'm striving for the minimal and really neat and clean design. Having the essence but not too much of unnecessary details. You really have to eliminate all the things you don't need in terms of design and content.
-Tadas Bujanauskas
Trakai Island Castle - an island castle located in Trakai, Lithuania on an island in Lake Galvė. The castle is sometimes referred to as "Little Marienburg".
I guess an advice would be not to stay too long in one place, a safe place. I mean you constantly have to experiment and seek out for new abilities and new technique or style to improve.
-Tadas Bujanauskas
*All information about the castles are from wikipedia.com
About Tadas Bujanauskas
Tadas Bujanauskas grew up in Lithuania and later on moved to Baltimore US, he graduated from Towson University with graphic design BA. He worked in several agencies but now he mostly freelance. He thinks graphic design is just one part of him, besides that he would say he's an artist, as much as he have time, he tries to be productive in any artistic way, usually it can be described as Fluxus art works, but It's all kinds of stuff. Here's a link. See more of his works on Behance or his website.
The simplicity of this project is really nice. Well done =)