Marie Licht

Graphic Design . Website . Illustration

double page of a book with text in Portuguese and illustrations made with dip ink pen of Leontief and Hicks.

Friday is the new Saturday

Editorial illustration

Portrait of Marx with dip ink pen
Portrait of Ostrom with dip ink pen
Portrait of Keynes with dip ink pen

I illustrated portraits of Economists for the book “Friday is the New Saturday”, written by Dr. Prof. Pedro Gomes.

The illustrations were published in both the English and Portuguese versions of the book.

Portrait of Leontief with dip ink pen
Portrait of Samuelson with dip ink pen
Portrait of Menger with dip ink pen

I used ink, with a dip ink pen for the linework and a brush for the shading.

close up of a book with an illustration with dip ink pen of Hayek

I created a wider illustration with the key information to remember about the economist: his name, date of birth and death, place of study, main publication, and whether he was awarded a Nobel Prize.