BOOK COMMISIONS

Poetry by Kamil Baczyński Illustrations and book design: OfToil&co This illustration series was developed in parallel with a curated selection of thirteen poems by Kamil Krzysztof Baczyński. The process unfolded in reverse: images were generated first as atmospheric studies, then matched, tested, and rematched against the poetry until a shared emotional register emerged. Rather than illustrating individual poems, the visuals respond to recurring states present across Baczyński’s work — inevitability, tenderness under pressure, enchantment with an undertow, loss, and duration after rupture. Nature appears not as scenery, but as a temporal force; figures exist in suspension between intimacy and erasure.

Cover illustration inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince (1943), Chapter XXI. The Little Prince sits with the Fox in a golden wheat field at sunset, the moment the Fox whispers his secret: ‘On ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.’ Atmosphere of tenderness and luminous stillness, the invisible bond between them glowing softly, blending reality and dream.

Comprehensive design of both exterior and interior of the book. The cover includes front, spine, and back as defined above. The interior design involves typesetting, page composition, grid construction, font selection, and the hierarchy of textual and visual elements. Layouts are adapted to the demands of different manuscripts, including novels, collected works, poetry volumes, illustrated texts, or academic publications.