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Sofia Sita's fun and child-like illustrations bursting with bright colours and charm

There's a certain innocent charm to Sofia Sita's work. The Italian illustrator, who's based in Dundee, loves to create illustrations using a wealth of bright colours, and describes her style as "fun" and "naive", inspired by pop surrealism, collage, psychedelia from the 1960s and street art.

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Blue figure with striped shirt against vibrant background of pink, orange, yellow and white abstract shapes and patterns

"When I was a child my grandma used to draw for me, telling me to not go outside the lines. Although I put all my effort to succeed, sometimes I didn’t. Since then bright felt markers accompany me through all my studies. I love these pens because they have very bright colours but I mostly love how they make me feel like: free. Free as a child," Sofia explains.

"I love making illustrations because I feel free to translate a concept in my own way but at the same time have the power to transmit the message to the other people. I’m not a very talkative person and with Illustrations I feel I can express myself more."

Discover more at sofiasita.com.

All images courtesy of Sofia Sita

Colourful illustration showing a dense crowd of stylised figures in red, blue and orange tones, with several individuals breaking away and running to the right
Colourful illustration of two people embracing on a light blue sofa surrounded by space-themed imagery including rockets, stars and planets against a deep blue background with scattered art supplies below
Five stylised women with different skin tones standing together holding yellow books against a bright pink background
Illustration of a figure in a navy suit with leafy green foliage replacing their head against a bright blue background
Illustration of a figure in a red coat with blonde hair standing against a dark background, with large yellow hands with red fingers reaching toward them from below against a blue sky
Figure with black hair in yellow jumper sits at orange desk surrounded by writing materials, open book and laptop displaying text, against blue background
Two stylised heads in profile facing each other, their outlines forming a question mark and exclamation mark in white and red on a blue background
Figure with white hair in a magenta jumper reads an open book showing a starry night sky against a dark blue starlit background
Illustrated figure with red and white concentric circles for a head, wearing a light blue shirt and dark tie, holding an American flag against a deep blue background
Person with black hair in pink and yellow outfit leaping in front of a hypnotic purple and gold spiral pattern
Stylised figure in a yellow jacket surrounded by floating geometric shapes in orange, blue and yellow against a dark blue background, in Sofia Sita's characteristic bright, naive illustration style
Illustration of a figure in a blue top and navy trousers holding a white envelope above their head, set against a radiating background of yellow, orange, pink and red stripes
Person with black hair reading an open book against a bright yellow background with blue circular framing
Pink hand holding a coiled yellow snake decorated with colourful flowers against a dark blue background, illustration by Sofia Sita
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