HELLO!
My name is Elsa, I am a young graphic designer, illustrator and comic artist.I've been drawing since I was able to hold a pencil. When I was a kid, I started drawing short comics to share with my friends.
I used to draw in the margins of my notebooks.At first I wanted to be an art teacher, but instead I started an apprenticeship as a graphic designer in Vevey, specialized in food packaging.After graduating, I entered the School of Comic Book and Illustration in Geneva, where I wrote and drew my very first original comic book.Today, I work as a graphic designer
in the sport industry.
What are your qualifications and diplomas?I finished school in 2014 (VSB) with an award for Most Creative Student. I completed a 4 years apprenticeship in graphic design at ERACOM, Lausanne in 2020 (CFC). I got my diploma in Visual Communication (ES) with highest honour, at the Geneva Graduate School of Graphic Novel and Illustration, in 2022.What is your experience in graphic design?From food packaging design, to illustrations for local events, to social media content creator... I also did a lot of branding, and I have experience in designing visual identities and guidelines for events. I can do a little bit of everything!
Check out my portfolio to see more!What languages can you speak?My main language is french. I have a C1 level in english.What art software do you use?I use Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign for my graphic design work. I use Artrage 6 for drawing.What drawing tablet do you use?I'm currently using a Wacom ONEWhat do you like to do during your free time?I draw almost all the time. When I'm not drawing, I watch cat videos, play DnD, read comic books or go outside to collect feathers. I am obsessed with everything medieval related, and used to do historical fencing.
Lausanne 2020
Healthy urban systems
Beach Pro Tour Uniforms
Night Express Amsterdam
Food packaging
Volleyball related projects
Peter's Notebooks
Les Carnets de Peter (Peter's Notebooks) is my very first comic book, and my graduation project for the ESBDI. It's a +90 pages, black and white comic book. I received 3 awards for this, and I graduated with highest honor.The comic follows Peter, a young german american boy from the 30's, who has the mind of a child, and loves writing fairy tales for children.But of course, life is tough. And when Peter gets drafted in WW2, his inner child is put to the test.Someone once said that a creative adult is a child who has survived. But can a child survive in a war?
First 9 Pages (french)
English version in progress
Les Carnets de Peter is not available in libraries or online, as I am currently looking for a publisher.
Daniel (2021)
Daniel is based on the real story of Daniel Pittet, a man who was sexually assaulted by a priest repeatedly during his childhood.this comic project was commissioned by a swiss magazine, asking the ESBDI students to create comics based on people we would interview. I was assigned to interview Daniel, who had a few years ago published his book "Mon Père, Je Vous Pardonne" (Father, I Forgive You).Working with Daniel was a wonderful experience. I had a great time meeting him and working with him. I've never had the courage to post this comic on social media because I assumed people would be a bit too opinionated on the subject.
scorched earth (2020)
Terres Brûlées (Scorched Earth) is a comic exercise I made
during my time at ESBDI.We had three rules in this exercise: One; the comic had to be completely mute. No dialogue at all. Two; the comic had to be 3 pages long. And three; the story had to be based on two randomly-picked old pictures, chosen by our teacher.In my case, I received a picture of a group of soldiers in an orange orchard, and the second picture was of a young, blond shepherd and his wolf-like dog.Instead of oranges, I had the idea to change them to pomegranates, because they are called "grenades" in french. So, in this story, the boy shepherd is guarding a magical orchard full of magical explosing fruits.
Gold Tiger (2021)
Gold Tiger is a comic commissioned by
the ARIANA Museum, GenevaThe ARIANA Museum commissioned the ESBDI students to create short comics to promote their temporary exhibit, based on various pieces of japanese porcelain.I choose to make my story based on a porcelain dish, on which was painted a golden tiger, and a blossoming plum tree.
The Touch of Water (2022)
Le Toucher de L'Eau (The Touch of Water) is a comic commissioned by the city of Geneva to promote their lakeside beach; the Bains des Paquis.This project was a contest between my classmates, that I unfortunately didn't win. No hard feelings, my classmates were very much talented.
Death of a Star (2021)
Death of a Star is the backstory of Axelle, an original character that I plan to write her story into a comic one day.Axelle is one of the first original character I've ever created. She's been through so many changes and rewrites through the years. This comic was created in 2021, so of course, some of her story has been rewritten in the meantime.
Day 54 (2020)
Day 54 is a comic based on two characters of mine:
Morrigan and Akan.This is the story of Morrigan, a Mowgli-type character who grew up in the wild, and Akan, a sweet elderly man trying to help her integrate into human society.
Peter and Peggy (2022)
This is a comic I created during my time at ESBDI to introduce my two characters; Peter and Peggy.For my diploma project, we had to submit two comic ideas. I submitted two stories; One was a war story with Peter and Peggy, and the other was a comedy with a girl and a dog. My teacher preferred the idea of the girl and the dog, but I drew this comic to convince my teacher that Peter and Peggy's story was the one I had to choose. It worked.
Aventures (2025)
Aventures is a Tabletop RPG webseries on Youtube since 2014.In a imilar universe to Dungeons and Dragons, five Youtubers/Streamers tell the story of their characters - A Cyborg Dwarf, a Light Paladin, a Demonic Mage and a Water Elemental Ranger. Their story starts as a dying elf warns them of a great danger...Sometimes comedic, sometimes dramatic, this webseries was the introduction of tabletop RPG to many people - me included.When I was 16, I created a full 60 pages comic based on this series, and gifted a printed version to the creators. 10 years later, I find the comic to be horribly drawn and written (so much so that I won't show it here), and as a gift to the series' 10 years anniversary, I redrew the first 6 pages so the story.
Outer Wilds
Outer Wilds is an award winning indie game released in 2019, telling the story of a teenage alien ready to explore their solar system. But something strange happens to them, and they slowly discover the secrets of a lost civilisation...I discovered the game in 2021, first introduced to me by my fiance. I absolutely fell in love with this universe and these characters, especially the Hearthians; a race of four-eyed blue aliens with very little sense of survival.
I created a lot of stories based on these characters, and felt very happy to know that the developpers of the game enjoy reading them!I probably created more than a hundred pages based on this game, so I can't show them all on this website. I'll instead show some of my favourites here, and recommend you to check the rest by clicking on the link below.