Editorial Illustration | Shenja Tatschke

Hand-drawn lettering of the caption "Editorial Illus" in black and white.

Psychologie Heute

"Relationship with Smartphones"

This article is about our deep, intimate love-hate relationship with our smartphones, how we fall asleep with them, and how they have become an extension of our bodies. It also discusses the beginnings of technology and the first iPhone.

Digital illustration of a girl lying on a pillow, behind her a giant smartphone is cuddling her.

Digital illustration of a broken, beat-up retro computer feeling traumatized, sitting under a shower.

Digital illustration of a smartphone as a baby in a crib. People are watching it being happy.

Digital illustration of a sitcom inspired image of a man and a smartphone standing shoulder on shoulder.

"The joy of cleaning"

These illustrations depict how cleaning can give you a sense of control and joy.

A digital illustration with magazine layout and caption of a woman cleaning a table and admiring herself in the reflection of the cleaned surface.

A digital illustration sketch with magazine layout and a caption of a woman waving to the viewer, her reflection in the cleaned surface is smiling more strongly.

A digital illustration of a ball of paper being thrown into a basket ball basket.

A digital illustration of a child with a funny head dusting off his toy castle that he is sitting inside in.

A digital illustration of a middle-aged couple sitting on top of a couch and a man on the other side picking up the couch and reveal trash that is lying under the couch.

"Nudists"

The article explores the therapeutic and freeing aspects of nudism. It goes without saying that I had a lot of fun illustrating this cheeky topic!

Digital illustration of a chef without clothes wearing a chef's hat and and cooking an egg sunny side up.

Digital illustration of everyday people being inside a subway naked and acting as if everything was normal.

Digital illustration of 3 nude people practicing nude yoga.

wIRED Magazine

"Miniature board games"

I had the honor of designing the cover image for a WIRED article about the rise of Liliputian board games and Redwall nostalgia. I wanted to create a fun but mystical little world where a lemonade can become a camping trailer, and marshmallows seem oversized and extra fluffy. Read the full article here.

A screenshot of the WIRED website and an online article about Lilliputian board gaming, featuring an illustration of a wizard squirrel and mice playing cards in a dark forest.

A digital illustration of a wizard squirrel juggling game dice, a camping van made out of a lemonade can, mice playing cards and roasting giant marshmallows over a fire and a dark forest.

Neue Narrative Magazin

"Reframing Selfcare"

These illustrations for Neue Narrative Magazin, which is a magazine all about New Work, show how self-care requires time, money, and effort. It can be considered a privilege that not everyone has access to. It also reminded me of a quote I recently read: "The problem with self-care is that you have to do it yourself."

A screenshot of the Neue Narrative website feating a digital illustration of a woman's face and little miniature people putting on a cucumber beauty mask on her face.

Digital illustration of 3 money bills and instead of presidents there are people practicing self care.

Digital illustration of a super market cashier with 6 arms, holding a lot of self care products.

A digital illustration of African American health care employees protesting for self care.

A digital illustration of a woman's face and little miniature people putting on a cucumber beauty mask on her face.

"Connection"

This illustration was for an article about building sustainable and meaningful connections on the internet and treating it just like a community garden colony.

Digital illustration of hidden objects garden with people gardening, working or relaxing.

EMOTION Magazin

"Flirt Coach"

The author of this article dared a self-experiment: she got herself back into the dating jungle and hired a "flirt coach" which got her into interesting situations. This was the only occasion where the client asked for a more quirky and crazy approach after seeing the finished illustration - and I am glad they did! You can see both variations for comparison.