Hi! I’m Lilit, an illustrator from Moscow, and I study Illustration at the HSE Art and Design School.
I’m always looking for the humorous side of things, even the most ordinary ones. That’s how most of my projects start: something small catches my eye, and suddenly there’s a whole world with its own strange, little characters.
I draw with colored pencils, create collages, work digitally, and often blend all these mediums together. I also handle the layout and animation myself, which allows me to take a story from the initial sketch all the way to the final project.
If you have a story that needs illustrations, I would love to help!
A Story About Cockroaches
Illustrated longread based on a fairy tale by Venya D’rkin · 2025 · illustration, web-design
Once upon a time, people lived alongside white, fluffy roaches. They were kind and gentle, and they shared meals with humans. Then a wizard, offended that no one invited him to the princess’s wedding, cast a curse: whoever kissed the princess that day would crumble into a hundred thousand nasty creatures.One little fluffy roach heard this and tried to save the prince.
The House at 12/4 Malaya Pionerskaya
Illustrated longread about the HSE Art and Design School building · 2025 · illustration
Our school building has a long and winding history. A boy and a girl travel through layers of time, chatting along the way. From their conversation, you discover what this house has been over the last hundred years: a factory for church utensils, a Soviet plant, and now a university.Myths, real events, and forgotten names mingle together, and the past keeps breaking through the brickwork.
Bugventures (Bukashestvo)
Prints and Merch for Elizabethan Children’s Hospice — competition brief — 2026 — illustration, graphic design
The brief was to create prints and graphics for the hospice’s merchandise and souvenirs that reflect what it stands for: care, warmth, and support. I illustrated three small stories featuring caterpillars, bees, and ants. These tiny insects caring for one another became a symbol of people who do the same.That is what the hospice is all about—being present, offering help, and bringing joy even when things are incredibly difficult.
Billiard Disco
Graphic series + AR lenses · 2025 · collage, AR
What if billiard balls went to a disco instead of a pool table? In this series, billiard gear transforms into disco outfits, and the balls bump into each other on a dance floor under a mirror ball. Rolling balls has never been this glamorous. I made the collages from denim, kraft paper, cardboard, foil, and colored paper.
Then I wanted the characters to actually dance. I created five AR lenses that brought them to life and threw them a real party. At the time, the collages were displayed at the Dorozhka billiard club, so the lenses were a fun way to draw visitors to the exhibition.
Open to freelance commissions and full-time roles.
lamkhitaryan@edu.hse.ru
