Illustrator and visual storyteller
Erika Kramarik makes illustrations, comics, boardgames, and handmade prints to showcase how people try to make sense of the world as it is today.
Illustration projects
Who is your Art Ego?
This simplified board game was part of the Alter Ego exhibition of Comics Club Cluj Meets Max Ernst, celebrating 50 years since his death. I was part of a great group of artists who got to put to together a piece that celebrated Max Ernst’s dedication for consistent artistical craftsmanship. If there was any technique to try out, this guy tried it and elevated it. Who is your Art Ego? is a nod to the craft of artmaking, a set of six creatures who embody different ways of doing art. As it’s built as a boardgame, the viewer can reveal the creative alter ego of each character, in this way becoming part of the artistic process.
Voices of the people who have come before me
A 24-page comic about the transitions of how people treat women’s health today and 200 years ago, all the while the world is changing around them. Part of the official selection for the Plarforma BD Festival 2026.
The daffodil meadows were always a love story
A short and sweet 8-page silent comic, this story is a reinterpretation of the legend of the daffodil meadows near Negrileasa. The comic was exhibited at the Historical Comic Festival in Brasov in 2025. You can read it for free here.
Queen and lionheart
A fairytale graphic novel about a queen saving her lover from the trials of gods. Currently a work in (very slow) progress.
Handmade relief prints
Handmade relief prints, or linoprints, are handcarved on a vinyl or linoblock and handprinted with ink directly on paper. Some prints are made in an open ended series (meaning, I make as many prints as possible until the block is ruined), some are limited editions. I usually sell them at local art fairs or as personal commissions. If you’re interested, reach out via email.
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