PRESENTING: NEJC ŠKUFCA

A 3d artist, architect by profession. His love for creating in the 3d digital medium was born during studies and he had been working on that skill ever since. His professional path started with a strong emphasis on architectural visualisation, but he had moved to products and animation as well. When not creating in front of a computer, he does sports, reading and he generally tries to constantly broaden his horizons.

MATEJ DE CECCO – PUBLISHER DZS

Slovene youth writer Primož Suhadolčan and our own illustrator Matej de Cecco recently joined forces in creating a sport-themed picture book Goran – Legend of the Dragon; a semi-biographical story about basketball star Goran Dragić, coupled with mythical creatures was released by the publisher DZS.      

ROBERT VALČIĆ – HOFER

This awesome Elvis wannabe was created with the love me tender hands of our Robert Valčić. Honestly, this illustrated ad for Ombia cotton swabs, coordinated by Saatchi Agency, AD Miha Grobler (client: Hofer), makes us all go very viva Las Vegas.

MATEVŽ PATERNOSTER – DIVISARE

Matevž Paternoster’s photographies of renovated loggia – main entry hall at Ledina Gymnasium in Ljubljana, designed by studio Svet vmes, were selected for online architectural portal Divisare.      

MATEVŽ PATERNOSTER: LAŠKO

Green, green … As spring and as the bottle of Laško beer. Pivovarna Laško Union brewery entrusted Matevž Paternoster to photograph the renewed label, project was comissioned by Luna TBWA agency.

PRESENTING: BOJANA DIMITROVSKI

Bojana is internatinally awarded illustrator. Her feeling for expressions, ability for translating narration into picture and mesmerizing capacity for creating vast colour depths can be admired in her many children’s books.    

LUKE RITCHIE – UNION

The dragon concluded that it’s time: he turned his mustaches up, streched his wings and found himself a new home. He was helped by Pristop Agency, Pivovarna Laško Union brewery and Luke Ritchie.  

MARK JORDAN: PEUGEOT

Pristop agency designed series of ads titled Don’t drive, travel, inspired by travelling lifestyle and complete devotion to pleasure of driving.

JAKA VUKOTIČ – GRAMMAR OF THE SLOVENIAN LANGUAGE

Not many illustrators can pride themselves by having illustrated a grammar of Slovenian language. And two? Dr. Kozma Ahačič wrote one for elementary school and another for high school students, Jaka Vukotič illustrated language elements skillfully and with wit; they were published by Rokus Klett publishing house.  

GREGOR GORŠIČ – A BOY WHO ADOPTED A MOTORCYCLE

Mojiceja Podgoršek is offering young readers an inspiring story about persistent and devoted following of one’s goals. Already his childhood, Rok Bagoroš knew very well, what he wants … Picture book was illustrated by Gregor Goršič, published by Epistola editing house.    

MARK JORDAN – COOKIE

Cookie that our Mark Jordan baked for Donat Mg, following the recipe of Pristop Agency, won the first prize in the category Citylight at the Outstanding contest. Congratulations!  

MARK JORDAN – ECO LUX

And there was light – Zen Light. Mark Jordan created three illustrations for Svečarstvo Jurkovič: Mindfulness, Inspiration and Kama Sutra. Found your favourite?    

DAVOR PAVELIĆ – NOTICE THE RABBIT?

Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportinities’ campaign about importance of taking action in cases of family violence was supported by the illustration of Davor Pavelić. In the meantime, you noticed the rabbit?    

JAKA VUKOTIČ – JEZIČNI MOŽJE

Book Jezični možje (Mouthy Men), explaining the history of Slovene language, won the first prize as the best Children’s Book in Slavonic languages, dedicated to history and culture of Slavonic nations. Congratulations to author Kozma Ahačič, illustrator Jaka Vukotič and Založba Rokus Klett publishing house!

MARKO RENKO – LITTLE HEROES

Little Heroes, series of personalised children’s books, is surprising its audience in Germany as well. Story of the Magical Suitcase was ilustrated by Marko Renko and written by Tino. Wish all the readers many happily ever afters!

MIMI ANTOLOVIĆ – SPORTINA GROUP

Colorful clothes increase endorfine secretion – fact of utmost significance, especially during long autumn or winter days. Mimi Antolović has tested their effectiveness (and with no filter). Successfully!  

MARK JORDAN – LAŠKO

Even such mythological creatures as the Goldhorn must change their fur sometimes. Laško Brewery showed the honor of its changing to Mark Jordan, LUKS Studio was keeping their vigilant eye on it.  

PRESENTING: GAŠPER KRAJNC

It will be easier to encapsulate the world around us into squares – Gašper Krajnc has joined us. Gašper was active for many years in graphic design and audio-video production, before landing into the world of illustration. What excites him most is that illustration offers him unlimited array of possibilties for creating any kind of expressive landscape. His favourite is narrative illustration as storyboards and comics. His ‘Mode: Imagination’ was rewarded at Belgrade’s Comic Saloon in 2013. He perserves his ability for drawing steady lines by wild-water rafting.      

MIMI ANTOLOVIĆ – GORENJE

Disobedient freezers can make our summer joys quite bitter. Not with No Frost technology, shake heads at Gorenje. Various possible ice cream scenarios were captured by Mimi Antolović and Pristop Agency.    

MARK JORDAN: MERCEDES FISH

Recently we overheard someone singing: “Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Fish …” We know why. Our Mark Jordan and Pristop Agency created an CG image of car-shaped shoal – it won golden award for the best printed ad at 25. Slovene Advertising Festival.      

JAKA VUKOTIČ – PRESENTATION OF THE NEW RENAULT MEGANE

As part of the presentation of the new Renault Megane, the FABulator team organised an amazing regional event with our very own Jaka Vukotič playing an important role. It was him who drew the complete “Renault city” and with his fabulous illustrations decorated the gigantic stage at the event.

MARKO RENKO – HURRA STUDIOS

A new book about Santa Claus and the magical atmosphere of Christmas with colourful and joyful illustrations by our Marko Renko. The story was written by Desa Muck for the publishing house Mali junaki.

MATEVŽ PATERNOSTER – LAŠKO SPECIAL

How better illustrate the power of the new Krpan Beer from Laško, than with a manly man wearing a real mustache. The campaign was ordered by the Luna TBWA Agency Ljubljana, while the chap was phographed by our photographer Matevž Paternoster. Cheers!

MARKO RENKO – EPISTOLA

The little frog Regica hopped out into the world and found the most wonderful pond with the help of our illustrator Marko Renko. This book with colourful illustrations was published by the publishing house Epistola.  

GREGOR GORŠIČ – EUROBASKET

His full name is  Frenkie The Fireball, he represents the powerful force, love and passion for basketball. This fiery mascot was drawn by Gregor Goršič in cooperation with the Zadrga communication agency for the EuroBasket 2015 event.

ISTVAN DAVID – ARTGROUP

Agency ARTGROUP used this interesting and fun ad as a recruitment call. Our own Istvan seems to be well acquainted with the job and tasks an agency’s designer faces every day.

PRESENTING: FRAMEBREED

We are so pleased to welcome a talented group Framebreed, they are leader in visual effects, creative development and animation. Their work, whether it`s feature film, visual effects or animation, follows the entire workflow from concept to final delivery. Besides their knowledge in cinematography production and post-production, they`re also responsible for visual campaigns, made from concept and script to final delivery, as well as 4D ride shows. To achieve their goals, they rely on a fusion of talented and dedicated artists, projects managers and directors.  

MARK JORDAN – DONAT MG

Illustrator Mark Jordan was commissioned by the agency Pristop to draw sumo wrestler after Easter. He really looks like he ate a lot of eggs. It’s a good thing we have Donat.  

PRESENTING: MIND TREAT STUDIOS

We’re very happy to announce that we now represent Mind Treat Studios. A young, award winning app developer studio. The majority of their work involves solving unique problems for the advertising industry, but of course they’re not limited to that. They’re early adopters of new technologies and very interested in its impact on the human interaction. In collaboration with Ad agencies and brands they create and implement top-notch projects on a variety of platforms including Kinect, iOS, Augmented Reality, Facebook, Android and others.  

PRESENTING: LUKE RITCHIE

We’re very happy to announce that we now represent illustrator Luke Ritchie from sunny South Africa. When he is not riding his mountain bike or swimming in the ocean, he sits at his desk sketching and designing fonts. Among his clients you’ll find McDonald’s, Nike and Transport For London.

MARK JORDAN – ZLATO POLJE

Here’s how a healthy and above all freshly prepared breakfast looks like. For Zlato Polje in cooperation with the agency Grey Ljubljana Mark Jordan made  a magical waterfall of milk flowing directly into the plate full of crispy flakes.

GREGOR GORŠIČ – SLOVENSKE DOBROTE

Gregor Goršič commissioned by the agency Grey Ljubljana drew an idyllic Slovenian countryside for a new line of Slovenian local products called Slovenske dobrote (Slovenian delicacies), which you can already find on the shelves of the Tuš stores.

PRESENTING: ISTVAN DAVID

This new illustrator on the Umer team says he enjoys new challenges and responds to them through his challenging and inventive illustrations. Istvan studied art in Romania, obtained a Masters Degree in painting and later studied at the Graphic Design department in Vienna. He says: »I am not satisfied with the comfort zone and I like to be able to respond creatively to a very large spectrum of projects.«    

PRESENTING: DAVOR PAVELIĆ

We are proud to present our new illustrator Davor Pavelić. Davor graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. His works were exhibited in several individual and group exhibitions in Croatia, Slovenia, Italy and Germany. Using his strong graphic expression, Davor tackles every illustration challenge in a concise, wise and imaginative manner. Among his clients are The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Adweek, Wired UK, HOW, Henkel, GSK, UNICEF and T-com.  

MATEJ DE CECCO – NOVARTIS

Matej de Cecco in collaboration with Novartis has illustrated a comic with a dog as the lead character for Prac-tic, a new product against ticks. No need to worry any more, when taking your dog for a walk in the woods.    

PRESENTING: MAJA VESELINOVIĆ

We are happy to welcome a new artist to our agency. Maja is an illustrator, comics artist and graphic designer from Belgrade. Her work was published in various international magazines, newspapers and children’s books. She has held six individual exhibitions and over forty group exhibitions at home and abroad, while receiving a number of acclaimed awards.

MATEJ DE CECCO – SIMOBIL EU

This time for the new campaigns from Simobil, one of the biggest Slovenian telphone company, Matej traveled through Europe with the Advertising Agency Luna TBWA and collected tourist attractions. In the second commercial he focused on situations that explain why life is sometimes better in pairs.

MOJCA KRAJNC – COCKTA DRINK

These colourful illustrations are the work of the illustrator Mojca Krajnc, who together with the Pristop agency prepared them for the new Cockta drink kampain. Look for them winking at you from billboards and buses across Slovenia.  

MATEJ DE CECCO – BANKSTERS SLOT

Illustrator Matej de Cecco used the theme of banks and bankers in the gaming industry, and incorporated it into the slot game “Banksters”. The idea of greedy bankers that keep accumulating their enormous fortunes is still a cruel reality.

GREGOR GORŠIČ – TUŠ RETAILER APP

During these days the new illustrations from Gregor Goršič are running wild in all media connected to the Slovenian store Tuš. In cooperation with the advertising agency Grey he developed four characters caught in the action that will guide the user through Tuš’s new mobile app – meet banana, peanut, milk and coffee.  

MITJA BOŽIČ – TOP ELLE COVER 2013

2013 has said goodbye and ELLE Magazine took a close look at the 2013 covers from all the 44 offices around the globe. They selected the 12 best last-year covers and among them is the cover from our photographer Mitja Božič. He photographed a well-known Slovenian TV presenter Tjaša Kokalj for ELLE’s November edition.  

GREGOR LOŽ – TELEKOM

The phone company Telekom Slovenije has a freshly refurbished corporate brand. The advertising agency Futura DDB has also produced a TV commercial for this occasion – it features different worlds combining into a whole, while an illustration of a runner by Gregor Lož is racing from one world to the other. And yes, the snowflake underneath is also Gregor’s doing. TV-commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1m7JAfIpmc

MATEVŽ PATERNOSTER – SVET VMES ARHITECTURE

Photographer Matevž Paternoster has prepared a photo selection of the fresh project realised by the creative group of architects that functions under the name Svet vmes (In Between). The foyer of Ljubljana’s secondary school Ledina was dressed in green, while the new changing rooms shine in light blue and lively orange colours. See the results of the photo-shooting on our Facebook page (Agencija Umer) or on the Svet vmes website.

GREGOR GORŠIČ – OPEL TATTOOS

This summer the animals of the Ljubljana ZOO were especially happy about the Opel Combo present, since they could travel safely and comfortably, while enjoying the breeze of the air conditioning system. All the fun was captured by our illustrator Gregor Goršič in these cute tattoos.

GREGOR GORŠIČ – GORENJKA CHOCOLATES

Have you ever wondered exactly how chocolate is made? Gigodesign commissioned Gregor Goršič to illustrate the entire process of chocolate-making at Gorenjka chocolates. You can observe the entire process at gorenjka.si.  

GREGOR GORŠIČ – CHINOTTO COCKTA

Cockta – the quintessential Slovenian carbonated beverage – has a new refreshing flavour for this summer – Cockta Chinotto. The illustrations for the supporting campaign (bottle graphics, billboards, TV, web and print ads) were illustrated by Gregor Goršič. Client: Pristop, Art director: Martina Kokovnik Hakl, Creative director: Aljoša Bagola    

MATEJ DE CECCO – MLADINSKA KNJIGA PUBLISHING HOUSE

The wait is finaly over – the much anticipated new entry in the established best-seller series “Blazno resno slavni” (Insanely seriously famous). A cross-over between classic prose and a comic book – wittily illustrated by Matej De Cecco. Client: Mladinska Knjiga

MATEVŽ PATERNOSTER – GOOGY

Matevž Paternoster captured a series of photographs featuring the Googy rocking chair as presented at the Tortona Design Week 2013 in Milan. Client: Novak s.p. oblazinjeno pohištvo    

MATEJ DE CECCO – COCKTA

For the 60th anniversary of the quintessential Slovenian cola beverage – Matej De Cecco illustrated an exquisite motif to don Cockta’s promotional shirts. Client: Agency Pristop, Art director: Martina Kokovnik

GREGA LOŽ – SOLA

Pivovarna Union just introduced a new beverage “Sola Ananas”. The sweet girl on the label is the creation of Grega Lož. Client: LUKS LAB., Art direction: Primož Pislak

JAKA VUKOTIČ – PERUTNINA PTUJ

Jaka Vukotič illustrated the most popular elephant in TV commercials for No.1 chicken sausage in Europe Poli from Perutnina Ptuj. You can help the “crazy” elephant flee the jungle even on your mobile phone – more details at: http://www.poli-europe.com/?locale=en_US

GREGOR GORŠIČ – MLEKARNE CELEIA

Gregor Goršič designed an endearing character named OKI DOKI for children’s yogurt line from Mlekarne Celeia – also featured in an animated TV ad. Client: PRISTOP, Art director: Martina Kokovnik, creative director: Blaž Vuk

MITJA BOŽIČ – NLB, SAVINGS ACCOUNT

Mitja Božič photographed and filmed this cute young family for the NLB “Malo po malo. Veliko.” campaign for savings accounts, which was made under the direction of Futura DDB agency. Creative director on the project was Zoran Gabrijan. Art director: Robert Križmančič