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Why did you make this work:
To illustrate a harrowing article by Haro Kraak about youths with death wishes due to psychological suffering. My third image was inspired by a specific scene in the text, where a girl, with an untreatable spinal cord injury after a failed suicide attempt, gets medical approval for euthanasia. She tells her mother: “I wish I could be back in your belly. I want to be in your arms as I go.”

What materials and techniques did you use?:
This series was created digitally. For the third illustration, the only way I felt I could depict such a gut wrenching scene was to draw inspiration from the Pietà Vaticana and Bandini, two pieces that have depicted the heartbreak of a parent having to lay a child to rest, like no other.

How were your illustrations used:
These illustrations were printed in the Opinion section of Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. This particular article spanned several pages in the 4th February 2023 issue.


Commissioner Name :
Koos Jeremiase
Commissioner Company :
De Volkskrant

Social Media:
instagram.com/eleni.debo

Personal Website:
elenidebo.com


Currently Based:
Italy

Biography:
Eleni Debo is an award winning Belgian illustrator living in the Italian Alps. Since completing her Masters degree in Visual Arts in 2015, she’s been creating illustrations for books, editorials and campaigns for a wide variety of international clients. So far, she has worked for The New York Times, UNESCO, Washington Post, BBC, EA Games and many more.