Copenhagen Through the Eyes of a Danish Illustrator

As an illustrator, I find a lot of inspiration in Copenhagen — the quiet corners, the way the light shifts through the day, the small things that don’t seem like much at first.

One of my illustrations — a rural scene, but with the same quiet mood I often look for in the city.

It’s not the most familiar views that stay with me, but the small signs of the city’s past that are part of daily life: a faded shop sign, a worn stairway, a streetlamp at dusk, the pattern of cobblestones underfoot. These are the kinds of details I often notice as I pass through the city.

I work mainly in colored pencil, though I’ll sometimes add gouache or digital layers. Most of the time, I start with quick pencil lines — just enough to catch the shape or feeling of something — and build from there. What I’m usually trying to hold onto is the mood of a place at a particular moment: the stillness before it rains, the way a street feels just as the light fades, or how a window glows in the dark on a winter evening.

Copenhagen is full of these small, quiet moments if you stop long enough to see them. That’s what I try to bring into my work — not just the look of a place, but the sense of time and memory that it holds.

A winter scene from my illustration work — focused on light, stillness, and the atmosphere of familiar landscapes.

You can explore more of my Danish illustration work here.