Dorka Varga
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Illustrator

Tradition meets innovation in narrative illustration.

Works in coloured pencil, oil pastel and digital media. Selected projects below.

The Two Hearted Prince

A kétszívű herceg

2025 / Coloured pencil on paper

Two anatomical hearts side by side: one bound in tangled coloured wires and cables, the other patterned with red Hungarian folk-art florals.A bearded king and a red-haired queen embrace at a laid dinner table while a black cat arches its back beside them, against a curtain of dark red folk motifs.
A large hand reaches over a red-haired boy's head while a tiny woman in a white dress and a red fox tumble through pencilled swirls of wind above him.A crowned figure in a green robe rests a hand on the shoulder of a red-haired boy in a brown coat and tall boots, a small lit lantern hanging on a chain beside them.A misty landscape of grey cliffs topped with yellow-green foliage, a patchwork hill in the foreground and a dark castle spire rising through the fog.

The Rain

2021 / Digital

Broad green leaves in the foreground channel a stream of rainwater onto a path, while a figure in a red raincoat walks away under a pale umbrella.A row of narrow, brightly coloured townhouses in orange, teal and yellow stands against slanting grey rain.
Through a rain-streaked windscreen, a man in a green shirt grips the steering wheel of a yellow car, hemmed in by other cars in the downpour.A dark-haired person in a mustard jacket wipes rain from their face at night, blurred figures with umbrellas passing behind them.Seen from inside a dim room with patterned wallpaper, rain falls past a window where deep red roses press against the glass.

Character designs

2021–2022 / Digital

A pink-skinned figure with magenta hair rests their chin on one hand and holds a banana to their ear like a telephone receiver, beside a lime-green rotary phone on a polka-dot ground.A red-skinned figure in an olive-green dress stands on a billowing pink cloud, holding a small green pendant up to the light.
A horned figure with long pale hair and a third eye on the forehead holds up a hand wreathed in flame against a deep purple, star-flecked sky.A figure with green hair crowned in a mass of pink and lilac hydrangea blossoms holds a butterfly, surrounded by falling rain in a pale violet wash.

Dragonfly girl

2025 / Digital

A figure in a black dress and beaded veil pours from a white teapot, orange dragonflies streaming from the spout into a teacup, against a grey room of sketched cabinets and bookshelves.

Grandma's apartment

2019 / Collage and oil pastel

An oil-pastel living room drawn on kraft-brown paper: a pink armchair, a striped rug, a bookcase, a potted plant and a cat portrait hanging on the wall.