Aino – English

Contact

aino.sutinen@gmail.com

Instagram: @ainosutinen – feed in English, stories in Finnish.

Illustrator, sketchnoter 

Mly focus is on visualising information, societal themes, science communications, combining elements from illustration and comics... I can also do live events as a sketchnote artist (in other words, scribing).

Besides the page on the menu, also see the portfolio at the Finnish Illustrators website.

Comics artist 

Mostly a non-fiction focus. Documentary, journalism, autobio, travel and history.

Editor-in-chief

Sarjainfo is Finland's only comics culture magazine at Finnish Comics Society. I work there part-time and I am the longest running editor-in-chief in the history of this magazine which was established in 1972.

Location

I live in Helsinki, Finland.

Education

I studied Sociology & Development Studies at Sussex University, Brighton, UK (Bachelor of Arts, Honours, degree: 1st, 2006).

Memberships

My memberships include Finnish Comics Professionals (board member), Kutikuti (contemporary comics collective), The Finnish Illustration Association, The Finnish Critics' Association and Mensa Finland.

Languages

Finnish (native), English (fully active professional), Ukrainian (active learning), Swedish, German and russian (passive). Slovak basics.

Hobbies 

In my free time I do reading, sports, cycling, travelling and I study Ukrainian.