About Vasjen Katro
Albanian visual designer Vasjen Katro likes challenges, so he took one named Baugasm. This beautiful ambition is about designing a poster every 365 days of the year. The posters are published daily on his Instagram account, a true visual delight. You won’t be able to stop scrolling.
Katro came to graphic design through music. He was an electronic music producer years ago, and when he signed his first contract with the label, he just wanted to create by himself the artwork for his first EP. At that time, he was into photography and knew about image manipulation, but that was the first time he explored graphic design on a real product.
Today Vasjen Katr doesn’t limit himself to digital tools; he also enjoys using acrylic paint to create patterns and textures for his posters – as you can see in this tutorials.
BAUGASM: A-POSTER-A-DAY
With his most renowned project Bauguasm, Katro wanted to challenge himself to create something new every day, without cheating. He continued designing posters also while in the hospital (with the help of painkillers) recovering from two broken ribs. Creating posters allowed him to explore the vast potential of tools like Photoshop (his favorite), Illustrator, and Cinema 4D. “Combining different software is the best thing ever because you have unlimited tools to play with and possible combinations.”, he says.
Katro likes to tell everyone that his poster-a-day project started as a crazy idea, but ended up being so much more.
Latest Work
His latest work is shown on Instagram. He owns two other visual projects named metasphyre and xenoprompt, where he experiemnts his capabilities as a motion and 3D visual professional.
Katro also works on commercial projects. For instance created the astonishing Hectorman – Santa Cruz Baugasm Bicycle, or the campaign for the holographic makeup collection by MAC Cosmetics.