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# Süddeutsche Zeitung

The Odyssey: A Complicated Man

Emily Wilson’s Odyssey for Süddeutsche Zeitung: not a hero but a complicated man, and the women who shape his journey.

Client

Süddeutsche Zeitung

Role

Illustration

## Deliverables

Editorial illustrations for print and digital publication

![The complete Odyssey illustration: Odysseus at sea, with the women who shape his journey](/media/case-display/0e73bf4c-378d-4eb4-95f4-3bbc92f4cf8a.jpg.webp)

## Early concepts

![Early concept drawing of the Trojan horse](/media/case-display/20a6a25e-0d56-47a1-9f91-c548e46f13af.jpg.webp)

![Early character studies and colour exploration for the Odyssey illustration](/media/case-display/b20b5785-441b-45f5-a3cb-4f6b081a6598.jpg.webp)

![Early drawing of two faces: the warrior and the survivor](/media/case-display/4f251cb8-d364-4d74-b6fe-6d1502813868.jpg.webp)

## The women who shape the journey

![A finished character illustration from the Odyssey commission](/media/case-display/4571d44d-da14-464b-bc92-18d57edef3dd.png.webp)

![Penelope unravelling her weaving at the loom](/media/case-display/e6fdeef4-5043-4a7c-a2a6-37f8008d6ae0.png.webp)

## A complicated man

Two forces in the same body: the king who commands and the survivor who charms his way out.

![Two faces of Odysseus in the finished illustration](/media/case-display/5d8746d1-e2a4-4093-9ca1-dd2518419260.png.webp)

## In print and online

![The published newspaper page combining Felix Stephan’s text with Catalina’s illustrations](/media/case-display/caf640f9-1c2d-4e9c-957c-06c8de4c9ffb.png.webp)

![A photograph of the illustrated article in the printed newspaper](/media/case-display/bca59c48-285b-4eca-94b7-fdeef687c3e7.jpg.webp)

[Read the article](https://www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/artikel/kultur/odysseus-christopher-nolan-film-die-odyssee-literatur-missverstaendnis-e684786)

## Credits

Illustration

Catalina Vásquez

Art direction

Lina Moreno

Text

Felix Stephan

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