Hand-drawn in Finnish Lapland

Lines & Loops

Whimsical storybook worlds, hand-drawn with coloured pencil, from the edge of the Arctic Circle.

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The Work

Worlds drawn by hand.

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SeasonsAutumn WindColoured pencil on paper · Finnish Lapland
CreaturesDragon FriendColoured pencil on paper · Finnish Lapland
MagicLantern GirlColoured pencil on paper · Finnish Lapland
CharactersCurious ExplorerColoured pencil on paper · Finnish Lapland
Fairy GardensFairy & BunnyColoured pencil on paper · Finnish Lapland
WoodlandHedgehog HomeColoured pencil on paper · Finnish Lapland
Cosy KitchensGrandmother by the FireColoured pencil on paper · Finnish Lapland
Storybook WorldThe Giant TeacupColoured pencil on paper · Finnish Lapland
SeasonsRainy Day JumpColoured pencil on paper · Finnish Lapland
Nordic WildernessForest HikerColoured pencil on paper · Finnish Lapland
CreaturesCaterpillar's HammockColoured pencil on paper · Finnish Lapland
CharactersRainy DayColoured pencil on paper · Finnish Lapland
Nordic SkyStargazingColoured pencil on paper · Finnish Lapland
Nordic WildernessWinter WalkColoured pencil on paper · Finnish Lapland

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Prints & Originals in the Shop

Fine art prints, originals, and greetings cards — shipped from Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland.

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Commissions

Your story,
illustrated.

A commission is the most personal thing you can ask of an artist. I take on a small number each year — each one begins with a real conversation and ends with something made entirely for you.

1

Tell me your story

The more you share — the feeling, the people, the world it should live in — the better.

2

Sketch & approve

Initial sketches before colouring begins. You see the composition before I commit the layers.

3

Your piece arrives

The finished original, matted and carefully packaged, ships from Rovaniemi to you.

Ready to begin?

Drop a message using the form below — tell me who the piece is for, what world it should live in, and the feeling you're after. I respond to every enquiry personally.

  • Who this piece is for and what it means to them
  • The feeling you want it to hold
  • Any characters, places, or details to include
  • Rough size and timeline if you have one in mind
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The Studio

A coloured pencil studio
at the edge of the Arctic.

Lines & Loops is a one-woman illustration studio operating from Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland. Every piece is drawn entirely by hand with coloured pencil — no digital layers, no shortcuts. Just pigment built slowly into warm, whimsical worlds: tiny round-faced characters, friendly dragons, cosy kitchens, fairy gardens, and the quiet magic of Nordic wilderness.

The studio believes in slow, handmade things. In work that carries the time it took to make. In the idea that a drawing should feel like a place — somewhere warm you can step into and stay a while.

Every original ships directly from Lapland, carrying something of the place where it was made. You can buy a print anywhere. You cannot buy one made here, by hand, in this particular silence.

The studio · Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland

"Warm because the world outside is cold. Detailed because there is time and silence to draw slowly. Magical because Lapland genuinely is."

Lines & Loops studio, Rovaniemi
The Artist
Nima — artist, Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland

Meet Nima
artist, researcher,
athlete, Lapland local.

Nima lives and works in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland. She draws warm, whimsical storybook worlds entirely by hand with coloured pencil, building each piece slowly in the long quiet of the Arctic winter.

Her life spans several worlds: tourism management, AI research, distance running across Arctic trails — and at the centre of it all, a daily drawing practice shaped entirely by the extraordinary landscape she calls home.

🎨Artist & Coloured Pencil Illustrator
🏔Tourism Management Professional
🔬 AI Researcher Google Scholar ↗
Responsible AI Agentic AI
🏃 Athlete
Running Hiking

Get in Touch

Let's make something
together.

Commission a piece, enquire about prints, pitch a project, or just say hello — I read every message personally and reply to all of them.

nima@linesandloops.art
  • 01
    Commission a piecePortraits, storybook scenes, children's rooms, book spreads.
  • 02
    Buy an original or printAvailable work ships directly from the studio in Rovaniemi.
  • 03
    Professional illustrationPublishers, authors, and brands needing warmth and storytelling.
  • 04
    Just say helloQuestions, ideas, curiosity about Lapland. All welcome.

The Place

Rovaniemi · Finnish Lapland
Aurora borealis over Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland

"You can learn to draw like anyone.
You cannot live where she lives."