TOMATOSOUP
CATEGORY
MASTERS PROJECT | ILLUSTRATION
MEDIUM
AWARDS
ADC BRONZE
YEAR
2025
CONTEXT
TOMATOES
Tomatosoup is a comic created during my semester abroad in Taiwan. The story started with a simple object, the tomato, which I transformed through playful language into Nomato, then No Mato, and finally No Mate. This wordplay inspired a narrative about two neighbors growing tomatoes on their balconies. One has a bounty of ripe tomatoes, while the other struggles with small, green fruits. The protagonist’s obsessive attempts to grow his tomatoes escalate into absurd and humorous actions.
I guess sometimes Tomatoes just don’t want to become tomato soup…
NONSENS NARRATIVES
This project is part of my Master’s thesis, which explores the theme of nonsense narratives. Alongside it, the thesis includes several other creative experiments, each investigating how humor, nonsense and playful language can create new narratives. The projects include Current Excavations, a book of exploratory illustrations; One Point Five, a short film born from random words and images; Rhetorik am Stuhl, a pocket book that visualizes rhetorical devices through chairs and Tomatosoup, a comic about rivalry. Together, these works form a comprehensive exploration of visual and linguistic nonsense, combining illustration, animation, comics, design, and playful experimentation.
