Johannes & Lydia is an illustrated book which addresses the process of healing and gaining back ones self esteem after a break up. 

Like this actual process, the book is separated in three chapters - 

grief, rage and acceptance.

According to the changing mood and condition the illustrations cover the whole greyscale from black at the beginning to white at the end. 

The illustrations were drawn with chalk, often using the technique of scratching into a layer of chalk in order to reveal the one below.

The personal goal of this project was to overcome pain by facing it creatively and working up a failed relationship memory after memory. 

It is supposed to act as an invitation to the reader to do the same, turn negative feelings into positive forces and overcome emotional pain by channeling it into a project.