DREAMS
OF EVA (2015)

Concept development, character design, and illustrations for Dreams of Eva’s Albores chocolate collection. A dreamlike fusion of myth and cosmology unfolds a rich story where Renaissance sirens, Eastern deities, and cosmic creatures drift through surreal landscapes. 

^{The Dreaming
of the First Woman}

In the quiet space between sleep and waking, Eva dreams. She dreams not just for herself, but for all of us—for every story, every symbol we have ever carried as humans. Inside her dreamworld, cultures and myths merge, flowing together like rivers joining the sea. Through closed eyes, her mind stirs a universe shared across time, where the ancient and the new speak the same language.

This surreal illustration was inspired by Carl Jung’s concept of the collective unconscious: a place where humanity’s deepest symbols live and return to us in dreams. I imagined Eva as the first dreamer, a guide into this shared memory. Around her, familiar images drift and combine—a Renaissance siren cradled in an eggshell planet, tigers from distant lands burning with ancient power, koi fish floating beyond gravity, and butterflies crossing unseen borders as symbols of transformation.

Each element tells a part of a larger story. They wear the clothes of many cultures—kimonos, fairy wings, lotus petals—and they carry with them the echoes of human history. Saturn rises behind a ship that sails not on water, but across the sky, blending past and future, legend and invention. Nothing here is separate; everything is connected by the quiet logic of dreams.

This is Albores, the first light before awakening. A moment where all possibilities remain open, and the worlds we carry inside ourselves feel close enough to touch. The chocolates in this collection were crafted as painted planets, and the illustration became their map—a guide to distant places shaped not by geography, but by imagination.




In this project, my intention was not just to create an image, but to invite a journey. A space where wonder and memory meet, and where each viewer might find something of their own story reflected in Eva’s dream.


Packaging Photography by: Amanda Hirakata.