My name is Lionel May and I'm an illustrator and entrepreneur.
I like to tell stories, and I do it through books, illustrations, comics, product design, and the company I own and manage with my wife, Juliette & Chocolat, a restaurant dessert chain based in Montreal.
I share my time between my family and five young kids (I consider their education and introducing them to cool and inspiring stuff to be my most worthwhile and satisfying endeavor), my work for Juliette & Chocolat (for which I am in charge of business development, branding and marketing as well as product development), and comics, illustration and photography projects.
If you want to take a look at Juliette & Chocolat it's here.
The City of Utropiia is here.
Quick links to all my projects and online touchpoints are here.
More details below about the projects that I’m currently focused on.
If you'd like to get in touch: lionelmay@gmail.com
Utropiia is an all devouring passion project: an imaginary city I explore through black and white photography and films created with generative art.
Utropiia is a vast city of towering skyscrapers and intelligent automata, set in an alternate 1920s retro future.
Plan your visit to the city by visiting the website, or enjoy daily updates from the metropolis on Instagram and Pinterest. Watch films from Utropiia’s Board of Tourism here.
You can also support Utropiia and get perks on Patreon.
Juliette & Chocolat
Juliette & Chocolat is the brand I own and operate along with my wife.
