J.M. El‑Fil

Work · Illustration

Illustrationevery kit, every era

Every piece, board, stadium and national symbol in KHORA is drawn by hand. Each set starts from a real team at a real World Cup, with its kit, its era and its attitude. Beyond the game: a film tarot deck, film posters and one-off pieces.

491Piece sets
82Nations
30Boards
17Stadiums
81Titles

01 · Piece sets

Twelve characters per team.

Kings, queens, rooks, bishops, knights and pawns, in home and away colours. Pick a set below to line it up. A different selection is drawn on every visit.

The rest are waiting in KHORA. Collect them all

02 · Boards

Sixty-four squares, 30 pitches.

From a Pacific island to a Shinto temple: every board is a football ground folded into a chessboard.

A handful of the 30 boards. The rest are waiting in KHORA. Play on them

03 · Stadiums

The ground around the game.

Stadium frames wrap the board like a real pitch: stands, trees, rivers and all.

A handful of the 17 stadiums. The rest are waiting in KHORA. Walk out in them

04 · Titles

A whole nation in one symbol.

Each country reduced to a single drawing. Turn on guess mode and see how long a streak you can build.

Wear one: the titles are becoming pins, stickers, patches and tags.

See the first drop

05 · Film tarot

Films as major arcana.

A tarot deck in which every card is a film: one character, one mood, and a title drawn in the film's own spirit.

06 · Posters

One film, one image.

A university brief: design a film poster as if the university were screening it, then animate it. The goal was a minimal image that still carries the film's mood.

Poster + animation

Rope

Alfred Hitchcock

A tangle of rope that pulls itself into a noose, then settles into the poster.

07 · Other pieces

Stories, books and games.

One-off pieces: a Lovecraft trilogy, a book and a game cover reimagined, and a walk into the mountains.

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