Whatever makes you happy and works for you.Latest blog post What is Atmospheric Illustration? You can create in many styles or work out one, or you can have no style at all. You can draw Disney characters, manga, spooky doodles, abstract art, or photorealism. I believe that the most important thing in art is the pleasure of creating it, and for everyone, it is something completely different. I didn't create something of my own, which gives me pure pleasure, to let others ruin it. I used to care about it and try to live up to people's expectations. If it appears, it's more in the form of unsolicited advice like 'you should draw more men' or 'you shouldn't draw fanart because it's not serious art'. Sharing my work on social media is very uplifting and encouraging because my followers cheer me on and join me in the drawing. I love social media for the fact that they connect people with similar interests, even when they live in distant parts of the world. Today I am recognized mainly for portraits - including those created with colored pencils.

Interestingly, for most of my life, I thought that I couldn't and didn't like to draw people, and I felt very insecure when using color. I love how they keep me from getting bored (because I get bored easily), and that I can mix them together and explore different, playful styles.

Now I create in gouache, watercolor, oil paints, ink, markers, and colored pencils, as well as digital art.

Once I felt more confident in this technique, I started experimenting with other styles and media. Hatching and cross-hatching help to geometrize and better understand the form and planes of the portrait, which was extremely useful in my learning process. I was initially fascinated by crosshatching because my drawings have always been mostly linear and I naturally gravitated in that direction. I believe that these simple tools have incredibly great potential and when we learn to use them, the transition to other media is easier and more enjoyable. My first tools were just a pencil and a sketchbook.

Domestika illustrator