Anxiety Print

I was born and raised in Kiev. Now I live and work in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine. I am an illustrator, artist and tattoo artist. Since 2021 - member of The National Association of Artists and Sculptors of Ukraine. It seems like there are two personalities living inside of me, but the creativity of both was primarily influenced by books. Old botanical encyclopedias and old illustrations inspire me. I love small details and I am fascinated by seemingly insignificant nuances. The illustration lives its own life and allows you to peep at its world. Magical and complex, in which there are things invisible to the eye, but so important and global. Illustrations are like a door to another world in which you can feel like an explorer and spend hours looking at the drawing, noticing new and new details. The second part of me is striving for the general, trying to evade the particular. The second part of me loves fiction and poetry. The works of this side of me were influenced by the books of Charles Baudelaire, Chuck Palahniuk, Burgess, Burroughs, Kerrouac and others. I like to see the beauty in the broken and the painful. This is a special beauty that cannot be compared with anything. You can look at the picture and see how life leaves the flower and how the gaze fades. And then you remember that you are still alive, and this is the best feeling in the world. And life is the most beautiful in the world. As Baudelaire said: "I cannot imagine beauty that is not associated with misfortune." Most often I use acrylic and oil. Expressive and brave. But i also live liners and pencils. The liner creates a sense of control, but as soon as the hand flinches - the line will be ruined. And a pencil gives you the freedom to do whatever you want and however you want.