Cifra firka

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. - Cicero

Love is in the air… foil edition.

Because why just draw it when you can make it shimmer... and pink? 🤣👌

Love is in the air...

... so keep calm and breathe it in.

I am a bit late with Valentines day, my tooth was killing me this week, but here we are. Happy late V-day. 💖

Healing - Kintsugi

Finding beauty in imperfection, strength in restoration, and healing. Inspired by the philosophy of Wabi-Sabi and the art of Kintsugi, this piece reflects resilience, growth, and the stories that every crack can tell.

Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, teaches us that what is broken can become even more beautiful. The cracks don’t erase its past; instead, they add to its history, making the piece even more valuable. Every imperfection tells a story of survival, and every fracture is a mark of resilience.

Wabi-Sabi, the philosophy of embracing imperfection, reminds us to find beauty in the incomplete and the flawed.

Healing myself after feeling the most broken, I’ve come to understand that every scar carries its own beauty and story. Just like gold filling the cracks of broken pottery, I’ve realized that what once felt like flaws, hurt, or loss have become my greatest sources of strength. And while I have come far, I am still healing—thus, not all the cracks have golden filling yet.

Each line, each break, is a testament to survival and transformation—a reminder that even in our most fragile moments, we are still whole, still beautiful, and still worthy. And every crack and fill makes us stronger at the broken places, turning pain into power and imperfection into art. ✨

Broken v2025

"The shattering of a heart when being broken is the loudest quiet ever."

Carroll Bryant

Butterfly effect of art v2

Corgi practice - exploring new territories,trying to learn some dogs too and get back some of the flexibility to my wrist for line ar after the long break ;)

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."

So here is my tiny "secret" inktober sketchbook. The sketchbook is a talens 12×12 cm sketchbook and I used pilot preppy fountain pens.

I really wanted to join Inktober this year as usual, but I was already a bit sick beginning of October and was already stressed by other things, so I went the simple route this year.

To be honest, I am always a bit overwhelmed by these types of daily drawing challenges (even if I did join most of them many times), as I don't draw or do art daily usually, as I always want to do everything perfectly in my drawings and it takes lots of energy, so to lose some those perfectionism (and to relieve some daily stress) I decided to do some random doodles and zentangles without a prompt list for this inktober. The only rules were that they should be with black ink only (with minimal pencil sketching if not at all) and all with free hand (minimal ruler use), can't draw persons (to avoid drawing the same theme as I always do) and not post online about it.

I wanted to learn to use fountain pens properly for a long time so I thought this was a PERFECT TIME, as I am not good with them due to some past traumatic school experiences 🤣 I think this part I have achieved, I was so surprised by day 28 (the straight-lined one, that looks like triangles) compared to day 1, I mean, I've never thought how steady my hands can be just under 31 days. Just look at those lines, LOOOOK! All without a ruler. I think I am most proud of that piece.