Instagram: @kate.meds 1. What's your story? Where are you from?Hello! My name is Katya, I’m 23 years old and I’m from Kaliningrad, Russia. When I was a kid, I wanted to go to art school, but my family couldn’t afford it. Sometimes, I drew something using my friend’s art materials but I wasn’t really interested in art until the age of 20. One day, I woke up and felt an urge to draw a dream I’ve seen the night before. I did it and it looked awful (mostly because I used a mouse to draw it haha) but this is how my way as an illustrator began. For now, illustration is not my full time job but I hope one day it will be. 2. Tell us about your aesthetic.I like drawing colourful minimalistic illustrations with limited color palettes. I also love adding simple geometric patterns to my illustrations and using pencil texture to give them a more hand-drawn look. 3. What is your favourite medium and why?I mostly use Procreate and sometimes Adobe Photoshop to make an animation. I love digital because it lets me see as many possible variations of an illustration as I’d like. 4. What is your artistic process like?I usually have a story behind my illustrations, mostly from everyday activities or simple things around me. Sometimes it starts with a random idea that pops in my head. I do some sketches, then I spend a lot of time trying out different color palettes. Then I finalise my illustration with textures and small details. 5. Who and/or what inspires your work?My art is mostly inspired by my emotions and everyday life activities. Sometimes it’s inspired by music. A line of a song can suddenly appear in my head and I immediately get inspired to put it into a drawing. 6. What role does art play in your life? How does it change the way you view the world?It gives me a chance to express things I can’t put into words. Also, it helps me to explore myself and notice simple but meaningful things around me. 7. Where did you study?I studied at the IKBFU and I have a degree in Clinical Psychology. 8. Where do you see yourself in five years?I hope to be living exclusively from my art, probably in another country where the weather is always warm. Hopefully, I’ll be travelling a lot and have a small apartment with a lot of plants. 9. What about in ten?For me, it is hard to imagine life even some days from now but I will probably have two more cats. 10. What do you hope to achieve with your art?I just want getting better in it and keep it going, enjoying the process. I don’t expect to change the world with my illustrations but if it makes someone's day better I’ll be happy. 11. Now, tell us a little more about you as a person: what is your favourite food?Bruschetta! Actually, I love almost every food except for beet. 12. Favourite book?Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk. 13. Favourite genre of music?It depends on my mood but I mostly prefer alternative rock, post-punk, indie rock and new wave. 14. What are your hobbies?Does having dinners with friends count as a hobby? Haha actually, I can’t imagine my life without sport. Every day after work I do either power training or stretching. Also I recently started to learn playing ukulele. Besides that, I love playing video games and taking long walks while listening to music. 15. If you weren't an artist, what would you be?I would probably be a psychotherapist or veterinarian :) Comments are closed.
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