My Biggest Mistake as an Artist

My Biggest Mistake as an Artist

Cute art I'm currently working on for a project! My biggest mistake as an artist was thinking I wouldn't be able to make a living off of my art. I focused on other things for generating an online income as art repeatedly took the back seat. I didn't realize at the…
Fox Plushy in a circle of stotinki

I Lost My Job to AI – Time To Fight Back

Fox plushy "Igor" sitting in a circle of Bulgarian stotinki In rapid time, my income went from "not rich, but at least I'm making ends meet!" to "if nothing changes, I'll be homeless again in a year from now". Thanks, AI. Yeah. I'm one of those people who can say: I…
Reason For My Silence

Reason For My Silence

I haven't updated for a while. And updates have been less frequent recently. I wanted to write a short post explaining the reason for my silence. Without going into too much detail, because I currently don't feel like it. The reason is very simple: life has become tougher for me. Financially.…
New Mascot for InspireMari! Cute White Kitty with a Pink Bow

New Mascot for InspireMari! Cute White Kitty with a Pink Bow

I don't just want to have myself as a cute chibi to personalize my blog. I decided I also want to have a kawaii animal mascot, or more specifically, a cute cat as a mascot! I mean, my logo is already an outline of a cat... but it has no further…
Bulgarian Independence Day: A Walk Around Ruse

Bulgarian Independence Day: A Walk Around Ruse

On September 22 in 1908, Bulgaria formally declared independence from the Ottoman Empire in the city of Veliko Tarnovo. Until then, it had been an autonomous principality (since the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 and the Treaty of Berlin), but the declaration made it a fully sovereign kingdom under Tsar Ferdinand I.…
I Decided to Join ArtFight in 2025

I Decided to Join ArtFight in 2025

I had heard of ArtFight before, but never considered joining. Although I've been drawing for ages, I'm still pretty insecure about my art. And more importantly: I get insecure at the thought of drawing someone else's character: what if I forget an important detail? What if I misinterpret a design feature…
The Reality of the Struggles of Being a Small Creator

The Reality of the Struggles of Being a Small Creator

Lately, I’ve been putting a lot more effort into updating my website. Between ArtFight, blogging more regularly, writing informative articles, and staying active on social media… I’ve been doing a lot. Way more than usual. And the results? Basically worse than when I posted 2 times a week. It’s a really…
Redbubble is a Horrible Platform for Small Artists

Redbubble is a Horrible Platform for Small Artists

Although I registered my account a long time ago, I didn't start uploading art to Redbubble until somewhere after 2021. I made my first sale on January 8th of 2022. Since then, I've made 8 sales to date. Never enough to actually get paid out, though. And all this time, I…
I Don't Need to Engage with Everyone

I Don’t Need to Engage with Everyone

What I really like about having my own website, is being able to reduce the amount of people commenting on my posts, my art, my life and my thoughts by requiring a quick registration process to become a member. I believe that, if I left my comments open to the general…
Chibi Versions of Myself

Chibi Versions of Myself + Video Introduction!

Inspired by the #KofiVideoChallenge I created a video to introduce myself - what I do on the internet, where to find me and how to support me. I had a lot of fun creating this video and learned a thing or two about video editing along the way. ^_^; For this…