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Opening a Patreon!

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I’ve been postponing opening Patreon for the longest time (for no reason, really, other than not knowing where to start and succumbing to the demons in my head). And, after having it hanging in my planner for a few months now and finding excuses to procrastinate, I’ve got no more excuses not to do it. :D

All of you lovely people who’s been following me know that I’m fighting the battle of breaking away from the system and becoming a self-sustained artist. Last year I opened my own print store as my first little step and I couldn’t be happier about it. But extremely irregular and unpredictable income from it still made me extremely anxious all the time. And I totally understand that a lot of you wanted to support me in this, but paying even $25 for a print is a lot for many ppl. With Patreon, if you can spare as little as $1, it will go a long way in helping me keep create what I love.

I already wrote a long speech about my intrinsic motivations on going independent when I’ve been launching my print store last year and this year only proved what I said to be completely true. I didn’t take a lot of commercial projects lately, but I was steadily enjoying those less and less. Not because they were boring (quite the contrary!) but because all this time I’ve had a nagging feeling that this is not what I’m supposed to be doing, that somehow I’ve been disloyal to myself.

Artists create for various reasons – for some it’s a fun problem solving challenge, some enjoy using their gift to help other people bring to life their projects and ideas. But for some – me – it is almost a spiritual thing and if you’re not communicating whatever your Muse is trying to whisper you, you’re pretty much starting to feel miserable and unfulfilled. And I think this point right here is crucial– every person (not just creators) should have a deep look into their soul to understand what makes them genuinely happy and passionate.

I enjoy putting to physical and digital canvas all the ideas and inspirations I get and I enjoy sharing it with you guys. There’s no better feeling than releasing to the world work that comes from your soul, not obligations and bills. My biggest goal and wish right now is to not just do art independently (which is more a means to an end), but to create a meaningful impact with it. It’s a fun and challenging puzzle to solve and I’ll be very happy to share this experience with you. Come with me! 

🎉www.patreon.com/innavjuzhanina 🎉

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Game of Thrones art print GIVEAWAY

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I’m holding a giveaway of hand-signed and framed Game of Thrones art print for my Twitter , Facebook and Instagram followers. Hop on if you’re on any of those platforms! Rules are on the corresponding social media accs Heart

Good luck! Here's a kiss for you, my love!

Because it felt good... by Inna-Vjuzhanina
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Tomb Raider art print GIVEAWAY and Instagram!

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I’m holding a giveaway of hand-signed Tomb Raider art print for my Twitter and Facebook followers. Hop on if you’re on any of those platforms! Rules are on the corresponding social media accs :heart:

Good luck! :blowkiss: Or go make your own luck ;)

And I'm on Instagram too now! Future art giveaway are gonna include it as well so don't miss your chance.
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Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness Art Project

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Hello darlings!

I'm not exactly an active blog writer, but when I make an entry I do have smth important to say! :D There's been a great ton of absolutely amazing an exciting things going on due to the #TombRaider20 anniversary which gave me a solid excuse to finally stop pushing back an idea I had for ages.

You all know Tomb Raider has been my biggest inspiration ever since I fell in love with the franchise, and those who know me very well are well aware that AoD is one of my all time favorites, which I'm absolutely crazy about still. And despite all the intense love/hate clashes on the game itself, you'd all agree that it had the most interesting and fascinating characters in the history of the whole franchise. And for me personally one of the most exciting things is translating all those old-gen graphics into the real life renditions, the way I imagined them (hyper realistic graphics these days sends your imagination right to hibernation, c'mon). So this is exactly what I've attempted to do with this AoD tribute project of mine!

Let's get to business already, shall we :la: So as my tribute to the #TombRaider20 anniversary I've painted a series of stylized portraits depicting all of the main Angel of Darkness characters the way I imagined them in reality. All those lil guys are wrapped up and ready to see the world, so to keep the boulder (yes! :XD:) rolling I'll be releasing a portrait every Monday starting this week! So stay tuned guys, I'm very excited about the whole thing, had a real blast working on it, so hope it'll come to your liking as well! :salute:

I'll be posting the series on all of my social network places so feel free to raid any of your choice (pinkie promise, no death traps!)

I am a dummy! BLOG
Heart TUMBLR
Twitter  TWITTER
Facebook  FACEBOOK

As a little tribute already will drop here a reworked version of my old AoD piece so you don't get bored waiting for Monday! :la:

Fugitive - updated version by Inna-Vjuzhanina

And I absolutely can't wrap it up without a HUGE shout out to my beautiful friend Jenni Milward aka Greenkey2 for providing me with a huge inspirational boost to complete the project and giving valuable tips on the characters personalities. This epic lady also happens to be an official unofficial voice of Lara Croft and a super talented writer (among other awesome things!) who's also cooking up an epic anniversary tribute project which you can check out at her new shiny web site! (c'mon, admit it TR people, we all love shiny!) 

Busy girl, gotta go! :blowkiss:

P.S. Question to the fans: how many coconuts would Lara have by now? :rofl:

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Prints!

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Hey everyone! :heart:

Finally finished setting up the prints store thingie. Check out Society6 store! :dummy:




Peace :blowkiss:

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