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3 years ago
Miaou, Cathy's here, greetings to all my watchers and visitors!
I'm still new to this place, somehow I came to this site at the difficult times, so I settle down here slowly and still learning how things are working here.
I can be quite introverted, it's often difficult for me to take the first step.
But, at the same time, I always try to be friendly to those who contact me first and reply to all the comments. So, if you happen to be interested in my art or anything related to me - please, feel free to drop your "hi" and start a conversation! I really hope I can make new friends here, so I wish to get to know you peeps better :з
If you want to know more facts about me...
✦ I'm Ukrainian who lives in the western part of the country, in the Volyn region. My hometown Novovolynsk is equally close to Lutsk and Lviv, and almost on the border with Poland.
✦ I have a pet and the best companion - my Siberian cat Mia: https://sta.sh/028q91schfz0 . This adorable monkey is quite curious and playful, and also very loyal and adaptable, so she often accompanies me on walks and travels.
✦ I'm equally interested in good animation and animals, especially felines and other fascinating carnivores. That's why I love to draw these creatures, make up stories about them and so on. In real life, when I can, I volunteer and help the strays to adapt to home conditions (Mia helps greatly with that too, by giving the right example) and then find new owners for them. I never keep the new tails for myself tho, because my current financial situation allows me to feed only one cat x'D One day I wish to be able to adopt a dog too, however!
✦ Throughout my whole life I've been a traditional artist, and studied Photoshop only to process my scanned pictures to a better quality. Recently I've finally got a Cintiq, the only tablet that works for me as a traditionalist, so now I'm actively getting used to the digital drawing from a scratch, too. Would be glad to know if you enjoy my current results, and hope I can get even better next year!
Speaking of more serious things, I think you all know what's happening in Ukraine during this year. That's why I called these times difficult at the beginning of this journal. But despite all this, I will try to do my best, including the establishment of communication.
My town is relatively safe, we didn't have direct attacks here during these months, and many refugees from the eastern parts come here. The only thing I suffer from (as well as the whole country) is constant blackouts due to ultimate terrorism on our power plants. This is the only thing that Putin and his lackeys can do after being unable to resist our soldiers at the front. It usually lasts half a day or longer, and interferes greatly with any PC work, or any other work that requires electricity. Luckily, I have a laptop which allows me not to lose my art progress, but losing the opportunity to continue for many hours or even the rest of the day is still very annoying =w=""
This winter will be the most difficult for me and other Ukrainians, we need any support we can get, but we do our best to stay strong, united, each of us does what they can, so I'm pretty much sure that with the end of winter we will have a long-awaited victory! We just need to hold on a little longer.
If you feel like helping me and my cat with some daily needs disinterestedly, you can use my ko-fi, I will really appreciate any, even the tiniest donation!
I'll be also very happy to take commissions, especially the traditional ones (because during the daylight I can work on them even without electricity; but actually both options are fine, I'm working on digital whenever I can anyway). Speaking straight, my financial situation is pretty terrible recently and art freelance is the main thing I can rely on right now, so any orders will be invaluable help! <3
If you're able and willing to do more for my country as a whole, let me recommend a few funds for you...
✦ https://savelife.in.ua/en/ - probably the biggest and most popular one. Helps the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the very beginning.
✦ https://prytulafoundation.org/en - less known abroad, but the legendary one here in Ukraine thanks to "People's Bayraktar", the fundraising which allowed all Ukrainians to feel involved in something great at the same time, it helped not to lose our faith in the protracted period, and helps to this day.
✦ https://linktr.ee/sirius.shelter - fund of the largest animal shelter in Ukraine, Sirius. These guys survived a real hell last winter and spring, they were surrounded by the enemy for many months, but managed to save the lives of most animals at the risk of their own. At the moment, they're able to look for homes for their wards again, but, I can tell that from my personal experience, it's so not easy at times like this. Many irresponsible refugees just leave their pets and there are more and more of them. Animals can't talk about their troubles, but they need our support too!
✦ https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10383321 - not actually a fund, but no less important thing, if you want to help other FA users like me. canis_aureus collects information about Ukrainians in need, so check them out too, you might like their styles and offers!
If you've read all of this, you're amazing, thanks! At the end, let me remind you that I'm running a raffle > https://www.furaffinity.net/view/50179679/ which lasts until December 25th, so don't miss your chance to get some free art!
Надобраніч!
(А особливо львівський колаж https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47512602/- радий, що вам настільки сподобалось моє місто :)
Ой, а як же - катаюсь туди за першої нагоди х) У кращі часи (тобто без війн чи ковідів) мала традицію відмічати там Дні Народження і Різдво якраз, ось. До речі, зі святом!
І вам Веселого Різдва (за новим стилем)! Цього року ще не встигли святкувати Зі Всім Світом (с), тільки приготували трішки глінтвейну на честь зміни дати; а от наступного, певно, перейдемо повністю :)
Ну, я святкувала 25-го ще задовго до нинішніх подій. Завжди це здавалося правильнішим і більш вайбовим. Тому зараз із цим нічого нового xD
https://tvoemisto.tv/news/yak_u_bot.....zh_132193.html
До війни і ковіду там було класно в дні відкритих дверей, тепер, на жаль, місце закрите (насправді привідкрите, але тільки для фотосесій за 1500 грн. 💀). Чекаєм на перемогу (: