✨ Today I turn 25 ✨
I’m so grateful to celebrate this milestone as an artist doing what I love every single day.
Thank you for being here with me on this journey. Your support, your words, your presence it truly means the world 💖

I value this community so much, and I’m really happy to step into my 25th year alongside all of you.
The best gift for me is your engagement and simply knowing you’re here watching my art grow, growing with me 💞

Thank you for being part of my little universe. Here’s to another year of creativity, magic, and connection 🌟

_{(And if anyone feels like supporting me today, here’s my PayPal but your presence alone is already a gift 🫶)}
PayPal: darchuk.diana[at]gmail.com

Hey everyone!
I’m finally back! 💫

It’s been a long and emotional journey for me. As some of you already know, I recently had a TransPRK eye surgery, and I’m still in the middle of my recovery. On the sixth day the doctors removed the protective lens, and right now my vision is around 70%. It’s still quite blurry especially when I look at screens or try to focus for a long time, so I have to be careful and give my eyes plenty of rest

Even though the healing process takes time, I’m already starting to see the world in a new way literally and figuratively. Every day I notice small improvements and it fills me with hope and excitement. It’s strange and beautiful at the same time to rediscover simple things like light, color, and contrast

I’ll be slowly returning to work and drawing again. I really miss creating art and connecting with everyone here, but I also don’t want to rush things. I plan to take it easy at first and gradually get back into my normal rhythm. Some days I might be quiet or less active, but I promise I’m still here and doing my best to recover properly

I also want to say a huge heartfelt thank you for all your love, patience, and support during this time. Your kind words and messages gave me so much strength and warmth. This surgery was one of my biggest dreams and I wouldn’t have reached it without you. You truly helped me make it real, and I’m endlessly grateful for that 💖

So yes I’m back, healing, hopeful, and ready to slowly return to art again. Thank you for staying with me through it all 💞

Tomorrow, October 10th, I’m finally going through with something I’ve been planning for a long time laser eye correction surgery
It’s both exciting and a little scary, but I’ve wanted to take this step for years, and now it’s finally happening. ✨

Because of the procedure and the recovery period that follows, I’ll be on a full break from October 10th to at least October 15th
During these days, I won’t be able to use screens or check messages my eyes will need complete rest to heal properly

After October 15th, if everything goes well and my doctors allow me to work again, I’ll gradually return to drawing and start catching up with all ongoing projects
My top priority will be to finish everything that’s planned for Halloween season 🎃👻, and I promise everything will be ready in time!

Thank you all so much for your patience, kindness, and understanding it truly means a lot. 💛
This is a big step for me, and I’m both nervous and hopeful

I’ll see you again after October 15th 🌟

Hello my dear friends!! 💖 Finally, I can share an update about my vision journey!

Today I had my retinal laser coagulation (to strengthen the retina), and I finally got a preliminary date for my surgery it will be on October 10th!

Thank you so much! Without your support, I wouldn’t have been able to even start this dream — the path to seeing the world without glasses!

My financial goal has changed a little. Earlier I wrote that I needed $1200 in total, but today I spent part of the savings, so now my main goal is $900.

✨ Current progress:
DONE $900 / $900 DONE

There’s not much left until my goal is fully covered!
If you’d like to support me, you can check out my current sales here:
https://www.furaffinity.net/gallery.....YCH-ADOPT-open

Or support me on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/stelladracoART

Or via PayPal:
📧 darchuk.diana[at]gmail.com

Thank you for staying with me on this journey!! 💕

Hello everyone! I’m coming to you with something that used to be just my dream!

Today I went to the ophthalmologist, and I got the go-ahead for vision correction! My eyes have been fully checked, and I now have a plan to recover at least 70-80% of my vision! (No one can give guarantees, but I really want to get rid of the -6 value in my eyes.)

Before the laser correction, I’ll need to undergo laser coagulation to fix some minor issues, and after that comes the correction itself. I’m leaning towards the StreamLight method, so the recovery might be a bit challenging!

I plan to have the laser correction at the end of September (around the 20th–25th), and before that, I want to complete most of my commissions.

As for the cost, the whole procedure will be around $1200. I’m saving all my Patreon earnings from August–September for the operation! Also, in September, I’ll have several Halloween-themed YCHs, and a large part of the proceeds from them will go towards the surgery as well!

If you want to support me in this, you can become my patron on PATREON 💞
Or in future YCH's projects!
Or, if you wish, you can support me via PayPal: darchuk.diana[at]gmail.com

For my convenience, I’ll also use this journal to track my progress toward my goal:
$878 / $1200

Thank you so much! I have high hopes that very soon I’ll be able to experience and see this world to the fullest!!

Welcome to my Patreon!

https://www.patreon.com/stelladracoART
https://www.patreon.com/stelladracoART
https://www.patreon.com/stelladracoART

This is the first month of my patreon! I will spend the summer in test mode, in order to see my strength and how interesting it might be for you!

In July I will be holding a freebie(art raffle) for a sketch of your character! You won't need a paid subscription to do this!
But for paid patrons, even more interesting prizes and exclusive content are expected!

Patreon pinup (fanart) every month, including additional versions or versions according to your wishes, WIPs, early access, discounts on commissions, as well as exclusive prizes for each tier!

✨ ART RAFFLE HERE ✨

TIER’s

$ 5 — Velvet Sunset 🌅 — SKETCH PORTRAIT - for one of random patron every month

$ 10 — Moonlight Muse 🌌 — SKETCH HALFBODY - for one of random patron every month

$ 15 — Mystic Touch 🎨 — -10% discount for commissions

💞 EXCLUSIVE TIER 💞

$120 - Divine blossom (ONLY 2 PATRONS) — EVERY patrons in this tier gets a pinup art of their characters (or fandom char)

I will be very grateful for your support of me on the new platform! Thank you very much for the motivation to grow and develop more and more! 💞

Hi guys! How are you? I hope you are doing well!

I'm getting in touch to tell you a little bit about small news. The first and most important thing is Patreon
This was my long-time dream and now it has become a reality. In the summer it works in a trial mode, I evaluate my abilities and possibilities, but I would be madly happy if you could support me in this! whether by word or subscription!
https://www.patreon.com/stelladracoART
https://www.patreon.com/stelladracoART
https://www.patreon.com/stelladracoART
I have already prepared some content there, and also rewards for each tier. Thank you for allowing me to develop!

My health sometimes improves, sometimes worsens. Increased anxiety never goes away, but I seem to have learned to live with it. I try to make my body healthier, but so far it's 50/50. Everything seems to be fine, but then chronic diseases start to appear again. And so on in a circle xD

I am very happy to be a part of this community and draw! And I hope - further only more and better! Thank you 💞

I'm not sure what the correct name for this magazine was, hahaha. I just came to share what I had come up with

Today I was attacked by a stray dog. For the first time in my life I was bitten. The rough fabric of my jeans saved me from a serious injury, but there are still a few scratches and a bruise and it hurts (quite a lot)
I was in the emergency room, now I’m doing everything to make sure everything is okay, but it doesn’t reduce my anxiety at all

In theory, this shouldn't affect my work at all. I'll try to draw more, so as not to think about the bad. But I just wanted to share this pain with you 🥲

I have always understood animals well, I don't know how it happened that I missed the moment when the dog ended up behind me..

this is the end of the story… ( https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/11063553/ )

My sweet kitty died this afternoon. We did everything we could, but her heart was too weak..
It's very hard, but that's life..

Finally I am returning to work and publications and I hope that my life will not bring any more "surprises". Sorry for the long absence!

I will gradually get into the work and answer, draw everything. I am very afraid of "overdoing it" and burning out, so I will do everything very gradually

_{perhaps, in order not to create a lot of spam, I will update this journal}

I thought everything was getting better, but...

My family's cat is in intensive care. Today I came to my grandmother and saw how the cat was suffocating. Literally can't take a breath. According to the family, she started feeling worse yesterday, but today was some kind of peak. Without thinking twice, we put the cat in the car and we are at the on-call veterinary clinic. She had fluid accumulated and squeezed her lungs so much that it caused pain when inhaling

you can say that hey, this is not your cat, she is the one I raised from birth. she is my cat's daughter, she was the weakest of all. i fed her, fighting for her life. that's why i gave her to grandma. yes, 13 years is a big age for a cat, but i'm not ready to let her go. she is like my child

I'm genuinely scared. I'm scared that they'll call me with bad news. I'm just scared. The preliminary diagnosis is heart failure, which caused problems with fluid. Everything else is normal according to the tests.

It's sad…
Now I will try to calm my thoughts and nerves and go to bed with the hope that in the morning I will hear good news

UPD1
and so, now I am in a calmer state and can describe what happened over the last day!

The cat has a precise diagnosis - heart failure. The fluid that was accumulating in the body had to be removed surgically, but everything went well. She is breathing deeply again and her lungs have opened up and are functioning well.

But such a diagnosis is a difficult and long path and no one gives any guarantees. They prescribed a lot of medicines and injections and allowed us to take her home. In a week we will have a visit to a cardiologist for a detailed study of the heart, as well as a repeat x-ray to see how quickly the fluid is accumulating. Her life will depend on these results, literally.

I really hope that we can give her a few more years of life..we are doing everything in our power

Hey, hi! For some reason I'm a bit "mentally broken" right now. I can't even describe this state, it's been a long time since I felt this bad. I've been trying to get out of this for about two weeks now.
Sorry there are no new drawings, I'm working on big projects..😩
I'm trying to analyze this state, but so far it's not working. But there weren't any triggers for this either. I'll try to get out of this as quickly as possible and continue working!
Sorry for such a poor start to the year

A terribly unpleasant situation happened to my best friend. An expensive laptop was stolen from her apartment while she was not home

is a wonderful person whose birthday is tomorrow and it hurts me a lot that this happened to her. A statement to the police has been written, but there is no guarantee that the laptop will be returned, especially intact. You can support the wonderful artist, she has open commissions now, or you can just help with a small donation!

All information here:
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/11046537/

Thank you all very much! You can come and write her some nice words! This will also support her at this moment!!

Happy New Year, my dears!! ✨

I hope next year will be good for you and the year will be better than the previous one!! Thank you for staying with me and I am so happy to see everyone!! Hugs to everyone!!♥️♥️

I didn't manage to do a lot this year, some things failed miserably, and some worked out. But life goes on, and that means that in the new year there will only be more and better things!
I sign a contract with you and promise to draw even more and reach a new level!

Happy New Year! 🐍✨

Hello my dears! I came to wish you a Merry Christmas! 🎄✨
I hope you spend this day with your family and loved ones! May everything be fine with you!! Merry Christmas again!!🎄✨

Hello my dears!
I haven't been in touch with the conversational posts for a long time and in general I don't really have much to talk about, but I think this post is important

I don't know if it's noticeable or not, but I've already become more active and I try to draw more and more, to do everything qualitatively and in the best possible way (this doesn't always work out and not always on time), but I try. My mental state has almost returned to normal, there are still some questions, but it takes a long time and is difficult to solve, but they don't affect drawing that much

But my physical condition went to hell xD It's amazing how long I held on. It turned out to be harder to take care of my physical health than my mental health. I have a lot of problems, including, for example, excess weight, which I'm struggling with (thanks to depression and eating disorders), hence problems with the gastrointestinal tract, teeth and also knees. Tomorrow I have my first MRI in my life and I'm a little panicky lol

Why am I saying this? Because I draw a lot and go to doctors a lot, I don't always have time to answer or react to messages, for example. So, forgive me for that, I'll improve and work on improving my communication with you. By the end of November, I'll get to Trello and send it here. I'll try to make it better and more understandable, although that site is terribly complicated for me

This year has actually been important for me in terms of understanding what to do next and how to do it. This post may have been a bit rambling, but I hope it has given me an understanding of what is happening to me and how to

I will improve further, work and improve my art. And thank you all for your support, I sincerely appreciate each of you ♥️ hugs

Today I am 24. Time flies so fast, doesn't it? I can't believe that I came on FA at 19 and during this time this place has become a sincere and dear home for me ♥️

Each of you who subscribes to me, likes and comments on my artworks, helps and just being around is very dear to me. Words cannot express how grateful I am for everything you do for me. Thank you!!

Best wishes, Stella ♥️♥️

I didn't want to write this journal right away, I wanted to endure my grief on my own, but I didn't think that it could consume me so much

At the beginning of May I lost my great-grandmother. A man who taught me a lot and gave me just as much. She almost lived to be 100 years old, but alas

I still sometimes cannot accept this as reality. In a conversation with my grandmother, I want to ask about her, but she is no longer there. It's complicated. It's difficult when all that remains are memories

The hardest thing was to come to her old rural house. Plunge into childhood, remember how I was taught to handle cows, chickens and ducks. How she baked homemade bread, the smell of which filled the whole house. I will never forget the taste of that bread...

Difficult. For me, this is a large part of my life that is gone. I needed time. Thank you for reading this

Not much late, but I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! ✨
May everything in your life be good and wonderful and may these holidays be wonderful! I hope you spend it with people close to you! Hugs and thank you for this year! 🤍

You have done a lot for me, thank you. My gratitude, as well as that of my family, is limitless!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 🦌✨🤍

Today another year of my life has passed xD Thank you all so much for staying with me! The best gift for me will be your support and activity!

NEW BIRTHDAY ART: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/54278447/
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Thank you su much 💗

I apologize for being absent for almost two weeks. At times I continue to be overcome by a strange apathy, and autumn has made itself felt, my body is actually very weak, especially after the stress that I experienced in August

I just want to say that everything is fine now. I also really want to somehow have more contact with the audience, and I don’t even know how to do it better hehe

Have a nice autumn days 🧡

I'm sorry I can't get myself together and post again. I have a lot of things in the process, but these two days ..

I lost my dog. More precisely, I made a decision about euthanasia, no matter how hard it was. I did not want to see her die in agony from sarcoma (which appeared literally suddenly) as well as a heart attack .. It was hard. Very. I feel broken...

Life is extremely hard..

Hey! I'll probably be on a little vacation for the rest of this week. Just a little want to relax and gain strength to continue the work! 🤍

And I am also actively engaged in my health, this time with my eyesight as well as the regulation of sugar, because I now have a problem

If you have any questions, you can always write to me in Telegram: TELEGRAM

Hello! I finally got my hands on the Art of the Month idea! So far, the main voting will take place on my Twitter due to the convenience of creating polls, but I will also duplicate it here!

🌸VOTE HERE 🌸

For those who can't vote on twitter, you can write your wishes here in the comments! The July vote includes:
♡ LOONA (Helluva Boss)
♡ PRINCESS CELESTIA (mlp)
♡ JENNA (Balto)
♡ RARITI (mlp)

Art of July will be dedicated to the beach or holiday theme. All versions will be in the public domain, but gradually 🤍

Hello! Now, I hope, it is clear that I am actively working on orders and not only, so I want to inform you that contact with me will be even better and easier!
You can text me on TELEGRAM regarding the status of the order, or a refund if you are sure that you do not want to wait any longer 🤍

🤍 WRITE ME 🤍

Or you can always write to me here on FA! I am now online almost every day (except Sunday) ^^

Love, Stella 🤍