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 Greetings! My name's Cathy and I'm a self-taught cartoon artist from Ukraine, who tries to make a living through my art! 



I specialize in Warner Bros. and Disney cartoon styles, but sometimes draw anime related stuff, too, as well as some little-known treasures of animation! ✨



Female (She/Her) ✦ Demisexual Straight ✦ Single ✦ B-day is March 24, 1993 ✦ INTP-T ✦ Professional Escapist 🌌



I can speak: Ukrainian 🇺🇦 / English  🇺🇸 / Polish 🇵🇱 / Russian 🇷🇺



I use scraps! ✏️
Commissions are open! DM me to place an order! 📝



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Life update: winter hiatus and upcoming birthday (G)

a month ago

Hello, folks! 

Are you good? I hope you are good.



In retrospect, I was a pretty amusing girlie, hoping this year would start off well, just like that. I haven't been this wrong since who knows when.



This winter has been terrible. Terrible in my part of the country, northwestern Ukraine, specifically. 

The Russian invasion of our land and our freedom has been going on for four years now (February 24th marks exactly four years) and it hasn't gotten any easier to deal with. 

But this year, my region in particular has seen more attacks than in the previous four years combined - the enemy destroyed the largest power plant in the area, their goal was to leave us without power and heat for the entire winter.



And this is exactly what I lived with. Why I didn't draw anything. Why I disappeared for a while altogether. 

Most of the time, there was almost no electricity here, and the rare hours when it was available had to be spent on the most basic human needs, sometimes there wasn't even enough power to charge all my gadgets in time. 

Online connection suffered because of this, too, although I continued to quietly monitor my friends' activities when I could. (Which might have given some of you the wrong idea like I'm ignoring you on purpose or something - I'm not.)



Luckily, things have gotten a little easier now that spring has arrived. At least the winter cold no longer makes things ten times worse.



But I'm still a bit of a mess after all this. I was noticeably disconnected from everything for quite a long time - partly due to circumstances, partly due to my own mental state. 

Now I will make attempts to finally get out of this, although it still may not be so easy. I still feel like I'm in outer space, and even writing this journal right now feels like an effort, not just some random chit-chat.



And it's even more difficult with drawing; I haven't drawn anything (even the quick personal sketches on paper, which I usually love to do) for over a month, maybe even two. I feel very stiff after this kind of hiatus. 

But I still have a number of unfinished commissions, so I'll be back to warming up and getting back to the main work soon enough. I don't want my hiatus to affect the quality, so I need to make sure I'm back in shape.



And one last thing: on March 24th, two weeks from now, I'll be celebrating my birthday. This is one of the main reasons that forced me to shake myself out of my frozen state - I know that I will be very unhappy with myself in the future if I remain in the same state I was in all winter, so I need to lift my spirits at last.



So for now I'll focus on personal creative activities, which I'll try to combine with work, if it's convenient. Something I was physically deprived of until recently.



If you feel like helping me out of this difficult situation and making my upcoming birthday a little better, please feel free to make a donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/nuaro ! Any amount will go, as the whole winter hiatus hit me harder than usual.



Or if you're interested in taking a commission from me, I'd be happy to accept some too!

Just a word of warning: it may take me all spring to complete my older orders. But if you're okay with the wait, I can guarantee high quality when it's done, as that's always my top priority now.



Thank you for your attention!