Comics and illustrations inspired by the languages I speak, learn, and carry with me, because some feelings simply sound better in another tongue.

CΕ“ur d’artichaut, une feuille pour tout le monde!

In French, to have an β€œartichoke heart” means to fall in love easily and often: giving a leaf to everyone while keeping the heart at the centre.

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I’m not a hopeless romantic. I like to think that my heart is full of love and that I want to keep sharing it, regardless of the circumstances.

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The original idea for this comic came to me in English, but I felt it was a bit generic. As I’ve been learning French, the idiom β€œcΕ“ur d’artichaut” stuck to my brain and wouldn’t leave.

So… here it is ;)

Every Girl Should Be like Ukraine: Free, Independent and Self-Sufficient

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These series were inspired by unbreakable Ukrainian spirit and almost incurable homesickness that I have been experiencing since I left my Motherland.

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Just like the songs of the Nightindale (the national bird of Ukraine) it’s meant to inspire and bring hope and motivation into the lives of anyone who sees them.

β€˜β€˜iF ONLY YOU KNEW HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE WHEN YOU HAVE NO FEAR’’

β€” Yuriy Izdryk