Comics and illustrations inspired by the languages I speak, learn, and carry with me, because some feelings simply sound better in another tongue.
Cœur d’artichaut, une feuille pour tout le monde!
In French, to have an “artichoke 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 “cœur 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.
