

Hello creative community! I am bringing you to the journey of how I illustrated my own picture book cover. I am also chatting about how I got over low self-confidence and facing the fears of unknown. I Show you the good and the bad of artists life and hope this video will inspire everyone who is scared to work on own projects or publish own projects. We can do this! If you enjoy this video please give it a thumbs up so it can reach more people here on Youtube. Thank you so much for all the comments, I try to answer to as many I can. If you stayed till the end let me know by typing the secret words I mention at the end. :) 🌛 MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO In the middle of August I plan to do fundraising campaign ''kikstarter'' to fund a project I have been working on since May 2023. If 60 people will believe in this project it will be funded and I will self publish non-fiction picture book about birds and colour. Kickstarter will help me with the printing costs. The book has 72pages including cover and is filled with 28garden birds and unique stories. I have worked completely with traditional media(handmade watercolours) and have learned calligraphy through the way. I am also doing writing myself. Hope you are all exited! 🌛 SOCIAL MEDIA Support me and my art on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kriksis Website shop: https://www.kriksis.art Etsy for European folks: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/kriksisart Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kriksisart Tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/kriksis Join my mailing list (Substack): https://substack.com/@kriksis?utm_source=profile-page email for sponsorships, product reviews: artkristiana@gmail.com 🌛 AFFILIATE LINKS (Every time you will use these links I will get small commission at no extra cost for you and it helps to support this channel.) Deep deep light watercolours 10% off with code Kriksis https://deepdeeplight.com/ref/Kriksis/ Toms studio - http://tomsstudio.com/KRIKSISART Get 10% off your orders over 30£ on Toms studio with KRIKSISART code at the checkout. Rosemary and Co - https://www.rosemaryandco.com/?u=Kriksis24 Here is code you can add at the checkout - KRIKSIS24 Print.work service I use for my artwork print. Sign up using this link and get 20% welcome discount https://www.print.work/partners/kriksis/ Get free trial epidemic sound for a month. https://share.epidemicsound.com/8f9rj0 Music is from Epidemic sound Standing on your own - Paper Twins Phosphorescence - Kylie Dailey Walking trough the walls - Staffan Carlen Flavour of the day (Tribute version) - Staffan Carlen Have a great day, evening, morning whenever you are! And see you next time! Kriksis

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