katemosk.art @katemosk-art - Tumblr Blog

In early February, a strong anxiety spirit was already in the air. I decided to draw cats instead of nervous overeating. After the first explosions in Kyiv, anxious cats ceased to be relevant. Everything has already happened.

But these almost two months, I have seen how important animals are in our lives every day. Dogs in bomb shelters, a rabbit in an evacuation train, a rooster from Mariupol, an infinite number of cats in the arms of our glorious Armed Forces of Ukraine.

There is a lot of evil around, but moments of empathy and love remind us that people have moved toward humanity and suffering reduction—at least a significant part of people.

It is difficult to talk about humanity because I want to tear murderers and rapists with my bare hands. But when I look at the destruction, there is one "positive" desire - to create and restore, and I want to stick with this feeling.

So I finished some cat sketches, and I will finish other if my home computer and I both survive.

Let them be reminders now.

#ukrainian art #armukrainenow #cats #cat illustration #cat drawing #cat spirit

I hope this rage and despair, which drains the strength, will melt into strengthening anger.

I never thought that such a huge change in consciousness could happen in such a short time. The beliefs and values I lived with for years crumbled in a day. Some changes took weeks, and some even strengthened.It may be necessary to change again for a peaceful life one day, but the wreckage of war is in the heart till the end. I don't want to take my eyes off anymore, I want to remember forever. And become stronger to help pull those who were captured by the war completely out.

#standwithukraine #ukrainian art #animation #gif animation

Oksana. A women in a traditional Ukrainian costume.

New interesting Ukrainian content has appeared in recent years: vlogs, podcasts, music, comics, movies, documentaries, etc.I used to search all over YouTube to find popular ethnography, but I found crumbs. Well, it was still possible to read some serious books. But I had fallen asleep and began to smell the dust from the school museum.Now you can watch video memoirs, view archival photos on Instagram, and listen about the cuisine of different historical periods in podcasts. History was revived. For example, I had no idea how popular coffee was in Cossack times, and that the Ukrainian culinary tradition is very diverse and related to European.I also wanted some kind of creative project, but thoughts in my head told me that I don't have enough skills/knowledge/time. Now I understand that it's better to begin as soon as the desire appears.So if you wanted to create some kind of Ukrainian content (and you can do so) but you think it's the wrong time, then here's a sign. It's time.We need as many voices as possible so that the whole world knows who we are, and most importantly so that we understand who we are. We have a great cultural heritage, it's time to grow it.

#ukrainian costume #traditional clothing #traditional ukrainian costume #standwithukraine #ukrainian art #Illustration #drawing #character

Ukrainian night

A month ago, I thought that Ukrainians and Gallic villagers from "Asterix and Obelix" are similar. We can argue about the canonical borscht recipe til night, but if the enemy comes, everyone unites to fight. Even an old granny. I don't compare us anymore. Our story is much more tragic and comedic, and most importantly - real. And we are not at war with the Roman legionaries.However, the analogy is appropriate to remind once again not to lose vigilance. We got tired, got used to the war and started to argue again. The enemy is still near and sends trojan horses to cause discord. Let's unite, direct our anger on the aggressor. We will debate after the victory, but over of the colour for new theatres and the usage of the Russian oligarch's estates.

#standwithukraine #ukraine #Illustration #drawing #3d #3d artwork #night #ukrainian art