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Gracjana Zielinska

@vinegaria.bsky.social

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🎨 Illustrator & Concept Artist (no AI / NFT) 🎮 Art Director / Head of Art at Vile Monarch 🎃 Ex goth rock star, but not really 🐣 Mom since 2024, so my time is limited lately, but let’s give this a try ;) http://vinegaria.com

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · 15h

Dzięki! <3 Taa, kryzys w branży dalej ostro.. ale mam nadzieję, że u Ciebie ogólnie ok?

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · 15h

Some extra crops and sketch. Overworking lines and details is a relaxing guilty pleasure of mine ;)

Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · 15h

“Whispers in Gold” - a small preview of another piece for #hardcoverbooks published by @hardcoverart.com

An homage to Belle Epoque, burlesque and cabarets. You can pre-order the artbook now!

This piece is a part of “Reverie Noir” series I’m working on.

#hardcover2025
Photoshop and Procreate

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · 1d

Some sketches and a close up here :)

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · 1d

I had the pleasure of working on 3 pieces for the new #hardcover2025 edition by @hardcoverart.com!

Full of uncensored art by fantastic artists, this year's theme is RETRO. Which rocks, as I wanted to pay homage to #burlesque vibes.

Just crops here for obvious reasons — more to come! :)

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 16

Thank you! ☀️

Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 16

Thank you, I really appreciate it! ♥️ I thought I kinda overworked it and was afraid it felt too “plastic” in the end 😅

Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 16

Thank you so much! <3

Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 16

♥️ Thanks again! Sorry for the lag, we had a personal emergency and I was out of social media for a few days. But honestly, your designs and style are reallllly inspiring! 🌟

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 13

Wow, thank you so much for this reaction! Made my evening after a lousy day ♥️♥️♥️ I personally call it “overdetailing and never knowing when to stop” 🙃 I’m so happy you like it! ✨

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 13

Final vs #sketch vs clean #lineart - at first I wanted lineart to be more visible and color shading rather flat in the final piece, but got carried away with lips and makeup, and the rest followed 😅

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 13

#procreatetimelapse - lots of changes in this one, lots of time spent on a few versions of lineart, couldn’t decide how the bird(s) should look, changed her outfit and background idea a few times. I’ll upload longer version to YT later, but quick one here works better. I think?

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 13

Angeliz, a cyberpunk witch, @kjetll.bsky.social’s character for #kjetll07dtiys. Gotta say I *love* her design, and it was great to revisit goth vibes and come back to my roots 😎 Gotta do this more often.

More info, sketches and #artprocess below.
#dtiys #drawthisinyourstyle

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 9

#ArtResources

Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · Jan 9

Explore the Newly-Launched Public Domain Image Archive with 10,000+ Free Historical Images

We've often featured the work of the Public Domain Review here on Open Culture, and also various searchable copyright-free image databases that have arisen over the years.

www.openculture.com

Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 9

Fajnie Cię tu widzieć! I dziękuję za follow, taki mini achievement dla mnie, bo śledzę Cię jeszcze od czasów Secret Service i Osiedla Swoboda ;)

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 8

Thank you for hosting! I’m still learning things here, so I hope I’m not replying in the wrong place 😅

A mix of my older pieces, from 2010 - 2020 or so.

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 8

Lots of really nice artworks in this one so far 🌺
#artshare

Nodens☄️ @nodens.bsky.social · Jan 8

⭒⋆✵ ARTSHARE ✵⋆⭒
Let's share some love and kindness!

🔮 Post your art
🔮 Repost this for visibility
🔮 Invite friends and support other artists
💀 Human artist only, no Ai, no NFTs, keep it SFW please

I'll RT my favorites through the days 💜

#selfpromo #artshare

Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 8

Thank you for hosting! I’m still learning things here, so I hope I’m not replying in the wrong place 😅

A mix of my older pieces, from 2010 - 2020 or so.

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 8

Oh, I love the style! 🌟

✧ Pickle ✧ @thelowestpickle.bsky.social · Nov 13

hello there!
✧ Im Pickle - character designer & illustrator - talents include drawing jewelry, cloth & beautiful people ✧

email 🌌 [email protected]
vgen 🧚🏻‍♂️ @TheLowestPickle

Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 8

Oh, I love it! I plan to post here some #ArtInspiration and #ArtResources - so tagging it in case someone will browse the future posts by these, looking for more. Fantastic project! ♥️

The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · Jan 8

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁

We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 8

Fun bit of trivia - I quickly fixed the eyes in this version. You can see on previous photos I’ve drawn them blue and brown. I only later learnt how and why his eyes really looked ;)

Not important. The Dreamers are important! ✨

Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 8

It’s David Bowie’s birthday! And also my Grandma’s. He passed away in 2016, and she in 2022. I miss them both for various reasons, they were great inspirations.

Throwback to an old piece I’ve drawn then. Traditional #coloredpencils - I really miss having time to explore this medium more.

2016 portrait of David Bowie drawn with Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils.

Making of pictures and a photo of a finished piece. Crappy camera back then, so crappy quality ;)

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 8

Thank you! ☺️

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Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 2

Dziękuję! <3 Moim problemem za to jest zawsze kiedy przestać wykańczać 😅

Gracjana Zielinska @vinegaria.bsky.social · Jan 1

#procreatetimelapse - mostly one brush + symmetrical perspective tool for background drawing