mocha sip studios
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Born and raised in Eastern Europe.Portrait artist and illustrator who loves to illustrate the female form, combining it with surreal gothic, grunge, and cultural elements from mainly Bulgarian and Hungarian folklore.The experience of being a queer woman in a post communist environment inspires the portrayal of beautiful, often sapphic, women in tragic settings, often resulting in unhappy endings in the journey of finding comfort and love. Balancing hardness with softness, she invites viewers into an intimate display of longing, loss, and self-discovery. Their art provokes thought and invites viewers' interpretations.
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Portfolio
Book Illustrations (2025-2024)
Lover Takes It All
When people die they must consent to being taken into the next life. A reaper’s job is to gain the trust of people before they pass so their job becomes easier. The reaper in this story breaks the rules and instead falls in love with her victims, and refuses to let them go no matter how much they beg her to.This story is an homage to the genre of tragic sapphic love. Love between women often ends tragic and I wanted to also portray it in a story about one sided romance where the ending is not good.Overall, a love letter to women and how queer women often don’t get to receive their happy ending.
Lover Takes It All (Cover & Final Page Concepts)
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Hungarian Folk Tale (Cover + 3 Page Illustrations)
Undergraduate Course Work (2025-2022)
