Unlock the doors leading to the wondeful magical illustrated world of Maria Dimova. Watch her mysterious witches in a stunning video! Discover her drawing material, favorites artists and future projects.

Maria Dimova is an illustrator from the Republic of Moldova. Her feminine portraits may be inspired by the fantasy litterature she reads. I love the way she plays with black and white adding some touch of color like red and blue. She seems particuliary focused on hair, with elaborate haidressing waving softly and magically… (Version française de cet article disponible ici)

Hairdessing waving magically © Maria Dimova

Night Witch – Inktober 2017 © Maria Dimova

Spring Witch – Inktober 2017 © Maria Dimova

Her Inktober 2017 was about witches.

Have a look at her talentuous skills in this slideshow.

Maria Dimova – Inktober Memories

Interview of Maria Dimova

You wanna more about Maria’s inspiration and her Inktober’s life? I had the luck to discuss with this brilliant artist.

When did you start participating in the Inktober Challenge?

The first time I’ve learnt about the Inktober was two years ago. I liked it very much and joined the challenge immediately. I was interested to practice with my new ink art supplies more often. I thought it would be great to improve my drawing skills by sketching every day. This year is gonna be my third time participating in this amazing art-challenge. And I’d like to say it’s my favorite challenge of the year!

Inktober 2018 – Day 2 © Maria Dimova

Inktober 2018 – Day 1 © Maria Dimova

What are your favorite artists / inspiration?

There are so many great artists! Here’s a small compilation with my favorite artists I did for the #artvshero on Instagram. My passion for the feminine beauty, complicated ornaments and decorative design was started from the Grand Masters like John William Waterhouse, Herbert James Draper, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and of course Alphonse Mucha.

Also one of the main inspiration for me is fantasy genre, and I like so many artists who use magic in their works. Here’s just few of them: Gerald Brom, Even Mehl Amundsen, Charlie Bowater and Lois van Baarle.

Maria Dimova #artvshero

There was many witches in you Inktober 2017

I draw witches because October is the month of Halloween, so I draw them as part of Witchtober as well 🙂 I love fantasy genre, and the witches are a big part of it. My favorite fantasy authors are Andrzej Sapkowski (The Witcher), George R. R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire), Joe Abercrombie (The First Law trilogy), Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle), Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time) and Robin Hobb (The Farseer trilogy).

WItches – Inktober 2017 © Maria Dimova

Which artists are you following for inktober?

My all time favorite ink masters on Instagram are: Even Mehl Amundsen, Kim Jung Gi, Andrew Mar, Viktor Titov, Jana Schirmer and Sweeney Boo. Their drawings always amaze me and I often learn from them something new!

© Even Mehl Admunsen

© Kim Jun Gi

© Andrew Mar

© Viktor Titov



© Jana Schirmer

© Sweeney Boo

What material and tools are you using?

My favorite sketchbook for ink art is Moleskine. I’m using the Pentel Pocket Brush Pen for the black line art and Ecoline brush pens for shading and colouring. Also I like my little kraft sketchbook which is very suitable for carrying with me everywhere. Usually I use it for simple sketches with ballpoint pens. My new experimental tools are pink and green MILAN ballpoint pens.

Inktober 2017 © Maria Dimova

What are your plans for the future?

I don’t really plan anything too far. All I want is to keep it up for doing daily drawings and of course raising my skills! Also I hope I’ll create colouring book based on my sketches and feminine beauty ideas.

Inktober 2017 © Maria Dimova

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