Marta Dec

Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Linguist. Tells stories with pixels, loves cats, tea and books.

[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

Oh hi, it's #PortfolioDay!

I'm a versatile digital artist and book designer from Poland, working with various genres - from fantasy to non-fiction. ❤️

📧[email protected] / 📌https://t.co/ata33JL4KC

[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

I'm planning on painting and sketching things squarely in my comfort zone for the entire three weeks of my vacation.

And that basically means women in armour.💕

#digitalpainting

[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

"Offlining" by GJ Weinstein - a comedy sci-fi book, the cover for which was a very fun challenge and mix of photomanipulation and comic book characters. 😍

#bookcover

[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

A colour study. I was fascinated by the contrast of the red dress with greenish background as soon as I saw the photo, and I had to try and paint it. 😍

Reference: a photo by Kate on https://t.co/f2BaJEmlIv.

#digitalart

[CG Drews @PaperFury]

when erin morgenstern said "when the words on the pages become so precious that they feel like part of your own history" and summarised why we are obsessed with books

[sʏʟᴇssᴀᴇ ♕ @sylessae]

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[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

"Hillheksene" - a historical/fantasy novel by Sara Vikse.

#bookcoverdesign

[Gregor Kari @gregor_kari]

Here are some bony landmarks you can always rely on when drawing both simple and elaborate poses.

[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

I don't get to make romance covers often... but I recently did and it was a really cool change of pace. "Sage's Fire" by Realyn Beckett. 😉

[𝙺𝚊𝚒𝚊 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 @ThisisKaia]

I need AI that

-Does dishes
-Folds laundry
-Cooks dinner
-Answers email
-Vacuums
-Picks my kid up from soccer

Not AI that makes art.

Don’t we have this backwards? It should do all these things so WE get to make art and have leisure time.

[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

"Ego Alter" by Simon Edvardsen. #BookCover for a sci-fi novel which will come out later this year. 😍

[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

I've been working on my landscapes lately - trying to focus on flowing shapes and aerial perspective. And, well, this is definitely a case of "practice teaches you so much more than knowing theory", because colour changes in SO MANY ways with distance! 😮

#digitalpainting

[Paul Heaston @paulheaston]

Can’t talk about this trick enough times.

[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

Study time, of how different skintones react to the same lighting and environment. I need more data, though. 😅

#digitalpainting

[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

#bookcover for "Ellers får du klare deg selv!". The project is halted for now unfortunately, but the cover I'm still pretty proud of.

[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

Trying to find a usable #reference through @adobestock is a nightmare due to AI-generated images. I'm seriously considering ditching that expensive sub and using that money to buy more packs from actual #stock photographers. 😡

[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

Who knew, sometimes staying in your comfort zone ends up resulting in really cool paintings. 😆
#digitalpainting

[Joz Norris @JozNorris]

Really enjoying the idea that all these UFOs might be actual aliens. Imagining explaining it to my grandchildren.

"First there was Brexit and Trump, then there was the COVID pandemic, then the war in Ukraine, then a cost-of-living crisis, and then of course the aliens came."

[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

Two final covers for Wydawnictwo Dziwny Pomysł - "Dziewczyna, która wiosłowała w stronę tęczy" oraz "To ze mną jest problem".

#bookcoverdesign

[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

First finished painting in a series of “I’m over challenging myself in personal artwork for while, comfort zone all the way”.
#digitalpainting

[Marta Dec @martadecdesign]

An idea for stock photographers out there: different decades of the 1900s. Trying to find non-sexualized #stockimages of women in 1940-60s clothing is a nightmare. 🙃