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2020 | Longlist | Children's Publishing
  • Was this project commissioned?
    Commissioned
  • Commissioner Name
    Publishing House Mescheryakova
  • Commissioner Company
    Publishing House Mescheryakova
  • Personal Website or Portfolio Link
    behance.net/naktisart
  • Instagram
    @naktisart
  • Biography
    Natalia is an artist and illustrator born and based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She graduated from Nicholay Roerich art college with a degree in painting, then studied graphic arts in Saint Petersburg State Academic lnstitute of Art, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.Е. Repin (Russian Academy of Arts). Since 2013 she works as a freelance artist in different art genres and as a book illustrator for Publishing House Mescheryakova, ‘Clever-media’ publishing house and as an illustrator for ‘Rockcult’ webzine about rock music. She also completed a graphic design program at International Design School in Saint Petersburg in 2016-2017. She works mainly with watercolors and acrylic paints, ink pen and markers and sometimes with digital vector illustrations. She draws inspiration from mythology, folklore, old fairy tales and rock, metal (and other kinds of "darker" and underground) music. Besides illustrations, she does landscape and cityscape paintings and drawings.
  • Where are you currently based?
    Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Where did you hear about the competition?
    AOI social
Natalia MikhalchukDragon’s lair
Natalia Mikhalchukflying dragon
Natalia MikhalchukThe Enchanted Pig
Natalia Mikhalchukthe boar
Natalia Mikhalchuksleeping with a giant