ABOUT DIANADWORAK
Diana Dworak is a freelance illustrator based in the UK. Since she was a little kid, she was drawing on everything and was obsessed with cartoons, games, and art of any kind. She always knew she wanted to paint and never entertained a different career path.
She studied animation at Bournemouth University but decided that although she loved watching it, she much preferred painting book art as a career. At present, she does around 70% of her detailed work in Photoshop and Wacom, but she also enjoys sketching on her iPad in Procreate since she loves the versatility it gives.
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Where do you find inspiration for your designs?
Games, animation, and books, mainly! I've always adored Art Nouveau/Alfons Mucha designs and often add that style to my pieces and frames. For personal pieces, being Polish, I'm greatly inspired by Slavic mythology. I did my final university project on Polish myths and folklore creatures!
Do you have a favorite piece of art you've created to date? What makes it special to you?
My favourite piece is probably 'Spider' (even though I'm very arachnophobic! 😂). It was inspired by Polish/Slavic folklore and witches.
DIANADWORAK x OWLCRATE
Diana was one of the artists who worked on our social deduction card game Stryx, along with creaturegraphics, wictorian_art, zarimoth, andiliion, celi_arts, and meowtricia_. She illustrated the cards for Freya, Osiris, Chang'e, Medusa, Apophis, and Titanoboa with art direction by @heyatlascreative and @stubbornpagemage.
"The Stryx project was probably my favourite as I adore mythology, and it was really unique! I am forever grateful to OwlCrate, as they gave me my first 'real' job in the bookish community a couple of years ago! It was V.E. Schwab's 'A Darker Shade of Magic' character cards, and I'll always have a soft spot for that project. It started my whole career in this amazing community. Thank you!"
What are some of your favorite books or authors?
I obviously love all the young adult books I get to read, especially if they have magic! That's why I am so grateful to be a part of this community. Some of my older favourites are The Hobbit, Hunger Games, and Howl's Moving Castle. I was definitely obsessed with Eragon as a child too; that's probably where my obsession with magic, witches, and elves started.
