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What inspired you to become an artist? Creativity has always been a companion in my life. Music, drawing or cooking. Creativity is inherent in so many things and that's how I ended up taking a creative path professionally. At first, I worked in textile design, but then ventured into self-employment as a graphic designer in 2008. From here, the step to digital art was just logical and felt so right. Do you work full time as an artist? My job as a graphic designer and my work as a digital artist are constantly interacting and influencing each other. But my compositions are only part of my very diverse work. What is the biggest challenge of being an artist? There are some. But I think the biggest challenge so far has been finding my own style and developing it further. Don't let yourself be fooled and keep the creative muscle in training is a challenge. In my opinion, this will become even more important, especially now in the age of AI and image generators. How do you structure your day? My daily structure varies depending on whether I have customer appointments or work on my own ideas. I usually start very early in the morning. It happens that sometimes I'm already working on the computer at 5 o'clock in the morning. I'm an early bird and always have been. My creativity usually gushes best in the morning. Since becoming self-employed,