reaching out to the sky

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It happened again. The very same thing which happened in case of works like dreaming in the meadow, or a ghostly presence's stroll. Once again I got inspired by photo from tiny thin book with aphorisms (e.g., "True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything." by Michel de Montaigne). Well, to be precise two photos were my inspirations this time.

First of the mentioned photos - a landscape with 2 trees.

Second of the mentioned photos shows a laid table 
among the flowers.

graphics including the rainbow haze

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With the beginning of the March I went on the stroll during which I took a few photos. One of them shows naked branches. It inspired me to create a surreal graphics based on this photo of trees. It was foreseeable. To be fair, it would be strange, if I didn't make one.

Anyway, enjoy!

A mentioned photo showing naked branches. Beginning of the March, 2026.

I cropped the fragment of this photo, and started experiments. Mostly with gradients.

Those experiments resulted in the soft rainbow effect. 

So soft, one may think it's a rainbow mist.

letting the red crane go

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For some time certain thought was tickling my mind, and it was the idea of drawing a lady wearing a kimono. Maybe it's because I haven't been doing an art inspired by Japanese culture in quite a long time. At first I've got no idea how to compose a picture, or which colours I should choose. Finally I came up with usage of a contrast, and with an addition of something symbolic.

Below You could look at my work - letting the red crane go.

letting the red crane go, watercolour crayons on a watercolour paper, 19,7 x 14,5 cm.

landscape graphics

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I would like to begin my post with a question.

What do You see in the photo below?

I took this photo during the stroll in October 2025.

the Poetic Graphics: green small plane

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So, You see, in September 2023 I put up a poem on my other blog. A poem was inspired by a fascinating sight - a green toy aeroplane got stuck in the cherry tree in someone's garden.

HERE You can read the poem in my mother tongue, its title is zielony samolocik. I thought it might be a good idea to translate this poem, and then turn it into a graphic being a part of "the Poetic Graphics".

Below there is a net result of my work.

the Poetic Graphics: green small plane, graphic.

As always a translation was quite a challenge for me.

the Poetic Graphics: with the willowy hair

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This year I created a poem inspired by a view I saw during the stroll in one of the parks in Cracow. I saw a quite lovely pond with a small island. There was a really big willow on this island. 

The original title of mentioned poem is wśród wierzbowych włosów. HERE You can read this if You want to. I translated this poem in order to make it a part of the Poetic Graphics series, and show it on a specially designed background.

Below there is an effect of my work. 

the Poetic Graphics: with the willowy hair, graphic.

a flame of curiosity

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Some time ago I took a brown crayon and sketched a rear-facing lady in a long dress. 

I took a liking to it so much that the next step were pastels.

Mentioned sketch made with brown crayon.

I thought that pastels could nicely help in achieving a fantastic picture. A picture which may be a dream, or a fantasy universe.

Below there are photos showing further phases of a creative process.

a ghostly presence's stroll

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Do You happen to remember my post about a drawing dreaming in the meadow? I asked because once again a photo from a thin tiny book with variety of aphorisms (e.g. "Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand." by Thomas Carlyle) inspired me to create a work. To be precise - a pastel.

In the upper left corner there is a mentioned photo from this little book.

Lone tree among the lavender field - this scenery stimulates imagination. 

two dragons

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If You come by my blog from time to time, then surreal graphics based on a photos of trees are nothing new to You. I sometimes like to take photos of the trees. I find them oddly inspiring.

In today's post I'd like to show You another work created thanks to a photo of trees.

In February 2023 I took this photo in the nearby forest.

So, I cropped a fragment from an above photo, and dived into experimenting. 

4 in 4: Maple-leaf

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So, it's time for the 20th comic strip from the series "the Four Seasons in Four Frames", which is also known as 4 in 4. There are 2 protagonists of this short story - Summer and Autumn.

PLOT:

Under the maple tree Summer and Autumn met in order to perform a certain ritual.

As always the translation of bubbles is below the comic strip.

ENJOY!

FIRST FRAME

Autumn: ... So, there is just us - Spring is sleeping, Winter's exhausted because of the heat.

Summer: In sum, I'm not surprised about it.

blue sorcery

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Occasionally, I find a strange pleasure in taking photos of trees. There's something fascinating in staring at complex trees' branches as they try to reach the sky. It's a usual thing for me to experiment a little with these photos in graphic software.

This is why this post came into being - I've created another surreal graphic based on a photo which you can see below.

I took this photo during the stroll in January 2024.

mesmerising forest

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From time to time I'd like to snap pictures of the nature. Trees happen to be impressive models.

Photos of trees sometimes inspire me to create crazy, and surreal graphics.

That's the reason why I wrote this post - I've made another surreal graphic. 

I took this photo on April this year in the nearby forest.

unreal impression

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From time to time I spend time on creating surreal graphics which are based on photographies of trees.

Trees are inspiring. Trees can save you during the hot day in the city.

Anyway you see another surreal graphic today.

Here you see trees from nearby forest. I took this photo this year on February.
That day weather was really lovely.

I cropped out a part of this photo and experimented with it.

the Birth of the New Life Form

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Here comes another surreal graphic which happened because of photo showing trees.

During one of the autumnal walks I took a photo of trees. It pictures a contrast between branches fully dressed and the naked ones.

That's the mentioned photo. I took it in October 2022.

fighting crabs

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From time to time I like to take a photographies of trees. Then, photos usually inspire me to modify them into surreal graphics.

Here comes another post in which a photo of the trees contributed to creating a surreal graphic.

This time I got to photo, which you can see below.

Photography from February 2022.

Somehow branches and power lines connote a vision of hands playing on the instrument's strings. So during my work I created this graphic.

4 in 4: the Dryer

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This is the 11th comic strip from series "the Four Seasons in Four Frames", also known as "4 in 4".

This time the main protagonist will be Spring.

PLOT:

As cherry blossom' petals are dancing in the air, and Spring calmly is preparing for the Easter,

certain person, visibly angry is closing on Spring...

As always the translation of bubbles is available below the comic strip.

ENJOY!

Second Frame

Winter: Spring! Enough of those jokes!

strange phenomenons

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Well, I made an another surreal graphic which is based on a photo showing the trees. 

Nature can be so inspiring! 

A photo in question is visible below.

Photo shows a certain park. I've took it in Autumn 2015.

And here, look below at the result of my experiments.

impressive sunset

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Few days ago I was baking a mazurek (traditional cake for Easter), and I simply looked through the window. Once again I was strongly impressed by colours of the sunset. This time it was splendid combination of violet and yellow hidden behind the trees on the horizon.

Those colours and trees inspired me to transfer my impressions on a cardboard with oil pastels.

Here's result of my work.

impressive sunset, oil pastels on a cardboard, 20,8 x 14,9 cm.

My Dear Followers,

here comes the Easter,

and I wish You All the Best!

🐰

HAPPY EASTER! 

4 in 4: the dark forest

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Here comes the 9th comic strip of the series "the Four Seasons in Four Frames"! 

Although it's cold & white outside, this story is concerning the Autumn but with a twist. In some way "the dark forest" is groundbreaking. 

What is more, from now on I'll be showing "4 in 4" series in a different way. I'll divide a comic into two parts and write translations of bubbles below them. Then I show "the dark forest" in full.

Why didn't I come up with this idea earlier? I would like to know it too.

PLOT:

A certain girl got lost in the dark forest. What will happen with her, and what the Autumn has to do with it?

FIRST FRAME:

STRIP: After two hours in the forest...

GIRL: Wait, this place looks familiar... It seems that I've been here already.

SECOND FRAME:

GIRL: Now what? Should I turn back?

At a crossroads where everything is possible

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It's nice to take an autumnal walk from time to time. There's a possibility to notice beauty in the unexpected places. It's great to have a camera in a bag just in case.

I've took this photo in September 2021.