Monika Zagrobelna @monikazagrobelna

cute christmas snow leopard

It's this time of the year again! ☺️ My annual contest Get a Tablet for Christmas, sponsored again by Wacom and Sketchbook, is live now - check out my blog for more info: monikazagrobelna.com/2025/11/21/g...

21.11.2025 15:54 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

illustration of Meleys, the dragon

🔥 #houseofthedragon #gameofthrones #fanart

03.11.2025 18:03 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

dark tiger

This image has been completely butchered when I posted it on Instagram - hopefully it will look better here! Happy #Halloween!🎃

31.10.2025 22:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

a composite of process images from creating a turtle illustration

I see two main problems in my process: 1) I keep backtracking, 2) my colors start nice and vivid, and get muddier in the end. So now I'm working on a method to solve both issues, and this is one of the studies I did for that purpose. Looks promising!

21.09.2025 09:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

These feathers look so soft!

17.09.2025 13:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wow, amazing colors! 😍

25.08.2025 07:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I'm happy to hear it ☺️

17.06.2025 07:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

YouTube video by Monika Zagrobelna Drawing Toothless in Sketchbook for iPad & Sketchbook Pro

I know I haven't done this for a while, but there's a new video on my TouTube channel! youtu.be/NoTZCkDAVmc

13.06.2025 21:29 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Amazing! It's great to hear it is possible to be that accurate using your imagination only. This gives me hope I'll get there one day, too - thank you! ☺️

05.06.2025 17:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@tfiddlerart.bsky.social I've been wondering - do you use some kind of a 3D model/figurine to plan the placement of shadows and highlights, or is it all done from imagination (or rather, from experience)?

05.06.2025 07:34 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

black dragon Balerion perching on a rock

Balerion drawn as a commission for a client - my best black dragon rendering ever! #houseofthedragon #hotd #gameofthrones #got #asoiaf #dragon #art

15.05.2025 07:38 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Such a beautiful style!

24.04.2025 07:34 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Buy “Feline Anatomy Diagrams” on Patreon | Monika Zagrobelna Check out Monika Zagrobelna’s shop on Patreon

Last chance to get my feline anatomy diagrams at a discounted price! Use the FIRSTDAY25 code for $5 off: www.patreon.com/monikazagrob... #animalanatomy #artreference

01.03.2025 10:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You should try Sketchbook! It's not as popular as Procreate, but it's much more intuitive (and the basic version is free).

25.02.2025 07:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

tiger lighting studies

More tiger themed lighting studies 🐯

26.01.2025 15:05 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

two tigers "kissing"

A quick study of the effect of light on fur. I quite like this style - it's so expressive!

22.01.2025 08:02 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Bsky seems to encourage me to post bigger images, because if I don't, it just stretches them. But I don't want to post high resolution images that AI scrappers (and other art thieves) like so much :(

26.11.2024 17:02 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

homotherium cub illustration

homotherium skull study

I'm a bit late to the party, but here's my take on the most famous kitty of the year - the recently discovered homotherium cub mummy!
#paleoart #sketchbookpro #bigcats #cuteart #paleontology #animalillustration

26.11.2024 16:52 — 👍 24 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

dragon with glowing wings

A commission for veinereastath (on deviantArt). Btw, I'm open for commissions! ☺️

19.11.2024 11:51 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

snow leopard cub in a santa hat

It's this time of the year again! 🎅 If you want to start your digital art journey, visit my blog for the rules of the contest: monikazagrobelna.com/2024/11/17/g...

17.11.2024 16:20 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0