The key to what?
Ana StretcuI write and illustrate and have occasional creative panic about both of these. And I'm here to talk about all of it.
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My first good idea in 2026
Hello beautiful people,
Hope you’ve all made it through the yearlong month that January always is. I personally feel like I’ve lived 2 lives already and I’m here to talk to you about the one good idea I’ve had this year as if it’s somethin...
Would I like to draw that?
When I started taking this illustration thing seriously about 8 years ago, I quickly found myself drawn to children’s book illustrations and decided to make that my career. And I thought the best way to do it was to be strategic about it....
Norway Sketchbook Tour
I took a break from writing the newsletter over summer, so thank you for being patient with me. Now that I’m back and summer seems to be over, I’m excited to get back to this being a monthly thing.
This summer felt like a proper break. It...
The rumors are true!
I know. I can barely believe it myself. But it’s true, I did indeed finish a sketchbook. You can see a little flip though here.
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Sure, it's the smallest sketchbook in the world and it took me 3 months but hey I did...
Character design in my first book
As I mentioned in my brilliantly written last post about how I started working on my first picture book, I am nosyyyy. That curiosity is maybe also powered by a sneaky feeling that there’s some sort of guaranteed secret to publishing succes...
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