ART PORTFOLIO

Selected Works in Digital & Traditional Media

Mina Ignatova

mngntv@gmail.com

Killian Jones

A digital portrait of one of my favorite characters from the TV series "Once Upon a Time". I tried experimenting with the lights and darks that form a facial structure, as well as with proportions. Overall, I'd say it's one of my best works.

Dimensions

2048 x 2048 px

Material

Digital Art

Date

11/2025

Little Elephant

I made this tiny clay elephant during two studio sessions as a birthday gift for my mom, and also made an accompanying mini paper machet and wire elephant to go with it, and as a sort of plan for how I wanted the bigger one. I love the texture and the personality it ended up having, and I'm happy of the unplanned details that emerged after firing. They can also stack, which was an accidental but adorable outcome.

Dimensions

5'' / 3.5'' / 2'' (w/h/d)

Material

Clay

Date

09/2025

Cat

This was one of the first drawings I made while learning digital art, and a special birthday present for my dad. Learning new techniques and tools can be challenging, but I found that choosing a fun subject made it more enjoyable. The look on my dad's face when he chose it as his desktop wallpaper made my day.

Dimensions

2048px x 2048px

Material

Digital Art

Date

07/2025

Castle Drawing

I drew this castle to push my skills with perspective and shading, working on tiny windows and awkward angles that forced me to pay attention. The project felt like a puzzle, and I learned a lot about how light and shadow create depth in the drawing. It also felt oddly satisfying.

Dimensions

8'' x 10''

Material

Pencil Drawing

Date

09/2025

"RavenCat"

School Project - mix two different animals into one hybrid sculpture.

RavenCat was an experiment using cardboard, wire, and paper-mache to see how layered materials look together. I sculpted, painted, and collaged with inexpensive supplies, and the result felt messy, cool, and oddly intimidating. I even affectionately call it "Catbird" when joking about it looking through souls.

Dimensions

16'' / 7'' / 5'' (w/h/d)

Material

Cardboard, Wire, Tape, Polymer Clay, Aluminium Foil, Paper Mache, Acrylic Paint

Date

02/2024

Small Town Landscape

I wanted to experiment with different media to see if I can capture the mood and charm of this small town. I found guache to be quite difficult to work with, but adding some final ink details helped a lot and got me into my usual flow.

Dimensions

7'' x 5.5''

Material

Mixed Media (Guache and black ink)

Date

06/2025

Great Horned Owl

I printed two linoleum prints of this owl as gifts for my parents, and the repetitive carving of the feathers was oddly soothing. I aimed for strong contrasts and bold shapes so the owl's gaze looks intense and direct in each ink color.

Dimensions

9''x11''

Material

Linoleum, Printing Ink

Date

04/2024

Old House

I drew this old house in Sofia, Bulgaria, to practice tricky perspective and ornate details like small balconies, which can be hard to get right. The goal was to keep the mood alive while learning structure so my drawing could stay both accurate and atmospheric.

Dimensions

8'' x 10''

Material

Guache and black ink

Date

07/2025

Ragnar Lothbrok

A digital portrait of the lead from the TV Series "Vikings". I aimed to capture his intense eyes and rugged features using digital painting techniques, and also experimenting with how lighting affects color. Despite being such a time-consuming piece, I loved the process of making it and how much I learned about digital art as a whole.

Dimensions

2048px x 2048px

Material

Digital Art

Date

11/2025

Portrait of my Friend

I made this charcoal portrait as a birthday gift for my best friend. I tried to practice shading, edges, and subtle highlights. I kept adjusting the values until the face started to feel like her, and the process helped me learn patience and restraint with charcoal.

Dimensions

11'' x 16''

Material

Charcoal

Date

11/2023

Celebrity Portrait

This acrylic portrait of Austin Butler was a School Project study in dramatic lighting and skin tones under strong contrast, and I focused on brushwork and color mixing to get believable form. I wanted the work to look cinematic while I learned new painting techniques.

Dimensions

12'' x 16''

Material

Acrylic on canvas panel

Date

09/2025

"Selfie-Portrait"

School Project - make a linoleum print.

I wanted to make a self protrait since I hadn't done so since my freshman year, but I also wanted it to be in a more unique way than pencil or digital drawing. So, when we were given this Linolium printing project, I got inspired to try combining both goals into one.

Dimensions

8'' x 11''

Material

Linoleum Engraving

Date

11/2025

Mom (Caricature)

I drew this goofy caricature of my mom to make her laugh, exaggerating her features in a funny way. It was a quick study in simplification and expression, and seeing her smile felt worth all the messy lines and edits.

Dimensions

5'' x 6''

Material

Pencil Drawing

Date

06/2024

The Wolf's Howl

I drew this wolf while focusing on fur texture and the motion of a dramatic howl so the drawing feels alive and energetic. I prioritized mood over exact realism and used layered pencil marks to give the piece a wild, mysterious vibe.

Dimensions

6'' x 8''

Material

Pencil Drawing

Date

11/2022

Ancient Statue

I wanted to experiment with a mixture of an ancient classical subject and modern digital drawing techniques. My goal was to study how a statue would look if it were reimagined in a contemporary art style, blending traditional sculpture aesthetics with digital art's flexibility.

Dimensions

1024px x 1024px

Material

Digital Drawing

Date

06/2024

Lavender Flower

Guache and watercolors study of a flower as a Mother's Day present. This was one of my first pieces with watercolor and/or guache, so it was as much a gift as it was a way for me to broaden the amount of materials I know I can work with in art.

Dimensions

5'' x 7''

Material

Guache and Watercolors

Date

11/2023