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Learn to transform emotion into design
and create expressive characters with gentle motion, personality, and style.
 What if your art could say what you feel?
“Art does not reproduce the visible; it makes visible.” – Paul Klee
Learning illustration shouldn’t mean learning how to look like everyone else. Most artists don’t struggle with software — they struggle with turning quiet, complex feelings into shapes, colors, posture, rhythm, and atmosphere.
If that sounds familiar, you’re already closer than you think.
You don’t need perfect anatomy or hyper-real shading to create characters that resonate. What you need is intention, sensitivity, and the confidence to let emotion guide your design choices.
When you begin to notice how a slouched shoulder tells a story, how a limited palette can hold a mood, or how a tiny motion can breathe life into a moment — style stops being mysterious, and starts becoming yours.
That’s the heart of my course Flat Style, Deep Feelings.Â
Design What You Feel
Digital art becomes less overwhelming once you learn to draw from feeling instead of pressure.
That’s why I created Flat Style, Deep Feelings, to help you move past technical uncertainty and gain the confidence to express your inner world through simple shapes, meaningful choices, color, light, and subtle motion.
Inside, we focus on emotional storytelling in flat style: how posture, palette, and design decisions whisper personality. I’ll guide you with clear lessons, friendly challenges, and app-agnostic methods you can use anywhere.
When you finish, you’ll have the skills to create soft, expressive characters and animated details that feel personal, modern, and portfolio-ready, and a flexible workflow you can return to again and again.
Hey, I’m Daria.
Most people online know me as @darja.draws. I’m an illustrator and designer based in Austria, drawn to soft shapes, quiet details, and the kind of art that carries feeling in every line.
I’ve always been fascinated by how simple marks can hold a story, how posture, palette, and tiny gestures can express what words can’t. Over time, I found myself building a visual style rooted in emotional minimalism — calm compositions, expressive characters, and gentle storytelling that feels intimate and human.
When I’m not illustrating, I create tools and ideas for artists: Cappymind, my platform for creative prompts, Oh Sketch, my idea-generation app, and Dariko, where I turn illustrations into prints and everyday objects.
Now, I’m bringing all of that experience together in my first full course: Flat Style, Deep Feelings, a step-by-step journey into emotional character illustration and subtle animation.
I’m so excited to share my process with you, and to help you build artwork that feels soft, intentional, and uniquely your own. 💛
Create Polished, Emotionally Resonant Art
Master Color, Mood, and Composition
Develop a Personal, Modern Visual Style
Bring Your Art to Life with Subtle Animation
In Flat Style, Deep Feelings, I’ll guide you through intentional design principles that make character art feel emotional, modern, and quietly powerful, all in a way that feels gentle and approachable, even if you’re still building confidence.
Across 7 modules, with 6+ hours of lessons and 40+ step-by-step videos, you’ll learn how to turn feelings into visual decisions: expressive poses, meaningful shapes, balanced compositions, thoughtful palettes, and subtle frame-by-frame animation. You’ll discover how to set mood through color, design characters that feel sincere, and add soft movement that brings them to life.
Every module includes guided exercises, creative prompts, and worksheets to help you apply what you learn and develop gradually — no overwhelm, no pressure. And since everything is taught through an app-agnostic workflow (Procreate, Photoshop, CSP, and more), you’ll be able to follow along with the tools you already love.
You’ll also receive emotional palette packs, design guides, printable resources, and access to our private student community, so you’re never on this journey alone. My goal is to help you refine your voice, build confidence in your decision-making, and create art that feels unmistakably yours.
MODULE 1&2
Designing Characters from Emotion
Learn to sketch from feeling rather than formula. We’ll explore pose, gesture, personality cues, and visual decision-making — alongside prompts, references, and creative constraints — to build expressive characters with intention, clarity, and emotional presence.
MODULE 3&4
Composition & Color as Emotional Storytelling
Discover how to guide the viewer’s eye and shape atmosphere through balance, rhythm, contrast, and focal points. We’ll build limited palettes tied to emotion, explore thumbnails, and create compositions that feel calm, expressive, and beautifully intentional.
MODULE 5&6
Rendering with Restraint & Sharing Your Work Professionally
Learn to finish illustrations with quiet detail — soft edges, subtle textures, highlights, and depth — while keeping the style clean and minimalist. Then, refine your export process for web, print, and motion: scaling, file types, layout, and even short process clips that showcase your work.
MODULE 7
Mini Frame-by-Frame Animation from Emotion
Learn subtle animation techniques that bring feelings to life through timing, staging, and restraint. We’ll create looping micro-moments, blinks, breaths, gestures, that add softness and humanity to your character without ever losing the flat, minimalist style.
Full Course in HD
You’ll explore emotional sketching, character design, composition, palettes, and subtle animation step-by-step.
Watch anytime, at your own pace, with lifetime access so you can return whenever inspiration calls.
Practice, Create, Grow
 Every module includes hands-on exercises, drawing prompts, worksheets, and emotional palette guides so you can experiment, create finished pieces, and shape a visual voice that feels truly yours.
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A Creative Community
Gain access to a private space for artists just like you.
Share your work, ask questions, get feedback, and grow alongside others exploring the same gentle, introspective art approach.
With You Every Step
You’ll have direct guidance and support from me throughout your journey — you can write on the community space or reach out via email anytime.
I’ll always do my best to reply quickly!
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FIND OUT MORE
In this video, I walk you through the full course:Â modules, lessons, and all the extras included.
Inside, you’ll find 7 structured modules, from emotional sketching to expressive animation and clean exporting. Each one builds gently on the previous, so you can grow step by step (and rewatch whenever you like).
All lessons are in FULL HD, with adjustable controls, plus downloadable PDFs for exercises, guides, and templates to support your creative process.
 What will you get extra by joining the course!
Bonus Module: "Style Starts Here"
Uncover your personal style DNA through guided exercises and a Style Discovery Challenge. You’ll learn to identify your signature shapes, palettes, and textures, and create a personal style guide you can apply to any future project.
$37Â FREE
Color & Mood Pack - Unique Color Palettes
A set of 12 emotional palettes (HEX codes included) plus a contrast placement guide to help you set the tone in your illustrations and animate with intention.
$27Â FREE
Character Personality Matrix
 A collection of transparent PNG grains, paper textures, and edge-planning worksheets, plus a guided personality matrix to help you define character traits, visual cues, and emotional presence for your designs.
$27Â FREE
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Let your creativity bloom through character design and emotional storytelling
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Special Opening Discount — $100 OFF
As a thank you for being here and since this is the first time I am opening registrations to my course, I wanted to offer something heartfelt in return. You’re receiving $100 OFF the full course price, a limited opening offer available only for a short time.
Prices are shown in USD, but you can pay in any currency, everything is automatically converted at checkout. And whichever option feels best for you, you’ll receive instant access to the full course so you can begin exploring right away.
Ready to build characters that feel soft, intentional, and deeply expressive?
I would love to welcome you inside.
My guarantee to every student
If you are not satisfied with the course for any reason, you have the right to a full refund within the first 14 days. This is my guarantee to you; I want all my students to be satisfied. Also, this means there is no risk at all!
Try the course yourself to find out if it is right for you!
