About humanism

I don't like a cheesy and toothless style. Don't like the spineless and “plastic” portraits. This is a softer form of dehumanization. When personality is denied a dark side and a temperament.

In a humanistic art there is an acceptance of the dark and light sides, there is respect for the character, not a desire to coddle them.

I always strive to express the character's willfulness, toothiness — using various techniques to add aggressiveness and unpredictability to the style. The technique of “slipping away”, dissolving into the background, indistinctness is also an expression of willfulness, it's like the character's unwillingness to be “caught” and examined.

You can simplify the style as much as you want — the main thing is not to simplify the personality in the art.