Zofia Szuca art is rooted in intuition, emotion, and digital craftsmanship. I don’t create on a schedule—I create when something stirs beneath the surface.
I don’t create on a schedule. I create because I feel.
Sometimes it starts with a sketch in a café. Other times, I begin alongside ChatGPT – searching for a topic, a frame, a point of entry. But no matter the tool, everything begins with intuition and tenderness.
Not every project ends up on the blog. Not every image needs a story. Sometimes, it’s enough that it simply exists – as an emotion captured in color, line, or emptiness.
How I Work
I create digitally – but by hand.
I use a Wacom Intuos Pro tablet – a black board with no screen. Everything happens in my head and under my hand. I work in the Affinity suite, mainly Affinity Designer, building compositions layer by layer. These aren’t generated graphics. These are images created through gesture.
My files have depth – both literal and symbolic. Every layer is a decision. Every detail is a deliberate chaos or an intentional asymmetry. Even if the piece appears minimal – there’s always more happening underneath.
I don’t paint traditionally. I sketch more often – with pencil or colorful pens. I have a ritual: I go to a café for my quiet five minutes. With coffee, a sketchbook, and stillness.
Lately, I’ve been choosing places where I can bring my dog – she socializes while I sketch. Tiny gestures, faces, light. Sometimes something remains. Sometimes it fades. But something always begins.
In my digital works, I also love using watercolor stains as backgrounds – their randomness, fluidity, and texture feel close to what I want to express. It’s my way of bringing analog lightness into the pixel world.
What’s Next
- Corel Painter – for more painterly freedom, closer to traditional media,
- 3D elements in Blender – subtle forms and textures that add depth,
- even more textures – grain, softness, roughness you can almost feel.
Returning to Old Works
Not to fix them – but to see them anew.
I’m planning a series called Locked in a Circle – a return to digital mandalas I created at a time when I was somewhere else, emotionally and mentally. Today I see them differently. And I want to find out what happens if I start again. Or from the center.
Because even when I think I know what I’m about to create – the result always surprises me. Always.
Also see: Who I Am as an Artist
If you’d like to learn more about my creative world, visit the Zofia Szuca – Digital Artist page. There, I share the story behind my art, my process, and the emotional layers behind each abstract piece.
