# marurama.com ## Pages - [comix](https://marurama.com/comix/) - [sketchbook](https://marurama.com/work/sketchbook/): SKETCHBOOK Sketchbooks are my love letters, treasure chests, my most precious and sincere thoughts and feelings put to paper and shaped into blobs and lines.  My sketches come in various shapes but the specific look that you can see on this page came as a result of an exercise I created for myself. I decided to only be able to use a black gel pen in my sketchbook, to push myself towards building confidence and limit endless marks, erasers and changes. This limitation taught me to commit to my ideas, trust my hand and gave me a lot of freedom in […] - [tattoo](https://marurama.com/tattoo/): TATTOOS I feel like illustration and tattooing go perfectly together and enrich one another on the way. The ideas and silhouettes cross and bleed into each other presenting me with new creatures and stories. What I like most about tattooing is that I get to connect with people. I find myself incredibly lucky, that every client that comes for a session is very sweet, creative and goofy. I couldn’t wish for a better audience! I started tattooing simply out of curiosity about 5 years ago, first using stick and poke technique and later when I became more serious about it […] - [bobby](https://marurama.com/bobby/): BOBY LORE boby /bobi/ (noun) – a word of endearment used for small and big creatures who poses a certain boby energy. Something a little  silly and somewhat soft.  In order to detect a boby ask yourself this simple question: Do I want to squeeze them lovingly into a tiny ball and place them in my pocket?  In my experience I have found that many can be deemed bobies, including my cats, some drawings, animals, bugs and loved ones. I encourage you to find the bobies in your life and tell them how much you love them and how silly […] - [analog](https://marurama.com/analog/): ANALOG TREASURE Over the years I’ve grown very comfortable using both digital and traditional drawing techniques. I have learned to move from one to other and pick up and combine the best parts together.  Having said that, there is just something so special and delicious about drawing on paper. The way different materials layer and interact with each other, creating rich texture just hits different.  - [peachtober](https://marurama.com/peachtober/): PEACHTOBER Since 2021 I have been participating in an online drawing challenge hosted by Sha’an d’Anthes every October. This commitment to draw for 30 days in a row has resulted in creation of some of my favourite pieces and my community growing year after year! Peachtober has become very important for me that I decided to dedicate a whole page to it.  First year my goal was simply to draw and have a finished piece every day. That was enough of a challenge since I have never tried doing that before.Second year I started limiting my colour palette and the […] - [contact](https://marurama.com/contact/): DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA? ✦ Would you like to work together? You can always reach me with business inquiries by sending an email to goblin@marurama.com ✦ I am also interested in collecting and illustrating dreams, so if you think you have just the right one send it over to me! - [play](https://marurama.com/main-draft/) - [about](https://marurama.com/temporary-portfolio/): WHAT MASHA DO? At my core I am whimsical storyteller. My goal is to remind you of magic around and the silliness within.  I love fantasy and role playing games like dungeons and dragons. I like how fantasy can give us meaning and become a safe space to deal with reality. Through my art I open a way towards radical silliness and precious vulnerability. In 2025 I participated in the Rotterdam illustration Festival and it made me realise how isolating the illustrators usually are and how lovely it is to come together as a creative community! That inspired me to […] - [Newsletter](https://marurama.com/newsletter/) - [work](https://marurama.com/) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)