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Zhillustrator
@zhillustrator.com
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Independent artist from Serbia 🇷🇸, he/him. Painting dreamy, colorful landscapes from imaginary places you maybe want to live in.
Tags: #art #artwork #print #prints

Currently recovering from surgeries.

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I'm trying #Affinity out for painting, a quick first impression: Takes patience to arrange tools, shortcuts and interface panels(that feel outdated, tbh). The brush engine is basic af but has parameter curves, I easily made a brush like my Rough Expressive. The Paint Mixer Brush is quite cool.
A screenshot of Affinity with a doodle page made with a painterly brush.
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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An improv demo page for some of my new WIP #Procreate brushes from the pencil/graphite subset. Need to make more of these pages, I really enjoy letting loose with my little “Rampage!” side-project.

You can try or buy the current brushes and more at www.ko-fi.com/zhillustrato....
A colorful expressive pencil sketch of a lot of rampaging cars in yellow and red orange. It’s showing some new pencil and graphite procreate brushes that I’m making.
October 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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New watercolor #Procreate brushes for the upcoming update, a mix of dry and wet that really works well together(said the maker) and with the existing layer content. I make pages and pages like this. 😅

The updates will drop on Patreon in a crazy way I am planning so yeah: patreon.com/zhillustrator
a Procreate screenshot with some watercolor brush tests in pink, red, yellow and black
October 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Testing new mega-tasty brushes for my #Procreate collection in the ceaseless quest to get better at this and have hella fun.

These interact amazingly, especially the "Grungificator" that makes lovely happy accidents using existing paint on the layer, while retaining functionality of a brush.
a digital ink scribble page in Procreate, with the interface hidden. it's showcasing my latest ink brushes. details from the page, showing smaller strokes with a watery ink brush a detail of the page, showing the letters Awesome New Brushes another detail of the page, showing how well the brushes interact
October 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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There's been some UI changes in Procreate it seems. Added some dumb rounded edges that mess with the interface on small devices usually. Here's how my Brush Studio looks now on the iPad Mini 6. Unusable!I can't access most options without scrolling down. Drawing Pad is weird, sliders are longass.
A screenshot of Brush Studio in Procreate on an iPad Mini.
October 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Made this awesome #Procreate brush tonight. I really love doing this for hours on end, time is just a construct.

I want to upload it to Patreon and sell it for $1, would you like that?

Follow the page to keep updated or become a patron at patreon.com/zhillustrator
A screenshot of Procreate on iPad Mini, with a scribble I made using a new Procreate brush
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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A #print of "The Transmitter Station" tends to calm down the surface it decorates.

You can give your space(or someone else's) some chill by getting one at ko-fi.com/s/b1880cf284
A shop thumbnail for the print of The Transmitter Station, a digital painting by Zhillustrator, available im A5-A0. A framed version of the print is displayed mid-image, with the name in a box below, and formats in a smaller box top right. A larger version of the painting is behind, zoomed in. A paper print mockup for the print of The Transmitter Station. A painterly white frame surrounds the horizontal image and there's a blurred version of the painting behind. A framed wall mounted print mockup for The Transmitter Station. The picture has a modern thin black frame and there's no matte. It's mounted on a white wall with soft warm shadows. A framed wall-mounted print mockup for The Transmitter Station, a version with a thick white matte. The picture has a modern thin black frame, too. It's mounted on a white wall with soft warm shadows.
September 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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🖼️ The Transmitter Station
Throwback to a personal #art piece from way back. I still like the gray palette, though.

Prints: ko-fi.com/s/b1880cf284

I made a 4k Art & Wallpaper pack for my Patrons, too: www.patreon.com/posts/139417...
Transmitter Station, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. Utilitarian and brutalist structures are nestled in a mountain pass under snow. There's a TV tower among them, which is a home to someone. There is a little dog walking on a path to the tower, and a snowman by the road.
September 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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If you're a paid member on my Patreon, I set up a permanent 10% discount for you in my Ko-fi shop! Use the URL in the post and browse my shop with the discount active.

www.patreon.com/posts/patron...
a graphic showing a screenshot of my shop and saying Patrons at patreon.com/zhillustrator get a permanent 10% discount.
September 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Artists! Quote with your blue art! 💙
Sky Pig Observation Duties, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. A giant pig made out of clouds is walking in the background of a sprawling blue grassy environment. There's a man in a sci-fi cowboy outfit looking in its direction, standing near a modified Yugo car with fitted flaps and a satellite dish. A hovering cat is floating near. The Long Exposure, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. A large meeting of clouds and waves in a blue watery environment. It is all merging into one another and there's a small photographer taking a photo in the middle of it. A small kitten is hovering nearby.
September 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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"Her dream was to pilot a Mistwalker one day. It went as smooth as she imagined it then, going 'woosh-woosh', holding Dad's old model in her tiny hands.
'Woosh, old man', she said, beaming."

🖼️"A Harvest of Clouds"
#art.

Prints: ko-fi.com/s/188cce8b39
Hi-res: www.patreon.com/collection/3...
September 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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You're not scaring or impressing anyone with this 19th century used Soviet clank, loser! 🇷🇸
Video taken from Twitter.
September 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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I'm a metalhead, y'know, so I've had a good time when this Swedish band hired me for their album art back in 2019/20. Can you believe I made this? *They call him Dark Zhilly*
I made it live on www.twitch.tv/zhillustrator no less.

The album also sounds great: descend.bandcamp.com/album/the-de...
Album art for "The Deviant" by Descend cropped for square format. An abstract, macabre scene in red-orange and green. A ghoulish crowd is looking at a blood moon where a ghostly conductor stands blended in. Photo from Facebook, black and white, a CD and a Vinyl release of The Deviant. Album art for "The Deviant" by Descend, full double side edition. It's an abstract, macabre scene in red-orange and green. A ghoulish orchestra-like crowd is looking and converging at a blood moon where a ghostly conductor stands in commanding presence. Alternative album art for "The Deviant" by Descend, full double side edition. It's an abstract, macabre scene in red-orange. A ghoulish orchestra-like crowd is looking and converging at a blood moon where a ghostly conductor stands in commanding presence.
September 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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We were looking at some of my amazing premium matte #prints, you could look at these like this too.
ko-fi.com/zhillustrato...

Use code BYEETSY on any prints in the Discount category for 15-20% off.

Buying prints and other things from my shop helps keep my lights on, while I focus on my health.
a photo of a matte print of The Stork Guardian being looked at and taken out from its nylon wrap. a photo of an A5 matte print being looked at and held with both hands carefully. a bunch of other prints are on the bed. a photo of an A4 matte print of A Coop in the Clouds being looked at carefully, half-taken out from its nylon wrap. other prints are seen sprawled around the bed. a photo of an A4 matte print of The Queen of Flowers being looked at carefully, half-taken out from its nylon wrap. other prints are seen sprawled around the bed.
September 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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A rare photo of a wild Zhilly-beast, taken at a mountaintop in central Serbia.
A photo of me standing sideways against a blurred mountain viewpoint, wearing a vibrant brown poncho over a blue shirt and gray pants.
September 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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I'm just gonna drop this pancake right here.
A photo of two pancakes on a plate, covered with thick fruity dressing with a side serving of ice cream and cream topping.
September 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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It's my #birthday! I turned 40 today, in much better health than a year ago, after three abdominal surgeries, many days in the hospital and long recoveries. 💪

I'm Živko, your friendly painter from Serbia, this is my art, thank you for looking!

You can support me at ko-fi.com/zhillustrator
A Coop in the Clouds, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. There's an old overgrown Fićo car that is converted into a chicken coop, on top of a little hill above a cloud covering. Chickens are frolicking around and a small kitten is hovering in the air. There are large cloud formations in the background, and a house with a crane overgrown in foliage. Bloodmoon Break, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. A vibrant red orange moon is shining through a thick cloudy red-brown atmosphere. There's a modified Yugo car with tracks and a girl is playing with a hovering kitten on the roof. Dreaming Above the Wreckage in Srem, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. A kid is sleeping by a haybale on top of a golden yellow hill and two hovering kittens are playing next to him. Below the hill there is a hidden huge warship, covered by large fluffy light blue clouds. The Long Exposure, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. A large meeting of clouds and waves in a blue watery environment. It is all merging into one another and there's a small photographer taking a photo in the middle of it. A small kitten is hovering nearby.
July 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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So true! This was my cozy stream spot for today, a small forest not far from the nearby town. Just me, the iPad Mini, birds and cicadas. I had such a calm afternoon and managed a 2hr Twitch stream, too.

We have to be so much better to ourselves in this chaos.
A wide angle photo of a shadow speckled little foresty patch of locust trees on a beautiful day. A view from the path among the trees. The path is green with grasses, not many people walk here.
June 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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An A4 Premium Matte #print of "The Queen of Flowers", on beautiful Hahnemühle German Etching paper. It's pretty af, to use scientific language. The best mockup is the real thing, and it's even prettier IRL.

Get yourself a cute piggo print and help your favorite Zhilly out:
ko-fi.com/s/6a665d6207
a photo of me holding an A4 matte #print of The Queen of Flowers, which rests on a round balancing chair with a cool woven cover over it. an angled photo of the print showing some details and a bit of paper texture. a closeup photo of the print, with the paper texture clearly visible. it shows the large pig. a top down photo of a bunch of A4 prints with the print of The Queen of Flowers being the top one. they are on a cardboard envelope they arrived in.
June 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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A beautiful Premium Matte A4 #print of "Dreaming Above the Wreckage in Srem" on German Etching paper. This fine, juicy specimen found its new home in the UK.

Order one for yourself and support your local Zhillustrator.

Available in sizes A5-A0 at: ko-fi.com/s/303f3c80b4
me holding up a matte A4 print of a painting in my hand. it sits on a round balancing chair with a cool woven pattern an angled photo of the print. a detail photo of a cloudy section of the print, it shows the texture of the paper.
June 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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🖼️The Radiant Column 2
16,5x24cm, #TraditionalArt, soft pastel on toned paper, not fixed, I hesitate to do it because of how fixatives dull down the colors imo.

You can buy this one and other #art at www.zhillustrator.com/originals!
Message me via DM or www.zhillustrator.com/contact.
A photo of a small pastel painting of a power relay house station on a blue meadow. there's a magical, radiant cloud in the background defining the silhouette of the structure. The artwork sits on a stripped blanked with a pen for scale. A photo of my hand holding the artwork. An angled photo of the artwork on the work surface, with tape still on. There are pastels around.
June 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Lovely matte A4 #print of "On the Morning Watch" ready to be signed by hand. I'm really happy with the quality and the paper feels great to the touch. This one is up for grabs via DM!

Available in my shop from A5 to A0, this is the Premium Matte option. ko-fi.com/s/428a68766c
a photo of me holding a print of The Morning Watch on a round balancing chair with a cool woven pattern over it. zoomed in bottom left part of the picture, with details of the geese, foliage and car. an angled photo of the print
June 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Amazing A4 matte test #print of "Morning at the Monument" on Hahnemühle German Etching paper arrived from my provider. It's gooood.

No better mockup that the real thing. This looks like I painted it just now.
This one is up for grabs!

Grab it at ko-fi.com/s/3400d82b3a, A4 Premium Matte.
me holding a matte A4 print of Morning at the Monument over a balancing chair with a cool woven pattern. me holding a matte A4 print of Morning at the Monument at an angle to showcase the paper quality. a closeup of the paper itself with details of the tree. The paper texture is clear and visible.
June 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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"The Powerplant" is my most sold #print at cons and online. It's been an honor to send it off, in all sizes, to many new homes, for 10 years now. I hope you will want one, too, or just share, to help get me through tough times.

Available in A5-A0 at ko-fi.com/s/c2d60a42b9, DM for larger/altered.
A shop thumbnail for the print of The Powerplant, a digital painting by Zhillustrator, available im A5-A0. A framed version of the print is displayed mid-image, with the name in a box below, and formats in a smaller box top right. A larger version of the painting is behind, zoomed in. A paper print mockup for the print of The Powerplant. A painterly white frame surrounds the horizontal image and there's a blurred version of the painting behind. A framed wall mounted print mockup for The Powerplant. The picture has a modern thin black frame and there's no matte. It's mounted on a white wall with soft warm shadows. A framed wall-mounted print mockup for The Powerplant, a version with a thick white matte. The picture has a modern thin black frame, too. It's mounted on a white wall with soft warm shadows.
June 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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QRP with your dreamy art ☁️🌸
The Quack of Dawn, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. A green Stojadin car with ducks riding on it and a sleepy cat on the bonnet is left deserted by an overgrown electricity pole in a field of red poppies. It's sitting surrounded by undulating clouds, waves and almost abstract organic shapes in a wide-angle look. The Long Exposure, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. A large meeting of clouds and waves in a blue watery environment. It is all merging into one another and there's a small photographer taking a photo in the middle of it. A small kitten is hovering nearby. The Blue Hour, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. A blue and purple dream-like scene with an overgrown church sitting in a cloudy landscape. Wind turbines can be seen in the distance and there's a chimney pumping rain clouds out. A cat with a hat and a vest is lazily hovering around the scene. A Coop in the Clouds, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. There's an old overgrown Fićo car that is converted into a chicken coop, on top of a little hill above a cloud covering. Chickens are frolicking around and a small kitten is hovering in the air. There are large cloud formations in the background, and a house with a crane overgrown in foliage.
June 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM