Aleksei Vinogradov from Russia is a freelance digital artist that shares his experiences and knowledge using 120k followers on Instagram. His charming artistic touch, masterful use of pastels and subtle brush strokes create lively portraits full of character and draw the attention of art lovers from around the world. His beautiful works are achieved mainly with the support of Procreate program and a tablet computer. He analyzed Costume Design in Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy, and now, his job is so inspiring and appreciated that he’s created his very own unique brushes for digital painting.

Aleksei finds his inspiration in emotion, music, and gorgeous female faces. Actually, if you carefully scroll through his feed, you’ll find his ability to portray women with power, attitude, and energy and provoke emotions as though they were looking at you straight from the monitor.

In his collection”Famous characters and their pets,” Aleksei draws beautiful portraits of loved pop-culture characters with their’soul’ pets: from Jon Snow with a white direwolf cub to Batman with just a little bat or Mystique using a dream mini version of herself. Aside from taking these artworks to another level of cuteness, these very small animals have a symbolic significance and perfectly reflect their owners.