Athina studied architecture and developed her creative skills as an illustrator. In her work, she combines traditional and contemporary digital techniques in order to keep up with the market. Things are actually easier like that, she says, since the demand is wider and it gives her the chance to create anything, from paintings to music album covers or even silk scarfs! “There are stages of development in drawing, and people can learn how to draw! Don’t freak out over technique!” is Felix Felis’s advice to young artists. “I don’t like it when everything is perfect!”, and she walks down the hall with a glass in her hands just to align a few items on her vanity desk! What if it’s not only talent? What makes an artist stand out? For Athina, it’s all about emotion, and you will see that in her bookcase. Her treasure is an array of journals that reminds me of the encyclopedias we used to have before Wikipedia. The “Unfiltered stuff”. In fact, it’s a collection of first drawings, the pillars of her creations, a chest of ideas and content, a hideout for the secret recipe of her artwork.