The Carcosa Interview: Deni Dimochka

I had first came across Deni’s artwork sometime late last year scrolling through Tumblr. You can almost drown in the sea of pieces of digital art on that site but several of her illustations caught my eye, so much so that I followed her and found a new appreciation for concept art and a new understanding for the people who create it. I’m so grateful that I’ve received an opportunity to get to know her better and share her with you! Black Nerd Problems: So you’re an illustrator, with some really cool concept art in your body of work. When did you know that this was what you wanted to do for a living? Did you face any particular hardships when you decided? Deni Dimochka: Thank you! It sounds weird but I knew what I wanted to do after I saw Shin Angyo Onshi. I thought the animation and the manhwa were ridiculously phenomenal! I replayed that one scene of a brainwashed Sando lunging for Munsu with her huge ass sword like a million times in high school and it was that one scene that made me want to do this. Originally I was a 2D animation major and while I still love animating, the industry did change. 2D animation itself changed and it was either stick with it and give up so many of the other things I originally loved about it or find something else, so I had to figure out something else. Eventually that lead me to concept art and that branched off to digital illustration as well. There was really no plan B, because there’s literally nothing else I’m good at and nothing else I’m…