My name is Ilya Bliznets (b. 1997). I am an artist from Russia and have been practicing art for nine years. Initially, my focus was on traditional art; I worked with painting, objects, and graphics. Painting has been my primary medium and continues to be so to this day. Three years ago, I discovered NFTs and began to delve deeper into digital art. Since then, my focus has shifted toward the digital environment, and I have increasingly paid attention to working with digital tools, including the rapidly developing field of artificial intelligence. Regarding my current practice in digital art — I work in the field of digital figurative painting. In my works, I combine images created with the help of artificial intelligence (serving as a foundation or framework) with manual post-processing in Photoshop. I use various brushes, filters, and layer blending techniques to create a distinctive painterly texture. I also incorporate various PNG files that I find online — these are often objects which I integrate into the artwork itself, enriching the main composition. At the core of my approach lies observation and an interest in everyday details, which I merge with surreal elements to create multilayered visual scenes. I am primarily focused on the inner world. It is important for me to reflect and understand what fills me — my states, emotions, and motives. Art helps me to better realize myself, to make sense of things, to notice what previously remained in the shadows, and to find my own identity. In this process, I myself become the central subject of my artistic inquiry.