Hello dearest bored pandas! I am here to take you on a journey of my recent lifetime when everything was changed because I started to make some new kind of art!
First of all, I should present myself to you. My full name is Cosmin Mihai Moraru, but everyone knows me as short, Miki. My friends got me into this and encourage me to write this self bio about my last 3 years and what I am doing as, if I can call it art.
In short words I wanna say first, that before starting what you will see further, 3 years in the past, I was in a very dark zone if my life, in a deep depression, with dark thoughts about myself and my future and in one of those moments everything was changed!
So let's begin by telling you this, I was on the edge of falling apart with my sanity, at the very right moment of it, I saw this girl, working at the coffee shop, a waitress, trying to carve with some white chalk on a blackboard the promotion of that day in their shop. In that moment I've realized that with all my background in art school and working at the time in a artshop store I can help her with that thing. At the moment I didn't think of it, what is called that and if I should do that, it was spontaneous and I was at her, asking for letting me do that job for nothing in exchange! It was my first blackboard I've ever drawn. It was really really awful drawing, but in that moment I realized I can go in every shop I know and do this job.
So after this moment, 3 years back, being in deep depression, very low on money, not really having a place to sleep, being as well kinda homeless at the time, I've seen light into my darkness and I stepped into a new path, fragile, scared and surrounded by negative people that they don't encourage me at the moment too much.
It was my lifeboat, but I don't wanna spoil more of this story by telling you, for now, all details that leaded to my near future. In simple words I've started like that and in a short long story it was like: I've got few jobs in my town, Cluj-Napoca, România, very hard because I didn't had a real background and a portoflio in this matter, after few months I've traveled to another city, just to do some other small projects, maked new friends a long the way that were very helpful, people started to notice me, I was invited to other cities in my country, events, music festivals, every work I've done it was better and better... And the magic moment was when, in 14 of September 2016 I was outside of my country for the first time, traveling with some friends, in Berlin, Germany. It was a magic moment, in my first half hour after I checked hotel room, I was drawing outside at this restaurant, my first draw signed with my name outside of Romania. Since that moment I've started to travel, around the Europe for now, as a work&travel artist and in my next articles I will share with you every details of this beautiful journey!
I want to share this with you because, maybe out there are people in distress like I was and maybe it can be a story that might save them from their darkness as it did for me! And also I want to show you few of my examples, as portofolio, of what and where I've done blackboards in last 3 years! Hopefully you'll enjoy it and please give me a feedback! Thanks for your time reading this!
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You Can See This One In Amsterdam (October, 2017)
I just realised you put a coffee bean in the word "roastery". Love it!
A Very Good Irish Breakfast (February, 2017)
Absolutely love this one. The shape actually makes it work really well
A Gift For A Friend Birthday... Renamed Cocktails!
My First Paella (Summer, 2017)
Great work. Keep it up. Nothing more pleasurable than a sign that just works
Summer Time (2016)
A Great Big Burger (April, 2017)
First Burgers (October, 2016)
Very Cheesy Pizza (November, 2017)
Another College Bar, In Another City, Iasi, Romania (March, 2016)
I've Made Happy This Guy In Barcelona Last Year (May, 2017)
Love how he used bright green in the sign to match the same green of the shop's wall.
First Improvement, From Classic Chalk To Chalk Water Based Markers! (May, 2015)
I take it back. I like it. Didn't realise I could zoom in & see it properly
Freshman College Bar (September, 2015)
the 'Freshman' is conveniently placed to hide what might be an otherwise inappropriate term. Maybe it's my age, but that alone would give me pause about entering the establishment...
Using Classic Chalk! (April, 2015)
Nicely Done Beers (November, 2016)
One Of My First Realistic Food Draw (January, 2017)
Did anyone ever offer to pay you for them? Because they're just exquisite
Cocktails Of Barcelona (May, 2017)
Showroom, Brasov (March, 2016)
The chalk work on the containers look like they're knitted, they have so much detail, & the tear-away piece in the middle to separate it from the left side is gorgeous. I love this! I wish I had just 1/2 or a 1/4 if your talent
Pastaaaaa De Bucharest!!! (Summer, 2017)
Great Friends, Good Food Ar Arrosticini (Summer, 2017)
Drawing In Copenhegen At The "Local Bar" (March, 2017)
Nice calligraphy & good job hiding the brand label on all of your markersfor the pic :) ! Molotow or Montana ?!
Smokin' That Blackboard (Summer, 2017)
Copenhagen (April, 2017)
About Wine... (November, 2015)
Another Sign With Beers (December, 2016)
My Very First Recorded Draw On A Blackboard With Classic Chalk (March, 2015)
Congratulations! You've really come a long way. So glad your talent and travel helped to bring you out of the darkness. Judging from all the pics posted, you are certainly a source of great Light to many many people!
Oslo, Norway (May, 2017)
You are very talented! I'm an artist too and I know how therapeutic it can be when we are depressed, angry, etc. Taking out our frustrations on the paper, or in my case clay, makes me feel so much better. Good luck as you move forward!
Beers In Amsterdam (October, 2017)
First Trip Outside Romania, Berlin, Germany (14 September, 2016)
Hate depression- it's bad, wrong an evil!! So if you found something to combat it (and you're clearly very talented) then good for you. So pleased that it's taken you out of the darkness. X PS. Romania is a beautiful country.
I liked them all. It was fun to watch you mature with the years. Your talent really shines through as you changed your style of writing and drawings to captivate the establishment's essence. I have a friend who is in deep depression right now and I feel your story will help him. That one dreary day as you were walking by and unselfishly offered to help the girl with her coffee sign are the stories that help change everyone's lives for the better. Those involved and those who can learn from them. Thank you for sharing your talents and story with us. It made my day. Good Luck and continue on. If you ever come to the United States, please come to L.A. We could use your talents here too! Have a great day and thank you once again.
You are a very talented artist! Hope to see your creations in Montréal someday!
If you ever find yourself in Spain, please let us now! I'd love to see you draw
Wow! I do some lettering but not as dazzling as yours. You're an inspiration!
Beautiful work. So happy for you. Keep going. I see amazing things in your future.
Wow this is the best I have ever seen, seems to be a big life changer for you! Hopefully this will keep you far from depression for the rest of your life!
Keep up the good work dude! your work always makes ppl happy and brings them together. I hope you expand and visit other cities in your home country (hai la Constanta si Bucuresti!), and other cities around the world. Good luck and stay strong!
I suffer from severe depression. My art work helps most of the time. Only, currently I am at a stand still. I am disabled and on a fixed income. I am a pyrographer (wood burner). To do this I need to make copies of the pictures that I am going to burn onto the wood, only my printer broke. I can't afford a new one. Your story does inspire some, but I feel stuck at the moment. Just as I was writing this, it dawned on me that maybe I could draw some pictures to use for my wood burnings. Thank you for the inspiration. If this is allowed, I would like to invite you to see some of my work on facebook. The page is called Grizzly Wood.
Hate depression- it's bad, wrong an evil!! So if you found something to combat it (and you're clearly very talented) then good for you. So pleased that it's taken you out of the darkness. X PS. Romania is a beautiful country.
I liked them all. It was fun to watch you mature with the years. Your talent really shines through as you changed your style of writing and drawings to captivate the establishment's essence. I have a friend who is in deep depression right now and I feel your story will help him. That one dreary day as you were walking by and unselfishly offered to help the girl with her coffee sign are the stories that help change everyone's lives for the better. Those involved and those who can learn from them. Thank you for sharing your talents and story with us. It made my day. Good Luck and continue on. If you ever come to the United States, please come to L.A. We could use your talents here too! Have a great day and thank you once again.
You are a very talented artist! Hope to see your creations in Montréal someday!
If you ever find yourself in Spain, please let us now! I'd love to see you draw
Wow! I do some lettering but not as dazzling as yours. You're an inspiration!
Beautiful work. So happy for you. Keep going. I see amazing things in your future.
Wow this is the best I have ever seen, seems to be a big life changer for you! Hopefully this will keep you far from depression for the rest of your life!
Keep up the good work dude! your work always makes ppl happy and brings them together. I hope you expand and visit other cities in your home country (hai la Constanta si Bucuresti!), and other cities around the world. Good luck and stay strong!
I suffer from severe depression. My art work helps most of the time. Only, currently I am at a stand still. I am disabled and on a fixed income. I am a pyrographer (wood burner). To do this I need to make copies of the pictures that I am going to burn onto the wood, only my printer broke. I can't afford a new one. Your story does inspire some, but I feel stuck at the moment. Just as I was writing this, it dawned on me that maybe I could draw some pictures to use for my wood burnings. Thank you for the inspiration. If this is allowed, I would like to invite you to see some of my work on facebook. The page is called Grizzly Wood.