- Sketcher Press

Author

Dominika Wróblewska

Freelance illustrator based in Poland and the UK, concentrating on reportage illustration, with a special interest in drawing as a sport (the harder circumstances to draw in, the better). Also a fan of drawing when seemingly nothing happens.

What 600 walruses were doing in costumes and bathing suits

Dominika Wróblewska

More than 600 swimmers have come from all over the country to say goodbye to winter by plunging into the cold waters of the Baltic Sea. They are carrying flags, banners and colorful Marzannas. Many here are dressed as Marzannas themselves, with wreaths in their hair and straw-like dresses.

Tractors as far as the eye can see

Dominika Wróblewska

It’s a frosty and foggy morning in my hometown on the Baltic coast of Poland. Everything is strangely quiet. Noises are stifled in the milky air. The only prominent sound is that of birds, chirping away. But the calm is about to end.

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