Ivan Valachovic, also known as zar4fussion on his social media handles, was born in Slovakia a year after Czecho-Slovakia was dissolved. At the age of 8, the artist was diagnosed with a syndrome where his joints were known to be fragile as glass. The artist considers this situation very similar to that of Samuel L. Jackson in Unbreakable.
After the diagnosis, he had to visit every sanatory in his country for almost 6 years in total. Which in the end helped him to recover 100%. Owing to these situations, he was only able as a child to see his parents only 6 months a year, this is where he developed a need for fantasy.
The artist used to draw a lot during his time spent in the sanatory, but when he got out of it at 14 fully recovered, he forgot about drawing for a time. In his adulthood, Ivan came across AI videos on YouTube that interested him to relive his passion for art and helped him relax and release all the stress.
Ivan describes that at the beginning of his career people in discord really helped him learn and grow a lot better “I believe that AI is the future. Not for pictures itself, but it can give you enough inspiration to actually make something out of it.” Says Ivan
At present Ivan is glad that he earns his living by doing something he loves which is to create art and dwell in it. After he started posting on social media his account got more than 10k followers in a month and paid offers started flowing in. “I am grateful for being able to earn a living by doing what I love every day,” says Ivan. He also believes that AI is a tool that is changing the way we look at art in the future.