Solstice Postcards from Cadaqués 🌞 My Ode To Summer
My new short film and an art travel diary from the Costa Brava
Marina's Substack
🎨 Drawings, travel diaries & creative career tools from artist Marina Esmeraldo. Resources on freelancing, making money with your art, and building a sustainable creative practice—plus the quiet magic of daily drawing to regulate your nervous system
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I Started a YouTube Channel!
How I'm giving myself permission to be seen, stopped over-curating my life and started sharing it in motion
A Message To My Younger Self
Her little brain would explode if she knew everything we would do.
A Morning Ritual for Expanding Your World — with Books!
Inside my curated archive of art & design books, architecture, and travel references that sharpen taste and spark ideas.
Your Creativity Knows What It’s Doing (Even When You Don’t)
What daily play taught me about intuition — and my 8-year ritual to generate ideas, unblock creativity, and attract opportunities without chasing them.
✨ The 2026 Launchpad is here: A mindful workbook for the new year
A dashboard to reflect, realign, and plan the year ahead — integrating time, energy, and money with intention.
"Is Illustration Dead?" — If your creative career feels like a dumpster fire, read this.
A raw & honest look at what’s going on + a mindset and practical toolbox to out thriving.
🎁 Custom Portraits, Bespoke Letterings & Iconic Prints — My 2025 Gift Guide
From bespoke commissions to affordable pop posters and limited editions!
I'm Hosting a Nature Drawing Workshop for Slowing Down and Feeling Alive
On noticing glimmers—the small, luminous moments that bring us back to ourselves—and how drawing in nature can become a nervous system reset. Join me in Barcelona this November 15th.
Romanticize Your Life: How to Design a Self-Led Creative Retreat
Includes my list of breathtaking Mediterranean stays, the secret method I’ve used to score accommodation for free, and my tried-and-true daily routine for solo and family retreats