Daria Solak

About

Polish illustrator, artist, and Instagram personality known for her colorful hand drawn artwork inspired by 1990s aesthetics, everyday life, animals, food, and female characters which she shares on Instagram as daria_solak_illustrations with over 170,000 followers. She is also known for illustrating children's books including Little Women, Big Wide Words in the Neighbourhood, and Little People, BIG DREAMS: Dolly Parton.

Before fame

She studied graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw before continuing her studies in Bologna, Italy, where she became increasingly interested in illustration. She began working as a freelance illustrator after completing her studies and began illustrating books in 2016.

Trivia

She became both author and illustrator of the children's vocabulary book Big Wide Words in the Neighbourhood which was published in 2022. She released the Domestika course Playful Illustration with Watercolor & Colored Pencils in 2023.

Family life

She gave birth to a daughter named Lumi in July 2026.

Associated with

She posted a tribute to Dolly Parton in August 2026 and is also known for illustrating a children's book about her.