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MEDIUMS: Acrylic | Digital | Drawing SPECIALTY:✔ Creative Process & Mindset
Moloud Etebarzadeh is a visual artist whose practice bridges illustration, painting, and digital media. With fourteen years of professional experience, her work has been featured in international publications, gallery exhibitions, and art festivals, establishing her as a compelling voice in contemporary visual storytelling. Working under her professional name Moloud (legally Masoumeh), she demonstrates equal mastery of both digital and traditional techniques. Her surrealist vocabulary explores psychological landscapes through anthropomorphic symbolism, giving visual form to universal experiences of vulnerability and transformation. This distinctive approach adapts fluidly across audiences – from whimsical narratives that captivate younger viewers to complex, layered compositions designed for deeper contemplation. Moloud’s practice is distinguished by its dual nature: the technical versatility to embrace diverse stylistic demands while maintaining a cohesive artistic vision. This balance between creative authenticity and professional adaptability informs both her personal projects and commissioned works. Currently, her work occupies the intriguing space between commercial illustration and fine art practice, with select pieces represented across both digital platforms and traditional exhibition spaces.
Moulud’s EXPERTISE
Listed below are this Mentor’s specialty skills. Join this group if you want to grow in these areas.
Specialty:✔ Creative Process & Mindset
Technique:
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Drawing Fundamentals
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Composition
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Murals
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Perspective Drawing
Marketing:
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Book Illustration
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NFTs
“Mastrius is a perfect balance of accountability, community and fun.
It feels like family. Family that makes you a better you.” ~ Elizabeth, Emerging Artist
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Your Membership Includes (click here):
Mentorship Session: Meet via video conference for a monthly 2-hour session with your Mentor and small group. You choose the mentor, we provide the group!
Mid-Month Session: Meet via video conference for a 1-hour session with your small group and Navigator to connect, share progress, encouragement, and support.
Weekly Events: Attend LIVE weekly events online, on hot topics like Finding Your Style, Composition & Critiques, plus master DEMOS. Access event recordings!
MyStudio: Access your private online studio space equipped with business tools and Mentorship Session Recordings.
Chat Group: Access your private online chat group to connect with your small group and Navigator (group facilitator) anytime.
Discounts: Enjoy member discounts on LIVE and ON-DEMAND courses, art supplies, and more!
Emerging
Mentorship Membership
$ USD90/Monthly Membership
Focus: Creative Process & Mindset • Skills: Artistic style development, Creating from imagination, Overcoming creative blocks
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Next session: November 17, 2025
On the 3rd Monday of every month 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM MST Mon
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Group Focus This group is designed for emerging artists seeking focused, consistent feedback on their work in a safe, encouraging space. Our primary goal is to help you break through creative blocks and move forward by receiving thoughtful critique and guidance tailored to your personal goals and artistic voice. Each session revolves around direct feedback on members’ artwork, supported by creative homework that helps you dig deeper and make intentional progress. You’ll be part of a vibrant, non-competitive group where sharing, reflection, and artistic growth happen together. This space is for artists ready to reconnect with their creativity and be supported in doing so.
You Will Learn: • How to receive thoughtful feedback on your work and apply it to grow intentionally. • How to overcome creative blocks and unlock new energy in your artistic practice. • How to create more confidently from your imagination, without fear of being “wrong.” • How to develop a personal and expressive artistic style that feels true to you. • How to stay motivated and inspired within a small, supportive, and non-competitive community.
MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST
Education and teaching
Master in Illustration
Bachelor in the Applied Scientific field of Visual Communication
Lecturer at various universities and institutions
Books
Collaboration with numerous publishers and illustrations for 20 published story books
More than 100 illustrations published in various magazines
Awards and Honors
Selected as the state’s Second Top in the 9th Khwarizmi Youth Awards in the section of arts and innovation for the illustration of the book ‘Dark but Shiny, Iran.
Participated in the Great NYC Exhibition in New York. NFT.NYC Team, U.S. 2024.
Participation in the group exhibition “Behind the Lines”, Ebteda Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Sept 2024.
Participation in two exhibitions of Iranian Illustrators Society, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran. Nov 2024.
Participated in the annual exhibition of the Iranian Illustrators Association, Iran. 2019-2024.
Selected as the state’s First Top in Pixara’s international digital art call, Chicago, USA. 2021.
Selected for the final list of Brightness Award. Brightness magazine, Netherlands. 2020.
Selected for the urban graphics campaign call by Tehran Municipality, Iran. 2019.
Selected by The 5th Gold Panda International Cartoon and Illustration Competition, China. 2018.
