The talented illustrator Jana Frank has been living in Germany for many years. However, at home and in Russia, many people who are passionate about art know about the girl. After all, she is another example of those strong women who, despite a difficult diagnosis, continue to work and believe in themselves. Her story is not unique, but motivates her not to despair and, no matter what, go to her goal. You will learn about the biography of Yana Frank and her creative life in our article.
Curriculum Vitae
The future artist was born in Tajikistan in 1972. The girl’s mother, worked as the chief editor of a children's magazine, so from an early age Yana was able to observe the creation of colorful illustrations and the publication of publications. Almost in the first years of a conscious life, Frank became interested in drawing. A little later, a hobby began to turn into a matter of her life. At 15, Yana decided to get a job in a publishing house, with her mother. There she tried her hand as an illustrator and even a designer.
When it came time to choose an educational institution, the girl no doubt took the documents to the local art school. Studying and working in parallel, Yana began to comprehend all the new horizons of the chosen profession.
Birth of a son and marriage
Being a very young girl, Yana Frank met her future husband. Young people played a not very magnificent wedding in Central Asia. And about a year later, at 19, they had a son. The young illustrator could not combine the care of the baby and work, so it was decided to give the grown-up son to a manger. At that time he was about 2 years old. Many people surrounding Yana believed that such carelessness in relation to her son and the desire to earn characterize her as not the best mother. But Frank even today believes that women do not need to confine themselves only to home and family, if the soul requires self-realization.
Relocation to Germany
In 1990, Jana moved with her husband to Germany. It was there that the artist became what she is today. After the move, the girl studied at courses and worked on small projects, creating either signs, comics, or illustrations for magazines. Over the years of her creative life, Anne Frank managed to achieve considerable. After all, she took place not only as an illustrator, but also as a writer. In the early 2000s, with the development of the Internet, she opened a new profession for herself - a web designer.
At the same time, she entered another course dedicated to this particular area. Experience grew, and with it, ideas and plans of Yana grew. By the beginning of 2002, she was already an art director and had weight in the society of artists and web designers in Germany. Pictured is Jan with her son.
When all the desired peaks were conquered, the woman thought about changing the field of activity. But it was at that moment that the terrible news came.
The disease and the fight against it
In 2003, unsuspecting Jan, she went for a routine examination to the hospital. However, she will remember this day forever, the doctors gave her a fatal diagnosis - cancer. Life is divided into before and after. The next two years, she spent as if in a fog, moving between various hospitals and hospitals. I had to go through a complicated procedure that all cancer patients undergo - chemotherapy. When the doctors began to make comforting prospects, Yana decided that she would continue to do her own thing. Drawing and work helped her in a difficult life period to be a little distracted from sad thoughts.
Now that the cancer is almost behind, Yana is an invalid. She still has to undergo examinations and some procedures, because the disease has not completely left her. But she believes that the realization of the value of life and, in general, the desire to exist in this world will help her stay here for many more years.
Creative time manager
In addition to his main activity, Yana is to some extent a psychologist and coach. One of her favorite areas is time management. The study of this topic led to the writing of a diary for creative personalities "Muse and the Beast." It describes the method of Yana Frank, which should help all those who work in the creative profession. The main idea is that it is impossible to catch everything. Therefore, Yana suggests identifying 4 main goals and working specifically on them. The second rule says that the ideal routine for a creative person is the format: 45 minutes of work + 15 minutes of rest. It is during this time that a person will not overwork, but will have time to do something. 15 minutes of rest is also enough to have a cup of coffee or watch half the series of the series. Also in the diary the importance of careful planning of each business, day, month is mentioned.
