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Label design I did for Snitz Creek Brewing and Abomination Brewing Co.

Mixed media, collage, doodles, layers of acrylic paint

Part of a personal side project for an illustrated calendar of Literal Butterflies.

Everybody poops -- ESPECIALLY unicorns!

This is a huge page of clutter, including the KISS cat in space, an angry clock, a groovy Plague Doctor, and a hipster genie.

Fruits have insecurities too. From the series "Forlorn Fruits"

Page 2 of the literal butterfly calendar project

I drew this as a gift for my best friend's wedding | Wacom intuos on Photoshop | July 2018

This was a commission for portraits of 2 dogs using watercolor for the dogs and acrylics for the background. Painted on Aquabord which makes the watercolor so saturated that they appear opaque

Willingly burrows “Ian”...

Part of a personal side project for an illustrated calendar of Literal Butterflies. Starting with the Marbled White :3

Flying ravens

Don’t get caught here unawares… I don’t suggest you take the stairs. The treasure that this castle keeps, deep beneath the water sleeps. But if you’re patient with the tides, there’s another path it hides. Quickly now! Find the door! and hurry back onto the shore. For the moon, she will not wait to turn the tide and flood the gate. Don’t get caught here unawares… I don’t suggest you take the stairs.

this isn't that good but my three remaining brain cells finally figured out how to properly draw a thumb, so that's cool ig // the person is @WilburSoot on Twitter and IG // art block is slowly killing me uWu

Having way too much fun with textures and halftones in Procreate.

This is part of a series of postcards that I have been creating to mail to my mom everyday. She is in assisted living about 3 hours away so I can’t see her every day. I mail her the postcards to give her something to look forward to.

Watercolor doodle of my favorite create

Shiny Green Mandala

The monsters we create A collection of creatures born from our impact and existance on Earth. This is a work in progress project, it doesn't yet have a name, but the story becomes more clear every day. Soon I will have more details about it, until then take care, this runner is taking a real shape and it's after you. He is the money maker, the greedy, the selfish buyer of unnecessary things with money he doesn't have. Sounds familyar? 7x7 cm linoprint © Maria ! Balan, 2018

drawing some bugs today.

Part of a tattoo project on going to build on a portfolio. Also art therapy in the later night owl hours when the mind wants to sketch but not to think :) A perfect subject here reflects that balance and time of peace

Brushpen and Inktense on sketchbook. She