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She knows all about Autumn. Inktober #1

Springer of the Woods, Lady of the Burrows. Inktober #6

He sits up in his teacup with his hands wrapped 'round a porg, Thinking up new ways to join forces with the Borg. To eradicate the Rebels by infecting them with spores, And assimilate the hive mind to become one with the Force.

Orchid Garden, pen, ink, watercolor, colored pencil on arches cotton rag140 gram hot press

She glows in the dark. Inktober #7

Queen of the frogs, turtle rider, moss tamer. Inktober #2

Sorcery and paints

Mother of thunders, sculptress of changing forms. Inktober #9

Old as the mountains, wise as the earth.

Post It Note Art id FUN. It forces you to be disicplined in the choices you make to create ART.

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Moria Orc profile drawing (from "Lord of the Rings") using compressed charcoal, greyscale pastels and graphite pencil on paper, (size A4).

I found a cute white ceramic piggy bank in a charity shop and painted it up with alcohol inks. So much fun, I love upcycling stuff!

Here is a sneak peaks of my submission to the Home Sweet Home Challenge. I loved this challenge because it forced me to do something I never would have, which gave me happy surprises as I worked through it.

Sometimes the pencil wanders, sometimes the mind.

As a fun way to come up with drawing prompts I've been thinking up rhyming couplets (a la Dr. Suess) with my wife. Particularly pleased with this one! It's going to a friend who loves D&D. Pen and watercolour on paper, 5x7".

(2B pencil on 130mm x 90mm paper) I've never watched Peaky Blinders, but whilst doing some casual sketching, I came up with this orc character and so called it "Freaky Blinder" due to its flat cap and cigarette.

We continue the #inktober environmental issues series with the #day19 word: #scorched and for this word I tried to illustrate the Urban Heat Island effect. This takes place in metropolitan areas that are warmer than the rural areas surrounding them. The main cause of the UHI effect is the alteration of land surfaces (concrete and asphalt). Heat waste produced by people and their tools (like vehicles and industry) is another cause and also the decreased amount of vegetation. UHIs often have lower air and water quality that have a negative effect on the environment of these areas. It is also considered to be a possible contribution to global warming. © Maria!Bălan, 2018

Everyone should do life drawing. We all should be forced to look at people different to us as a mandatory part of education.

If you can summon inner chubby, you can accomplish anything, and if you can summon three, you are Darth Traya / Kreia

Orchid Woman This was a Pentel color brush pen the one with water soluble ink and some watercolors (Winsor & Newton and M Graham.)

(Gel fineliner on a 139mm x 87mm postcard) It's what happens when a soldier in The Imperial Dwarf Legion turns up late for muster.

(2B pencil on 120mm x 105mm paper) A Skav Art piece depicting a hellish reality where out of control technology degrades and torments humanity, such as in this Techfernum Sorcerer.

I had something bum me out a little bit today. Nobody’s fault but it is what it is. So I decided to draw this up. I’m ready for fall and fall beers! I love to sit out under the moon once the temperature drops a bit and have some marzen lagers and other fall drinks. I felt like this captured the moment perfectly. I am excited for music fest in @havertownlife havertown tomorrow. I heard @levantebrewing will be pouring at brick and brew so I’ll be there sucking back some suds. I’m glad I forced myself to learn #adobeillustrator I’ve come a long way. Since then I have been able to help other artists that don’t use Illustrator or vectors and I am pretty proud of that, because when I was in their place it always felt like a huge struggle.

My first, and only orc female character. Her name's Orc-Livia.