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Made this illustration inspired by workshop.

Daily drawing of the Joe Rogan Podcast guest, Dr. Phil. Pencil drawing and colored in Procreate.

Another for the Opus Daily Practice art challenge. I love bunnies. ^_^

Daily drawing (#247) of the Joe Rogan Podcast of Neil Degrasse Tyson; astrophysicist, cosmologist, author. Pencil drawing and colored in Procreate. (Time lapse if you swipe or click to see second image; https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm4UwBzlWoy/)

Green mamba, inspired by the natgeo show snake city.

Abe Cunningham of the Deftones. Pencil, colored in Procreate.

Colored pencils drawing on colorful cartong, my first attempt on drawing a person with colored pencils.

Twins are born best friends. There is no bond quite like the one that twins share.

Just a redraw of a work I did for an AP class

Daily drawing (#304) of the Joe Rogan Podcast of the drummer Travis Barker. Pencil drawing and colored in Procreate. (Time lapse animation of color being applied can be seen here; https://www.instagram.com/garybernardart/)

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

A digital Landscape blocked by a red forcefield of something unknown to some area.

The same sketch after it was painted

Since folks like the one of Mars, I figured I should upload this one as well. Same concept, but I think the Mars one worked better for the commission.

inspired by Waterboys song

A color pencil drawing using Faber Castell Polychromos color pencils on Strathmore 300 series smooth Bristol paper. Many thanks for looking.

Experimenting with this style of doodle. Inspired by an artist I follow on Instagram sprinkled with a little HR Giger.

In this photo I drew two Betta fish, a clock and a female in a dark background. Drawing this picture was more of a self expression. The two betta fish expressed conflict; the clock expressed running out of time and the female I guess would represent myself. I was in a dark period while drawing this, but happy to say, I’ve managed to pull through my obstacles =)

Ol' Wilfred Redballs

Isn’t this girl something! The eye makeup and the amount and volume of black colour really turned my head. Fur and layers. Red and black hair. Something to draw with ink!

#Swollen is the word for #inktober #day17. Because the city I live in is swollen from cars, buildings, humans, rats, pigeons, dirt and trash I considered the word to be proper for the problem of urbanization. Even if it's a natural transformation, it comes with a lot of issues. I see it as a concrete and steel monster eating the nature that stands in its way. © Maria!Bălan, 2018

Seer - Gifted with the ability of “Second Sight”

Experimenting today with an oil transfer drawing technique. The red and purple lines are oil drawn/transferred to hot press 140 pound watercolor paper with watercolor applied. The oil resists the watercolor.

This was part of a collaboration I did with another wonderful artist over on YouTube. We picked the theme of our favourite folklore characters to draw.

Done with Prismacolor Colored Pencil on Toned Tan Paper

Done with Prismacolor Colored Pencil

Just some time wasters I did. I would explain it, but it would require me to go into way too much comic nerd information. Its essentially a comic character that I redesigned (no its not the Joker). I really love concept art, and character design. I'm really not good at it, but I delve into it periodically for fun.

Christmas doodle art