Balakin art

3 year old Supergirl warm up drawing I slapped some colors on. Original was pen and ink with inkwash shading.

All right, back to making (non superhero) comics.

Anyway, I might have gotten carried away a bit.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...the first time I drew Superman? 🤔 That can't be right. TBF as much as I like the character I don't usually have an excuse to draw him, but it's weird that I did at least 2 Supergirl sketches before even attempting the big blue boy scout. Anyway, I spent way too much time on this, so if you think it's anything worth looking at please leave a like or check out my (non superman related) books (links in my bio).

Still on the witch hat atelier hype train (TBF, never left it) so did a little piece of Coco and her brush buddy.

Into the bin with you! Another random page I like from an unused project. I hope I don't sound too negative with all these "rejected projects", I'm just busy working on stuff that hopefully won't be rejected, so might as well post my backlog from the bottom of the virtual drawer in the meantime.

That's a darn big moth! Did they summon it accidentally with their magical dancing? I might post all these pages one day in sequential order. I REALLY hate these creatures so I tried to draw it as cartoonishly as possible.

Another page from a thing that I won't make more of (for now at least). I might one day post all these pages from different rejected pitches, because I don't like the idea of just keeping them hidden forever. I had fun working on them. They are witches btw and she is about to summon some accidental magic by dancing to the chimney sweep bit in Mary Poppins.

Since I got some more stuff that was part of projects that won't get made (in their current for at least) I might as well just post them, cause I had fun drawing them. This was my attempt at the most slice of life story I could come up with based on some late 2000s/early 2010s nostalgia I had at the time. A project that got made though is A bite of Pepper, which I haven't posted about in a hot second. Available now from any book seller!

This was the cover I did for a graphic novel that won't be happening. I did have fun drawing this but I guess not everything was meant to be (my dream now is to live long enough to sell a dodgeball story one day).

A graphic novel that WAS meant to be though, is A bite of Pepper, which is out right now in bookshops and at online retailers (also my previous 2 books Doughnuts and Doom and Wolfpitch).

Merychippus to everyone who celebrates the birth of our lord, the great, extinct proto-horse! Of course I would like to take this moment to promote my latest graphic novel, A bite of Pepper (and also my previous books) because that's what the holidays are about: spending your money! Cynicism aside, I truly hope all of you can have some peace and quiet for a bit and enjoy some snacks and drinks of your choice!

And speaking of comics you can purchase, don't forget to check out my own graphic novels about adorable spooky creatures and witches and such! (links you know where).

A quick reminder from the Mint family that my latest graphic novel, A bite of Pepper (and my previous two: Doughnuts and Doom and Wolfpitch) are available in bookshops and online and coincidentally, they fill a stocking perfectly!

It's been a while since I posted, I'm just busy cooking up stuff and looking out my kitchen window, watching the crows and the squirrels rummage in the autumn leaves. Anyway, here is a little seasonal WIP from something I'm working on atm.