Sheeba Maya

Greetings Friends! Soooo this is an unfinished sketch of my first attempt at Cheetara in my style. I like it....good start...but not the direction I wanted to go in the end. This felt kinda comicbook-y and I was feeling more classic Sheeba fantasy portraiture. Then I thought....what would Cheetara look like if she was chillin in my universe 🤔. And the second rendition was born (posted a few days ago). . But yeah....one day I’m going to share a bunch of my rejected drawings...😅. . . #cheetara #thundercats #sixfanarts #characterillustration #procreatesketch #wip #wipart #workinprogress #fanart #blackart #blackartist #blackheroes #blackheroesmayter #blackcomics #blerdlife #blerd #blerdgirl #blackgirlmagic #comicgeek #sheebamaya #brooklynart #brooklynartist (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_-zIFAB3n7/?igshid=1t99nwe0m4gu5

Just a lil doodle of goddessy goodness for your feed 🕊🌿 . . . #art #artist #artlife #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #blackart #blackartist #afrofuturism #afrofantasy #fantasyart #illustration #sheebamaya #doodle #sketch #sketchbook #dailysketch #sketchdaily #sketchoftheday #draw #drawing (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_fZ7E1hPqk/?igshid=4yr54eqqpqvy

Sooo this happened!! My art is now available on @icanvas_art !! Check it out!! ✨😁✨Link in bio . bit.ly/SheebaCanvas . #art #artwork #artist #icanvas #canvasart #icanvasart #canvasartwork #blackart #dopeblackart #blackartistspace #sheebamaya #afrofuturism #goddessart #taurus #tauruswoman #taurusart #taurusillustration #illustration #blackartist #afroart #blackwomanart #blackgirlmagic (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_FsxIJhmsY/?igshid=3mwo84c5lunp

Greetings Friends! A mentor once told me to stop drawing so many self portraits and start challenging myself to draw different faces. Since I took that bit of advice, I’ve become fascinated with the infinite expression of the portrait and the Black portrait. More ppl started expressing to me that they saw themselves in the work. It then became my mission to represent the spectrum of our experience and image for anyone/everyone watching. I’ve been able to connect with so many women this way and it’s truly amazing! A follower in Trinidad & Tabago (Heeeyyy @kaliipso_ 😍) saw herself in this drawing and there is no wonder why! 😱. I’d never seen her pics before but they are so incredibly similar! I LOVE WHEN THIS HAPPENS! #kismet #serendipity #reflections #whoa. . . #art #artist #artwork #artlife #artistlife #blackart #blackartist #afrofuturism #blackartistspace #dopeblackart #illustration #draw #drawing #blackangel #blackangels #angel #angels #wings #fly #flygirl #blackgirlmagic #goddess #blackgoddess #fantasyart #sheebamaya #sheebaafterdark (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ChwJuBUAb/?igshid=4dgg9xrnm9ls

"Caught Between the Rise of Two Suns" What could it all mean?? . . . #art #artist #artlife #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #artwork #artstagram #blackart #blackartist #afrofuturism #afrofantasy #fantasyart #illustration #sheebamaya #sheebaafterdark #nudefigure #nudeart #levitation #elevation #float #fly #rise #clouds #procreate #procreateart (at Mount Vernon, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B961lGhhUSD/?igshid=4ov5jjyus8s8

Hawt #Fembot?? Sexy #Cyborg? Alluring #Android?? Hypnotic #Robotic??? . . Just a detail here. See the full version at @sheeba_after_dark .. ehere black eritica meets #afrofuturism 🛸💋 . . . #art #artist #artlife #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #blackart #blackartist #dopeblackart #artwork #artstagram #sheebamaya #portrait #illustration #draw #drawing #drawingoftheday #character #characterart #characterillustration https://www.instagram.com/p/B9uxFseBw43/?igshid=zopdgbuws3hw

Update on yesterday’s warmup.... . . Follow @sheeba_after_dark to see my erotic art journey!😜Softly intense goddessy goodness dripping in authentic sensuality and afrofuturistic dreamscapes.... . . . #art #artist #artwork #aftofuturism #afrofantasy #blackart #blackartist #blackfemaleartist #rawdraw #draw #linedrawing #goddess #blackgirlmagic #wing #wings #flygirl #bambooearrings #sheebamaya #sheebaafterdark (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9b3HbshsR3/?igshid=w5d0qivl4k0y

Warm up.....(detail) . . 100% home grown organic beauty.... . . #art #artwork #artist #blackart #blackartist #figuredrawing #linedrawing #naturalbeauty #sheebamaya #draw #drawing #portrait #portraitdrawing #drawdaily #drawingoftheday #sketch #sketchbook #digitaldrawing #procreate #procreatedrawing #procreateart #procreateartist (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Zs0ysBQH7/?igshid=1bvkqzpdr4dl0

....I feel limitless.... . . Artwork by Sheeba Maya . . #art #artwork #blackart #blackartist #blackartists #afrofuturism #fantasyart #afrofantasy #illustration #butterfly #butterflies #fly #flying #flyinghigh #sheebamaya #wacom #wacomintuospro #inspired #limitless #unstoppable (at Mount Vernon, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9XH_SIhZPT/?igshid=qzzft7pi4rgz

That Chicago cold was no joke....but I handled it with grace and magic...✨💨❄️. Good to be back in a very tolerable 54°. I 🖤 NY. . . #art #artist #artistsofinstagram #instaartist #instaart #blackart #blackartist #blackgoddess #goddess #afrofuturism #snowqueen #icequeen #illustration #digitalpainting #wacom #wacomintuos #artlife #sheebamaya #fantasyart #afrofantasy (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Rm3w9hiep/?igshid=8qgw39q8asad

Meeting new fans is such a treat!!! #c2e2 #art #comics #afrofuturism #conventionlife #artlife #chitown #blackcomics #indiecomics #scorpio #sheebamaya https://www.instagram.com/p/B9KdzqrheTt/?igshid=3mgrsnfkpszl

Greeting Friends! WOW!! WHAT A CRAZY COUPLE OF WEEKS!! -An Artist Talk at City College NY last Thursday -An Artist Talk at Mt. Vernon Public Library Last Saturday -Prepping for Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, WA next month -GOT INTO ARTIST ALLEY @ C2E2 in Chicago HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND 😱😁✨ -New illustration gigs that are sooooo right up my alley! -Pulling together EXCLUSIVE content for my new Patreon page (details to come!) -MORE AMAZING NEWS I CANT ANNOUNCE YET (it’s killing me 😩) #favored (at Bronx, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9CqbSXhgAK/?igshid=1h76allzrm63z

See you in May Miami Beach!✈️🏖🌤 . . #art #artwork #artist #blackart #blackartist #reedpop #sheebamaya #supercon #supercon2020 #floridasupercon #floridasupercon2020 #afrofuturism #blackcomics #blackcomicsEVERYWHERE (at Mount Vernon, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8mFsIJh4Y2/?igshid=hvw7xoknnii3

Digital Doodle...playing w/color. Loving this CMYK pallet!! . . #art #artwork #blackart #artist #blacksrtist #artistsoninstagram #artofthedsy #warmup #sketch #sketckbook #paintsketch #doodle #digitalart #procreate (at Mount Vernon, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jLR2TBpJH/?igshid=tzgfx05aifps

That time I met actress Erika Alexander at The Black Comix Expo (Founder: Deirdre Hollman! She attended a super dope panel I participated in on Women in Afrofuturism. I remember the theater was PACKED to capacity. After the discussion with the amazing Ashley Woods & Melanie M. Goodreaux-Fielder was over and ppl were filing out, Erika approached the stage to talk to us about how she enjoyed the panel and we traded info. I was ECSTATIC....so much so I’m sure I did not keep my cool. 😂 I mean...Living Single’s Maxine Shaw Attorney at Law (my favorite character from my absolute fav show in the 90’s) was interested in my work!! Cousin Pam from Cosby Show y’all!! I swear my 14 y.o. self was doing backflips!! I had just watched her in Get Out randomly on DVD close to that time too and my mom was binging Living Single on Hulu at the time. So to see her in the flesh just chopping it up with me like we do this all the time was surreal. It’s not even so much that I was star struck (which I was) but I was so grateful to meet the actress that had brown skin and slim physique and braids like me being so sharp and funny and highly confident and with a high profile career on tv (which I was aching to be like as a teen). I just thought she was such beautiful example for brown skin girls and those braids were what every girl in my school wanted for their official hairstyle! #iconic! Months after this meeting we worked together on her Moonrakers project for Zora on Medium! #goalachieved #tilnexttimeerika #moonrakers2020 #Blackgirlpower #blackgirlmagic (at BAM Brooklyn Acadamey Of Music) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8cxY3SBHdb/?igshid=a5rr2ieoh6dn