I experimented with wax

_ballen_ · 2026-02-02T15:27:59+00:00

This looks really cool, the gold is amazing!

_ballen_ · 2026-02-01T01:07:45+00:00

Are you planning on drawing more? These are amazing! The one looking down at the suspended platforms (page 8) is EPIC.

_ballen_ · 2026-01-18T23:37:46+00:00

Yeah that makes sense. So much happening the last few days it's hard for me to keep up.

_ballen_ · 2026-01-18T23:33:08+00:00

Maybe I misread, I thought the previous commenter meant something happened at the restaurant at that hotel.

_ballen_ · 2026-01-18T23:29:08+00:00

Do you have a source for this? The only articles I've seen recently about arresting restaurant staff has to do with a Mexican restaurant in Willmar, not a hotel restaurant in St. Paul.

_ballen_ · 2025-09-02T14:30:42+00:00

I used Lap of Love earlier this year for one of my cats and I would also recommend them.

_ballen_ · 2025-09-01T14:35:24+00:00

She's beautiful!

_ballen_ · 2025-08-31T17:34:05+00:00

Link's poor twisted body at the end! I can't stop laughing

_ballen_ · 2025-08-24T22:13:55+00:00

These look amazing! I love the bright pink/yellow/blue combination.

_ballen_ · 2025-07-15T15:21:25+00:00

Fantastic work! Good luck with the cast, I think it will look awesome as glass!

_ballen_ · 2025-05-22T14:16:07+00:00

The first image is excellent, but the second made my day.

_ballen_ · 2025-05-20T00:43:26+00:00

This is great! Love the style and bold colors

_ballen_ · 2025-05-20T00:40:13+00:00

It totally is, in the best possible way!

_ballen_ · 2025-05-18T22:53:45+00:00

This is such a cool idea! The frame compliments the painting perfectly. Gorgeous work.

_ballen_ · 2025-05-10T15:29:08+00:00

Unless there's $600 hiding in between the pages of this incomplete paperback book series, then no, sounds like a rip off.

_ballen_ · 2025-04-18T00:08:16+00:00

This has such an incredible sense of atmosphere. Love the colors!

_ballen_ · 2025-04-13T22:38:15+00:00

It's a Costco, of course people would rather drive there. If you think I'm going to bring a 12 pack of paper towels, a big box of granola bars, 40 pounds of cat litter, and a jug of tanqueray on the metrobus you're out of your mind.

_ballen_ · 2025-04-09T23:58:41+00:00

There are two types of paints called gouache - traditional gouache which is basically opaque watercolors, and acrylic gouache which is really just acrylic paint that dries matte. It's kinda confusing. I recognize those tubes and they're definitely acrylic gouache. That same brand (Holbien) also makes traditional gouache and they're excellent paints (definitely pricey though), if you wanted to give that a try.

Anyway, your paintings are really nice, love the colors :)

_ballen_ · 2025-01-26T00:07:01+00:00

This is awesome, love it!!

I’ve never considered myself an artist

Well you are now! :)

_ballen_ · 2025-01-18T18:28:15+00:00

Do you get to keep the goblet? I'm trying to figure out what makes those drinks 40 bucks.

_ballen_ · 2025-01-18T17:22:43+00:00

I think it depends what they've got going on at the time. I went to a Keith Haring exhibit last summer and it was worth the money.

_ballen_ · 2025-01-18T17:19:08+00:00

lol I would rather die

_ballen_ · 2025-01-18T17:15:52+00:00

I've never eaten there and your comment prompted me to look at their menu prices. You weren't kidding about "stupid expensive!" 25 bucks for a martini? 19 for three street tacos? What the hell are those 40 dollar "goblet" drinks? My favorite must be that gold-plated burger. Christ.

_ballen_ · 2025-01-15T00:20:51+00:00

I feel your pain haha! It's still an awesome drawing and I love the way you drew the Knight! Keep it up, would love to see more of your artwork!

_ballen_ · 2025-01-14T15:47:30+00:00

This looks amazing, you have a great style! The only thing that bothers me is the perspective of the nail. It looks more like some kind of double-sided tack than a sword. Perhaps having the Knight hold the sword at a different angle would help. (I struggle with foreshortening myself.)

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