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BALLEN
@ballenart.bsky.social
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Artist/Illustrator
He/Him - 22 - Demi
Big fan of plants, sea-life, Horde shooters & Rougelikes

Hey! I'm working on ‘PLANTOON‘ a card-game that takes inspiration from 4Souls & Pikmin, I also draw occasionally so stick around if you like that kinda stuff!
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Here's a look at a set of 'Expedition Cards' for drawing monsters I've fully mocked up!
An Expedition card that makes you draw from the Monster deck, the artwork depicts a creature hiding in a bush An Expedition card that makes you draw from the Monster deck with the added effect of making the fight harder, in this case the monster drawn will have an attack increase, the artwork depicts a creature hiding in a bush but far more larger An Expedition card that makes you search for a Crown-marked card, those enemies are far more dangerous than most other monsters but as a bonus you get an additional treasure card as compensation, the artwork depicts a creature hiding in a bush so large it takes up all of the card art space
May 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Think I finally made a layout I'm happy with!
#art
The Kindling 'Unit' card
February 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ballenart.bsky.social
Have a lil Dooley doodle
#TheBazaar
February 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
ballenart.bsky.social
Ok I’ve had my fill of falling off the face of the earth, back to monster designs
#art
Drawings of bears combined with sticky burrs with multiple variants
February 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Deadline week is upon me, gotta get my uni work done
An edit of "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan" but its me and my sleep schedule
December 10, 2024 at 2:41 PM
ballenart.bsky.social
A workspace well loved
My very very tidy and well organised desk
December 9, 2024 at 5:27 PM
ballenart.bsky.social
Some more templating now that I have my font!
#cardgames
Card templates and modular information for my card game
December 3, 2024 at 5:27 PM
ballenart.bsky.social
Been muddling around with a font to use for my card game so that all text is consistent but wanted to capture my handwriting in it. What better way than to make a font yourself?
Font I designed for my card game
December 3, 2024 at 3:04 AM
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If you see this, post fungi 🍄
Many different mushroom creatures
November 28, 2024 at 8:40 AM
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About damn time I came up with the game title
#art
The logo and name development for my card game ‘PLANTOON’
November 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Forest in flames
#art
Art depicting a kindling standing in the last greenspace as a forest-fire rages around it
November 26, 2024 at 8:11 AM
ballenart.bsky.social
Did some beta card art! Planning on doing a little illustration for each of cards later too, plus some explanations of the info on them too! #art #cardgames
Card face beta artwork for my card game, from left to right, top to bottom: Rat that is a carrot (Carrat), Little fiery sapling creature (Kindling), Gun that shoots peas (Pea Shooter), A pomegranate with jewels inside (Blood Jewel), A creature obscured in cloud looking menacingly (Threat) Back art for beta cards, left to right, top to bottom: Enemy, unit, pack, treasure, expedition
November 21, 2024 at 9:09 PM
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Got my hands on a Livescribe pen thanks to my DSA, it coverts what you draw/write into a digital note to help with organisation but it actually works as a pretty damn good rough sketch tool
Some doodles of BALLEN’s card art characters using a LiveScribe pen
November 16, 2024 at 7:29 AM
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First post on Bluesky! Looking forward to doing this a lot!
#art
BALLEN's sona depicted with doodles of symbols for their card game and the 'autism creature' in the bottom corner
November 15, 2024 at 5:36 AM