Works



About

Greetings! My name is Lisa Balasa
I am a Romanian-American artist based in Detroit, Michigan.
Currently, I'm working towards a BFA in Animation at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, and I like to create stories.
Also, I enjoy dinosaurs, aliens, Spiderman, linguistics, history, cowboys, and all things pizza.

Published and Editorial Work: CLICK HERE

Illustration


sketches

Animation


DEMO REEL

Breakdown:
00:04 Spider in Detroit
00:07 Frog and Fish
00:11 Jared and Oliver (progress shot)
00:12 What's This? (Round Robin Clip)
00:14 Crawl Out
00:17 Queen
00:23 Frog and Fish
00:26 Omlet
00:27 Intro / Outro for Demoreel



Filmography

Frog and Fish (April 2025):
A film made in collaboration with Felix McKenna and Reese Carver.
I wrote the music, did all compositing, designed all the characters, boarded the final 3 scenes, as well as animated them. Did clean up for 1st scene and 5th scene.
Animated in both TvPaint and ToonBoom Harmony.


Queen (May 2024):
My first ever finished animation, about an alien queen getting ready for a show.
Animated in TvPaint


Spidersona (August 2023):Looped animation of my spidersona in DetroitAnimated in Clip Studio Paint

Props and Environments


Overview


Projects

Raccoons Love Cake

A story about Bowey the Raccoon baking a cake

Alien Planets

Various environments from different alien planets

Raccoons Love Cake: Bowey's Kitchen

Bowey the Raccoon's kitchen from Raccoons Love Cake

Character Design


Overview


Alien Creatures

Different beasts from alien planets: Planet Lumina, Planet Ikatis, and Planet Jiabba

Laramie the Cowboy

Laramie is an alien who dresses like a Cowboy pulled from the classic western era of television

Doina and Death

A small girl befriends Death, who takes the form of a cow

Frog and Fish

Frog and Fish are penpals, and one day Frog loses his mail!

Jared and Oliver: Go All Out

Jared and Oliver kidnap Ryan Gosling and Ryan Reynolds to impress a girl they like.

Princess (WIP Title)

Concept for an evil Princess and some towns people/nobles