Tini Malina

✐ Illustrator and maker of children's books
🌐 Germany
🦇 Spooky is my favourite colour

Website: https://tinimalina.com
Newsletter: https://tinimalina.com/news

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2026-01-24 19:35:26 UTC

Hi! This is my first free weekend in a long time. All projects were sent off yesterday, and I have no deadlines for a week! So I decided to try drawing with gouache for fun, which I never do anymore. I liked it so much, that I might continue doing so. Only one way to get better at it, right? Anyway, this here drawing is for for all the people who think moths are cool: A #clymene #moth. It looks like it's a true goth :D
Have a lovely weekend, all!
#mastoart #art #illustration #mothstodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/951/747/280/549/251/original/34e8975de0e274d5.jpg

2025-07-21 14:54:41 UTC

Today, we are celebrating birthday number 4. of this wee fellow. He received a couple of extra snacks and he continued the celebration by bringing home a mouse (no further details here). Now he's taking his well deserved birthday nap. He's perfect, isn't he.
#birthday #CatsOfMastodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/891/790/163/249/057/original/b0ddcb4e1a96a2e8.jpg

2025-06-25 05:18:48 UTC

Good morning! Here's one for all the coffee lovers, and the people who like dogs. I wish you all a splendid day!
☕ 🐕
#illustration #art #mastoart #coffee #dogs
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/742/468/995/681/718/original/b474a6af715347ac.jpg

2025-06-13 08:46:01 UTC

Hi! Maybe "Monsieur le Microbe" needed some friends, so here we go: Bonjour, les microbes :D
Also bonjour to you. I hope you're having a swell day and an even sweller weekend :smug:
#art #illustration #mastoart #microbes #kidlit
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/675/170/294/118/959/original/a523ed214c1df8bd.jpg

2025-05-07 14:00:03 UTC

Hellööö! Tried a new pencil today. This drawing here I call "Coffee Witches".
I hope you're all enjoying your Wednesday ...and your coffee ...or tea.
#illustration #art #mastoart #witch #coffee #moon #night #magic
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/466/902/245/713/536/original/470a84835588029a.jpg

2025-05-04 18:39:26 UTC

You guys! This is so exciting! I just received the first advance copy of my book "Selma, du machst das falsch!" or "Selma, you're doing it wrong!" It’ll be published in German this August, and then in English and Spanish in the U.S. in Spring 2026. Here are the first pictures for you to check out! 🕷️ 🕸️ 🛸
You can find more about it on my website: https://tinimalina.com/books/selma-du-machst-das-falsch
Now, I wish you all a lovely evening. Stay spooky!
#illustration #kidlit #art #books #childrensbooks #spider #space
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/451/001/643/594/663/original/294fbea64373b424.jpg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/451/001/659/286/279/original/4fd2af335084e348.jpg

2025-03-09 08:22:27 UTC

Hi! Here comes the "OKäse Mouse" (Käse is the German word for cheese). The OKäse mouse wishes you a happy Sunday, and wants you to know that everything is going to be OKäse.
#art #mastoart #illustration #cheese #käse #mouse #ok
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/131/501/545/979/173/original/f757aad216a1ad0f.jpg

2024-12-18 04:49:22 UTC

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what for? Please explain😃

2024-12-17 16:15:15 UTC

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Oouu that sounds nice ❄️ and yes, I have planned to not work from now until Christmas, else I will turn into a crazy lady.

2024-12-17 14:53:05 UTC

Hello you lovely Mastodonians! I can't even remember last time I did write or post or look at anything on here or elsewhere. I'm up to my ears in work, which is super-duper cool, but I also miss hanging out here a bit.
Sooo, I wanted to say hello and wish you all a lovely pre-Christmas and Christmas. Hope you're having a swell time and maybe some snow even and some eggnog.
Stay rad!
PS: Here's a Swedish nisse for you.
#illustration #art #mastoart #christmas #elf
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/668/717/649/238/721/original/71b1e6721b9ac63e.jpg

2024-11-20 19:18:59 UTC

Hello sweeties. Today I got a mail from my editor, that my next book - text and illustrations and all - was approved and will be available in autumn of 2025. And get this: It's going to be published in German AND English. How cool is that?!
And now... I'm going to write a bit more on my next newsletter, which is coming out next week. If you wanna know more, you can subscribe here. It's personal, it's cool and it'll have a picture of my cat in it.
https://tinimalina.substack.com

2024-11-13 18:33:29 UTC

Just some quick and dirty sketching before I have to enter ... the writing phase. I'll probably be posting less illustrations during the next couple of weeks, since I'll have to prepare a couple of book projects for the fair in March/April. But here's a quick little #witchesbrew for you lovelies.
#illustration #art #mastoart #witch #bat #skull #spider
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/477/076/139/951/312/original/3b7b869cd4eb9134.jpg

2024-11-13 18:22:08 UTC

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but how can you de-bridge?

2024-11-04 19:53:20 UTC

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thank you! I just put it on the list for next week. I might cheat with the crust, though, and use a ready-made one 🫠

2024-11-04 19:31:57 UTC

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recipe, please. I might experiment with pumkins, since I have two left.

2024-11-04 15:18:19 UTC

Hello guys, gals and non-binary pals! Here's another little goth for you. I wish you all a wonderfully crispy first November week. Be kind to yourself (even though it can be hard at times) and stay spooky 👻
#illustration #art #mastoart #goth #skull
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/425/338/296/771/356/original/241e35f35c624c31.jpg

2024-10-31 15:08:18 UTC

Happy HalloweEEEeeeEEeeen to you all! 🎃 Here's a squirrel with a Halloween acorn for you... because why wouldn't a squirrel have a Halloween acorn?!
#mastoart #art #illustration #squirrel #acorn #halloween #october #autumn
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/402/654/135/319/820/original/d63e3e6469e55df6.jpg

2024-10-30 18:12:19 UTC

Just one more day until HalloweeeeEEEEeeeEEn, you lovelies! 🎃 Btw, here's a little goth walking her spider for ya. More coming, eventually, maybe.
Have a rad evening and stay spoooOOOOoooky
#goth #spider #halloween #art #mastoart #illustration
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/397/721/003/920/649/original/ad5e0eac6e060b1b.jpg

2024-10-28 15:11:45 UTC

Friends of spoOOooOOOoky! 💀 Tomorrow, my third letter, the "October Edition" 🍂 will be hitting the inboxes.
For news and updates about ongoings, drawings 🖍️ and more (also cats :catjam: and pumpkins 🎃) you can hit follow here:
https://tinimalina.substack.com
It's free and about every four weeks.

2024-10-25 15:08:18 UTC

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that’s good to hear. The better part, not the coughing part 😁

2024-10-24 21:28:35 UTC

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oh no. I wish you well and hope things will get better.

2024-10-24 21:25:06 UTC

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Hello 🎃

2024-10-24 15:16:46 UTC

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Hi :D

2024-10-23 07:38:02 UTC

Might there be a special place in hell, reserved for people who leave voice messages instead if just texting?

2024-10-18 08:04:41 UTC

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🥰

2024-10-18 07:59:24 UTC

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thank you 🎃🧟‍♀️

2024-10-18 07:54:45 UTC

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😅😂

2024-10-18 05:20:19 UTC

Good Morning. Been up since 5 am, and thought I'd draw a mouse holding a mushroom. Here it is. I hope it sweetens your day. Have a good one 🐭 🍄
#illustration #art #mastoart #mouse #hiking #mushroom
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/326/734/239/216/914/original/4f9905135de50a58.jpg

2024-10-17 14:33:26 UTC

My lovelies, I thought the three companions I shared with you yesterday, needed something more to do, so I let them have a little campfire and roast some marshmallows. Here's wishing you an autumnal almost-weekend 🎃 🍂 🍄 I will go for a stroll in the woods now myself :D Stay cool <3
#illustration #art #mastoart #October #halloween #pumpkin #marshmallow
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/323/237/908/689/096/original/b0575a64b4a85b9c.jpg

2024-10-16 15:53:28 UTC

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oh! Thank you kindly. You just made my day 🥰

2024-10-16 14:25:28 UTC

Hey you cuties! This is an October illustration that I drew for you. Here’s wishing you a spooky season. Have a great day and be scary. #illustration #art #mastoart #spooky #october #halloween #moon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/317/538/485/008/804/original/76eb31de78510fee.png

2024-10-11 17:10:18 UTC

I'm currently working on a book about a spider, which means I have to draw a loooot of webs. Drawing webs is super hard and takes time; I guess building them must be even harder, yet, spiders are super speedy in building them. Long story short: I have newfound respect for spiders.

2024-10-03 07:22:42 UTC

Happy SpooOOOOooOOktober (I'm milking this as long as I can) you lovely beans 👻
This illustration I call "Mad at you (aka. When You Have Disagreements With a Pumpkin)"
I wish you all a spooOOOOooOOky day 🎃
#art #illustration #mastoart #pumpkin #moon #halloween
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/242/272/845/295/062/original/cf6df9683b8c861a.jpg

2024-10-02 15:02:09 UTC

Hello you sweeties and happy Ocotober...or should I say SpooOOOooOOktober?! I made another Mice in things doing stuff for you, and since it's October, I call this one "Mice in a pumpkin being spooky". Hope you enjoy it and really, really hope your SpooOOooOktober is being spooky so far. Stay spooky and lovely <3
#art #mastoart #illustration #pumpkin #mice #mouse #halloween
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/238/421/858/415/397/original/2319d1442e8100e9.webp

2024-09-27 04:51:49 UTC

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this is beautiful 😍

2024-09-20 08:15:55 UTC

Hey you lovelies! I've been super occupied with a couple of books these last couple of weeks (which is so great and fun and all, but because of it I haven't been an active sharer of stuff and images), but... BUT I made a little drawing with the crayons that have arrived in the mail. Here it is. It's for all you lovely autumn lovers out there :D 🍂 🍄 🎃
#illustration #art #crayons #mastoart #pumpkin #halloween #spider #skull
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/168/880/242/159/417/original/c4b08103c458be35.jpg

2024-09-10 17:57:56 UTC

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Crayon.

2024-09-10 17:56:56 UTC

Ahhh! Today some super sweet crayons arrived in the mail. Thinking about going analog for the next book. The crayons smell like heaven and you might be seeing some good old crayon drawing over the next couple of weeks. Crayon. Even the word is perfect... crayon. I love crayons. PS: Enjoy these most autumnal days <3 🍂

2024-09-10 16:30:26 UTC

[@apparentlyrolly](https://sunny.garden/@apparentlyrolly ) autumn is here! At least where I live. 🍁🦇🧛‍♀️🍁

2024-08-31 05:05:29 UTC

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thank you. That should be doable 😀

2024-08-30 12:25:13 UTC

You guys! I'm gonna be in Zürich from Monday to Tuesday. I'll have 4 hours on Tuesday morning for myself, before I'll have to catch the train back home. Any recommendations for a must see in Zürich? Preferably something that isn't too far from the train station and is open between 8 and 12 in the morning.
#zurich

2024-08-29 08:00:17 UTC

Hellö! I made a little drawing from in-between bigger projects for you. This one is called "The Moon King". In Germany, when mushrooms grow in a circle, it's called a circle of witches. I thought these witches would make a nice entourage for the Moon King.
#illustration #art #mastoart #moon #mushrooms #witches #moth #magic #summer #autumn
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/044/244/140/523/830/original/deb420d4d4ba556d.jpg

2024-08-08 14:03:27 UTC

I think this might be #6 of mice doing things in things. Here's "Mouse in apple knitting" for you :D
Have a lovely Thursday, all.
#illustration #art #mastoart #knitting #mouse #apple
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/926/771/317/726/282/original/9668a7a56431aa9d.jpg

2024-08-06 13:44:37 UTC

Told ya'. I just can't stop. Can't get enough. (Of mice doing things in things).
Here's Mouse in teapot looking at art for ya.
Have a swell Tuesday <3
#art #mastoArt #illustration #mouse #tea #teapot #museum
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/915/370/968/350/346/original/7b52cc79dd0f6c6f.jpg