Babkak Omar Kassim - Blog Posts

Another commissioned piece I did for Michael Schimmele! This one is from January of this year

Michael Schimmele as Babkak in Aladdin!

Jacob Ben-Shmuel as Omar in Aladdin!

Colt Prattes as Kassim in Aladdin!

OBC Babkak doodle. Absolute legend, miss this dude

BOK + Iago holo prints I made for this year's birthday trip to Aladdin.

I love making physical prints of my work, especially holographic ones like this.

a few weeks ago i was commissioned by the wonderful michael schimmele (who is currently playing Babkak in Aladdin) to do an illustration for him!

super cool and surreal to have the actors playing my favorite characters be fans of my art.

OBC Kassim doodle!

Hey guys, let's blow this alley!

Illustration for Zach, Milo and Brad before they left the roles of Babkak, Kassim, and Omar this past Sunday. Miss em already!

Happy Pride!! Yeah, I'm a handful of days late BUT I wanted to take my time with this one and I'm SUPER happy with it :))

I did a pride doodle of BOAK last year so I wanted to do one for this year too. Added the flags I headcanon these dudes as too cuz why not. (and if you have different ones, they are so valid and i love you)

tiny evening sketch of nervous blue guy and snarky green dude. i love em.

really need to draw more bok. (really need to draw more in general since i havent)

BOK High Adventure doodle.

I missed drawing these dudes! with summer coming i hope to be doing more art, just been busy with other stuff

i love Babkak and Omar's relationship so much. we don't get a ton of vocal interactions between them on stage, but physical interactions? they are always hanging out and they're very affectionate with each other.

this scene could be happening:

a) while Kassim is explaining his newest potential crime scheme

or b) during one of Al and Kassim's arguments

inspiration image below the break

latest art drop for my friends at new amsterdam theatre. some wall hangings of Babkak, Omar, Kassim and Iago! i added beading on them as well that reflects their costumes and to add to that agrabah vibe.

i brought these a few weeks ago when i went for my birthday, so they have probably been hanging in the new am since which is very cool!

babkak! my beloved! my all time fave!

omar! he's fabulous, he's cute, he's riddled with anxiety.

kassim! i had tremendous fun drawing his chest hair

did the meme! after i finished drawing this i realized that this is basically how high adventure went down so

tablet update!! i bought a new one and it rocks. haven't used it too much but really enjoying it so far! it's bigger so i have to get adjusted to the size difference (I've used a small tablet for like 10 years so i have to start drawing bigger if that makes sense)

obligatory babkak doodle to warm up to it a bit

this ones for all the kassim enjoyers out there. love this dude, don't draw him nearly enough

Howdy. For Pride suggestions, would you consider drawing the four street rats but with their outfits having Pride colors based on your LGBTQ+ headcanons for them?

Thank you so much for this lovely suggestion! Here's BOAK:

Drawing these dudes is always so fun. I gave them little pins too since queer people love pins (I myself have so so many). Hopefully the resolution doesn’t make them hard to see. My headcanons are as follows:

Babkak: Aromantic Asexual. Doesn’t really do the whole relationship thing. The man said it himself, he’s only ever been in love twice and both of those times were with a flan. Asexual icon.

Omar: Gay. I don’t have much else to say about Omar, he’s just gay. Pretty simple.

Aladdin: Bisexual with mostly a preference for women. It’s probably like 80/20 for him.

Kassim: Bisexual with no real gender preference. He just always gave me very powerful bi energy and I love that for him. He’s not bi-curious, he’s bi FURIOUS.

Happy Pride Month everyone! Remember: no matter what anybody says, if you are LGBTQ+ you are a blessing to this fucking earth we live on. Don't let anyone tell you that you're "sinful" or "immoral" just for being who you are. Gay, Trans, Bi, Nonbinary, Asexual, no matter your identity, you are wonderful and I'm happy you're here.

Babkak, Omar, Aladdin and Kassim say gay and trans rights!

Here’s Omar whispering something to Babkak. Two versions, you can either read this sequentially like a comic or just as two different images.

What is Omar saying to Babkak? I don’t know, could be anything ;) Whatever it is, Babkak is clearly surprised (maybe even flustered) by it.

Also Happy Pride everyone! I definitely wanna do some Aladdin pride stuff, just not sure what yet so keep an eye out or drop me a suggestion if you want

"What are you trying to tell me Al?"

Dumb twitter screenshot I saw and for some reason it made me think of Kassim. Did some quick linework with my half-dried-out copic marker which was fun.

it's very freeing to make messy art like this. all artists need to make imperfect art its good for the mind

Bonus photo of the boys with their prints. Love these legends. And love this pic so much <3

BOK silkscreen prints. They are each 6x8 inches in size. Done for the current Broadway cast back in Feb 2022.

Made these in my college silkscreen class and my teacher straight up jumpscared me and asked "who's Kassim" when I was printing and so I explained he's from Aladdin. Tell me why this man then said "mmm, looks like Aladdin in leather"

Babkak comic cuz he's my boy. King of retorts.

Dialogue from right after the boys do their Babkak Omar Aladdin Kassim number and take donations so they can leave their life of crime behind. And then they only get one coin.

"Couldn't we just send a strongly worded letter?"

Illustration of the beginning of High Adventure from Aladdin Broadway featuring Babkak, Omar, and Kassim (my faves). This was something I drew earlier this year as a birthday gift for Brad Weinstock the actor who currently plays Omar :))

The buildings in Agrabah are so much fun to draw, I love em.

Omar sketch that I liked enough to play around with digitally. Gonna be using this tumblr as my fuck around art dumping ground cuz i needed a place to share the less finished stuff i do for fun. In other words this is a place for me to make art for fun again.

Anyway, expect to see Aladdin Broadway art from me cuz that's usually what I draw for fun.

(my sketchbook is stained cuz i used it to press flowers)