Mel Draws!

Dropping in to say I’m still alive and having a blast teaching my art students this summer! Batch 2 is nearing its end and while I may get tired after a hard day’s work, I’m incredibly happy about what I do.

To relax after teaching and finally finishing a friend’s commission, I cut, rolled, glued, varnished, and assembled my first officially complete paper bead bracelet in the colors of Young Artists’ Studio. I plan to make more for my co-teachers too. :D

I say it’s my first assembled bracelet because I still have a bunch of beads I made last year that I have yet to varnish and put together into accessories of their own. I’ve finally settled on a varnish to use and so expect more paper bead jewelry soon!

(Also featuring my snazzy nail polish and new comfy pajamas! The simple pleasures of life~)

- Mel

chubcakes:

doodleadayproject:

Day 021

Fan-art of this awesome cosplayer’s super cute version of a Wario. \o/

Continuing to practice varied body types. Drawn using default Photoshop brushes in about an hour. Just reformatted my laptop so that it’d run faster, so I still have to get my brushes back in place… I’m debating buying a set that I’ve been eyeing for a while, which Penny Arcade artist Gabe also uses now, too. :o That or I’m saving up and waiting for Manga Studio EX 5 to go on a crazy sale… even though I get a sweet upgrade price already, patience is a virtue. *crosses fingers*

Referenced from this photo.

- Mel

Screams this is so gd cute and I never even saw it until this morning WAH. <3

Uwah!! So glad to know it reached you eventually haha! <3 I’m happy you like it! ; u ;

purplekecleon:

Hi everyone!!! This is an art supplies giveaway for me reaching an amount of followers I said I’d do a giveaway at!

Here are the things you’ll be getting, as you can see from the photo!

• 6” by 10” Sketchbook for both wet and dry media
• A bottle of ink, you pick the color, I’ll order it from a specific site
• A fountain pen that comes with the ink from the same site
• 11 colors of Cotman Winsor & Newton watercolors
• 3 brushes
• A drawing of a subject of your choice to go on the first page! You might want to check my art out if you’re unfamiliar with me to see what types of things I usually do

And that’s that.  I don’t use any of those watercolor tubes anymore, as I’ve replaced them each with higher quality tubes, so I thought: why not give them away?  And I like the fountain pen I’ve been using so much that I think I’d like someone else to try it, too.  I’ve also replaced the three brushes I’ve included here, so I don’t need those, either.  And a drawing for good measure.

Here are the rules! Please follow these:

• No giveaway blogs.  I want more people to actually see this and have a chance at getting something; a lot of artists don’t have a lot of money…
• Reblogs enter you, and a Like helps.  You can’t just like - but you can do both to double your chances of just reblogging (if it falls on someone who liked it, I’ll check to see if they reblogged it)
• I’ll be checking the blog that wins to see if you’re an active blog.
• You gotta use these after they arrive! I obviously can’t enforce this, but I want to see people not being timid! Make art! That’s what these are for.  I know a thing that stops a lot of people is being scared they’ll mess up and waste expensive supplies… but if this is a gift, that shouldn’t matter!
• This ends on May 24th. If I send an ask and you don’t respond within 2 days, I’ll ask the next person, and so on.
• I will ship anywhere. I’ll pay the shipping.
  

I think that’s everything.  Have fun!!! Good luck!

Oooh, sweet.

(via katyfarina)

girlwithribbon:

franchium:

KRINKADINEL Ponies

Because when I get bored, I flashback, and for some reason, I remembered at least Nadine and Mel telling me about MLP:FiM. Which, I may add, was way back in season 1. Not sure if Krinkle was part of that, but I wanted to complete the Triad. :D

Since I didn’t watch the series, some research went into it for the designs. Although after posting this I wonder how long it’ll take one of them to crash my house with the full series. :))

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

PONIES. KRINKADINEL PONIES. 

WE SHALL WATCH PONIES NEXT TIME WE INVADE YOUR HOUSE YES.

OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS THE BEST SURPRISE TO OPEN RIGHT BEFORE GOING TO BED ON A BAD DAY/WEEK (MOSTLY DUE TO THE COLD/SICKNESS)

FRANCHIE I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!

Krinkle, Nadine, let’s INVADE HER HOUSE NOW!!! WITH A PAAAARRRTAYYYYYY!!!! /pinkie pie mode

Looks like fun!

(Source: ladygrinningsouls, via girlwithribbon-art)

Prompt: “Clashing Colors”

Prompt by ysabetwordsmith
Painted for this April’s Crowdfunding Jam. It is also my freebie for this session.

It’s my first time to join this event, and I hope I can do at least one more prompt fill… :D

Most likely inspired by the video game Silhouette Mirage and my fantastic artist friend madamluna’s electrifying artwork. :-) Come to think of it, now I’m thinking of the comic Spy vs. Spy when I look at this…

Intuos4 Tablet, Manga Studio 5, Photoshop CS5, Frenden’s Brush Set
2013