A place for Melia to berate the world with drawn things. Currently suffering from an abundance of
fanart and schoolwork.

(  pies in the oven )

April 20th
12:20 AM EST
Finally on the last stretch of my senior thesis. Here’s the first character design for Summer.

Finally on the last stretch of my senior thesis. Here’s the first character design for Summer.

March 30th
4:19 PM EST

a message from Anonymous


i was going through your senior thesis tag, and i didn't see the male design for autumn. did i just miss it??

Oh yeah, I had posted a design for him a few weeks ago, but I wasn’t happy with it so I privatized that post and redesigned him a whole bunch. I did end up posting the final to twitter though, just never got around to getting it here.

you can see it here :)

4:02 PM EST
Aaand second spring character design. I’ve kind of accepted that the lady characters I design will always be more interesting than the guys. I can’t help it okay! Girls are simply more fun to dress up.

Aaand second spring character design. I’ve kind of accepted that the lady characters I design will always be more interesting than the guys. I can’t help it okay! Girls are simply more fun to dress up.

March 29th
10:25 PM EST
Back to senior thesis work! Here’s my first character personification of Spring.

Back to senior thesis work! Here’s my first character personification of Spring.

March 19th
4:59 PM EST
Final piece for my autumn characters (redesigned the guy a whole bunch). I’ve gotta do a whole bunch of thesis work for the next month or so, but don’t think that means I’ll stop sneaking in some fun pieces whenever I can. Got a few things cooking :)

Final piece for my autumn characters (redesigned the guy a whole bunch). I’ve gotta do a whole bunch of thesis work for the next month or so, but don’t think that means I’ll stop sneaking in some fun pieces whenever I can. Got a few things cooking :)

February 23rd
12:43 AM EST
New character design for senior thesis, a female interpretation of Autumn. I greatly enjoy drawing hair that defies the laws of physics. 

New character design for senior thesis, a female interpretation of Autumn. I greatly enjoy drawing hair that defies the laws of physics. 

February 5th
9:36 PM EST

For children’s book illustration we were to pick a character from some sort of folklore or fairytale and design several different interpretations of them. I chose Pippi Longstocking and drew steampunk, horror/villain, army/mercenary, southern belle, hipster and sci-fi versions of her.

February 3rd
4:49 PM EST
Lady Winter, second character design for my senior thesis project (to be paired with Lord Winter from last week). She really likes Alexander McQueen.

Lady Winter, second character design for my senior thesis project (to be paired with Lord Winter from last week). She really likes Alexander McQueen.

January 25th
12:21 AM EST
Alright so I’m getting down with my final semester of college and will be spending a good chunk of time working of my illustration thesis. I’m doing character design still, so for my project I decided to design personifications of the four seasons and then do some illustrations involving the characters. 
Here’s the first design, for Winter. (though I still have a few things I’d like to revise) Also a face close up because I always think that detail/expression is lost in the resized version!

Alright so I’m getting down with my final semester of college and will be spending a good chunk of time working of my illustration thesis. I’m doing character design still, so for my project I decided to design personifications of the four seasons and then do some illustrations involving the characters. 

Here’s the first design, for Winter. (though I still have a few things I’d like to revise) Also a face close up because I always think that detail/expression is lost in the resized version!

November 6th
7:51 PM EST
I haven’t posted anything from my senior thesis project in ages! Here are two new character designs. Kamose is from Egypt in 1544 b.c. and Tegan is from Ireland in the 1830’s. 

I haven’t posted anything from my senior thesis project in ages! Here are two new character designs. Kamose is from Egypt in 1544 b.c. and Tegan is from Ireland in the 1830’s. 

October 10th
12:01 AM EST
Ah you’ll have to view the fullsize for this one! After finishing The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson I kind of got an itch to design the characters, so I’ve been working on these on and off for the past few weeks. Shallan is my absolute favorite, and I’m pretty happy with her design! And there was no way Adolin wasn’t going to look like he just walked out of an anime.

Ah you’ll have to view the fullsize for this one! After finishing The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson I kind of got an itch to design the characters, so I’ve been working on these on and off for the past few weeks. Shallan is my absolute favorite, and I’m pretty happy with her design! And there was no way Adolin wasn’t going to look like he just walked out of an anime.