Desire to desire differently

Mel, 30s, artist, science enthusiast Somehow fell back into Teen Wolf in the unholy year of 2025 My OT3 is Derek/Stiles/a soft bed Find my stuff on Redbubble!

[melioristicbeast]

Thought I'd make a quick pinned post with some info :)

Do you take requests? Not currently - I do open for requests every now and then, I'll make sure to update this post whenever I do :)

Do you do commissions? I do not, sorry!

Can I write a fic / create art inspired by something you drew? Absolutely!!! Please tag me, I'd love to see it!

Current My Name is Derek Hale comic update schedule is biweekly on Saturdays

Want to only see my art and no personal/text-only posts? Block the tag '#mel blabs' :)

And finally: I have the social battery of a wet rock - meaning I am sometimes very slow to reply lol

Tag for ease of access: #my art

List of programs and brushes I use and how I use them, a quick freckle tutorial, and various other bits and bobs in this post

[inkandgasoline]

Am I ever going to get tired of drawing this guy? Probably not.

Am I taking out all of my OWN angsty feelings on him? Absolutely yes.

Am I going to fix the blotchy shading? Nahhhhh.

--

This one started to feel overworked so I had to let it go a little earlier than I planned, but DANG does it feel good to draw again. (And nobody point out that his piercing keeps switching sides. It lives on whichever side I want to draw it on, okay?)

As always, do not reupload or feed to any AI, and if you share off-site, please ask first and be sure to credit/link to me! :)

[eevylynnart]

This was made for the 2026 Sterek Reverse Bang

Here's the wonderful story that my partner @cw0ffeefandomaddict made based on it:

Marked

Stiles has spent years keeping his secrets exactly that — secret. Layered shirts, careful angles, a very practiced talent for misdirection. Beacon Hills is complicated enough without adding shifter to the list of things nobody can know. He wasn't planning on Derek finding out. He definitely wasn't planning on what came after.

[melioristicbeast]

quick meme inspired by the group chat talking about stiles' butt being more caked up than i usually draw him with in this art 😂

blank version (and the original) under the cut for anyone who wants to take it for a spin - please tag me if you do i would love to see them!!

Original in case anyone isn't familiar with the drake meme:

[marielikestodraw-deactivated201]

[melioristicbeast]

You've heard of the couch potato, now get ready for the couch pancake ❤︎⁠

Spin-off of what I was supposed to be working on for @sparassiss because i cannot work on less than 3 things at any given time ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[seaweed-water]

art by @asyndetonic

tagged, 4k

Stiles, a graphic designer by day and graffiti artist by night, just wants to tag his love for Derek all over town. Derek would prefer to be tagged instead, iykwim 😏

tags: alternate universe - canon divergence, fluff, smut, bottom derek hale, somnophilia, butt plugs, derek hale in panties, marriage proposal

[virtualcarrot]

(because of this post)

[sugareey-makes-stuff]

It's that time of year again for some new Sterek art! My 2026 Sterek Reverse Bang Quickie art prompt was inspired by cute, fluffy animals and this Tumblr post about grooming and dominance between cats and rabbits. Honestly, I couldn't help it. It was too tempting. Yes, we totally get to see the day where Derek is a rabbit and Stiles is a cat. And yes, Derek and Stiles are stubborn assholes who love each other. Obviously! Thanks to the amazing @definitivelydrivel for being my partner-in-crime this round! It was so fun coming up with utter shenanigans that later turns hot and spicy. You basically ran with everything to write such a funny story, and you also reminded me exactly why I love these two dumbasses so much! 😁 To see the full view of the sexy art piece that goes along with the fic, you'll just have to read the whole thing to find it. 🔥🌶️🍑🍆 Without further ado, happy reading and viewing!

Title: Domination Conflagration (<- view on AO3) Rating: Explicit WC: 9.9k Tags: Angst, Humor, Beta Derek, Idiots in Love, Misunderstandings, Animal Instincts, Animal Transformation, Dominance, Pack Dynamics, Power Dynamics, Friends to Lovers, Snark, Feelings Realization, Love Confessions, Spark Stiles Stilinski, Magical Accidents, Chaos, Cats, Rabbits, Scent Marking, Biting, Licking, Magic, Full Shift Werewolf Derek Hale, Past Relationship(s), Self-Doubt, Self Confidence Issues, Kissing, Consent, Fingerfucking, Anal Sex, Praise Kink, Come Marking, Hand Jobs, Top Stiles Stilinski, Bottom Derek Hale, Angst with a Happy Ending, POV Alternating, Digital Art, Illustrations

Summary:

Stiles' first thought was oh fuck. Stiles' second thought was, why the hell is that rabbit glaring at me? FUCK was his third thought as the rabbit lunged.

In which Derek startles Stiles awake in the middle of the dream, resulting in Stiles' spark turning them into a rabbit and a cat respectively.

Complicated questions of dominance follow, along with a resolution to said questions (and of course, smut!).

[poly-hebdo]

“You’re safe”

[melioristicbeast]

My Name is Derek Hale page 34 - in which i have a lot of fun finding book covers to include in Stiles' bookshelves! Talked to Ella about how he'd probably keep his dorm room to himself so he can have all his books out in the open. Thought it would be fun (since the Hunters seem more organized in this universe) if most of the available books on Hunter's history, treaties, beastiaries etc are all thinly disguised history/'hunting big game' books lol. Interspersed with books on magic - big thank you to @renmackree for supplying me with a list of titles to look up! Hope you all enjoy the tiny shot of Lydia, Parrish and Liam - Lydia's surprisingly difficult to draw O:<

Page 35 will be up on June 13th ♡

[First page]

[<<prev | P34]

Also available on Ao3!

Original story by @isthatbloodonhisshirt

[write-light]

Our Sterek Reverse Quickie Collab is live!

The wonderful artwork / moodboard from Klam, "Betrothed, But Not to You"

Story of the same name by write_light on AO3.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/84118296

[melioristicbeast]

You know, by now every time I see Sterek fan art, with any undies showing and no pink in sight, I get so surprised.

So… congratulations, I guess?

Everytime i'm drawing a room now i'm like 'can i sneak in a pair of pink underwear somewhere' so I'm happy to hear it's infected someone else too LOL

[nixeleth]

Enough to Make Me Feel Supernatural by nixeleth

Art by @renmackree

Rating: Explicit (see why in the additional tags below)

Warnings: None, apart from one scene's worth of canon-typical violence and a single instance of unwanted touching

Pairings: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski

Additional Characters: Sheriff Stilinski || Lydia Martin || Jackson Whittemore || Danny Māhealani || Peter Hale || Laura Hale || Melissa McCall || Kira Yukimura || Allison Argent || Scott McCall || Jennifer |Peter's Nurse || Chris Argent

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence || Childhood Friends || Meet-Ugly || Grindr (sort of) || (author potentially exercises artistic license regarding how Grindr works) || Derek Hale and Stiles Stilinski are mates || Stiles Stilinski is Derek Hale's Anchor || Daddy Kink || Humiliation Kink || Scent Marking || Light BDSM || Pink Panties || Praise Kink || Light Bondage || Knotting || Romance Novelist Stiles Stilinski || Home Health Care Aide Stiles Stilinski || Mechanic Derek Hale || Kate Argent aftermath but she’s not featured in the actual fic || Peter never became an alpha so Scott was never bitten || True Alpha Derek Hale || Sterek Reverse Quickie 2026 (Teen Wolf)

Word Count: 95,423

Summary: The problem with finding someone on Grindr wasn’t that he was demisexual—the problem was that fourteen years ago, Stiles had basically imprinted on one surly teenager over a "stolen" sandwich cookie, and he’d never really gotten over that. Honestly, it was like something out of one of his own romance novels, except without werewolves.

My offering for the @sterekreversechallenges 2026 Sterek Reverse Quickie (make sure you check out everything else on offer from all of our artists and writers 🍒), after a few years of writing nothing. I suffered from a car accident back at the tail end of 2023 when I was finishing up writing Echo for the Sterek Reverse Bang (again, check those certified classics, too 🍒), and it's been until basically now that I've been unable to function long enough without pain to write anything, so right off the bat I want to thank @renmackree for giving me TWO art prompts in a row that dragged me out of "well, maybe I'll just moderate only this time" mode. I was able to finish this one on time, and I feel like I climbed Mount Rainier (because just thinking about climbing Mount Everest makes my back twinge in protest--come to think of it, Ren, Dance will be our Everest, and Wolfrim will be our Homer epic).

Read it here on AO3

While the art @renmackree made was embedded into my fic watermark-free, it's slapped with a whole bunch of them here on Tumblr so you know that it was made by a certified human bean. Remember: every time someone uses generative AI, Stiles sheds one lone anti-AI tear.

[melioristicbeast]

Thought on Tyler's salt and pepper beard in the recent megacon? I can't stop imagining silver wolf Derek ❤️‍🔥

The salt and pepper look is so good!! I saved a few screenshots as references for Derek hehehe

[melioristicbeast]

[insert pick-up line with an awful fish pun here]

Discarded sketch from yesterday's mermay drawing that I decided was too fun to not do something with - was almost done with the entire thing when i realized the finger guns would be a fun addition and then could not choose between the two poses! Enter @renmackree who suggested an animated gif because she has the hugest brain and is always right 😌❤️

Originally inspired by the same clown fish design but somehow during the sketching and lining it morphed more into something akin to a koi bc idk how fish ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

even after doing that i still couldn't decide between the two poses for the full image so you get both:

[melioristicbeast]

Gonna need a bigger bathtub there, Derek ♥

A two-for-one: Mermay and Pink Undies Sunday (:<

Found an old 3D setup of a bathroom I never did anything with - and I've been in a weird kind of headspace where I just want to sit down and do repetitive work, so what better than meticulously lining a bunch of bathroom tiles!

Borrowing the incredible clown fish merman Stiles design by @faevorite-main-blog featured in It’s A-Boat Time! ♡

I think Derek would be fascinated by another shapeshifter hehe

(A lot of) progress shots under the cut for those interested:

The original 3D model and sketch are from 2019 I think, intended as a promare fanart:

Moved things around a bit and changed the poses (originally i was going to have lio putting bandages on his feet and couldn't really find a good reason for a similar pose for derek). Also added a mirrored setup in case i wanted an angle where the reflection in the mirror would be showing:

Sketched over some pose references for stiles (bc the 3D models i'm using clip and deform whenever the arms are moved up over shoulder-height 🤨), a pose idea i ended up scrapping and sketches from two different angles of the 3D model to figure out which one i wanted to go with:

(Actually now I'm looking at these again i'm mad i didn't go for the bottom right one, i really like it argh. Scheduling this post on friday let's see if i don't end up doing something with it before then and add to this post LOL)

Anyway, settled on an angle > sketching out the background:

2nd round of sketching - refining the background and characters (and a nightmare-looking grid for the bathroom tiles) :

Lines > remembering that I should probably decide on a crop at some point > redo the crop later anyway (and fixing Derek's back after heroically trying not to for hours lol) > monochrome shading of the background > coloring the characters last since I wanted the colors here to fit the background

Thought it'd be an interesting process to share :) Sometimes I will have a very clear visual of what i want to draw and get straight to it, but most of the time I find it fun to recreate the pose and environment i have in mind in my 3D program and try to figure out if there's a more interesting angle to draw it from. Usually I'll take a few screenshots from different angles and sketch over them - usually going a few rounds of sketching > going back and altering the 3D model a bit > new screenshot > new sketch.