Mel's Art Dump

Mel's art portfolio! Mostly OC work with a sprinkle of TMNT here and there!!

[mellcnimx]

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ABOUT:

Hi! I'm Rafa, also known as Melloni or Mel in the art community! I'm an young artist based in Australia who mostly draws for fandoms and my own orginal stories.

I got into the online art community late 2019 and I have been a part of it ever since. During my time I have drawn for a handful of fandoms, which include:

Wings of Fire

Warrior Cats

The Owl House

Rise of the TMNT [current]

And in those fandoms I have partcipated in multi-animator/re-animation projects and zines!

Other than art, I'm quite passionate about coffee, biology and writing! I'm always out to learn new things and I become the best version of myself.

Hopefully one day I can share my stories with the world and I hope that you will follow along with my art journey!

BLOG DIRECTORY:

#my art -> my own art/portfolio stuff

#wips -> when I occassionally feel confident enough to share my unfinished work

#melloni ocs -> my beloved original characters [cherish them please]

#melloni answers -> answers to my ask box

#themonalisamm -> my oc story featuring Mel and Leo [I am so normal]

COMMISSIONS:

STATUS: WAITLIST

Mellcnimx Commissions

Melloni's Commission Website

SOCIALS:

Cara

Instagram

Youtube

Toyhouse

Artfight

Sideblog: mellcnxiide

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[mellcnimx]

Best friends who grow apart and are fated to meet again later in life. When they do, they rekindle their friendship which becomes stronger than ever, but Leo suspects something off with his best friend. Perhaps Mel is hiding more than what it seems...

EHEHE properly introducing my ocs <33 I'm planning to update their outfits but we'll see what happens mmm

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Frida from a week or two ago.. she's so cool and I'm so burnt out from artfight 😭

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Hi!! Been a little bit aaa!! I've been busy working on OC work bts for artfight but here's a birthday gift I made for my mum the other day!!

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Heyyy!! Here's a little doodle I did of Leo the other day! I've gotten so accustomed to drawing humans that I've forgotten how to draw the turtles so here's Leo as a human!!

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I'M SHARING A WIP!! CRAZY SHIT GUYS!! 💥🤯

My beloved OCs Mel and Leo for an animation I'm working on for school!! I am cooking behind the scenes!! Even tho Tumblr doesn't like OCS lmao!!

EDIT: WHAT THIS SHIT WE ALSO HIT 1000?? OMG TYSM GUYS!!

[pasteilian]

I’ve been so busy but happy pride every pony

[staticwither]

Turtles Together Zine

leftover sale for @turtlestogetherzine has begun, check it out! turtleszine.bigcartel.com

Close ups below ⬇️

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[mellcnimx]

I CAN FINALLY SHARE THIS HOORAY!! This is my page for the @turtlestogetherzine!! I still love this piece a year later, it was just such an awesome learning opportunity!!

[Leftover sales are happening you should definitely check it out hehe!!]

[mellcnxiide]

Mel makes a general blog?? Be prepared for chaos [infodumping about my ocs]

[mellcnimx]

I've made a blog for infodumping and shi,, follow me there for nightmares >:DD

[classy-thief]

🌺 was compelled to draw fanart of @kathaynesart 's design of future leo wearing old traditional japanese wear [you can find the post here :D] i thought the design was so cool so i had to draw it haha

[thegunnsara]

We can post now!? The two page comic I did for @turtlestogetherzine ! Its been more than a year since I started on the pages and I have learned so much since then so its so strange to look at it and start picking on it... anyway, its been incredibly nice to work with the team.

There is leftovers sales from the Zine if you are interested which you can find HERE. Holding these little items is quite something, all the artists did a beautiful work on it.

[mellcnimx]

Was scrolling through my files and found this animation I made 2 years ago featuring two of my dragon ocs! If this does well I'll post an unfinished rottmnt Halloween animation >:DD

[calista-222]

BLAZE 🔥🔥🔥!!!

[mellcnimx]

Cal your art is so stunning,,

[meggalice]

Look, I'm just mad I didn't think of overalls for my own future Donnie design; in hindsight it's so obvious.

Regardless I love this look, even if it means he looks like he's on a fishing charter for 8 out of 12 months a year. Just adds to the whole fit really.

[coffeegolden]

YOOOOOO WHAT?!

[mellcnimx]

what were some of ur biggest inspirations for Mel & Leo? Design-wise, personality-wise, etc? :D

HELL YEAH INFODUMP TIME 🗣️🗣️

With Mel one of her biggest inspirations/who I modelled her off was myself!! She was originally meant to be my persona but I wanted to make a cool story so I ended up making her an OC instead! Other characters she's quite inspired by is rottmnt's Leo with his quick-witted and charismatic personality and Gwen Stacy from Spiderverse- her morals, complex issues etc.!

Leo was originally based of the tmnt Leo but it stemmed so far from it over time! Leo is 100% inspired by Miles Morales, Steven Universe, Raph from ROTTMNT and Wade from Elemental! He has a big heart and he's quite charming! Much more of a softie compared to Mel! With his looks- tbh idk, it just came to me one day and it stuck haha