🍉 MelonSalts 🧂

🍉Mello’s art blog🧂 23, they/them, ultimate yapper I'm a full time college student, but I'm trying to post more! (Henry Stickmin Askblog: @ending-the-cycle-ask) [YouTube: Melon Salts]

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[ Minecraft: My World AU Fanart! ]

[ Nil wasn’t originally smiling in this piece, but I ended up changing it once I added Polly! Need to draw them happy myself since the separation arc only just started apparently hhghhsjjshhj—- ]

[ Dangling them around like little Miis :) Been heavily debating adding them to my Tomodachi Life island. Steve would’ve had the blue Player 1 hand, and Glen would’ve had the yellow Player 4 hand, had I drawn them as well in this set—- ]

[ Smile!! This piece was actually the first time I drew them—- Had to redraw Polly here after practicing drawing them a bit more. I like this version a lot more than the original. I’ve found Nil is a bit easier to draw for me?? I tend to have more trouble with Polly’s expressions, but in drawing her more, I think she’s my favorite of the two now—- ]

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In appreciation of @brightgoat’s amazing My World AU, here’s some pieces with their characters Nil and Polly!! I’ve been trying to work up the nerve to post these for several weeks at this point, geez 😅 I’ve never actually drawn bald people before, so this was a fun challenge! And I’m trying out a new style of coloring! I like the texture of it a lot, I plan on using this style some more for whatever Art Fight refs I make coming up. Let me know if you have any thoughts on it :)

I could gush about this comic for ages, and I will because this is my house (blog) and I love to yap!!

I stumbled across the series one night while just scrolling through my feed, and looking at the recommended blogs. I saw a recent post about the Nether Raiders, clicked it, and fell down such a rabbit hole, it was past 2 am by the time I finished reading. Closing the tab after reaching the most recent post felt like coming out of a a fever dream, it was so enthralling.

Their character designs are just genius, Bright does a fantastic job of interpreting Minecraft’s various mobs into numerous unique characters, all just oozing with personality. They have to have at least a dozen Illager designs at this point and every single one looks different, it’s miraculous, I don’t know how they do it! Their line work is always gorgeous, same with their coloring and lighting, the entire comic is a treat for the eyes. And the story, god when I said it was like falling down a rabbit hole I really meant it. There’s no other way to describe it, I was utterly captured by the plot they’re putting together, despite literally overheating under my heated blanket in the dead of night during that first read through. I was on the edge of my seat and not going anywhere for hours. I cannot recommend it enough!

So here’s a small tribute of various drawings of everyone’s favorite chaotic duo! May they be reunited soon, I greatly miss their shenanigans already :’)

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[Final drawing up front, since it’s the only rendered piece this week! Heavily based on the Looney Tunes end card. It’s nothing crazy, but I’m glad I did one more rendered piece.]

[And then, for the other three prompts, I ended up combining them. Arm injury is still bugging me, so I wanted to take it easy. Not to mention, these were some of the hardest prompts, and I simply didn’t have the brain power to come up with much this late in the month ^^; Here’s also the one and only out of costume Pluey I drew. All of his fun design elements are in his costume, so I very often default to having him in costume. And it’s canon that he prefers it, too :) ]

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Happy Juesday yet again, everyone!! Here’s the last two drawings for Jongler Jonuary! I’m quite proud of myself. Despite all the hiccups these past few weeks, this is the first drawing challenge I’ve ever finished. I’m glad it was for Jongler, this gave me the opportunity to draw the Mikes so many times, just like I wanted to :) Though I don’t think I’ll be drawing them again for a while, a new piece every day burnt me out a bit. I want to get back to my own characters, and drawing stuff for my ask blogs. They had to be put even further on the backburner for this, unfortunately. But now that this is done, I’m hoping I’ll have lots more time for my own projects!

Thank you all again for all the support this past month! I honestly don’t post here much because I tend to get nervous about showing my art nowadays, but you have all been wonderful! I read every reply and comment in the tags, and I truly appreciate and cherish all your kind words! ^^ ❤️ Maybe I’ll try posting some of my original stuff again, this art blog feels very under utilized. I have so much art that never sees the light of day, when I really should be curating my own little museum here :) Let me know what you think, I always love hearing your thoughts!

Happy Juesday again, and have a lovely rest of your day everyone!!

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[Starting off this week by settling the score with Battat’s owed piece! I got all the angst for this month out of my system with Mute last week, so just fun stuff this week! Battat is very excited about making a Mike snowman :) ]

[Featuring my friend Door’s Cat Mike design! Simply use a giant kitty to help decompress after a long Mike shift! You may get absorbed by the fluff, but it’s worth it—-]

[By Friday I realized that I actually hurt my arm back on Wednesday ^^; It’s been a bit sore since, and it’s still bugging me nearly a week later, so unfortunately there’s less fully rendered pieces this week. Had to skip this prompt because this is the day I felt it the most.]

[Dialogue is hard sometimes. Don’t know if this makes sense but I couldn’t think of anything to really draw for. An accent???]

[Had a bit of time between classes, so I did my best to do one more rendered piece this week. The shading is very quick, but I like the colors at least—-]

[Back to simple drawings, my original idea for these two prompts would’ve been far too intensive and time consuming, so just some silly interactions instead!]

[And finally, a softly singing cowboy—- Nice and chill :) ]

Happy Juesday yet again, everyone!! This week has beeeeen. A lot, honestly. So many things due for college. And my arm is sore, which makes it hard to draw :’) I can see the finish line now, and I’m a honestly bit excited to have one less thing I need to do every day. It feels like I’m running on fumes, now, finishing some of these prompts at almost midnight ^^; I’m also excited for this to be the first drawing challenge I’ve ever finished, though!

Hope you enjoy this week’s drawings regardless, have a lovely rest of your Juesday!!

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[Elec Darkners probably can’t sweat, but I imagine they can still overheat—- And I can’t see that awful jacket being breathable in any way.]

[Still trying to figure out how Jongler’s tail works. I like drawing them with a big long snake tail, and with a shorter one for hopping around! I’m unsure how that works anatomically.]

[My beloved cowboys!!! I like to think that Jongler is my Shadowguy Reed’s mentor in the ways of the cowboy. Taught him how to give the best hugs :) Take a look at my askblog @reeds-rodeo if you like my silly goober!!]

[Pluey’s up by one piece now, Battat is owed another solo piece with Jongler next week :) Zip zap!!]

[Based on my headcanon that Jongler’s buttons get jammed a lot, and Zappers’ volume level affects their senses—- So high volume also means high sensitivity and they’re always yelling, low volume means low sensitivity and they’re whispering all the time. Muted means they just can’t talk or hear or feel much of anything, so it’s a bad time when that button ends up getting stuck. The boys are helping with some pressure therapy until the button unsticks itself!]

[This one’s for my friend Tav! They’re juggling (jongling) buddies!!]

[And lastly, today’s prompt is really quick because I still have class and a project to submit tonight. This prompt is a break for me too, so there I am! :) I feel like Jongler is more of a tea guy, personally. They’d like berry tea, because berries are the same colors that they are!]

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Happy Juesday yet again!! Here’s Week 3 of Jongler Jonuary! I barely got these done on time, school has been kicking my ass these past couple days—- So only one fully rendered piece this week, gotta prioritize class!

This week has some little blurbs about each piece, because I love to ramble, and as it was so succinctly put last week: yapping about your art is always morally correct!! It’s my house and you guys decided to walk into it, so read em if you want to!

Prompt list below the cut! Have a good rest of your Juesday everybody!!

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Week 2 of Jongler Jonuary!! Once again experimenting with ways to quickly do rendering, and I’m happy with those more rendered pieces—- I tend to render everything I make a bit differently, I like to play around with different techniques.

I guess let me know if you all would mind me yapping a bit about the individual pieces? I usually ramble a lot on my posts, but I’ve tried to hold back for these since they’re a bit more public than most of my work. Week 1 got a lot of traction—-

Anyway, Happy Juesday, hope everyone has a good rest of your day!!

Prompt list by @moonyistired!

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Posting Day 10’s Jongler Jonuary prompt a couple days before Juesday because I want to yap about it a bit separately—- I’ve had the idea for this prompt since I first found this prompt list, since it’s a scene from my fic! I wrote it back in October, but I feel like this is a good time to show it off again to all the new people following since last week (thank you by the way!!)

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

It’s a short Jongler “origin” fic, I’m still really proud of it. Take a look if you’re at all interested, I’ll be adding this piece to Chapter 1! :)

and here’s the prompt list of course

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Happy Jongler Juesday, and Happy Jonuary!! A whole month for my favorite Mike to kick off the new year, what an occasion! I’m trying out this prompt list by @moonyistired, and I’m hoping to draw at least something every day this month. Some days might just be little doodles, (like day 5) since I’m busy with college. I’ll be posting the week’s worth of prompts on Tuesdays, of course—-

Here’s days 1-6!!

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@scientific-dog @acustardduckling @the-abandoned-set @jellyjack-cheese

Forgot to post this right after the semester ended, but here’s my finished matte painting!! Finally got the chance to draw some fanart for some lovely local Shadowguys, namely Clive, Matteo, Frank and Henry! I didn’t get to do much in terms of the animation, and I had to do human versions for the sake of the assignment, but hopefully you guys like the final result!! ❤️ They’re filming a noir movie together :)

Drawn in Procreate and animated using NukeX!

WIP shots and still image under the cut!

Final render

Rough composition thumbnail

Thumbnail paintover + rough values

Matteo WIP + Foreground

Clive WIP

Frank + Henry close up (they were both done in one day so no wip shots)

hey if you looked through all this you’re cool and awesome ❤️

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@scientific-dog wanted me to post these thumbnails I’ve been working on, soooo, here you go!

We’re doing matte paintings for my lighting and compositing class, which is a great opportunity to draw fanart of some Shadowguys in their natural habitat :) Specifically Matteo and @acustardduckling’s Clive, with a couple Reeds in there too when I could fit him in—- These are just rough composition thumbnails at the moment, I’m still deciding which one I want to fully render.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Why is this Mike’s job? Why in the world is any of this Mike’s job?? Battat is out in the wastes outside the studio, ‘checking in on’ what seems to be the dustiest place on earth; between the couch cushions. While he's there, though, he ends up finding something weird...

a.k.a. Local remote gets lost in the couch, and a couple of mics find them.

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Wrote a short Mike fic! Technically this counts as something for Miketober? But yeah, here’s a little Jongler backstory fic for my beloved cowboy Mike :)

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!EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS!

Hey everyone, I'm opening up writing and pixel art commissions because I need help paying my bills and rent. I had a potential roommate that was going to replace the one moving out who bailed last minute, and now the other friend who I got doesn't think they can afford the stupidly expensive security deposit (Not their fault at all). I genuinely have no idea what else to do, as my remaining roommate and I cannot afford to do half and half on our own. Anything, and I mean anything helps! Price info below:

Prices

Writing:

Starting price (500 words): $10,

Every additional 500 words: $5+

Heavy Suggestive Elements: $5 (one time fee)

Pixel art:

Standalone Character: $15,

Character w/ bg: $20,

Additional Character: $5

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If you can spare a bit of coin, our co-writer and my lovely partner Mercy is in need of some help. Please go support them by donating or purchasing a commission from them if you can! If not, just a reblog to help spread the word around would be appreciated!

-Mod Mello ✏️

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[ * The star of the show! (This one time, anyway.) ]

Meet Reed, a stunt actor on TV World’s Western set! He’s a fun-loving Shadowguy who loves his job, and will be happy to answer some questions!

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I made my Shadowguy OC Reed an askblog, go send him a question if you’d like :)

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Art Fight

An art gifting game

I missed last year’s Art Fight due to severe lack of energy, but I should be able to actually participate this year!

I just added a dozen new characters I’ve had backlogged from the past 2 years, some just don’t have descriptions yet, as of posting this. Everyone has plenty of references, though, so come take a look around if you have the time :)

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Trying to work up the courage to actually post my art again. I’ve been weirdly anxious about posting anything I draw lately, but I thought it’d be nice to show off my hard work again, at least this once.

I’ve tripped backwards into becoming a Spooky Month fan, so here’s the Hatz boys having a cozy little sleepover :) They’re so easy to draw, they’ve become my go-to when I want to just relax and doodle, so I sort of tried to capture that vibe.

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HI HI HI THE HENRY BRAINROT IS SOOOOO BACK FOR ME I NEEDED TO DRAW DEFRAG HENRY FROM ETC BECAUSE IVE BEEN READING IT BACK SINCE THE NEW PAGES AND LOOK AT HIS LIL GRIN I LOVE HIM IN THIS COMIC SO MUCHCHCHCHCH HES SUCH A LOVABLE GOOFBALL

I’m totally normal over this glitched out mess..

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OH YOU DREW THE LIL GUY SO WELL~!

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*points aggressively!!* Look it’s my boy!!

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The New EtC Banner! For those who’d like to see it in its full rendition~

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For those who haven’t seen, here’s the blog’s new banner going into Act 4! Thanks again for the beautiful art, Erik!! ^^

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Happy Birthday to me :) 🎂