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[melontoyo]

I think if certain people supposedly care so much about their 3-pages-long DNI list, maybe they should be more proactive in sticking to it. Always the same thing: people who want me dead for enjoying fiction are the ones interacting with me, because *they* can't be bothered to actually vet the people they're interacting with. They want others to respect their boundaries (which *I* do), but they themselves don't put a single ounce of effort into staying away from the things and people they supposedly hate so much. 🤷‍♂️

#yeah I will just post this because it's mind boggling each time #also I know this is a public post but don't reblog it. thanks #sorry this probably sounds salty but it happens... a lot. and it just makes me sigh very hard each time

[melontoyo]

Throughout Heaven and Earth,

only Darkness shall remain 🩸

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#this is making the rounds again so.... #smol reminder that you can get prints of my art 🥹

[melontoyo]

Your Sunlight carried on the Wind 🎇

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#totk #tears of the kingdom #totk fanart #rauru #totk rauru #loz #loz totk #in other words: why the fork did I spend time on this #but what's done is done so.... 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ #melontoyo's art

[melontoyo]

had to get it out of my system. ganondorf holding a woodland boar piglet - he's quite fond of this little beast.

#🥺🥺🥺 #op by artist #totk #tears of the kingdom #loz #demon king ganondorf

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#gosh these are so beautiful T_T #I wish I could get a purple hug too after this very rough day #the poses are so wonderfully drawn... you can basically feel the gentle touch of their fingers against the other #op by artist #overwatch #ramattra #zenyatta #ramyatta

[melontoyo]

Gonna say something because this is a personal blog: Genuinely hate how as an artist on social media, you can only grow an audience if you either: draw the exact same thing in the exact same style over and over again OR dedicate yourself to drawing fanart of the current most popular shows / games.

If you wanna be like....... a normal artist, then you're out. You have no chance. This reality hits me every time and it makes me... sad? Especially because to me, the most rewarding part of making art is getting to show others what I made. But hardly anyone's gonna look, unless you focus on that one thing and recycle it into eternity.

I always challenge myself to draw unique artwork without any "repeats" (altho, I've also learned to sometimes go easy and let myself draw a comfort zone artwork). But it's clearly not a way to make an impression or grab people's attention. If you draw x and someone's interested in that, they won't follow you unless your profile contains a whole array of xa and xb and xc and xd and xe and xf etc.

And it's just so weird, because while you might find monetary success with one approach, each approach comes with unhappiness. Either you draw what you want, and are unhappy about nobody being there to look at your stuff OR your force yourself to drive down a single narrow road (is any artist happy doing that?) while gaining a following and perhaps financial success. And I guess many people work jobs they hate, but the reason why I wanna do illustration is because I don't want to hate my job.

So, the only way out of this dilemma is to get those sweet commercial jobs, but jobs for graduates chronically do not exist. And then you think like, if I'm working minimum wage (or far below) anyway, why don't I just pick up a minimum wage job. I know I would love some assembly line work, but then I won't have time to draw anymore!!!!

Incohesive rant about a dilemma: done.

Also I want to add: If you chose to stick with me despite me not drawing that One Thing or That Fanart - You are the best, I love you, thanks.

#also *wink wonk* if you want to like... support me.... #there's the thing called the reblog button #for my art #🥺 #not this post #don't reblog my mind fart please thanks

[melontoyo]

Their Dream Reborn 🌊🌸

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#artists on tumblr #original character #original art #pink aesthetic #illustration #naga #deity #temple of dreams #melontoyo's art #I wasted too much time on this doodle ughhhh 😭

[melontoyo]

朝圣道

happy birthday Ramattra

#op by artist #it's beautiful 🥺🥺🥺 #happy belated bday to my babygirl #overwatch #ramattra

[melontoyo]

Hmm 👀🌹💜

#SORRY I AM POSTING THIS ON THIS BLOG YES................... #I started shipping them just because they're both my mains #and now I'm down too deep???? how did this even happen #anyway ty at the lifeweaver who gripped me in order to smell the roses and pizza emote at me. must be ram love #overwatch #ramattra #lifeweaver #ramweaver #sorry to put this in the tags. I just want it in my own ow tag hahahaaaaaaaaa #advanced stage brain rot....

[melontoyo]

Even the sweetest Fragrance fades 🎇🌸

illust I did for @kusuriuri15 zine support me on pixiv fanbox melontoyo.fanbox.cc

#mononoke movie has a release date now!!! I am so excited 👀👀👀

[melontoyo]

Only 15 hrs left to get this artbook filled with illustrations from 50 amazing artists! 👀✨️

We just unlocked our second stretch goal!!

#artbook #fantasy art #kickstarter #fantasy illustration #art collectors

[melontoyo]

Inprnt sale + free shipping is now live through the weekend! 👀✨

I added new prints to my shop as well, please have a look! Asura gold foil prints are still available on my bigcartel as well. Any support is greatly appreciated! 🥺

Inprnt Shop (regular prints)

Bigcartel Shop (Asura gold foil print)

#artists on tumblr #inprnt #art prints #melontoyo's art #support small artists

[melontoyo]

🌗 Gilded Wings 🌘

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#I can just reblog my own old art 😳

[melontoyo]

#onmyoji Taishakuten in 99.99% of all fanart and fanfic #there I said it.

[melontoyo]

WIP preview of my other illust for the book 🌑🌟🌷

Happy to announce that I'm part of #humanart, a fantasy artbook filled with 100% human-made artworks from 50 wonderful artists! The kickstarter is now live, please go check it out! 👀✨ I'll be drawing a new illust of my oc Shunyah, of which you can see the sketch above~

🌟 Link to the Kickstarter page 🌟

#melontoyo's art #shunyah #kinda cooked hard if I dare say so myself

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Selection of drafts for something I'm working on rn 🔷✨🧿🌊

#artists on tumblr #tarot art #tarot commissions #melontoyo's art #these are the back drafts - currently working on the front #really fun where this is headed 👀 #vaporwave tarot

[melontoyo]

Happy to announce that I'm part of #humanart, a fantasy artbook filled with 100% human-made artworks from 50 wonderful artists! The kickstarter is now live, please go check it out! 👀✨ I'll be drawing a new illust of my oc Shunyah, of which you can see the sketch above~

🌟 Link to the Kickstarter page 🌟

#heyoyo 👀✨ #artists on tumblr #fantasy art #kickstarter #artbook #humanart #fuck ai art #melontoyo's art #THE NAMELESS OC NOW HAS A NAME WAHHHH #now I can tag them as #Shunyah #🥺