Hello, my name is Melissa Scheu,
and I'm a doodle addict. Michigan

A freelance artist living and working in Michigan. My blog @ inkpaperstring.com follows everything I'm doing in my studio, updated twice weekly.

I specialize in doodling, drawing, illustration, painting.

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Mockup for a personal project close to my heart - tarot cards.

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Mixed media drawing in my sketchbook

graphite, character from an imaginary folktale.

mixed media - marker finished in Photoshop

Graphite and some markers.

Illustration of street performers based on antique photo (https://phono-optica.tumblr.com/post/90103610273)

pen and ink. For an eventual coloring book?

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Mixed media drawing of a genius loci - the protective spirit of a place. Part of an upcoming series for prints, cards, and stuff!

Graphite and marker. Trading card size, fish in Regency era costume.

Drawing Prompt Submission

A personal mindfulness reminder in old timey cartoon style.

WIP in the sketchbook. Colored pencil, feeling like Springtime

Drawing Prompt Submission

graphite WIP, illustration of a mythological prophetic bird-woman from Slavic folklore.

WIP, illustration of Norse goddess of the underworld, Hel. For fun and for spooooky Halloween.

An illustration for a Grimm's Fairy Tale in a Moleskine notebook. This one is for a kind of obscure story called The Companionship of the Cat and the Mouse. Just graphite.

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Missing people watching in public, and the smells and sounds of a coffeehouse. Pencil drawing with some digital painting.

Fun with gouache! While I was painting this, I learned that "scumble"/"scumbling" are words used to describe the action of dry brush painting, so my detective's name is Scumbles.

Watercolor practice inspired by a Jan Mankes painting and recent weather.

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