Melissa Scheu's Uploads

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

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?

Drawing Prompt Submission

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

Drawing Prompt Submission

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

A personal mindfulness reminder in old timey cartoon style.

WIP in the sketchbook. Colored pencil, feeling like Springtime

Drawing Prompt Submission

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

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

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.

Drawing Prompt Submission

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.

Graphite drawing in a Moleskine notebook - illustration for Grimm's fairy tale. I'm posting both the raw graphite version and the one I painted in Photoshop b/c I never know which I end up liking better!