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The art blog of Melissa Mariko Kieselburg.
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Sometimes I wish I could shrink down and hang out with Baron in his tank. 

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Here’s my drawing for April 1st, the Bright Side as a punk band…or at least my attempt at one. I wasn’t quite sure how to make Suzie look punk, so I just stuck her in the jacket that Nana O wears. Ha.

And to be extra out of character, I used ink instead of gouache :)

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I just really like this panel from todays comic :3

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I drew this as a present for my aunt. I hope it’s not conceited to give a picture of my own character to someone as a gift. 

Sunflowers are a symbol of happiness and longevity. 

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Some Bright Side art. Rainbow and Egret enjoy nature together. They will probably look at some birds or something.

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Good morning. For some reason I’m into this theme of rectangular framing devices. I dunno, it just keeps happening.  And Ellie is still my favorite to draw. What can I say.

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Hey, I finally drew something other than Korra fanart. I wanted to practice lighting and draw some of the characters from my next big project. I’ll probably do a lot of photo referenced drawings like this while I’m working on ironing out the details of the storyline and taking baby steps towards being an actual responsible adult.

The current working title is Masked Shadow, which I guess is a step up from “that one story about the dudes who are kind of assholes sometimes”, or whatever the previous working title was.

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Caterpillar Comics #1

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Hey look, I drew myself because I’m done hanging my show and I just wanna draw and have fun with colors. I love drawing. 

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Oh yeah, so I’m done with this comic now, aside from lettering, which will hopefully be done tonight. Just thought I’d share some bits since I’ve got it scanned now. I don’t know if I’ll upload the whole thing once it’s all done and together, or just select pages or panels or what. But here’s a panel from my first page.

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Paint study/promo image for Edit. Definitely need to do more environment studies and get a better handle on that neutral gray #3.

New senior project character studies for Ifs :)

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Some Bright Side process.

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And since I was on a fanart kick, I decided to show Sokka some love too. Because he’s my favorite, and because I have a soft spot for pictures of Sokka in front of the moon.

If anyone has any requests or suggestions for other things I should draw, the night is young, and I might just take you up on it.

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Here’s the finished painting of my robot girl Ifs, aka the protagonist of the comic I’m making for my senior project this semester :)