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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Melissa Scheu's Uploads

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

graphite, character from an imaginary folktale.

Mixed media drawing in my sketchbook

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)

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

Drawing Prompt Submission

A personal mindfulness reminder in old timey cartoon style.

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

pen and ink. For an eventual coloring book?

WIP in the sketchbook. Colored pencil, feeling like Springtime

Drawing Prompt Submission

Drawing Prompt Submission

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.

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

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

Drawing Prompt Submission

Drawing Prompt Submission

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

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Melissa Scheu's Uploads