Melo
@letitmelo.bsky.social
Illustrator, Animator & Designer Past work: Pencilmation, Retronauts, Kotaku, & more Views posted are my own Portfolio, Art blog, etc: linktr.ee/letitmelo 📧: letitmelo@gmail.com
created June 16, 2023
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Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
REALLY curious how this album turns out. Just looking at the theme and tracklist, they clearly locked in on an Indian sound and influence. Definitely won't repeat the Humanz mistake, could be a South Asian Plastic Beach situation.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
Of all the weeks to drop this single... youtu.be/MG_npaLydKg
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We're just gonna litigate 2020 forever
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Nature is healing bsky.app/profile/bost...
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All five of them apparently!
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I hated this scene cause it seemed so forced and cringey but once again life imitates art
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
Frieren is amazing until it hits the Ninja Exam halfway through
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
this is like the Mega Man box art but reverse
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
i miss non-isekai fantasy anime so much you guys this is so fun
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
He's kinda like the Zepplin version of this guy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVui...
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
The dude has toured with bands, so you would think he'd be a little more...Free Love? But there have been a few outings where I had to try to table a family Gender Debate.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
My wife grew up on what she describes as a hippie commune, but her dad is one of those Reagan hippies who allllmost Gets It — like he believes in the Star Trek utopian dream — but will stillbearnestly come at my wife with a "so much for the tolerant left" on certain issues
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erm they're my original characters don't steal mnmcomic.com/comic/m1-cov...
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im so sorry but it was right there
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
probably because it's the only thing they can beat
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
silksong players looking at a stick figure like "i can jack off to this"
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
A shame that it costs 2-3x the price of a starter set. The $20 price of the starter sets was more attractive, but the last starter set wasn't even worth that price (didn't even have 7 dice). $60 and some cards feels like they're swinging at Daggerheart.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm really curious how it carrot-and-sticks players into exploring. OD&D is a treasure hunting game, so XP is tied to loot. New players don't get that concept because 5E is a big slurry.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
this... this actually sounds like the kind of Starter Set I've wanted from WotC?! Huh?! I really thought this would be an homage in title only, given how lousy their adventure modules have been the last few years.
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jesus christ the buttons
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wait a minute ive seen this fucker before nice try joseph bama I got u dead to rights
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
happy anniversary drakengard never forget
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
remembering when a certain webcomic artist blocked me on The Old Site because they felt that Linkle got the idea of "female link" from their fan art
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks SOMEONE failed their sanity roll
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
My long shot is the Japan direct gets a 20th anniversary Mother 3 merch announcement or something and we a seethe over here
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
My Nintendo predictions are - I won't get over Samus being psychic - there will be another Fire Emblem that doesn't give me what I miss from the series - I'll get excited by the Capcom logo before realizing it's MonHun - no one cares about my hypest announcement but me and one follower
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reposted
Today on Monsters & Mysteries: bottoms up! Latest page: mnmcomic.com/comic/m4-p6 Chapter start: mnmcomic.com/comic/m4-cover
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
put a ring on it
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reposted
The Legend of Gyaruda
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
Never met an endgame boss rush I liked
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
What if someone made Medium but skipped right to the part where it got the X rebrand so that the top historical newsletters were holocaust revisionists
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
Like I've already blocked you so the door is closed and locked what are you slamming the door for lmao you're the one posting slopstack
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
Tangent but it's funny when I check whos blocked me and it's people who are upset that I put them on my "substack is a nazi website" block list.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm gonna miss you guys after you're banned :(
The Hard Times (@thehardtimesnews.bsky.social) reposted
Anti-Vaxxer Finally Gets Shot thehardtimes.net/culture/anti...
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
Dog would have loved this www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0gN...
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
I for one am looking forward to articles and headlines sharing what celebrities think about [CURRENT EVENT].
Freyja Valentine, Girl IRL Cat URL (@freyjavalentine.bsky.social) reposted
What an expertly called shot
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Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
I've never seen a squid this fishy before.
Matt Makes Mermaid Movies (@mattbr.bsky.social) reposted
oh honey she's SNATCHED
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
it's not creepy if there's a cute name for it
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
Today was the first 12 o'clocktail in years that wasn't a struggle drink.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
HOPEFULLY THIS MEANS MY DRAWING SCHEDULE CAN RAMP BACK UP CAUSE GODDAMN HAVE I BEEN TOTALLY BURNT OUT WAKING UP EVERY DAY TO [BLANK] AND REFRESHING [BLANK] I WANT A SHRED OF NORMALCY AND COMFORT THANKS
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
Want to skeet good news but don't think I'm allowed to yet (or should, in case I jinx it), but if you've followed me this summer you know I've been sweating about [THING] and it looks like that weight is lifted.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
I got a free copy of XB1 shrinkwrapped Because of Reasons and if there's a patch for it then it might be my next game
Catsuka (@catsuka.bsky.social) reposted
Gorillaz has just relaunched "Kong Studios" online game. I used to play the Flash version over 20 years ago. kongstudios.gorillaz.com
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
i really shouldnt be surprised that my trans buddies dig this but i appreciate that they appreciate her
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
I do like the sentiment of Just Get It On Paper And Stop Thinking About Doing It. I remember a Simpsons writer saying that it's easier to fix a crummy script than to make write a good script from scratch, so they'd just belt out drafts quickly instead of staring at a blank page.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't like this meme because "work your magic" is a phrase that has followed me across many workplaces and it minimizes the process I did do a step-by-step on how I make comics as someone who drafts scripts and skeches layouts in tandem. mnmcomic.com/from-blank-c...
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I think Silksong's gonna be in this one
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
No no I love that New York City is becoming a mid-midterm election after last year's circus.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
I know Michelle Wu won 72% of the pre-election and clinched literally every ward but I really think fifty percent of Boston is going to completely flip in the last two months, you guys. Better run it back.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
So elections are just getting longer and longer then?
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
The accessories design themselves
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
I am not a jewelry guy so I am disproportionately proud of the arrow industrial piercing
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
It's one of the easiest, second nature redesigns I've done cause I'm just so entrenched 😭
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
It's the spray tan that you clocked in your scan. Ganguro supremacy.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
lmao thank ya! I knew this would cross your desk
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
I dunno why it took me until today to learn that there's a secret internet literally called Secret Internet and I had to google it to make sure I heard the capital letters correctly
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
*hays in mute*
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
uh oh I really like the blue one
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
link ain't link without tree trunk gams
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
thankoo senpai 🙏
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
put a ring on it
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Inspired by bsky.app/profile/hist...
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
The Legend of Gyaruda
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Today on Monsters & Mysteries: bottoms up! Latest page: mnmcomic.com/comic/m4-p6 Chapter start: mnmcomic.com/comic/m4-cover
Eoin Higgins (@eoinhiggins.bsky.social) reposted
Good morning. Here's a VH1 segment on Jeffrey Epstein from 2007.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
AI has poisoned the YouTube results of City Pop :(
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
Would you say that You get knocked down But get up again
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
Log into chess dot com and the king is a king from Checkers. If Sonic falls down a bottomless pit then he keeps falling forever and if your reboot he's still falling. Fuck it. You'll buy it.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
Your spoon money is your reward for producing five hour advertising for free
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
Critically, you can't beat the game on it.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
All games should be The Big Adventure of Owata's Life. The mailbox in Animal Crossing bites your arm off. Pokémon hit Pokeballs back at you with baseball bats. Phoenix Wright's pointer finger gets a papercut from some documents. What are you gonna do, make a video essay or thinkpiece on it?
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
People said FromSoft should add easy modes, but y'all kept buying them People kvetched about Cuphead not having an easy mode, then bought the DLC These people will be in the replies for the Bugvania 3 trailer a decade from now
Rob DenBleyker (@robdenbleyker.com) reposted
this is very exciting for me because I co-wrote this movie, along with you and everyone else who has ever posted words on the internet
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
most of Kirby's games aren't even kirby games
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
Dark Souls is too difficult Dark Souls 2 is 2 difficult Dark Souls 3 is 3 difficult Bloodborne is too bloody difficult Elden Ring is...ugh we didn't learn just patch Radahn pls
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
so do we call it "The Angels" now, or...?
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
wow that's a nice illustration Did you record a performative timelapse that you can edit and set to music with some kinda bait-y call-to-action like "what's YOUR favorite hat? Comment below"? Great because every platform has different preferred video specs
Cheryl Lynn Eaton (@cheryllynneaton.bsky.social) reposted
So, Alan Moore's complete Storytelling course is on YouTube now, with the last episode uploaded last week. Here's the first: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4158...
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
Saw the trailer for Wednesday S2 and I was like "uh there was a mystery and Christina Ricci was a teacher or something and people were mad about Gomez's casting. People liked that dance." I can recall video games pretty clearly. A lot of times I can tell you where I was at certain moments.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
Every time a season 2 trailer for something comes out, I panic, like "uhhhh I know it was good I think but...?" Gun to my head, I don't think I can summarize Fallout S1 other than "it's good" and "cowboy no nose". There was the guy with the suit? And they teased New Vegas?
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
Life is Strange deserves to be more than streaming slurry that you forget you even watched a week after its premiere.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
oop
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If you had the week I've had, you'd understand what kind of cherry on top that is.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
My 2 year old, standing on my lap after the plane lands, looking over a sea of weary travelers at 11PM, drunk from not napping all day, pumping both fists in the air: "I DID IT I DID IT"
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
There's a certain texture to it. Not just the anime but the game art too. It feels lived-in. New Pokémon feels almost too clean, like a gentrified neighborhood.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey Sam wanna do a You Give Me What I Want
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
Delayed again are you fucking fucking me no more planes I'm done
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
irlStarland
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
This isn't even the flight we booked, man 😭 bsky.app/profile/leti...
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)
Love having a flight arrive 20 min early only for my layover to get extended by an hour 🙃 Hi Chicago
Tom Fulp (@tomfulp.newgrounds.com) reposted
Fun concept: gisnep.com/doomscroll/
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
There's no direct flight home. We booked two but they aren't letting us sit one person next to our toddler. We beg because we need to go home and we need someone to sit next to our two year old. "okay, I can waive the upcharge" You already upch-... Flames. FLAMES. ON THE SIDES OF MY FACE.
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
It was written by Peer Schneider, Creator of IGN
Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent
They haven't refunded me the $1100, if you're wondering.