⚖ Melikas ⚖

@melikas.bsky.social

Webcomics Artist :: 30+ ⚖ :: ⚖ The Demon Hungers Sooner or Later You're Gonna be Mine Cannibal October ⚖ :: ⚖ http://patreon.com/melikas ✧See pages early on Patreon✧ 💍 @radiostarmaniac

⚖️ 𝔐𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔎𝔞𝔰 ⚖️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ ᴡᴇʙᴄᴏᴍɪᴄ ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛ! ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ ɪ'ᴍ ꜰɪxᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴄᴀɴɴɪʙᴀʟ ᴏᴄᴛᴏʙᴇʀ, ᴀ ɢᴏᴜʀᴍᴇᴛ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴇᴠᴀʟ ᴄᴏᴍɪᴄ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴀ ʏᴏᴜɴɢ ᴄᴀɴɴɪʙᴀʟ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪᴠɪɴɢ ʜᴀʀꜱʜ ᴄᴏɴᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪꜱ ꜱʟᴏᴡ ᴀᴅᴊᴜꜱᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴇᴛʏ ᴀᴍɪᴅꜱᴛ ᴀ ʙᴜʙʙʟɪɴɢ ᴡᴀʀ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ'ꜱ ᴘʟᴇɴᴛʏ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ᴇʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ & ᴀ ɢᴀʏ ᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ-ᴏꜰ-ᴀɢᴇ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ 𓂃🪶 melikas.straw.page/

I daydream of my cannibal gourmet comic and drawing out the menus of delicious, nutritious cannibal meals, like some are very straightforward and others with garnish and it's all quaint and fun and delightful,,, and I can release Tobey into the dangerous woods to find spices for his roasts omg 🫚🧄🌾

A cover concept I designed for Between the Sand and the Sea. Whether or not it ever becomes the final jacket, that's to be seen! 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒌. 𝑺𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏. 𝑨 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒐-𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. #BTSS #amwriting #amquerying #betweenthesandandthesea

A mockup of a fantasy novel shown from the front and back. The front cover features a towering crimson palace with turquoise domes and arched colonnades, inspired by medieval Central Asian and Ottoman architecture. In the foreground, two illustrated boys are stacked vertically within a black diamond frame: a dark-haired prince facing upward and, inverted beneath him, a white-haired thief with red clothing. The title, Between the Sand and the Sea, appears in an ornate cream-colored cartouche across the center. Small scenes of soldiers, banners, birds, and palace life decorate the lower edge, framed by a dark blue ornamental border. The spine matches the cover’s colors and decorative motifs. The overall design uses a limited palette of reds, blues, golds, and creams with a flat, graphic illustration style reminiscent of illuminated manuscripts and vintage travel posters.

I went into this panel wanting to convey some things in the environment that I didn't quite get so it's getting replaced! I only wished I'd realized sooner before finishing the whole dang thing LOL!

a black and white comic panel of a boy in rags walking through the snow at night

Writing and posting to social media feels so impossible to do but now that I'm pushing myself to do both, I can feel it start to get a little easier. Finally note taking and thumbnailing like I always should have