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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

A couple days behind, but I drew Jamtober Day 20 today: BUTTER. My first sketch was butter melting in a fry pan, but then I decided to do a tower of butter sticks. If this had a title, it would be "butter lovers." #inktober #jamtober #illustration #butter #butterlovers

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Jamtober Day 19 was Allegro. A little tricky to come up with an idea, but I do love the violin so this was fun to draw. Wish I knew how to play that instrument. #inktober #jamtober #violin #illustration

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Oh and Day 18 Jamtober: Ebb Tbh I wasn't as excited about this word of the day, but am okay with the result. #jamtober #inktober #ebb #tide #Oceanside #illustration

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Jamtober Day 17: Facet I did image searches of gemstone cuts & decided trying to get this 100% photo-realistic would be too time consuming, so opted to simplify what I saw instead. Very fun to draw!! #inktober #jamtober #gemstone #facet #illustration

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Still playing catch up -- Jamtober Day 16 was Juicy! so obviously I had to go with chewing gum, right? #Jamtober #inktober #artjammpls #illustration

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Jamtober Day 15 was Doll. I didn't want to draw some kind of spooky doll, so I went the route of paper dolls instead. Does anyone else remember these? #Jamtober #artjammpls #inktober #illustration #lettering

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Jamtober Day 14: Torpedo! I actually really enjoyed drawing this because I do sometimes enjoy fishing... from a boat... in the summer... on a lake. and it's so cute! #inktober #Jamtober #illustration #stampart #fishing

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

And Day 11: Dryad (I totally had to Google what this was & then decide how to draw it for a little stamp) #inktober #artjammpls #jamtober #Illustration #lettering

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Jamtober Day 9! And not sure this word is acceptable here so... Smooooooooot #inktober #jamtober #illustration #lettering

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Today's Jamtober word was Motor. Which meant I finally got the chance to put a reference photo I took back in February to use!! 🙌 woo #jamtober #inktober #illustration #lettering #stampArt

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Oh snap! Haven't posted in a month! Well, I'm doing Art Jam's #jamtober this month! Here's Day 1 -3 (to play some catch-up on here). #inktober #illustration #lettering

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

And a second concept with a more organic approach. I added botanical illustrations around the lettering. #Arcane #ArcaneQuotes #lettering #illustration

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

My latest #lettering piece of the line that Viktor says in S1 of #Arcane: "In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good." First concept w/ a futuristic feel of points in time, new timelines, and breaking connections. Love how this turned out! #fanArt #illustration

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

My most recent big piece is my skateboard deck for the Drop-In show! This is "Resonance." #skateboard #skateboardArt #painting #acrylicPaint #fantasyArt

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Ope, forgot to post my other dinosaur piece --- Here is "Deinonychus curious"! I really couldn't give up trying to draw claws. I'm glad I kept going! #dinosaurArt #illustration #digitalArt #deinonychus

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I titled this "I tried to draw a raptor, but gave up and drew a hadrosaur." ... because that's exactly what happened 😅. I spent hours on fkn claws and hands and was like, "pffft hoof hands it is!" #dinosaurArt #illustration #hadrosaur

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Original art, book art, cute art combined with the awesomeness of stickers? Heck yes! These are now available in my shop! #stickers #stickerArt

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Bookish art incoming! Art prints are available in my web shop 😊 #bookArt #digitalillistration #lettering

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

agh, been neglecting the blue butterfly again... Here's my other fun latest art print: "Choose your own adventure" These original illustrations were so much fun to come up with & draw! #digitalillustration #digitalArt #ttrpg

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

My newest original illustration called "Beacon." I've always wanted to draw something like concept art and this is my first real go at it. Beyond excited to start exploring this style & subject matter ❤️. #conceptArt #digitalillustration #digitalArtist #landscapeArt #gameArt

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Here's another new one -- captured in a very low lit, warm light (ew). It's called "Untitled Space." #illustration #digitalArt #spaceArt

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Ope! Got bad about posting regularly... but for good reason! I was busy working on a new hand painted skateboard deck 🤘 #skateboardArt #acrylicPainting #Illustration #otherWorlds

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Finally got around to inking these block prints I carved months ago! #blockprinting #linocut #printmaking

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Also very proud of how the 2nd concept turned out for the 2025 Pride Beer Dabbler poster! Yes less beer-forward than what was approved, but it was so fun to draw buttons celebrating Pride & the Mpls Sculpture Garden on a "denim" background. #posterart #illustration #digitalart

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Had the joy of being the artist to make the poster for this year's Pride Beer Dabbler event! Decided to print out a test copy of the final art at home for pics. (Technically it's missing their final touches w QR code info.) #handlettering #posterart #pride #digitalart

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

One of my very first shirt designs was for the Ragbrai Bike Team I was on, made up of friends & family. Here's a look at the initial sketches I did & final shirt design. #sketching #handlettering #shirtdesign #customdesigns #lettering #Ragbrai

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Looked back through my old sketchbooks of old work to take pics for a new workshop idea submission. Thought I'd share some of the ones I really enjoyed lettering (and still like!) #sketches #lettering #illustrativeLettering #throwback #pocketnotebooks

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Here's the other one that was a hit at my last markets.

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Oh shit it's been a while. Here's an oldie but a goodie! #lettering #officeArt #handlettering

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"I remember how 'different' became dangerous." I've wanted to letter this line from V for Vendetta for so long. About 2 years agoish I sketched it out & just finished it this week. #handlettering #lettering #digitalartist #moviequotes

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Holy shit, well I think it's time for bed now. 😬 But I am pretty excited I got this far in this one! #lettering #workinprogress #digitalsketch #digitalartist #composition

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Lol. nope. It looked too polished, so I brought back some of that sketchy look to it. #lettering #digitalsketch #digitalartist

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Finally finished "Trust in Yourself" ❤️ Spent entirely too long picking colors, and then realized what was missing wasn't some weird color combo but some supporting ... um ... decorations! #art #lettering #digitalartist

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

My latest "I stayed up way past my bedtime ruminating on life things so I should just draw something" lettering art. Time for bed now. #lettering #sketches

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Had to interrupt the making of new digital art to hand print some apparel with my linocut work!

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I did some digging through my photos to find other unfinished pieces and came across these, well, finished pieces, but of unfinished ideas & intentions. Really want to explore this style some more. Just gotta carve out the time. #art #digitalDrawing #ConceptArt

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Current work in progress! It's sort of been a WIP for months now, but I'm gonna finish it now. 🫣 #art #lettering #sketches #procreateArt #handdrawn

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Had to rest between squat sets, and was itching to letter something for whatever reason. So I drew this on the front page of my little gym notepad. #art #sketching #lettering

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Leah Meilander @thatsgoodness.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Went back to pencil for a little bit last night. It was quite nice to skip over the ipad this time and, like, reconnect with real paper. #art #lettering #handlettering

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