iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Flu and Covid boosted like a rocket ship. When do I get my special powers?

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Random circle art that brings me joy

Illustration of a sphere with interconnected lines or membranes.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Throw back to a Charley Clements DTIYS from when I was on Insta

Illustration of a girl with red hair on a green background wearing blue polka dotted glasses, pink earrings, and a blue striped top and shorts. She is surrounded by flowers and sparkles.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I decided to get my annual poster wall calendar planner designs done early. Check them out in my shop: vanhoosedesign.bigcartel.com. There are three variations: bright rainbow🌈, pastel rainbow💟, black and white🏴‍☠️.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I never thought I could miss salad this much

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I've been really enjoying learning Excel (it feeds my love of organization) and getting more into data analysis, so I decided to do a refresher on those math skills that I haven't used since college. I am starting at the beginning on Khan Academy, and I'm absolutely killing it at kindergarten math 😛

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Recreated one of my digital illustrations of our doggo as a painting for my husband's office. #art #dogs #painting #procreate #digitalillustration

Painting of a white dog with a speech bubble that says "Is dinner time?"

Digital illustration of a white dog with a speech bubble that says "Is dinner time?"

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

These formal dog paint-by-number designs are so dang cute! #paintbynumber #dogs

Painted portrait of a French bulldog in formal attire.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

How freaking cute is this dapper dachshund portrait paint-by-number! #paintbynumber #dogs

Painting of a dachshund in formal attire like old portraits.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Finished the first paint-by-number that I've done since I was a kid #paintbynumber #pbn #crafts

Four small canvas paintings with abstract shapes, lemons, and oranges.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Single line drawing without looking at the paper is fun and weird at the same time #art #illustration #linedrawing

Black and white single line illustration on a grey background of a man sitting in a chair with his legs crossed. There are circles and lines filling the empty spaces.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

When you can't make an actual gingerbread house, illustrate one! #art #procreate #illustration #christmas

Purple and yellow illustration of a gingerbread house.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

We've finally started playing the game Hum It (80s & 90s music edition) that we got last Christmas. We spent at least half an hour listening to Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams at one point just to clear the earworms out of my head! #retroart #art #procreate #digitalillustration #cassette #1980s #1990s

Isometric illustration of a cassette tape.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

When you can't make an actual gingerbread house, illustrate one! #art #procreate #illustration #christmas

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

As she recounted a disappointing dinner party my work friend asked if I knew the feeling of being with people (of being with good people) but still just feeling profoundly alone, and as I adjusted my mask I looked at my friend’s bare face and simply said: I know the feeling.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Throw back to a 365 day drawing challenge I did based on the Dictionary word of the day - Day 184 (Jul. 3, 2018) | Kafkaesque: marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity #Drawing #DrawingChallenge #Illustration #Art #Dictionary #LineDrawing #LineWork #PenAndInk

Red paper background with a circle in the center made up of thin black horizontal lines. The lines get thicker in places to create an image of three hanged individuals.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

2026 calendars are available in my shop. See your whole year in one large poster! Choose from bright or pastel rainbow and black & white. vanhoosedesign.bigcartel.com/products #wallcalendar #lgbtqia #2026calendar #homedecor #graphicdesign #blackandwhite #rainbow #modern

2026 poster calendar with ribbons of different colors of the rainbow representing each month.

2026 poster calendar hung on the wall of a room with a chair and potted plant.

2026 black and white poster calendar hung on the wall of an office with a desk, chair and modern lamp.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I have a colonoscopy appointmemt soon, and I love how the surgery center is like "wear something comfortable like sweats or pajamas". They know you're tired, feeling like crap (pun intended) from the prep, and so you're encouraged to wear your jammies to a professional location. Love it!

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Robert is Tired @robertistired.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

This. Always this.

“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
-Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

When the littles say they want to be ninja turtles, the whole family makes it happen. I finally got to be one of those people making last minute costumes. We are pizza!

Two small children and two adults in ninja turtle costumes, one person in a shredder costume, and two people with fake pepperoni pizzas on their chests.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Got some vaccinations yesterday and now feeling like I got hit by a truck. I'm gonna be immune as hell though! Enjoy some hands that I made using single line drawing. #art #watercolor #illustration #drawing

Single line drawing of two open hands with holes in the palms. The background is a watercolor gradient rainbow.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I've got a headache, so here's a chaos nonsensical isometric illustration that feels like my brain right now #art #procreate #weirdart #fantasy

Isometric illustration of odd buildings and their exteriors. There are features like a waterfall coming out of an exterior building wall into a pond with a rubber duck floating in it. An interior room with a giant arrow on the wall to a hole in the floor with a ladder going down. A room with a spaceship waiting to launch and various wall mounted buttons and knobs. An outdoor pond with a large stone in the middle that has a sword stuck in it. There is a large tree covered in toilet paper.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I have aphantasia. On the rare occasion that I "see" something in my mind's eye, it's gone in seconds. This was the only time in my life that I could draw the idea fast enough to capture it. It's so simple, yet means so much to me. #art #illustration #drawing

Single line drawing of two men with long noses and the words Hoity Toity underneath.

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Just finished watching Alien Earth and only have to watch Alien Romulus to finally be current on everything #procreate #illustration #art #isometric #space #spaceship

Isometric illustration of a bedroom on a spaceship. There is a a window with a view of alien planets next to the bed that has a small stuffed dog toy on it. A wall poster saying "Visit Earth" hangs over the bed and next to a wall mounted space suit and locker. There is a computer on a small fold out table under a bookshelf.

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