Nemmiril

Every single person has the power to make a meaningful impact on the planet. I had the most fireflies in my town this summer simply because I have a large area where the grass is never cut.

The hero of China, welcomed home. Here's my Afro-Chinese version of Mulan!

When looking for the perfect photo set for the @creatingblackcharacters Melanin Beam Challenge, this scene stopped me in my tracks. There's so much love in this moment, and I wanted to capture as much of her father's adoration as I could.

My favorite detail is the waves in her father's hair, where the texture shows from being smoothed and pulled into his bun.

ok

i enjoy a RARE and MIND-BLOWING delicacy that most of you peasants have never heard of, much less TASTED. this rare gem grows exclusively in the furtherest southern regions of my empire, yet such is my wealth and power, my agents are able to procure hundreds of it for my royal table every year.

feast your eyes upon the succulent and zesty ORANGE

Submission 2/2 for @creatingblackcharacters 's Melanin Beam Challenge 2026 - Olruggio, also from Witch Hat Atelier!

His look is inspired by this cosplay by riverjmv on instagram, they did SUCH a stellar job and the locs work so so well for Olruggio! Please check out River's stuff, he's a great cosplayer.

Olruggio's a very kind person even if he won't admit it. He builds contraptions that bring comfort and joy to people....he also needs a goddamn vacation cuz he's like perpetually exhausted from working all-nighters (which is why a lower maintenance protective style feels like a good fit for him)

Post 1 of 2 for @creatingblackcharacters Melanin Beam challenge, featuring Sally Spears from the Detective Grimoire series!!! I was introduced to this game recently and immediately knew in my heart of hearts she's a Black woman so she was PERFECT for this challenge.

[ID: Digital drawings of Link and Zelda from Breath of the Wild redesigned as Black, shown next to screenshots of each of them from the game. They are both teenagers; Link has medium brown skin and dark blond hair in short locs, and is wearing his blue champion's tunic. Zelda has dark brown skin and long dark-to-medium brown hair in goddess braids, with a thicker braid crown at the top of her head. She is wearing her blue and white shirt with gold trim. The next two images are closeups on Link and Zelda each, respectively.]

my submission for @creatingblackcharacters’ melanin beam challenge! happy birthday Ice! thanks so much for putting this event together, and also for all the immensely wonderful work you do

i was debating a lot for which characters to do, but here’s BOTW Link and Zelda :] i also grabbed a TON more screenshot references from both BOTW and TOTK that i want to redraw with these designs, but i figured i should just take my time with these and i can draw more of them later. some hairstyle ref images that i used under the cut!