#melonhead

You, your eyes and your skin and your hair black as the velvety fabric of space and time - you’re an apparition. An angel. You came from the sky clothed in dark matter, your head held high as you fell into the veins of light below. You can’t shake the stardust from the cloud that is your hair - and why would you want to?

Skin like topaz and hazel eyes like petrified amber and spring leaves and your waterfall of curls - you’re a forest spirit who wandered her way into this strange neon city. And when they look at you, they know - they just don’t know that they know.

Black woman, you inventor. You scientist. You witch walking that knife’s edge between day and night, between this world and the next. You’re crazy and you’re brilliant and your smile is dazzling. Alchemist. Fae. Poet. Pianist. Spirit from Elsewhere catching fireflies. You’re the voice in the choir and the voice on the subway and your voice must be heard.

You deserve to see yourself slaying dragons on the silver screen.

Your daughters deserve to be the Chosen Ones in their favorite novels.

Because she can be an astronaut.

Because she wants to be a princess, too.

Because she deserves to see another black girl who loves algebra and physics on TV.

Because you’re not a white man’s fetish. Because your skin isn’t “chocolate” and because you’re not “exotic.”

Quickshot Melonhead: (rolling their eyes) The best Skylander in history. Yeah, yeah. I know all about it, Skyward.

Swashbuckler Skyward: (annoyed) At least I have my life figured out. What are you gonna be in the future, Melonhead?

Quickshot Melonhead: Uh, happy?

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Boy, it sure has been a while since I did anything with an Imaginator.

As a reminder, this what Melonhead and Skyward look like:

Sunrise, whilst the desert sleeps Lonesome willow weeps

Melonhead stimboard with nature, meat, and body horror gifs for anon

So I’ve posted about three colorings of @aaronhamm / @trollerskates / @ffunseen ‘s amazing FusionFall artworks, and gave them a few touch ups to match the futuristic and more superhero-esque aesthetic of my fanfiction: Cartoon Network Universe: Earth One.

This time though, I tried my hand at the style from scratch.

That’s right. This is no Virt sketch, no NicDraws commission either. This is my own original artwork, adapted from the character of Jonny 2x4 from Ed Edd n Eddy, or as he’s known here...Melonhead.

The part I’m most proud of at this point in time is the upgrades I gave to the original Melonhead design, specifically swapping out his mop with a Swiffer. Absolutely genius. I’m not usually a bragging sort of person, but that’s one of the few cases of me shedding my modesty. It really works for his sidekick Plank.

As always, I tried staying true to the FF style as much as possible, this time taking greater notice of how the masters like Virt, Nic, Midori, and Devan line and shade the outer areas of the characters; specifically, I noticed that their shading and lighting is a lot more harsh than I initially believed. What I came up with isn’t anywhere near that, but I’ll keep trying with this style until it’s perfect.

Plank art by Tannhauser on Deviantart, as found here: https://www.deviantart.com/versipelles/art/FusionFall-Ed-Edd-n-Eddy-Plank-and-Fusion-Plank-575891229