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Melissa Van Hoose
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Creative Whim Follower · Graphic Designer · Gamer · Petter of Dogs

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Melissa Van Hoose @vanhoosedesign.bsky.social · Nov 14
2026 calendars are available in my shop. See your whole year in one large poster! Choose from bright or pastel rainbow and black & white.

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#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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Really missing my childhood

#NASA #DigitalIllustration #Illustration #Art #Space #SpaceShuttle #Rocket #Procreate
Pastel colored illustration of a NASA launch of the space shuttle with plumes of smoke coming from the rocket boosters. There is a crescent moon, comet, and stars in the background.
January 15, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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We were small once

#procreate #portrait #illustration #art #digitalillustration
Illustration of a young girl wearing a light green shirt. Illustration of a young man wearing glasses.
January 14, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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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.
January 8, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Reposted by Melissa Van Hoose
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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.
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Reposted by Melissa Van Hoose
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When you can't make an actual gingerbread house, illustrate one!

#art #procreate #illustration #christmas
Purple and yellow illustration of a gingerbread house.
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Portraits of some pals

#dog #cat #portrait #art #procreate #digitalillustration #petportrait
Illustration of a dog from the chest up with its tongue out and the word Olive in the background. There is a small heart drawn on the dog's chest. Illustration of the head and shoulders of a man wearing a beanie that says Neat Dude. Illustration of a cat from the chest up. There is a small heart illustration on the chest and the word Coach in the background.
December 20, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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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.
December 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Y'all means all

#procreate #art #digitalillustration #hello #wreath
Illustrated pink and blue wreath with the words Hello at the top and Y'all in the center.
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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When you can't make an actual gingerbread house, illustrate one!

#art #procreate #illustration #christmas
Purple and yellow illustration of a gingerbread house.
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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It's chilly, so get cozy

#art #illustration #petportrait #dog #procreate #italiangreyhound #digitalillustration @rahlyx.bsky.social
Illustration of an Italian Greyhound in a turtleneck sweater.
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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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.
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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What you see <> What you get. Two worlds collide.

#art #digitalillustration #procreate #space #ocean
Illustration of an iceberg with a horizon line through the center showing both above and below water line. Above water is a pink sky, a full moon, and clouds. Below the water line is dark blue and instead of ocean life, there is a sky of planets and stars. Two worlds.
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Looking for signs of life, but there's nobody home

#art #digitalillustration #procreate #airplane #island #beach #skull #shark
Illustration of an old plane flying through the clouds over a tiny deserted island. There is a shark fin in the water, and a skull and bones on the beach. The illustration is made up of shades of pinks, teals, and white.
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Anyone else get phantom smells that just transport you to a different time? I'm currently getting random whiffs of the chocolate scratch and sniff stickers from the 80s.
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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View of the coastline from a UK train

#procreate #illustration #art #landscape #clouds #digitalillustration #travel
Illustration using minimal colors of a field along the UK coast on a cloudy day. The field is filled with bales.
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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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.
November 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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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.
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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In honor of my good colonoscopy results 😆

#procreate #watercolor #art #digitalillustration #abstractart
Abstract wavy lines in shades of pink and blue.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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#watercolor #posca #painting #abstractart #pink
Watercolor painting of thick pink lines in a brick pattern with a single line in blue. Repeating circles are patterned throughout.
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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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!
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Reposted by Melissa Van Hoose
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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
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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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.
November 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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It's almost Halloween! 🎃👻🕷️

#art #illustration #procreate #spookyseason #hauntedhouse #ghosts
Simple two color line illustration on a green paper background. There is a house with pumpkins by the front door, spider webs in the windows, and ghosts floating in the sky. It is evening and there is a crescent moon and stars in the sky.
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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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.
October 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Fun with abstracts

#art #painting #watercolor #posca
Abstract watercolor painting with streaked colors and wavy lines made with white paint pens.
October 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM