Mel Cruz
@asimpleleif.bsky.social
🇨🇷 (They/Them)
Costa Rican Illustrator and character designer.
Creator of Leif, a small onion kid with BIG dreams of becoming a Knight. https://melcruz.carrd.co/
Costa Rican Illustrator and character designer.
Creator of Leif, a small onion kid with BIG dreams of becoming a Knight. https://melcruz.carrd.co/
Painted something #digitalart #procreate
October 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Painted something #digitalart #procreate
AI gave it such a dumpy OMG
July 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
AI gave it such a dumpy OMG
I don’t know when I’ll be able to finish this piece. It’s taken a while. So as I find time to detail hair and color, here’s a black and white WIP of Fia’s new art.
June 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I don’t know when I’ll be able to finish this piece. It’s taken a while. So as I find time to detail hair and color, here’s a black and white WIP of Fia’s new art.
This was supposed to be a “simple quick cel shade render”. Now I’m here realistic painting for some reason.
June 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This was supposed to be a “simple quick cel shade render”. Now I’m here realistic painting for some reason.
Me: this will be a quick piece. Cell shade maybe. No complex rendering.
Also me:
Also me:
June 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Me: this will be a quick piece. Cell shade maybe. No complex rendering.
Also me:
Also me:
Some “waifu” anatomic exercises
May 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Some “waifu” anatomic exercises
Been practicing my anatomy drawing
May 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Been practicing my anatomy drawing
My hunter from MHWids
March 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
My hunter from MHWids
Made this art some time ago but had not posted it here. 2 versions.
February 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Made this art some time ago but had not posted it here. 2 versions.
Trying to recover from art block. Months of not drawing make me feel so out of “shape” at this. Man I LOVE drawing but it gets so difficult to feel motivated lately.
January 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Trying to recover from art block. Months of not drawing make me feel so out of “shape” at this. Man I LOVE drawing but it gets so difficult to feel motivated lately.
If you see this, post purple art
January 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If you see this, post purple art
Some screens of the process
December 5, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Some screens of the process
TAMALITO en 3D! Back in 2018 I painted a little #conceptart giving a face to a costa rican tamal. Since this meal is a holiday tradition, for this month I attempted to remake it in 3D with #Blender. Felices fiestas!!!
December 5, 2024 at 9:43 PM
TAMALITO en 3D! Back in 2018 I painted a little #conceptart giving a face to a costa rican tamal. Since this meal is a holiday tradition, for this month I attempted to remake it in 3D with #Blender. Felices fiestas!!!
If you see this, post a Knight! 🗡️⚔️
December 4, 2024 at 8:10 PM
If you see this, post a Knight! 🗡️⚔️
If you see this, post a witch!
December 4, 2024 at 1:30 PM
If you see this, post a witch!
Some Hobie Brown from Across the Spider-verse
December 3, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Some Hobie Brown from Across the Spider-verse
JET SET RADIOOOO!!! Some old fanart of Beat. #art #jetsetradio
November 25, 2024 at 9:44 PM
JET SET RADIOOOO!!! Some old fanart of Beat. #art #jetsetradio
Spidey has always been my favorite super hero, so here’s my take on Peter Parker #art #characterdesign
November 25, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Spidey has always been my favorite super hero, so here’s my take on Peter Parker #art #characterdesign