Jonathan Nelson
mandelmic.bsky.social
Jonathan Nelson
@mandelmic.bsky.social
Character Designer | Illustrator | Graphic Designer from Kingston, Jamaica ✉️ mandelasmicrocosm@gmail.com
Pick your favourite design!!

The prompt for the final day of #peachtober was spider 🕷🕸 I had three ideas for this one, any time I have an animal as a Namesakes prompt I try and figure out what direction to turn them to be non-traditional, I don't want them to just be a furry😂
February 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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The prompt for Day 30 of #peachtober24 was "pearl" 🦪 I had two ideas for this one so I here's another twofer!
January 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The prompt for Day 29 of #peachtober24 was "break" 💔 I have a Namesakes character from back in high school named Broken who was kind of just a punching bag character, this was a play on that guy. What if he was fed up of being broken... and decided to break out!
January 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Pick your favourite design!!

The prompt for day 28 of #peachtober was Pony 🐎! I had four ideas for this one, some more traditional than others 😂
January 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I had three different ideas for #peachtober24 day 27's prompt grass! 🍃 I liked all three of them so I coloured all three! Which do you prefer?
January 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I just realized that technically this is day 26 of #peachtober! I already have a character named Stone so I didn't do any new art for the prompt.
January 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I did not inface post the second idea the following day lol, i've been down lately and losing track of days. I really love this design though, I think it's really fun!
January 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#peachtober24 day 25's prompt was backpack 🎒 I had two ideas for this prompt so I'll post the next one tomorrow!
January 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
#peachtober24 day 24's prompt was turnip! For some reason I saw these two as counterparts, they're both different kinds of party dude I guess
January 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
#peachtober24 day 23's prompt was party! 🥳🎉🎈 I love trying to find more and more interesting ways to make the facial features!
January 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
#peachtober24 day 22's prompt was village 🏘 prompts like these where the concept is multifaceted are always the hardest. How do I represent an entire village as a single person? In this case I made the head be the home of the leader or "village head" as they're called 😂
January 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Here's a second pass at #peachtober24 day 21's prompt greenhouse! When I drew the first one, the spade in their smock pocket made me think of a weaponized leaf spade like a kunai. I guess you could call them a leaf ninja 😜
January 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
#peachtober24 day 21 was greenhouse! This one I got two ideas for and I really loved both, so i'll share the next one tomorrow!
January 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
#peachtober24 day 20 was Rest 😴 I love how cozy she is!
December 30, 2024 at 3:52 AM
The second idea for the #peachtober24 day 19 concept was a crocodile body but a Egyptian plover for the head inside the mouth! These are the birds that have a mutualistic relationship with crocodiles, flying in their open mouths and picking their teeth. I thought this idea was fun!
December 26, 2024 at 5:27 PM
For context, "What's the Word?" was a comment-prompted Namesakes character design series I did a few times this year—I want to do it again honestly 🤔 Here's the original design for Christmas Breeze! Candle is an original namesakes character, she's been around since the beginning!
December 25, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Taking a break from Peachtober late-posting to wish you all Merry Christmas! 🎄🎄🎄 Featuring @reneekitson.bsky.social's What's the Word character Christmas Breeze and the hot-headed Candle—an unlikely pair!
December 25, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Day 19 of #peachtober24 was crocodile 🐊 I had two similar ideas for this guy and this was the first. I knew I didn't want to just have an anthropomorphic crocodile. Where's the most fun place I can put the eyes 🤔
December 24, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Day 18 of #peachtober24 was fast! I already have a character in Namesakes called Fast so this was just a redesign to fit him into the new aesthetic of the story. Also since I gave Slow a slug motif, I've given Fast here a little bit of bunny rabbit 🐇
December 20, 2024 at 11:32 PM
The prompt for day 17 of #peachtober24 was slow! 🐌 Snails and slugs are some of my favourite animals so they're always on my mind 😂
December 20, 2024 at 12:37 AM
The prompt for day 16 of #peachtober24 was owl 🦉I went with my first idea which was just this Court of Owls looking dude, looking back I should have done something more interesting...
December 18, 2024 at 12:09 AM
The prompt for day 15 of #peachtober24 was Lamp! I immediately imagined a student burning the midnight oil swatting for an exam the next day!
December 17, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Day 14 of #peachtober24 was Burrow! 🐰 I had this idea immediately and I still love it. The bunny and the body are technically separate, in so much as they can form their body from any soil around them, but the being named Burrow is the both together.
December 15, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Day 13 of #peachtober24 was Cape! I imagine she can give people superman powers by letting them wear her 🦸‍♀️
December 14, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Day 12 of #peachtober24 was Earth! I already have an old Namesakes character named Earth so I just drew a redesign of them. Although I don't like this design anymore!
December 12, 2024 at 12:43 AM