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Melo
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Illustrator, Animator & Designer
Past work: Pencilmation, Retronauts, Kotaku, & more
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Melo @letitmelo.bsky.social · Jul 8
It is once again #portfolioday and I'm hungry for work!

My name is Greg Melo, and I do illustration and design for books, editorials, podcasts, comics, social media and more!

Portfolio: gregmelo.com
My comic: mnmcomic.com
Art blog: pixelpulp.tumblr.com
contact: [email protected]
Illustration of a mindflayer turning the corner in a dungeon hallway. On the other side of the corner is a human paladin, an elf thief, a gnome alchemist, a human ranger, and a wolf, preparing to get the jump on the mindflayer. The ranger and wolf are running from a mysterious tentacle coming out of a doorway. Promotional image for the second volume of Rey Estaban’s NES Endings book. The cover features various illustrations by me, including: -Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades, Grant Denasty, and Alucard watching Castlevania crumble in sunset. -Bowser buttslamming Mario -Ryu Hyabusa and Irene watching a temple crumble over an ocean scene -Mike from Startropics with bananas in his ears -Mega Man looking up at a projection of Proto Man’s face in the countryside as wilt’s UFO flies away Illustration for an episode of Retronauts featuring the Nintendo DS game "The World Ends With You". The game's protagonists and monsters are in an abstract visual landscape of graffiti, DS screen/style windows, and audio visualizer shaped like a Tokyo cityscape. Sonic the Hedgehog running through three time periods of Palmtree Panic.
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Today’s Monsters & Mysteries: the dragon in the dungeon

Latest page:
mnmcomic.com/comic/m4-p13
Chapter start:
mnmcomic.com/comic/m4-cover
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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My favorite part of the Super Mario Movie is the part where none of the characters have any kind of arc and things just sorta happen.
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Old Star Fox/Star Wolf lineup from a few years ago.
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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HUH HUHUH HUH
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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I think I drew this 10 years ago, so I'm not super psyched on the art, but this is my defense of Navi and why I think she's awesome and haters can go kick octoroks
A hylian guard approaches Zelda, who is brushing her hair: "Y-YOUR HIGHNESS! ABOUT THE GUEST LIST FOR THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY... DO YOU REALLY WANT TO INVITE...HER?!" Zelda: "AT EASE, SIR JEEVESALOT, PRINCESS RUTO'S BEEN MADE AWARE OF OUR DRESS CODE THIS TIME. SHE WAS REDESIGNED FOR THE REMAKE, REMEMBER?" Guard: "UH..IT'S RALPH. AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE.....mn... TARGETING RETICLE." Zelda: "SIR RONNSON! HOW DAREYOU SPEAK ILL OF LADY NAVI!" Zelda, standing in front of an ancient drawing of Lakitu, Navi, some controllers, and Link fighting a darknut: "LADY NAVI IS PART OF A LINEAGE OF GAME DESIGN PILLARS BROUGHT TO LIFE THROUGH IN-UNIVERSE CHARACTERS. "MUCH LIKE HOW SIR LAKITU'S ROLE IN SUPER MARIO 69 CONVEYEO THE IDEA OF A "CAMERA" IN 3D VIDEO GAMES,... NAVI REPRESENTED 2-TARGETING AND THE IDEA OF FOCUSING ON AN ENE MY IN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT." Guard:" I-IT'S RALPH...I MEAN, TARGETING MECHANICS IN GAMES ARE PRETTY COMMON, PRINCESS." Zelda and the guard are now sitting in a movie theater, eating magic beans: "IN 1997, IT WASN'T AN ESTABLISHED MECHANIC, So THE DEVELOPERS HAD TO LOOK OUTSIOE OF VIDEO GAMES FOR Inspiration. MAGIC BEAN, SIR ERDRICK?" Guard: "DON'T MIND IF I DO. BUT WHAT INSPIRED OCARINA OF TIME'S COMBAT, THEN?" We see the screen, with Zelda proclaiming: "SAMURAI CHOREOGRAPHY!" "WHILE VISITING AN EDO PERIOD THEME PARK IN JAPAN, SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS CALGHT A SHOW WHERE ONE PERFORMER SWLNG A SICKLE AND CHAIN AT A NINJA. BUT THE NINJA CAUGHT THE CHAIN AND CIRCLED AROUND THE OPPONENT. THIS INSPIRED THE IDEA OF "LOCKING ON". THE IDEA OF LINK'S ENEMIES FIGHTING ONE AT A TIME RATHER THAN ALL AT ONCE WAS ALSO INSPIRED BY SAMURAI FILMS. LINK DOESN'T FIGHT WITH CHAINS SO NAVI REPRESENTS THIS CONCEPT BY FLYING OVER AN OPPONENT AND GIVING LINK ADVICE. Zelda narrating over a panel of Navi at a call center as Kratos, Sora, and Samus look on: "PLUS, NAVI'S ADVICE MADE NAVIGATING THE GAME'S DUNGEONS AND BOSSES LESS DAUNTING DURING A TIME WHEN 30 ACTION AND EXPLORATION WERE STILL VERY NEW TO THE INDUSTRY." Navi:" THANKS FOR CALLING THE NINTENDO POWERHOTLINE! YOU BATTLE, WE TATL!" Zelda:"LOTS OF GAMES WENT ON TO MIMICK OCARINA OF TIME'S TARGETING SYSTEM, BUT NAVI HELPED SET A STANDARD THAT STILL LIVES ON 20 YEARS LATER."
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Mo: [in other room by herself, laughing] HAHA THAT'S FUNNY

Me: what's so funny?

Mo: [holding my photo ID]
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I haven't sat down with Battle Suit yet, but Battle Chef is Iron Chef meets Dungeon Meshi and everyone is hot and supportive of each other doing their best. Thanksgiving is the perfect season to play it.
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#mecha #cooking #anime
Save 47% on Battle Chef Brigade + Battle Suit Aces on Steam
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November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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This needs to be a thing everywhere.
jameelawahlgren.bsky.social Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 23h
Woah!

Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.

If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.

The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Other than adding a G every few years, there's nothing new in phones anymore. What are you getting that you didn't have already?

I'd buy a successor to the Xperia Play in a heartbeat, but no one is making buttons anymore.
ramiismail.com Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 1d
"People are poor and that's not enriching the rich"
An article with the headline "[US people] are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy".
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Le Guin seems like the kind of client who says what my self-hating anxiety thinks out loud.
aptshadow.bsky.social Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d
At’The Word for the World’ exhibition of Le Guin’s maps and it includes what reads as a very irate note to her cover artist about how a dragon should look.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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ya'll aint ready for the discourse happening on the wall of my local punk bar in 2018
bathroom graffiti in a room lit with red light it reads *final fantasy 8 is the best one *no 15 is *7 is, yall *anyone who says 8 has only played that *chrono trigger motherfuckers *earthbound mfs
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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This is gonna be an unpopular opinion but that one shot of the Bluey episode The Sign cheapens the Onsies episode. iykyk
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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A quick one for Sunday night: how a tiny bit of Kolchak the Night Stalker ended up in Final Fantasy

www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/how-kol...
How Kolchak: The Night Stalker Influenced Final Fantasy — Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
The cult TV series lives on in many ways, including a certain monster character.
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Getting married and having a kid is supposed to dampen your relationship with your spouse, but if anything the kid has given us a common adversary, which has in fact strengthened our attraction to one another.
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Binging all the Beverly Hills Cops

1) it's kinda amazing they got Murphy for every sequel and never did, like, a Home Alone situation with a cheaper actor, if you catch my drift?

2) I know the motors are a point of failure but those headlights are way cooler than today's headlights
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Man, the Acq Inc panel starting with a montage saying "in 2008, Acquisitions Inc changed liveplay tabletop forever" and just...completely cutting AROUND Scott Kurtz/Binwin is...yea 😬
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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I think I drew this 10 years ago, so I'm not super psyched on the art, but this is my defense of Navi and why I think she's awesome and haters can go kick octoroks
A hylian guard approaches Zelda, who is brushing her hair: "Y-YOUR HIGHNESS! ABOUT THE GUEST LIST FOR THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY... DO YOU REALLY WANT TO INVITE...HER?!" Zelda: "AT EASE, SIR JEEVESALOT, PRINCESS RUTO'S BEEN MADE AWARE OF OUR DRESS CODE THIS TIME. SHE WAS REDESIGNED FOR THE REMAKE, REMEMBER?" Guard: "UH..IT'S RALPH. AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE.....mn... TARGETING RETICLE." Zelda: "SIR RONNSON! HOW DAREYOU SPEAK ILL OF LADY NAVI!" Zelda, standing in front of an ancient drawing of Lakitu, Navi, some controllers, and Link fighting a darknut: "LADY NAVI IS PART OF A LINEAGE OF GAME DESIGN PILLARS BROUGHT TO LIFE THROUGH IN-UNIVERSE CHARACTERS. "MUCH LIKE HOW SIR LAKITU'S ROLE IN SUPER MARIO 69 CONVEYEO THE IDEA OF A "CAMERA" IN 3D VIDEO GAMES,... NAVI REPRESENTED 2-TARGETING AND THE IDEA OF FOCUSING ON AN ENE MY IN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT." Guard:" I-IT'S RALPH...I MEAN, TARGETING MECHANICS IN GAMES ARE PRETTY COMMON, PRINCESS." Zelda and the guard are now sitting in a movie theater, eating magic beans: "IN 1997, IT WASN'T AN ESTABLISHED MECHANIC, So THE DEVELOPERS HAD TO LOOK OUTSIOE OF VIDEO GAMES FOR Inspiration. MAGIC BEAN, SIR ERDRICK?" Guard: "DON'T MIND IF I DO. BUT WHAT INSPIRED OCARINA OF TIME'S COMBAT, THEN?" We see the screen, with Zelda proclaiming: "SAMURAI CHOREOGRAPHY!" "WHILE VISITING AN EDO PERIOD THEME PARK IN JAPAN, SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS CALGHT A SHOW WHERE ONE PERFORMER SWLNG A SICKLE AND CHAIN AT A NINJA. BUT THE NINJA CAUGHT THE CHAIN AND CIRCLED AROUND THE OPPONENT. THIS INSPIRED THE IDEA OF "LOCKING ON". THE IDEA OF LINK'S ENEMIES FIGHTING ONE AT A TIME RATHER THAN ALL AT ONCE WAS ALSO INSPIRED BY SAMURAI FILMS. LINK DOESN'T FIGHT WITH CHAINS SO NAVI REPRESENTS THIS CONCEPT BY FLYING OVER AN OPPONENT AND GIVING LINK ADVICE. Zelda narrating over a panel of Navi at a call center as Kratos, Sora, and Samus look on: "PLUS, NAVI'S ADVICE MADE NAVIGATING THE GAME'S DUNGEONS AND BOSSES LESS DAUNTING DURING A TIME WHEN 30 ACTION AND EXPLORATION WERE STILL VERY NEW TO THE INDUSTRY." Navi:" THANKS FOR CALLING THE NINTENDO POWERHOTLINE! YOU BATTLE, WE TATL!" Zelda:"LOTS OF GAMES WENT ON TO MIMICK OCARINA OF TIME'S TARGETING SYSTEM, BUT NAVI HELPED SET A STANDARD THAT STILL LIVES ON 20 YEARS LATER."
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Now imagine you did an art test for them.
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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When I was 4 I asked my dad if the Link to the Past manual art was made by an art machine or a person. He said it was a person and their job was to make art and I said I'd be a drawer when I grew up.

Archie Sonic #9 had a How To Draw page and when my drawing wasn't on-model I would throw loud fits.
recursecenter.bsky.social Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · 13d
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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HUH HUHUH HUH
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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I'm sad I missed the chance to harass Archie Comics for a chance to work on the Mega Man comics
July 8, 2023 at 7:59 AM
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DnD character idea that I never wound up using. A bard who represents the Devil, whose power over words was cast through legalise — a documancer.
January 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM