Artist Creates 30 Adorable And Sweet Comics To Make Your Day Better

Given another opportunity, Bored Panda reached out to David, the author of the "Meloons" comics with some more questions. First, we asked the artist if he had any life-changing influences that might have helped him with his art and art style in general when it comes to his comics.

"I think StupidFox on DeviantArt was my first introduction to webcomics in high school. They’ve been around for a while, and I found them hilarious and relaxing to follow. I especially appreciated how they told stories with no text. Next, Ken Sugimori was definitely my unofficial childhood art teacher. By trying my best to replicate all of my favorite Pokemon he designed, I learned a lot about drawing animal anatomy, especially when cartoonifying them. Lastly, a shout out to all my classmates growing up who helped push me to draw the weirdest things with their doodle requests."

Art, in any kind of form, takes a lot of time not only to practice but also to produce, therefore we asked David how long it takes him to fully finish his comics.

"Once I have a decent idea, it generally takes me three to five hours to complete a comic. It always surprises me what a ridiculous amount of time it takes to just output four images. This work is usually spread over a few evenings, unless I get really invested and choose to sacrifice my sleep (but I don’t recommend it)."

Being an artist is not easy, one can easily encounter a lack of inspiration, burnout, etc, so we wanted to ask the artist about his ideas for the comics.

"In general, my comics are often inspired from my daily life. I usually like to illustrate relatable struggles we all have (overdramatized for sure), but sometimes my ideas are totally random too. My original character design for my penguin was that he has all the seven deadly sins. I think these sins are what resonate with and amuse people the most, so I like to give him different predicaments to respond to."

As we mentioned before, sometimes creative work can cause quite a burnout, therefore we asked the artist how he dealt with that as well.

"Absolutely. I wish I could do a better job posting new content consistently the way those super successful Instagram artists do. I often get burnt out and then feel like I’ve run out of ideas or reached my limits as an artist, but it’s always so touching and inspiring when people tell me they’ve missed my posts when I haven’t posted for a while. I think the trick to avoiding getting burnt out is to pace yourself and remember to balance other aspects of your life too. I’m definitely working on getting better at this!"

We also asked the artist about how people reacted to his work.

"Oftentimes, if I create a relatable comic, a lot of people will comment 'mood.' Having comments that say 'mood' is a pretty standard measure of success on the modern-day internet, so it’s nice to know HelloMeloons isn’t doing as bad as my anxiety tells me it is. Other times, if I give up on appeasing the Instagram algorithm and illustrate some of the dumber ideas I have (peep the cow comic from November 15th), people often react in adoration or horror. It varies quite a bit. I find these comics a nice break from relatable content because sometimes we all just want some unsolicited repulsive content instead."