Melinda, mostly known as Mel, is an author-illustrator and graphic designer, based in Malaysia.
When she was a little girl, she would spend all her time drawing with colour pencils on almost anything—including the white walls of her childhood home.
Growing up, she studied Advertising and Graphic Design at The One Academy. She worked as a graphic designer and a marketer for various companies before returning to her passion in arts and illustration.
She started Messyvoices Studio in early 2023 after discovering the fulfillment and satisfaction in manning her own art booth, selling her illustrated merchandise. This led to her going fulltime into illustration.
Mel’s illustrations are best described as using bright, contrasting colours with elements of animals, fruits or vegetables. She designs and illustrates all her merchandise-ranging from stickers, keychains and postcards to larger items such as pouch bags and totebags. She would really love the idea of exploring textile printing and creating her own fabric designs in the future!
She mostly does her illustration digitally as it allows flexibility in colours and convenience when it comes to cleaning up for production and printing. She also creates abstract works using acrylic paint on canvas.
Have a look at more of my portfolio works: Design Portfolio | Illustration Portfolio
Published Books
- Rainbows and Sunshine – self published (2024)
100 Malaysia Children’s Picture Books To Read and Love
Growing List of Clients I Enjoyed Working With
Tedboy, Passionation, Kuala Lumpur Illustration Fair (KLIF), Filamen, Mossery, HP.