🌲Marc Mendes🌲 @melmorrel Twitter profile

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

8 months

Hey pals! If you'd like to check in on my queue at any point, I've gone ahead and created a public Trello :)

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

11 months

I made a new holiday called Gyule and I’ve been hyper focused on it for several days. Here’s a thread about it:

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

3 years

🪵The Lord God Bird is Dead🪵 Last week, along with several other species, the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker was officially pronounced extinct. I made this vent piece to memorialize them and their tragic path to extinction. My favorite bird that I’ll never get to see.

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8 months

Would you hire him?

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@melmorrel

5 years

My birthday gift for @nepeteaa !! Their character Pepoh and 75 birds!

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@melmorrel

8 months

Omg there he goes!

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@melmorrel

1 year

We’re moving soon and I made something to commemorate the place we’ve been living in for 3 years ♥️

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@melmorrel

4 years

Been whooping up some new designs for CM promo!

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@melmorrel

9 months

Rad lobster 🦞

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

4 years

Hey there bird-lovers! I’m Marc, an illustrator and content designer from Massachusetts now living in Cincinnati! My favorite birds are woodpeckers, sea birds, and ground birds! #FlockOfArtists

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

3 years

Imagine being on the team of people in charge of assessing this moth’s species population

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

11 months

“Gyule” (or Grouse-Yule) is an exercise in romanticizing our home and the safety it provides in the coming winter. We celebrate the Spruce Grouse, who quietly roosts in a spot up in a pine tree all winter once it’s done foraging in the summer.

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5 years

Commission for @eggsintoast ! ✨

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@melmorrel

5 years

Design for a sticker I’m making! 🏕✨

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@melmorrel

4 years

Directors Bird and Mel of Camp Mustelid 🏕🌲

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@melmorrel

5 years

Some Cedar Waxwings for yall♥️

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@melmorrel

4 years

Artwork I made for the @CampMustelid handbook page!

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@melmorrel

9 months

Street art at its finest

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@melmorrel

3 years

Illustration commission for @advemtures !🌲🐻🏕🏔

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@melmorrel

8 months

Commission for @curlworks_ ! 🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣🔴

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@melmorrel

4 years

Frame for CM promo cards!

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@melmorrel

5 years

CM Campers Birch and Bracken as warm-up’s!! For @hauntedhilltops and @limeSmoothie !!

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@melmorrel

4 years

Two more pieces of CM promo art!!

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@melmorrel

11 months

ATMOSPHERE • Warm light only - candles, stringed lights, and small atmospheric lamps all day • Put on a digital fireplace or light a real one • Play music or records, you can play your favorite Xmas songs or some wintertime folk • Set up blankets all around the living room

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@melmorrel

5 years

Commission for @dumbmongreldog ! ✨

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@melmorrel

11 months

CLOTHES • Sweaters and comfies only. You can still “dress-up” for the occasion but make sure that your comfortable and could arguably sleep in the clothes your wearing. • Slippers and/or fuzzy socks are a must. • If you have special Xmas collars for pets then get them out!

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Commission for @Tomcat_Alley 👽🛸

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@melmorrel

5 years

Commission for @Zjayzoe !✨

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@melmorrel

5 years

Commission for @babybrainbun !

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

11 months

ACTIVITIES • Set up your indoor Xmas decorations. • Make decor with craft supplies and natural materials. • Take a Xmas card photo. • Listen to music • Read • Knit • Draw • Play analog games like cards, puzzles, and board games. You can also play cozy video games.

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

11 months

(2/4) • “Pine Needles” - pretzel sticks dipped in white chocolate dyed green “Wood Cookies” - Cocoa-vanilla rolled cookies that look like wood grain “Pine Cones” - Cake pop-like chocolate treats made to look like pine cones Pine cone jam - eat with toast, crackers, and cheese

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@melmorrel

5 years

Commission for @NeonCheddar ✨

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@melmorrel

11 months

TERMS Some cheeky vernacular I came up with for the occasion. • ”Roost well” or “Have a nice roost” - have a relaxing day •“Pleasant Gyule” •“Spruce the house” - Decorating

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@melmorrel

4 years

Christmas card of my wonderful family for @nepeteaa !! Happy holidays everyone!!

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@melmorrel

4 years

Drawing I made for @nepeteaa ’s birthday on Wednesday! We just had a camping trip to the Adirondacks ♥️

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@melmorrel

4 years

Some CM map places I drew a while ago but never posted here!

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@melmorrel

7 months

Commission for @plantdogg ✨🐟

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@melmorrel

11 months

FOOD (1/4) Food is supposed to be relaxing to prepare on Gyule. The point would be to focus on making no more than 3 things to be slowly prepared and enjoyed throughout the day. At most; one main dish, one desert, and one snack. Here are some broad ideas for said things:

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

9 months

Poster for my favorite flock in Portland 🐦🐦🐦

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

5 years

Commission for @Cashew_teaa ! ✨

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@melmorrel

8 months

Spectacled Eider 🏔️❄️

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@melmorrel

11 months

ROOST DINNER One of the central things to do on Gyule! At the end of the day, serve your slow-cooked dinner of choice and eat on your coffee table. No dining tables allowed. The point is to be on the floor surrounded by blankets creating a “roost” to enjoy your food.

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

8 months

Punk bat commission! 🕷️🦇

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

8 months

Opening up again! Doing 5 or so slots for various commissions! See 🔗 to form in the thread!

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

11 months

3/4 “Spruce Grouse Cake” - spruce syrup and vanilla cake made from a turkey mold. Use cut strawberries as the grouse’s iconic eyebrows • Slow cooked beef stew or chili • “Roasted Pine Cones” - honey roasted pears or sweet potatoes scored with a spoon to make a pine cone pattern

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@melmorrel

5 years

Commission for @KazmaKit ! ✨

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

11 months

I’m currently writing up more stuff for the day-before Gyule exercise called “Evengrouse”. So I’ll show y’all that soon lol

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

11 months

(4/4) • Rosemary focaccia or garlic bread with rosemary leaves used to make pine tree designs • “Pine Needle Casserole” - green bean casserole • Pine design-decorated sugar cookies • “Timber Treats” - Green dyed Rice Krispie treats molded to look like pine trees on a pretzel

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@melmorrel

5 years

Commission for @_redduo ! ✨

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

5 years

Still taking commissions, here’s a new info sheet for them! DM me if you’re interested! I’m only opening another 3 slots so grab one before they’re gone! ✨

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@melmorrel

11 months

DRINKS • Coffee or hot chocolate all day • Spiced wine • Port wine ~ACQUIRED DRINKS~ Drinks that use actual pine and spruce. • Pine needle tea • Spruce beer • Pine needle soda • Spruce tip stoat You can actually buy lots of this stuff online and in Canada.

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

11 months

~ACQUIRED FOODS~ Foods that use actual pine and spruce. • Spruce tip syrup pancakes • Spruce tip syrup donuts • Juniper ice cream I imagine if this holiday was historical then more actual pine-incorporated foods would be made since the Spruce Grouse eats pine needles.

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@melmorrel

11 months

FLOCK CHECK-IN Another thing to consider doing on Gyule is to FaceTime, call, or chat with friends at the end of the day. Gyule encourages keeping in touch with found family, and telling each other how you’ve been doing.

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@melmorrel

5 years

Commission for @YourMjsty !! ✨

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@melmorrel

6 months

Commission for @SockCorgi ✨

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7 months

Commission for @mothsighs ! ✨

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@melmorrel

5 years

Finished commission for @LucidJackal !!

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

8 months

A bird-related thing that I was surprised to learn this past year is that toucans/toucanets actually have rather mild temperaments. I expected them to be more vocal and rambunctious like parrots, but they were pretty timid polite-natured in my experience. Super cute.

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

7 years

You guys HAVE to look at all these INCREDIBLE COMMISSIONS BY @frogslime WHO IS A GEM!! Thank you sO MUCH!! These made MFF for me 🍻

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

6 years

The Anniversary card I made Kaelin! Happy 3-years honey!!💜💛💜💛

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@melmorrel

5 years

Commission for @Zjayzoe ! ✨

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6 years

Couldn’t resist

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@melmorrel

5 years

When ur best friend is a magic talking rooster 🐓 #backgroundlayout #backgroundpaint #BGlayout #BGPaint #visualdevelopement #animation

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

11 months

Damn wow, well if any of you guys ever celebrate Gyule then please take photos to share!

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@melmorrel

5 years

Me and @nepeteaa when we are mutually having good art days

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@melmorrel

3 years

Icon vs. Artist 🌲🌾 I was really pleased with getting to hold tamarack tree needles in this pic

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@melmorrel

3 years

Drew the ol’ D&D lads again

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@melmorrel

5 years

Commission for @Fawnduu ! ✨

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@melmorrel

6 years

A Mel! 🍯✨

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@melmorrel

6 years

The power I have over pigeons vs. the power they have over me.

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@melmorrel

4 years

Thats my cat poppy

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@patrickowlemoji

4 years

the extremely rare andean mountain cat

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@melmorrel

5 years

Valentines Day commission for @rebelcollie ! ✨

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@melmorrel

6 years

More layouts for my very Portuguese story 🇵🇹

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@melmorrel

6 years

Bee magiccc ooo🐝✨

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@melmorrel

4 years

Drew my fav @nepeteaa character 🌲🦅

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@melmorrel

5 years

@martenclaws

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@melmorrel

7 years

Holiday gift wreaths I made for my friends @JuliaMatrejek @sammysavos & @werewanderer who I love ♥️✨

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

5 years

Its time for a bird-themed inktober!

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@melmorrel

3 years

Lets do our best to stop this from happening to other species of wildlife that face incredible habitat loss. Please donate to this incredible fight to save Fairy Creek

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@melmorrel

7 years

@nepeteaa Rockin' those jedi looks

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@melmorrel

7 years

Put lil thing together for my amazing @nepeteaa !!! Merry Christmas hon!!!🎄🎄🎄🎄🍾🍾🎉🎉

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

6 years

Hey guys! I've decided to take %30 off these prints for anyone who's still interested! They're now $9!! If you'd like to pick one up be sure to DM me or email me at marcmendesart @gmail .com!!

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@melmorrel

6 years

A lil gift for @nepeteaa ♥️✨

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@melmorrel

6 years

Mel mood board🍯

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@melmorrel

5 years

Loon time with @nepeteaa !! 💛🧡❤️

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@melmorrel

5 years

More VisDev!! 🇵🇹✨ #backgrounddesign #visualdevelopement #backgroundlayout

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@melmorrel

5 years

A stroll down town #backgroundlayout #backgroundpaint #BGlayout #BGPaint #visualdevelopement #animation

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@melmorrel

7 years

Some wreaths I did more recently for Kaelin and @pandoras_island !

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@melmorrel

6 years

BG work for a story about me and my gran!

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@melmorrel

3 years

A little article on the news…

Bloomberg Originals

@bbgoriginals

3 years

Knock, knock? Unfortunately, no one's there, after the U.S. declared the ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 birds, fish and other species extinct

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

6 years

On a positive note here's a picture of happiness:

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@melmorrel

5 years

Help sammy spread the word on this bc its just unacceptable

sammy

@sammysavos

5 years

@Primark you stole my work and are now selling it on phone cases! please remove these from your stores, and any other products that feature stolen work of mine! images you find online are not free for the taking. please do something about this! here's the case compared w my work

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

6 years

I couldn't have asked for a more wonderful partner, or fo a better 3 years of my life filled with kindness and adventure!! Love you Kaelin!!♥️♥️♥️

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

5 years

My son is famous

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

6 years

Happy happy birthday to the most wonderful person I know!! @nepeteaa ♥️♥️💕🎉🎉

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

5 years

Lovas at the ripe age of 65 🧝‍♂️✨

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

6 years

Pepoh and Aspen for @nepeteaa !✨

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🌲Marc Mendes🌲

@melmorrel

6 years

Thinking of making some prints of these two drawings! If you think you'd be interested in buying either one for $15, please let me know so I can get an assessment from you guys! Poll is in the thread!