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Mel @ GATEway FATE 600

@melshardae.bsky.social

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graphic designer, photographer, occasional cosplayer | #ffxiv (7.2), #starwars, #vocaloid | 🏹🦅 | i: @luxrisart shop: melshardae.etsy.com comms: vgen.co/melshardae digital goods: http://ko-fi.com/melshardae/shop (she/her, 32)

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Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hi, I'm Mel, I'm a graphic designer & photographer and I love making subtle fandom clothing so people can wear their faves 💖 I also share stuff like phone/desktop wallpapers and vectors!!

STORE: melshardae.etsy.com
CUSTOM APPAREL: vgen.co/melshardae
DIGITAL GOODS: ko-fi.com/melshardae/s...

Photo of a flat lay of several Hatsune Miku-themed garments - a sling bag, a folded zip hoodie, a lanyard, and a phone case.

Photo of me modeling my Haurchefant inspired sling bag. It is olive green and grey with yellow accents and the house Fortemps crest on the front

Photo of two models wearing Mel Medarda & Viktor themed apparel

Photo of three models wearing clone inspired bomber jackets - Fox, Wolffe, and Cody

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Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 11m

i love ffxiv. would love to play it without constant crashing even more

Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 11m

PUTTING THIS IN MY MOUTH

Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 35m

thank you!!!!! 😸♥️

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Yllande @yllande.bsky.social · 10h

Lulu 🖤 #FinalFantasyX
I kinda gave up after the belts 💦
Sooo...which Final Fantasy girl next?

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Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 1h

i would also be v happy with the tigers going forward!! i have a soft spot for them and Hinch, i just want a no-rings WS sooo bad i think it'd be so cool

Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 2h

allergies r so funny. one minute ur fine and the next, boom. face is like leaky faucet

Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 2h

WE'RE ONE STEP CLOSER TO THIS

Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 3h

FORGOT I WAS DOING THIS LMAO this can apply to any listing including the new sling bags!!!

Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 3d

holy shit 🥹🥹🥹 thank you so so much for the support over the years, this is just. wow!!! holy shit!!

to celebrate and say thank you, for the next week you can use WTF8K for 20% off my whole store (and the new sling bags should be up in the next few days!)

Etsy screenshot of my store with the sales number of 8000 highlighted and "OMG" written on top

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Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 3h

I'M HERE FOR THE STORMBLOOD LOVERS!!!

Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 3h

thank you SO much!!! 💖

Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 3h

+ some quick photos of the backs!!

has your journey been good? has it been worthwhile?

Azem: melshardae.etsy.com/listing/4383690807
G'raha Tia: melshardae.etsy.com/listing/4383693195
Lyse: melshardae.etsy.com/listing/4383690500

photo of the back of the azem bag. it is the same very dark grey. The side tabs are the same orange gold as the symbols. On the lower back is an outlined Azem crystal, and below it the words "Has your journey been good? Has it been worthwhile?"

Photo of the back of the G'raha bag. It is dark grey, with gold lower tabs and a creeping crystal pattern reaching from the bottom.

Photo of the back of the Lyse bag. The tabs are the same blue as the crystals on her later outfit, but the back panel has red stitching and a small emblem from her first outfit

Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 3h

my new FFXIV sling bags are up!! this batch is inspired by G'raha Tia, Azem, and Lyse and I'm soooo happy with how they turned out

#ffxiv #xivmerch

Lineup of 3 sling bags. Left to right: G'raha Tia, Azem, Lyse.

G'raha bag has a front red panel and dark grey top panel. The stripes from his scarf are on the black panel, and his cross clips and a small red cat head are on the red panel

Azem bag is dark grey with the Azem symbol at the top and a crystal in the bottom right. Behind the crystal is the summoning circle in black.

Lyse bag has red front panel with Ala Mhigan griffon and white top panel with gold-lined red panels and the gold emblem from her later outfit up top.

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Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 10h

(manifesting mariners vs blue jays ALCS and mariners vs brewers WS intensifies)

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flow. @themeteia.bsky.social · 11h

Venat: Has your journey been good? Has it been worthwhile?

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Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 11h

gonna get the new sling bags photographed and up today!!

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✨ morika 🌱 @blindcloud.bsky.social · Oct 24

#endwalkerspoilers | #ffxiv
🟠 rejoice, for we will free you from the cruel yoke of existence 🟠

A stylized painting depicting Meteion floating in front of an awakening Endsinger. The former awaits expectedly as her form glitches between time and space. Endsinger greets her sister with a silent stare, her eye resembling a wide shot of a broken egg. (2022)

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Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 1d

thank you!!! I did all the pattern mods and mockups yesterday so I could just blast through her today and luckily everything worked out

Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 1d

ouuguhhhhh sin this FUCKS

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sin! @ gateway fate 306 @z-nth.bsky.social · 1d

riding on his back so he can fly me around

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Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 1d

me when crafting: 🖕🏻
me when the craft is complete: 🖕🏻💖

Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 1d

GIRL PRETTY

Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 1d

I may be rusty but this did shake loose some brain cobwebs and I'm now gathering refs to make Qi'ra for SWCLA lmao

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Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 1d

I'm ridiculously rusty and there's some pretty messy parts but she's done!

Mirror photo of the finished Alisaie shirt being worn

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Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 1d

Makoto Yukimura was worried that Vinland Saga's farming arc and "I have no enemies" moment was a gamble that readers wouldn't like. I told him about the J. Cole meme from the Kendrick Lamar and Drake rap beef. This is how he reacted.

If “I have no enemies” has become a meme and people remember it, then maybe people will understand what I’m really trying to say through the story, which is that humans are immature, but we can mature. To become mature is to become kind. This is the foundation of what I’m trying to say, but it really has to be much shorter for people to remember. But it does give me hope that people remember these short phrases as memes. Then, one day, it will click in their mind what I was trying to really say in the first place.

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Mel @ GATEway FATE 600 @melshardae.bsky.social · 1d

nooooo that's a friend :( 🍅