Hi, I’m Mel, a Brazilian lettering artist and illustrator. I wanted to be an artist but my mom said no to art school because she “didn’t want me to be poor,” so I became an art director, instead. Unfortunately for her, I never went into advertising and started freelancing when I was still in college, focusing exclusively on illustration and lettering for the past 6 years. Luckily, I’ve been fortunate enough to work for great clients that appreciate my love of letterforms, hearts, flowers and all things cute.