Lei Melendres is a freelance illustrator and professional doodle artist from Manila, Philippines and I’ve been a huge fan of his work for a while.
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I love doodles and Melendres’ work is so imaginative and expansive, with or without colour. He gets a lot of out the space he’s given on his canvasses and I love that too.
Follow him on Instagram and grab one of his colouring books on Amazon.
Related: The Posca pen wizardry of Oskunk, the wonderful art of Upendo, and the plantlife illustrations of Jim Spendlove.