• I'm an artist and animator.
• I draw a mixed bag of original and fan works.

The longtime fandoms I draw when I need soothing:

• Touhou Project (fan since 2012)
• Berserk manga (fan since 2015)
• Caster (Gilles de Rais) x Ryuunosuke Uryuu from Fate/Zero (est. 2017)
• Some people know my work from my fanart from my time in the Artist Alley at AVCon and Supanova Adelaide (2012-2016) but I don't do cons anymore. Not only since I began working, but since my mum died. We used to do them together....I don't think my art style would fit into the current con environment...
• I take pride in my lifelong studies to hone my skills as an animator/story artist ...

Due to going psychotic from bipolar, I try to talk about my experiences.

• not all psychoses are caused by drugs . Mine was due to undiagnosed bipolar and trauma.
• please DO NOT use the words 'bipolar' or 'psychotic' as throwaway insults. If you've suffered how I have, it cuts deep.
• I don't have the energy to scream about anything else than for people to find the humanity within themselves to understand that psychosis is a complex mental state.

• Vela (pronounced vel-ah, not vee-la)
• She/her only, please...
• Based in Adelaide, Australia
• Currently, super proud to be a soon-to-be solo mum!
• Finishing up a BA at Adelaide Uni this year

please read

• Due to grief over losing my mum to brain cancer in 2020, I suffered an intense first episode of bipolar psychosis.
  • This impaired my art, and my perception of my self has greatly been altered. I have struggled with the aftermath of something I never asked for.
  • Since 2020, I have tried to rebuild myself. I'm proud to be still trying my best every day!

work/study experience

about to become a fulltime solo-mum so I may not have time but...

• finishing a 30 second long Touhou animation. I started it in 2018 but shelfed it regardless of my psychosis...
• helping out with an Adelaide uni student project in spare time

• velanoble.com - I made it myself!
• instagram: @velanoble - I dump crappy art and leave
• youtube: leafydragon - Despite gathering 90k+ subs for one of my films, I'm very uncomfortable here as I've suffered abuse and hateful comments on my work. Hope to feel happier about YT in future.
• twitch - could try to stream, idk if this would cure my art fears.
• itch.io - I've made a lot of half-baked games during the time I've avoided drawing...but I feel pretty insecure about them.
• ko-fi - please don't expect much from me. I just said my sob story.
• spotify - just a humble music appreciator.
• carrd
• linkedin
• IMDb - list of shows I've storyboarded on.
• bluesky