Coloring My Future with Art - Support a Young Artist’s Dream ✨

Hey everyone! I’m Kaya Melendy, and I’m 15 years old. I absolutely LOVE art – it’s basically my whole world!

Check out the picture at the top – those are three characters I made up all by myself. I mostly draw people and characters, but I also do backgrounds, objects, and stuff like that. I do a ton of digital art on my iPad, but I really like traditional stuff too, like sketching with pencils and painting with real paints. Art has always been my happy place – it’s how I show who I am and let out all my feelings.

My huge dream is to get way better at art, maybe go to art school one day, and actually make a career out of it! Like, maybe become an illustrator or even start my own little shop selling my stuff. But right now, as a teenager, I don’t have a lot of money for the things I need to level up.

That’s why I made this fundraiser! I’m trying to raise money so I can:

•  Get better art supplies (like a new stylus, good paints, brushes, nice sketchbooks, and maybe some procreate brushes or software)

•  Promote my art online (make a real portfolio website, print some stuff, run ads on Instagram/TikTok so more people see it)

•  Start a tiny business selling prints, stickers, or even taking commissions

•  Save up for art classes, workshops, or even college later

Any amount helps SO much – even $5 or $10 gets me closer to new supplies or whatever! It seriously means the world to me that you’d believe in a kid like me who’s just trying to chase her dreams.

If you can’t donate right now, that’s totally okay! Just sharing this page with your friends or on your story would be amazing and help a ton.

Thank you thank you thank you for reading my story and even thinking about helping. You guys are the best!!

Lots of love and doodles,

Kaya