@thepennydrops_artistMel ~ ThePennyDrops bokeh art

Award winning Bokeh paintings & prints. Soft art because life is hard enough. 🎁 Shop originals & prints ⬇️

card updated Oct 9, 2026 · 13 clips parsed · following 121 · 2,800,000 likes total

Engagement10.61%above average

Account summary

@thepennydrops_artist has 12,400 followers and 466 videos. Across the 13 parsed clips the average is 1,765,917 views and 183,332 likes. Engagement to views is 10.61%, which is above average for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is rising (+1.66 pp). Posts roughly 0.4 times a week. An average clip reaches 14241% of the follower count.

Followers

12.4K

+200 in period

Engagement

10.61%

+1.66 pp newer half

Average views

1.8M

median 4.8K

Likes per clip

183.3K

997 comments avg

Shares / saves

3K / 4.3K

0.24% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.4 / wk

reach 14241% of followers

Latest clips

13 collected

Who am I to argue 🤷🏻‍♀️ — @thepennydrops_artist

4.8K0:07Who am I to argue 🤷🏻‍♀️195125

The way we ran to get a photo of that tram as it disappeared down New — @thepennydrops_artist

4120:18The way we ran to get a photo of that tram as it disappeared down New Regent St 😮‍💨 And then the photos were all blurry 29101

You really can never have enough green 🤷🏻‍♀️💚 . . . #bokehart #greenar — @thepennydrops_artist

1.5K0:11You really can never have enough green 🤷🏻‍♀️💚 . . . #bokehart #greenart #blurryart #howtopaint141709

What kind? The soft kind. The blurry kind. The kind that makes you fee — @thepennydrops_artist

28.2K0:12What kind? The soft kind. The blurry kind. The kind that makes you feel like you can exhale and let go of all the minut4K116184328

Never starting with a white canvas… and always keeping an eye on the e — @thepennydrops_artist

4.2K0:10Never starting with a white canvas… and always keeping an eye on the end goal 🤩 . . . #bokehart #nzart #nzartist #blurry2951016

Possibly my greatest magic trick ever 🪄 Delighted to win the Beattie M — @thepennydrops_artist

4.9K0:12Possibly my greatest magic trick ever 🪄 Delighted to win the Beattie McDowell Architects (Mick Hesselin Memorial) Award3641042

World’s Southern-most Starbucks for the win I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️🤪 . . . #boke — @thepennydrops_artist

1.3K0:12World’s Southern-most Starbucks for the win I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️🤪 . . . #bokehart #cantcompete #keepcalmandpainton45000

Head along to see the ILT Murihiku Art Awards at He Waka Tuia in Inver — @thepennydrops_artist

3610:33Head along to see the ILT Murihiku Art Awards at He Waka Tuia in Invercargill until 15 Nov 🤩10100

Hi Someone 👋🏼 I’m Mel - a bokeh artist from New Zealand. I paint blurr — @thepennydrops_artist

10.1K0:07Hi Someone 👋🏼 I’m Mel - a bokeh artist from New Zealand. I paint blurry lights - the kind you’d see in an unfocused phot5359317

You might see more of what we see: we’re not hyperfixating on tiny lit — @thepennydrops_artist

1.1K0:05You might see more of what we see: we’re not hyperfixating on tiny little ‘flaws’. We see your beautiful heart, your so54200

Update: yes the print is now available on my website 🙌🏼💚 But where was — @thepennydrops_artist

14.2M0:09Update: yes the print is now available on my website 🙌🏼💚 But where was I: oh that’s it, the way I laughed out loud at th1.8M3.7K11.3K35.5K

But it was never my intention to make you wonder 🫣 Sorry about that! 🙏 — @thepennydrops_artist

6.1M0:13But it was never my intention to make you wonder 🫣 Sorry about that! 🙏🏼 My intention has never been to replicate your b395K6.9K22.9K14.5K

Which I understand is very true… but it’s not what I’m trying to captu — @thepennydrops_artist

2.6M0:08Which I understand is very true… but it’s not what I’m trying to capture 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m painting from an out-of-focus photo 182.6K2.2K4.7K5.4K

Engagement per clip

13 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 15.4% ER

Feb 15Oct 3Oct 9

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Oct 9, 2026	4,820	195	1	2	5	4.11%
Oct 8, 2026	412	29	1	0	1	7.28%
Oct 7, 2026	1,543	141	7	0	9	9.59%
Oct 6, 2026	28,200	4,046	116	184	328	15.41%
Oct 5, 2026	4,169	295	10	1	6	7.34%
Oct 4, 2026	4,931	364	10	4	2	7.67%
Oct 3, 2026	1,303	45	0	0	0	3.45%
Oct 2, 2026	361	10	1	0	0	3.05%
Oct 1, 2026	10,100	535	9	3	17	5.42%
Oct 1, 2026	1,077	54	2	0	0	5.20%
May 2, 2026	14,200,000	1,800,000	3,697	11,300	35,472	12.78%
Apr 1, 2026	6,100,000	395,000	6,941	22,900	14,458	6.96%
Feb 15, 2026	2,600,000	182,600	2,170	4,686	5,410	7.29%