IF-Unbalanced: Humpty Dumpty

IF: BLURred Vision

"Honey, can you pass the salt, please?"

Michelle Back in the Day!

I have been drawing ever since I was small, but I think it all came together during my Sophomore Year in High School when I joined Mr. Burns' Journalism Class and became the first cartoonist in Thomas Edsion High School to grace its newspapers with monthly comic strips. I wanted to compile a couple of old sketches that I have done from the very beginning and see how my characters evolved throughout the years. It hasn't changed much, really, but I think I have made some improvements along the way. I hope you like them!

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New Site Launch!

Hello guys! I have finally completed my website re-design and right on my target date of Nov. 1, 2009. Thank you to all who helped me out during the creative process. I couldn't have done it without you. Hope you guys like it. Enjoy.
Visit Michelle's New Site Here!

Happy Birthday, Big Brother!

Today is my brother's birthday. Happy Birthday, Kuya Chuck.
I miss you. Rest in Peace.
Oct 23, 1968 to Sept 15, 2006

Character 2: Sesame Street (Personal Work)

A good friend of mine asked me to draw some Sesame Street ® characters for her son's 2nd birthday. I was more than grateful to help out. I used to watch Sesame Street ® back in Manila everyday after school. Those were good ol' times.

Sesame Street ® characters copyright Sesame Street.

Character 1: A Tribute to Sweeney Todd

You guys know I am ALL INTO anything cute and chubby - which is pretty apparent in my cartoons/illustrations. But, on the other hand, I am also a big fan of anything gory. I know I do not show it as much in my work, but I love a little bit of horror and goo from time to time. So, with that being said, I will post my first art challenge and showcase "Sweeney Todd." I loved the movie and hope you guys like my little rendition! (of course, I still have to keep the cuteness in there somewhere) :) Enjoy.

Stay tuned for next week's character...

A Challenge: 1 Character a Week for 1 Year

Ok, so I have decided to do a small challenge for myself. Since I haven't been participating on IF or Monday Artday and all the cool drawing blogs, I really have to push myself to practice drawing again. So, with that being said, I will challenge myself to draw 1 character a week for 1 year. It will be sort of like drawing on a Munny® - I"ll keep the same shape and just draw different characters for 1 year. I think this will be a good practice for me and get my pencils sharpened again. So, I really don't know what i'm getting myself into, but here we go....let's do this!

Start project: August 24, 2009
End project: August 24, 2010
Characters: 52

Stay tuned...

The Art of Cynthia Sheppard

Hey guys, please check out the cool and awesome works of my good friend and colleague, Cynthia Sheppard. She is an awesome Fantasy Illustrator and a great designer! Check out her work here: Visit Cynthia's Site Here!

~ Cheers!

IF - CRACKED

IF: Heirarchy - The Bat Team

I guess Bat Girl calls the shots after all...

New Web Project: Mind Blowin Xperience DJ Services

Hello everyone!
A good friend of mine wanted to redesign his site so I was honored to help and give his site some cosmetic updates. I previously did his first site long ago when there were "tables" :) So, I obviously needed to upgrade him to CSS and just created a simple and cleaner site. (which reminds me, I will need to upgrade my own site very soon too!)

My good friend, Carlin Hertz, is a DJ here in the DC Metro Area. If you guys need any DJ services, Carlin is the perfect guy for you! He is truly awesome. I still need to fix the contact form at the bottom and do some minor tweaks, but other than that, http://www.djnferno.com is LIVE and ready to roll!
Pls visit his site and take a look around! If you have a special event coming up and need any DJ Services, Carlin Hertz is the one to call!

Cheers!

IF - Theater/Theatre: Hamlet by William Shakespeare

HI guys. I couldn't help but draw Hamlet for this week's IF. Hope you like it! Cheers.

I Heart Dirty Code

I can totally understand the frustration with website designs concerning CSS layouts and browser compatibility issues. It is a lot to learn and I am sure everyone has gone through a lot of trials, lots of testing, and basically just making everything work. I recently got scolded by a programmer because I used a z-index and absolute positioning in one of my sites. I did not think there was anything wrong with it, but he mentioned it was a "dirty code" and not to use it ever again! So, ok. I got it. No more using z-index. I felt like a kid wearing a dunce cap :) But, oh well, I got a nice t-shirt graphic out of it at least....

IF - Impossibility

"It's just not going to work out..."

Can't wait for Halloween!

Baby Shower Poster

And here is the coordinating poster to go with the baby shower card....

Baby Shower Card

Hi guys! Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Will promise to do more posts soon! Here's a baby shower invite I made for one of my friends - she had a Star Wars theme and I had a lot of fun doing this one. Hope you guys like it.

Shorts

Back in Manila, when I was about 13 years old, I used to have a crush on my mom's boss' son. He was about 17 years old and was soooo cute. His name was Marsh. I used to die just looking at him, especially during that time when the long board shorts (with large flower prints) were the coolest thing :) He was just so refreshing to look at :)

ThunderCats Series: Cheetara

Hey there ATC folks! Here's Cheetara... Hope you like it.

IF: HOMAGE to all your favorite 80's cartoons

I have to admit, I was really an avid fan of all the 80's cartoons. I was about 9 or 10 and you know... growing up with 2 older brothers, I always ended up watching Transformers or Super Friends :)

But of course, I also enjoyed watching Care Bears and Smurfs and I also LOVED ThunderCats! Do you guys still remember? I loved Lion-O and Cheetara the best! :) And I thought Lion-O was so cute :) Here's a tribute to good ol' Lion-O! Cheers!

-More ThunderCats series to come....

IF - GARDEN of Eden :)

Hi guys! It's great to be back! Hope everyone's doing ok. I've missed you guys :)

ATC Posts! Japanese Theme

Monday Artday ATC trade!

HI guys! Hop on over to Mike R. Baker's group theme ATC and start trading. ATC theme is Japanese. See you all there!
-Michelle

Monday Artday!

Happy Holidays!

IF - Superstitious Rituals

IF - The Cat in the HAT by Dr. Seuss

Here's a tribute to Dr. Seuss...