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missmonster art and costuming

About Me

Hi! My name is Melita Curphy, better known as missmonster. I currently live in Chicago, though I am originally from south Texas. My work varies from gouache and acrylic paintings, to cast plastic, plush, sculpey, leather and wood to the variety of materials i use for my costumes and accessories. I have worked in many different art related fields but as of March 2008 I am a full time freelance artist. My professional credits, media appearances and clients are listed below:---------A Scanner Darkly (animator) www.http://imdb.com/name/nm2234662/---------Motorola (designer)---------Chicago Public Radio ( costume interview- werewolf)----------San Antonio "Living" TV show ( costume interview- demon)----------DIY Network "Craft Lab" ( glass etching demo)---------G4 TV (costume interview-San Diego Comic Con-demon)----------BoingBoing.net ( costume feature, artwork feature) www.boingboing.net/-----------Blizzard ( co-arted two Warcraft cards) http://blizzard.com/-----------Radio Comix ( cover artist) http://radiocomix.com/----------Shiflett Brothers ( Chloe poster/shirt design) www.http://shiflettbrothers.com/----------Plastic and Plush ( plush art feature) http://plasticandplush.com/-----------Amazing Figure Modeler Magazine ( garage kit review)-----------Drawn! art blog ( artwork feature) www.drawn.ca/----------Shirt.woot ( designer) www.shirt.woot.com-----------Subterranean venue, Chicago IL ( art show participant)------------Lifemeter comics ( comic work for print and website) http://lifemetercomics.com/-----------Instructables website ( werewolf costume tutorial, won costume grand prize)------------http://www.instructables.com/------------M ake blog ( werewolf costume feature) www.http://blog.makezine.com/-------------Continental Club, Austin, Texas gallery ( Heavy Metal art show)------------Metalman Project ( artwork contributor) http://www.metalmanproject.com/--------------Fistacuffs blog ( character contributor...Blue Bloodz are the Eastern Division champs!) http://fistacuffs.blogspot.com/---------------Parts and Labour store ( merchandise consignment) http://www.partsandlabour.com/---------------Monkey See, Monkey Do ( merchandise consignment) http://www.monkeyseeonline.com/---------------San Antonio Community College ( Illustration instructor)----------------BBH ( museum exhibit fabrication)-----------Reactor convention ( guest) http://www.the-reactor.org/-----------Tastes Like Chicken ( art contributor) http://www.tlchicken.com/-------------You can also find me on a few other websites. I update very frequently on these, so check these often if you want to see new art work or get a chance to buy some freshly made art.------------Buy my book here: http://www.lulu.com/content/672376------------Buy my woot shirt here: http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=5221--------------Annnn d prints! http://www.imagekind.com/GalleryProfile.aspx?gid=ed00450d-e3 a4-40c6-b76c-7ae741db72a3------http://missmonster.deviantart .com/ ------http://missmonsterart.blogspot.com/ ------http://myspace.com/missmonstermel ------http://www.missmonster.etsy.com ------http://missmonsterwerewolf.blogspot.com/If you would need to get in touch with me about commissions or projects please email me at missmonstermel @ gmail.com. Thanks!

My Interests

animals, animation, anime, aquabats, ash, ass humor, ball pythons, bat commander, baths, bats, battle angel alita, beast machines, beer, big cats, blood the last vampire, blue submarine 6, books, brak, bruce campbell, cartoons, cheetahs, claws, comics, cowboy bebop, cryptozoology, devilman, dinosaurs, dorks, dragons, evangelion, evil dead, evil dead movies, fangs, farts, final fantasy, flcl, furi kuri, goggles, gorgons, gorillaz, griffins, griffons, gryphons, gunnm, han solo, harry potter, japanese art, jeff corwin, leopard geckos, lizards,David Attenborough, Desmond Morris, man...or astroman, manga, manticores, monsters, mr.t, nancy collins, nature documentaries, old metallica, princess mononoke, quaker parakeets, range murata, reptiles, reverend horton heat, rosy boas, silkscreening, simpsons, snakes, snorkeling, , Dethklok,sonja blue, sushi, swimming, tank girl, tattoos, tex avery, the aquabats, the ocean, thundercats, toys, transformers, video games, wallace and gromit, werewolves,south park, trey parker,Gunbuster 2,Fullmetal Alchemist,

I'd like to meet:

Nerds, geeks, etc...Hurry up and release this!!

Music:

Man or Astroman? Me First and The Gimme Gimmes, The Aquabats, Ween, Reverend Horton Heat, Skeleton Key, Bjork, Tomahawk, Secret Chiefs 3, RJD2, Gnarls Barkely, Turisas,Oingo Boingo, Dethklok,Ennio Morricone, fart sounds

Movies:

Evil Dead, Spirited Away, Lone Wolf and Cub, Chronicles of Narnia, Pirates 2, Anchorman, Dead Alive

Television:

Bullshit, Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, That's My Bush, South Park, Ali G Show, X files, Wonder Showzen, Planet Earth, Metalocalypse

Books:

Sonja Blue series, Desmond Morris, Harry freakin' Potter

Heroes:

Gally! if you know who that is, you are a nerd and let's make out.

My Blog

My halloween shirt won!

EVIL HALLOWEEN GOT PICKED AT DBH! http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/28986HELL YEAH! Thanks to everyone that voted, promoted and commented. Could not have done it without you guys!...
Posted by melly on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:08:00 PST

Last week of shirt voting!

Sorry to spam with this again but have you voted yet?It needs some more love! Only a few days left of voting left and i just want to make sure everyone got a chance to see it and vote...and please com...
Posted by melly on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:56:00 PST

HALLOWEEN shirt contest! VOTE! New tutorial!

Hey guys ! So sorry to bug you about shirts again. Design By Humans is having a halloween shirt contest so i HAD to do something. I made something super grimy and gross: Cute, huh? Well if you want it...
Posted by melly on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:46:00 PST

More love from Instructables!

Instructables continues to be so amazingly good to me:http://www.instructables.com/community/Halloween_Costumes _1/wow. Thanks guys!!Personally i think the Kali costume pretty awesome....
Posted by melly on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:52:00 PST

Instructables book!

Hey guys! My werewolf tutorial will be published in the Best of Instructables book due out this October. Keep your eyes on this link:http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596519520/I will announce again once...
Posted by melly on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:56:00 PST

Steampunk show!

Tomorrow! The Steampunk art show Iam a part of show will be opening!http://suite100gallery.com/show/2008/09/12/anachrote chnofetishismI won't be there but please stop by and check it out if you live in...
Posted by melly on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:53:00 PST

Nw Design By Humans shirt! Please vote!

Well here's the new Design By Humans submission! It's a little more subtle and darker than normal but should be a pretty cool shirt. http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/27784Go vote and spread t...
Posted by melly on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:23:00 PST

missmonster shoes

I HAS SHOES:http://www.zazzle.com/demon_face_kedsshoe-167935724282 996024YEAH!! I hope they look good in real life...I want to order some soon. Sorry guys, ladies sizes only for now...but they do carry...
Posted by melly on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:03:00 PST

Commission me!

Hey so we are getting a new place! Downside is that the deposit is pretty nuts. So I'm opening for some commission slots for character portraits!I have available:5" x 7 portrait commissions. Gouache o...
Posted by melly on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:03:00 PST

New art and reduced prices on older pieces...

I'm also moving AGAIN very soon so there are some art pieces that I'd like to find homes for. The less i have to haul, esp artwork...the better...He is 12" x 16" and $80 including shipping. Has a glo...
Posted by melly on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:39:00 PST