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Mel.Mo. [Melissa Modlinski]

do what you love, love what you do.

About Me


Melissa Modlinski. [Illustrator/Designer] Ex Product Developer/Art Director. I am now available for commissioned and freelance artwork. Send me a message if interested, and we will go from there. Also send me a message if you have any questions as to whether or not any of my works are for sale.

All art on this page was created by me, unless otherwise stated. You can also see more artwork on my Talentdatabase site. I'm finally working on my temporary website-- melmodesigns.com

I'm currently working/helping with this magazine-- Check it!

My Interests

art. music. friends. family... Pin-ups, photography, hot tea, painting, design, print-making, the city of Chicago, hats, clothing, make-up, food, friends, ink splatters, reading books, anything vintage, making messes, models, burlesque, collecting things, movies, deep conversations, people watching.......

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who can inspire me. Whether it be to be a better person, or simply to look up to, to look at things differently, or any other way one can inspire another. Artists, photographers, musicians, writers, etc. basically anyone. But not creepos!!

I make banners for people I support!! :o) --(below) Ask me for details.

I did this banner, for my friend/piercer Kivaka.

Check this stuff out!! (also did banner)

Kat Attack Photography! xo!

Music:

[Insert various musical artists here] ..

Movies:

Jeux d'enfants, The Last Kiss, The Science of Sleep, Big Girls Don't Cry, Y tu Mama Tambien, Pieces of April, Thirteen, Everything is Illuminated, Ghostbusters I & II, Dumb and Dumber, Rain, Pi, Requiem for a Dream, American Beauty, Hustle and Flow, Big Fish, Winter Passing, Love Actually, Garden State, The Triplettes of Belleville, Domino, The Life Aquatic, Broken Flowers, Donnie Darko, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Waiting, Reefer Madness, Amelie, Go, Sexual Life, 28 Days Later, High Tension, Ghost World, Speak. David Lynch films... and oh so many more.... ..

Television:

i dont watch it. could live without it. honestly. ..

Books:

I Am Not Myself These Days. The Anomalies. Freakonomics. WICKED. Son of a Witch. White Teeth. Smashed. Better Than Running at Night, The Year of Yes, Speak, Invisible Monsters, others..... ..

Heroes:

my mom and dad ... Gil Elvgren, Joyce Ballantyne, Gary Baseman, Banksy, Alphonse Mucha, Ralph Steadman, Diana Terry, Sam Balfour, Andrea Young, Billy. ..

My Blog

Saturday, May 31, 2008

buy me stuff?!?!? jk.Serio?usly thoug?h.?On Satur?day,? may 31.. in celeb?ratio?n of my big TWO THREE?.?.?I'm think?ing of going? to Medie?val Times?!?I've never? been and I think? it can be fun and h...
Posted by Mel.Mo. [Melissa Modlinski] on Wed, 07 May 2008 06:07:00 PST

Hold me to this!

I, Melissa "Mel.Mo." Modlinski, will return to Cardinal Fitness on 1/14/08.I will lose 20 lbs. by my birth date, 5/31.Signed, Mel(I don't think this is an unreasonable goal)...
Posted by Mel.Mo. [Melissa Modlinski] on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:18:00 PST

Denim Totes -- Coming soon!

Hello all!As many of you have seen.. I often carry around a lil denim tote bag/purse that looks like this:I've already begun designing a series of Marilyn Monroe denim tote bags.2 designs are complete...
Posted by Mel.Mo. [Melissa Modlinski] on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:33:00 PST

For those of you who ever wondered...

..what my Cherry, Olive, and Onion girls were for... ..here it is... some final mock-ups of what I think Tipsy products should look like*....** I created printed and mounted these labels myself, these...
Posted by Mel.Mo. [Melissa Modlinski] on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:16:00 PST

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Horoscope 10/8Gemini:You are the most important person in your life. It's not selfish -- it's smart.
Posted by Mel.Mo. [Melissa Modlinski] on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:49:00 PST