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MEL&lt;3

Return of the velvet octopus

About Me

Influenced by my dark depressive religious upbringing, as a teenager I started drawing and painting dark eccentric gothic fantasy themes. I liked faeries, dragons, gardens full of mushrooms or a moon lit graveyard.Those ghosts have all flown away and nowadays my themes of choice are vivid graphically illustrated wild-eyed boys and cute Japanese inspired anime creatures!!I just spent so much of my childhood in a dark cold place, I needed to open a window....And that's just what blew in! I plan to create a series of flash animated shorts with my newly designed posse of wickedly cute character illustrations. Some of the illustrations are caricatures of people who inspire me or I draw self portraits. I can also sculpt have worked in prop shops and have can make an object from just about everything..My favorite sculpture to this day is my 12 foot dragon.I currently work as a toy designer, making toys for girls and boys!THIS WORLD THERE ARE TWO TRAGEDIES, ONE IS NOT GETTING WHAT YOU WANT, AND THE OTHER IS GETTING IT." ~OSCAR WILDE~ I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

BELLE EPOQUE, visual-kei, Art Nouveau, Victorian, art deco, dolls, monsters, and I love animals. Goats, cats three toed sloths, and Octopus critters have always been favorites of mine. I love Altoids, Sushi,Boba tea and anything from JAPAN is alright with me! Working out, Escaping into otherworlds, and taking others with me. Timetravel. Faeries, muses and fate. I love traveling, I want to see everything of this world before I go.....

I'd like to meet:

A new friend, Maybe someone that makes my heart race..A beautiful spirit. Anyone with a massive creative heart. You, not your ugly friend! ;P

Music:

Bowie, He's number. 1. THE PRESETS!! Electro, Dance, Kate Bush, CSS, Numero#1, Blonde Redhead Falco, Interpool, RadioHead, Goose, Baddlover, Peaches, JAMES, SuperGrass, StylePhonic,Adult, The Teenagers, The Rapture, MIA, Princess Superstar, Does it offend you yeah, Bodyrox,Klaxons,The bird and the bee, An Cafe,.J.U.S.T.I.C.E, Mellodrome, Uncertain, Lionel Richie, Dead can Dance, anything Classical, Exotic Electronica, pipe organs, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, The Radio Dept.,Stereo Lab, Clap your hands,anything 1920's,30's and 80's. Ethereal, ambient, glam and ELECTRO. Oh, and Cocteau Twins, Sade, Scissor Sisters,Shiny Toy Guns, Ima Robot, Death in Vegas,She wants Revenge, Goldfrapp, Ladytron, Air, Soft Cell, Luis Junior, Milla,Arcade Fire, Rasputina, Placebo, Echo & the bunnymen, Vangelis,Pasty Cline, Nick Cave, Tori Amos, Future Sounds of London, Dresden Dolls, Ditty Bops, Indie rock, Everything but the girl,Tiger Lillies, Massive Attack, Snopp dawg, Spongle, Roxy Music, Oliva Newton John, ELO, OMD, ARIA, Delerium, Parliment and Klaus Nomi!

Movies:

Anything that Jim Henson did in this arena I adore. And some general likes are:Happiness of the Katakuris, Santa Sangre, Johnny Suede,CryBaby,The MARQUIS(favorite), Edward Sissyhands, Velvet Goldmine,The Forbidden Zone, Billy Madison, ED Wood,Clash of the Titans,Before Sunrise, Amedeus, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth,BARON MUNCHAUSEN,Moulin Rouge,Ciao Manhattan, Henry and June,WILDE, Fantastic Planet, There's more, I'll get back to it...Oh, Stopmotion animation. The best is by LADISLAS STAREWIEZ!!!! Amazing, Amazing! I love black & white movies.. Charlie Chaplin is HOT~!

Television:

I do watch a bit. But I do other things while it's on! Like art projects..etc, etc..

Books:

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Heroes:

This gentlemen is Ladislas Starevich. I wish I was alive when he was. I would have loved to have been his friend. An AMAZING stop motion animator!And Charlie..Of course!

My Blog

Japan Summer of 2008 (Tokyo take over)

I'm ready to make it over to Tokyo now!!!I've been to Europe a number of times now yet there are still places I need to see but I'm Tokyo bound next summer!!! I hopefully will have a few new friends ...
Posted by Mel Nerell on Thu, 24 May 2007 10:03:00 PST

Glitterby Fairies, UPDATED!

Okay, for those of you who have been curious about what my dolls look like, I just got some artwork finished for a promotional poster. It wil be displayed at toy fair in NYC. And since my dolls are ne...
Posted by Mel Nerell on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:05:00 PST

Check out PAPER MAGAZINE! My friends and I are in it!!!

Yes folks, check out paper magazine's February issue!!!! It's all about LA and it's many forms of artisic expression etc.. My fierce friends and I are the "1920's GLAMOURPUSSES." Please, take a l...
Posted by Mel Nerell on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:51:00 PST

New stuff for your eyes only!

New stuff! I know I wish I had more time more hands! Here are a few newer things I did recently. Oh, if you want to buy a cute jointed animal doll form me, let me know!! I custom make them to type of ...
Posted by Mel Nerell on Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:01:00 PST

My dolls...

Well, it's been going really SLOW with my friend in Hong Kong! He's finally getting back to me and getting the prototype of my vinyl dolls made!!! I'm very excited and hope to have something to show s...
Posted by Mel Nerell on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST