Mochi Baby at The Indie South Fair

Hello Blogger World!

It's been a good minute since I've posted anything new, but I did recently prep and show at the Indie South Fair in Athens this past Saturday. It was a bit of a boo-boo day because of all the rain, but we managed to make the best of what we had, and I got some pics of my first ever booth!

New Piece/X-Mas Present

Yay I can finally post this!

X-Mas present I made for my great friend Pierre!

Stranded Bus Collaboration

I JUST REALIZED I NEVER UPLOADED THIS COLLABORATION I DID WITH ERIC WARREN!!! UUGHHHGHGHGHGHGHGHHG

We did this awhile back. He started off the bus, the background, and I added in the luggage crap on top, drew the girl, and we both hit the background with some effects and shiz. we love it!

Eric is a co-worker of mine, a great friend, and an excellent artist. Check him out here!

Day 8 of Voting!!!

I forgot to remind you guys yesterday, but Day 8 of voting is here, brought to you by the two newest crupcakes in the family.

Only 7 more days of voting!

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Voting Day 5!!!

Day 5 of voting is brought to you by Enid, an awesome toy of an awesome character I gifted to myself last nite!

Only 10 more days of voting!

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Voting Day 4!!!

Day 4 of voting is brought to you by this green crupcake.

Only 11 more days of voting!

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Voting Day 3!

Hey guys! Tired of me yet? Only 12 more days of my daily voting status updates!

Day 3 of voting is today!

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Aw yiss!!

I don't think you guys ever saw this one, it was one of my few non-digital pieces. Done with pencil, ink, and marker. I love that blood-orange color lately.

Voting Day 2!!

Hey guys! Day 2 of voting is today!

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Aw yiss!!

P.S. My posts would probably look better if I posted at least a sketch or something, so I'll try to do you guys better by that throughout this month of voting!!

.....actually, here you go. Day 2 photo of my dog dressed up as a Mochi!

Voting for the RAW Artist Awards!

Hey Guys! Voting for RAW Artists has started today! Please go to my page http://www.rawartists.org/mochibaby and vote for me once a day. All you have to do is sign up ONCE on the RAW page, and after that, you can return everyday and vote for me!! Thank yous!! Please help me win!!

It's a little confusing, but you go to my page, then look for the link in the middle that says "LOGIN" or "REGISTER" and then go from there, remember I'm on the page as Mochi Baby

Terrarium!!??

Hey guys, trying to get back on the blogging train again :-), so I'll keep it nice and short.

I tried to do my best documenting this foray of mine into this new craft, so here goes!

My starting materials

With this bunny

And some of this moss

I started out with this round jar for him, but things got a little crowded, and in the end, you couldn't see everything as well as I wanted them seen, so I switched containers.

That was when I decided to switch everything to this smaller but more open square container, and in the end, I really like how it came out.

I ended up turning this round jar into a beach home for this little turtle! It's a lot plainer and more simple than the first, but I'm pretty happy with this outcome as well.

Pray for Peace and Love in Space!!

This new piece is for the Cube Gallery's new "Lost in Space" themed show, enjoy!!

Coooohhlerrrrrrr Yeeeeaaaauuhhhhh!!!

This is for an art show at the Cube Gallery. I will take pics there on Friday!

New Website Layout!

And now all I gotta do is slice it up and code it! Woo Hoo!

Spaced Out!

Something I did for fun, and will be cleaning up and coloring for the STOK3D! Art show in June!

Crochet Link!

This was a birthday gift for my friend Henry, who is a big fan of the Zelda games! He ended up with no arms and legs or shield because I ran out of time. I find it charming this way though.

Another collaborative effort b/w myself and Rod Ben, this was originally a paper cut out design, so we had to come up with a design where all of the white was touching somehow, since that would be the paper. Needless to say, we had waaaay too many little spots in there to make it a paper cut out, so it just became a print. Enjoy!

Killamari and Sticky Baby!

Here is the first collaboration I've done with another artist, my good friend Rod!

Drawing by him, color by me.

TOtally forgot about my recent art collaboration!

Hey! So. Yeah! I totally forgot about this recent (well not that recent anymore) art collaboration I did with one of my co-workers, and really great friend, Pierre Cerrato. Check him out, then come back for this post.

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So this whole art collaboration thing started from when I saw one of my other buddies' sketches (Rod Ben, go there too and come back). I was instantly "I NEED TO COLOR THAT". So I did my thing and took it to illustrator. Considering we are big fans of one another's work, it only made sense to do this! I will be posting mine and Rod's tomorrow.

So for this one, I drew it, and he colored it. It came out so wonderful. I loves it!

Wedding Pic for Fun!

A simple little illustration I did shortly before we bought a Cintiq. Sigh...mouse memories. haha

Also, no, I'm not getting married, but if you saw the amount of wedding magazines I have, you'd probably be concerned. Wedding magazines, however, have the best stuff! They have awesome inspiration ideas for anything you want to design, from really cool invitations to decorations and stuff. Its a really great source, and it doesn't take much to steer it away from being too much like it could be in a wedding. Give it a try!

New Updates!

Just something I did for fun.

Hi Guys!

So, I know every couple of months or so, I post a new entry and say I'm going to try to stay updated, post more, yada yada yada, and it never gets done. But now, I am seriously going to try to stay true to my word. For one thing, I had a strange Sunday one day, and just up and cancelled my web hosting and deleted my website, designbychi.com. Soooooo now that doesn't exist anymore, and I ended up going with a different host, and now my new domain is mochibaby.com. Random? Yes. Do I regret it? Not really. That old website was made in 2009, meaning I had old pictures up, and it was all really to graduate and get a job with type of thing. I felt like I've grown as an artist, and being in a great job and position as I am now, I can now really focus on what I want my branding to be as an artist. Still working on the new site, but check back soon for a launch. I will definately have a post for that!