Messy Miss C

New address

2011-07-07T04:58:00.000-07:00

You can now find me here

This blog has now been closed

2010-12-31T02:09:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! I started this blog almost two years ago. And it's been a quite a ride since then. Many things have happened and I feel I've grown and learned few lessons. This blog has done its part and I'm very thankful for it. But time has come for a change. I will be closing this blog ( I will not delete it so anyone can still browse through it), but I will not stop blogging so stay tuned for some surprises. Have a New Year filled with lots of joy, creativity, inspiration and fulfilled dreams! :)

My second Handmade Fair

2010-11-08T11:13:00.000-08:00

Heya guys! So I've made it through my second Handmade Fair. There was a good response to my stuff especially from the kids - they are amazing in their comments and joy :) I feel that every time I'm learning something new and making new friends. Looking forward to the next one on the 12th Nov - next Friday! :D Now pics!

My youngest customer - the boy - he bought the monster for the girl - so cuuute! :)

ARTE Fair again

2010-11-04T02:00:00.000-07:00

Heya everyone! Will have a table filled with fun stuff tomorrow at the ARTE Fair! Stop by if you get the chance! :D

new tee design

2010-10-26T01:16:00.000-07:00

The big day

2010-10-08T13:45:00.001-07:00

And so I've made it to my first Handmade Fair! It was a very interesting experience - some lessons, some new ideas, some really nice and talented people and really good friends! Thanks everyone who supported me and everyone who stopped by and took time to check out my stuff. :)

Handmade Fair

2010-10-07T21:40:00.000-07:00

Monsters with mustaches, paintings that talk and t-shirts that smile. You can get all of them at Times Square on Sheik Zayed Road Dubai, today between 12 and 7. This is the first time that I'm participating at the Handmade Fair and boy, am I excited. :) Hope too see many familiar faces today. See you! :)

henna

2010-08-22T05:59:00.000-07:00

Here is my first attempt at henna art. i've been asked to do it for a lady that was getting married the next day. It took one and a half hours and it wasn't easy since henna takes some practice to get used with applying it. In the end she was happy and that made me happy :)

make pretty

2010-08-22T04:50:00.000-07:00

3 quilting classes :)

Ice cream...

2010-07-23T08:27:00.000-07:00

Character Design with Stephen Silver

2010-07-11T06:40:00.000-07:00

I've recently started a course on Schoolism - Character Design with Stephen Silver. He's a really cool guy and accomplished character designer with self-published books and shows as "Kim Possible", "Danny Phantom" and Kevin Smith's "Clerks" the animated series under his belt.
This is our first assignment -Jerry Loomy - used car salesman boss. So far, I'm loving the course, especially since we get one to one feedback on our work.

Carbon footprint

2010-06-24T01:25:00.000-07:00

Juan, the hairstylist

2010-06-22T03:44:00.001-07:00

Monster rock

2010-06-18T05:31:00.000-07:00

After a long time, I've finally managed to submit a new design to Threadless. They're the monsterz family. Enjoy! :) Vote for them to help get them printed and out in the world. They love traveling :)

Wedding invitation

2010-06-18T05:28:00.001-07:00

A friend of a friend was in need of a wedding invitation. Here is where I come in :)
Casa de piatra guys! :)

My MEGA

2010-06-02T02:24:00.000-07:00

MEGA is the first urban toy designed by an Emirati. 100 artists customized one MEGA each and the exhibition helped launch it on 26th of May at Dubai International Financial Center.

Bilgi Dubai

2010-05-30T02:30:00.000-07:00

The Turkish Diving Group in Dubai asked me to help them with a logo for the community. So here it is :)

Boo

2010-05-13T13:46:00.000-07:00

3D

2010-05-13T13:03:00.000-07:00

No entry

2010-05-13T12:17:00.000-07:00

Not having access to Flickr becomes more bearable when I see this cute illo. For those of you who don't know, this is a character from Freej - the Middle East's first 3D animated series,FREEJ is the tale of four old national women living in a secluded neighborhood in modern day Dubai

tomato and cheese

2010-05-12T14:01:00.000-07:00

Moleskine sketch 2

2010-04-12T12:12:00.000-07:00

MerMaid

2010-04-10T02:48:00.001-07:00

Another design for Threadless - hope you'll enjoy and vote for me to help me get it printed. Comments are always more than welcomed :) Thanks!

Moleskine Monters

2010-04-08T02:37:00.000-07:00

So I've finnaly started using my new Moleskine. Here's the first doodle.

White Picket Fence

2010-04-07T08:43:00.000-07:00

Now everyone can have it! From Wikipedia: A picket fence, ideally white, is seen by some as a symbol of the ideal middle-class suburban life, with a family, children, large house and peaceful living.

Looking forward

2010-04-07T06:43:00.000-07:00

Ive decided to help this blog help me. Im going to focus more on concepts on top of my normal doodles and stuff - nothing fancy, just more doodles. It's an exercise of trying to change my thinking routine. Here's the first one, appropriately named 'Looking Forward'. Don't you start keepin track now! :)

not this time

2010-04-06T02:31:00.000-07:00

Ive submitted this design to Threadless Havianas Contest but it got rejected. It's the first time one of my designs gets rejected but it's a lesson for dumb yours truly and whoever wants to submit designs to contests - read the conditions and know what you can and cannot do! My design was on full t-shirt, but you could only do that in one color. Now I know.

Industrial genie

2010-03-30T08:24:00.000-07:00

Mustache men

2010-03-22T22:22:00.000-07:00

New design up on threadless and ready to receive your votes :)

my first handmade clutch purse :)

2010-03-08T23:38:00.000-08:00

For the love of shoes

2010-02-21T05:36:00.000-08:00

My design is up for scoring! Time to show your love! Thanks a bunch! :)

Heya everyone! I've just submitted this design to threadless. It's for the given theme - Tom's one day without shoes. It's still waiting for approval, but when it gets it (hopefully) would really appreciate your support :) Thanks so much!

missy's mess :)

2010-02-19T07:16:00.001-08:00

chain reaction

2010-02-11T02:34:00.000-08:00

contortionist

2010-02-11T02:32:00.000-08:00

Parenthesis

2010-02-02T06:02:00.000-08:00

From 'up in the air', one of the best movies in a long time.

measure yourself

2010-01-26T22:23:00.000-08:00

Line from 'Bucket list', i love. :)

Clear

2010-01-22T08:03:00.001-08:00

brand new day

2010-01-17T03:29:00.001-08:00

old drawings

2010-01-08T04:26:00.000-08:00

Heart beater

2010-01-07T03:17:00.000-08:00

Wake up

2010-01-07T01:58:00.000-08:00

Nasty Santa

2009-12-20T22:44:00.000-08:00

Here is a 'kick ass' wallpaper Ive created for an online competition. It's 1920 X 1200 px. Feel free to use it if you like it.

hello

2009-12-20T04:23:00.001-08:00

My tribal shoes

2009-12-19T00:19:00.000-08:00

Sketching 3

2009-12-18T05:04:00.000-08:00

Just few days till Christmas :)

2009-12-17T11:56:00.000-08:00

Sketching 2

2009-12-17T00:16:00.000-08:00

Sketching

2009-12-13T14:48:00.000-08:00

so much more

2009-12-05T08:48:00.000-08:00

Coffee breaks free

2009-12-01T11:49:00.000-08:00

yoguy

2009-12-01T11:31:00.000-08:00

Here, boy

2009-11-22T06:23:00.000-08:00

Girls

2009-11-16T13:17:00.001-08:00

Done this like a year ago.

Monster attack

2009-11-16T07:08:00.000-08:00

weekend randomness

2009-11-07T13:03:00.000-08:00

posters

2009-11-04T10:38:00.000-08:00

Salma

2009-10-31T15:34:00.000-07:00

And here is Salma, the first defined species of the family.

my little space of joy

2009-10-31T15:13:00.000-07:00

gotcha

2009-10-05T09:54:00.000-07:00

it's random cat day! been drawing cats all day long. this one just spotted a dancing mouse so she's a bit puzzled. :)

sunny

2009-10-04T13:36:00.000-07:00

Here's one more sunglasses illustration. That's cause sunny bright days are on the horizon. ;)

Elle

2009-10-03T12:20:00.000-07:00

There's a new girl in town (the 4th of the family). Her name is Elle and she's the foxiest. Her adoptive mother will be Idil, my friend from Turkey. She's starting a new job tomorrow and this is sort of her 'new job surprise present'. Shhh! :)

Now, few things about Elle.
She's a girly girl girl and enjoys dressing up, down, left and right, making new friends and keeping old ones, nature, getting some sun in a lazy afternoon and doing yoga. She hates cleaning after cooking, watching the news, tantrums, following trends and having lunch from a plastic box.

She can't wait to meet her new mommy and have new and exciting adventures together with her.

T-sirt design

2009-10-03T02:30:00.000-07:00

Heya everyone! Ive been feeling inspired with this style of illustration yesterday and so i got this t-shirt printed. Too bad they can only print the design on a maximum A4 size. But I guess it looks kinda cool for a first t-shirt. :)

sunglasses

2009-10-02T07:05:00.000-07:00

2

2009-09-27T13:46:00.000-07:00

fashion and illustration

2009-09-23T12:14:00.000-07:00

the fashion is theirs, the illustration is mine. it's interesting to start with something more than just a white page :)

Black and white

2009-09-20T00:53:00.000-07:00

Here's a series of marker drawings in a style that I've recently tried out and it's really fun for me to do. Hope you like them as much as I do. :)

more love, less talk

2009-09-20T00:51:00.000-07:00

Yes, it's been a while, but i'm back. :)

love lives here

2009-07-28T14:02:00.000-07:00

Poc

2009-07-26T08:36:00.000-07:00

Meet Poc - the first male of the family. His name is Poc because he is taller than usual creatures of his kind so he always hits his head on door frames and ceilings and stuff. That's why he developed bigger eyes and better vision than the rest of the fellows in his community.
That got him in trouble a few times, but he bravely survived.

Poc hates overly developed muscles, flies, blueberry muffins, torn shoes and awkward silence. He totally enjoys body scrub, walking on the treadmill, listening to late 90's music hits, slumber parties and red framed glasses.

Poc was adopted by Mayura. He went on to becoming a famous music producer and philanthropist. He married outside his species and had 2 kids.

My body rejects you

2009-06-25T07:44:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Its been a while since I've last posted something. Figured Silvia would count as many many posts ;P
Anyway, here is a new one - Amit came up with this line while we were talking about puking :) Check out his blogs. None of them will make u puke, but they'll surely make u laugh or/and think. ;)

Silvia

2009-06-01T14:24:00.000-07:00

Maddy did have to wait a while, but here she is - her newest friend - Silvia. She is a bundle of sweetness - loves ladybugs, flip flops, sunny spring days, sweet corn and long hugs. She hates washing dishes, waking up too early, briani, dandruff and cat hair when it's anywhere else but on the cat.

Maddy

2009-05-23T10:29:00.000-07:00

Meet Maddy. She's my first toy creation. Yeeeeeey!
I didn't think I have it in me. Sewing I mean. :) Anyway, it's amazing what an old t-shirt and some patience can do. I'm really proud and happy she's made it into the world. She loves mascara, pretty underwear, summer vacation and grilled cheese. She hates grumpy people, truth or dare, almonds and hair gel. And all she needs now are some friends.

we'll always

2009-05-20T03:25:00.000-07:00

Guess the movie. No, it's not another XXX tape of Paris Hilton. :)

you complete

2009-05-19T11:09:00.000-07:00

Thought would be interesting to start and illustrate some famous movie quotes. Hmm...what to do next? Any suggestions?

words of wisdom

2009-05-18T07:05:00.001-07:00

best things

2009-05-17T08:23:00.000-07:00

and another one after work...
not a bad thing to keep telling yourself once you've already finished your months' salary :)

let's

2009-05-17T03:17:00.000-07:00

Just little something i've done in my lunch break. Yup, more drawing, less food - that's my new diet! ;)

never give up

2009-05-15T06:51:00.000-07:00

just a quick reminder :)

fashionably illustrated

2009-05-13T10:23:00.000-07:00

Did this few months ago when i suddenly felt the need to try this style of illustration. It was just like craving for ice cream, but with better looking results :)

one of the things i love the most

2009-05-09T10:45:00.000-07:00

i want

2009-05-09T10:14:00.000-07:00

sort of a little vision/ mission thingy to remind me to go for what i want.

rime it like you mean it

2009-05-09T09:56:00.000-07:00

Thought this is a much much nicer thing to display than the usual - 'please don't touch the merchandise' or such. So Ive reproduced it after seeing it in a store in Ibn Battuta Mall.

call to action

2009-05-06T14:02:00.000-07:00

everybody (redun)dance now

2009-05-06T13:01:00.000-07:00

typogrphy

2009-05-06T12:21:00.000-07:00

linemania

2009-05-06T12:12:00.000-07:00

Here, have some M&Ms

2009-05-06T11:55:00.000-07:00

my little corner of heaven at work

2009-05-06T11:18:00.001-07:00

just some funny random characters i've created to remind me to smile when 'the brifers' invasion starts. and i should look at them more often. oh yeah, bring on the pressure!

Monday birdie

2009-04-05T22:30:00.000-07:00

Got this from my colleague Mayura. She brought it all the way from India. It couldn't fly the poor thing - no wings and wooden body.

Randi

2009-03-17T13:53:00.000-07:00

Heya! Not much of a concept, just a random monster. His name is Randi. He likes escalators, pink bubblegum, boomerangs and pretty shoes. He hates crowded elevators, fake smiles, sun burns and wasting toilet paper.

Never say never

2009-03-14T11:19:00.000-07:00

If you've ever said you're going to do something when pigs fly, well, now's the time. They do! And they're yellow.

PS: My crappy camera takes crappy photos. Yes, I thought it over and no, I'm not the responsible one for the aggressively low quality of the snaps, it's it, it's the camera. Never buy an Olympus 795sw, unless you are a marine biologist and you're only taking photos under water. Actually this photo looks like it has been taken under water, but wait, what would flying pigs do under there...ahhh...nevermind. Enjoy!

Yummy

2009-03-09T04:55:00.000-07:00

Just something silly for today. Felt like seeing happy characters. Happy happy, joy joy! :)

Step 2

2009-03-07T03:26:00.001-08:00

Yeeey! The second post is here! :)
These are some initial illustration I've done for the SweetLane logo. Thought I would document my creative process. Well, I wouldn't call this documenting really, but it's a start. I'll try to post more from the brainstorming and sketching stage for my next projects. Hope you enjoy it! Till next time, keep it level headed and sweet! :)

MMC - The beginning

2009-03-04T09:41:00.001-08:00

Yaycks! The time for a new blog has come. Been postponing many things for many months and since starting a blog is much easier than going to the gym, I thought I'd better stop procrastinating at least on one area of my life. And hopefully this is just the beginning.

Anyhoo, the fact of the matter is that i've decided to actively join the blogosphere again so I could keep more focus on my graphic designer/ illustrator evolution. I was even going to name this blog FocusPocus, but than I figured Messy Miss C. is more me and therefore more appropriate. Yeah, I always make a mess out of everything and this blog is just little something to help me keep that urge at reasonable amounts. No, don't want to get rid of it for good, there is something about being messy that doesn't makes it such an incredibly awful habit to have. Say, like picking your nose in public.

To kick start this new beginning, here is something I've made not so long ago for this cupcake business that needed a logo. Hope you'll enjoy it, I know I did! The purple one is the approved one.
See you soon everyone! Enshala, as they say around these parts of the world. Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, nationality: Romanian.

Not to forget, feedback and comments are always welcomed and much appreciated.
Thank you for visiting!