love and loss

So you know how my dog was diagnosed with cancer in early August?
Yesterday, she was really suffering and coming to the end of her life, so we had to put her down.
That was one of the hardest things I have had to go through.
I've had her since I was 6, so she's been my canine companion for most of my life. I know this sounds silly and cliche, but she was like a sister to me.

I seriously don't want to be at home because it reminds me of her. But don't worry, I'm not as depressed as this blog entry sounds. ;)
This is just a rough patch in my life, and she will always be a part of me and my artwork.
-Mika Elan
P.S: Mika is actually the name of my dog ♥

magic luck friendship ♥

Wow. It's been a looooong time.

Ok, so as you might or might not know, I love kidrobot. This store contains not just its own merchandise, but also numerous other artistic toys, clothing, bags, and books. One of these other labels is Friends With You.

FWY is an amazing company. The Miami-based artists that created this brand have done an outstanding job promoting Friends With You through toys, art, apparel, film, and events. If only I could go to Miami and see Rainbow City, an art installation in Miami's Design District, or go to Taiwan to see the massive Field of Dreams art piece on the side of a building in the city of Taipei.

Rainbow City in Miami, Florida

Field of Dreams in Taipei, Taiwan

And to show how much I love this brand, I even have my very own Malfi toy. ;)

Here's the link (again): http://www.friendswithyou.com/

passion for fashion

Haven't blogged in a while. :(
In other news, the season finale of Project Runway was so disappointing. It was clearly obvious who the TRUE winner should have been! *cough* Mondo *cough*

I loved Mondo's collection the best out of the three, but alas he didn't win. In fact, the judges were split with their opinions. Ultimately, Gretchen won with her bohemian style clothing (shown below).

In other fashion news, I found another awesome website called Garmz. On this site, aspiring designers can show they're fashion sketches and hopefully rack up points from other designers. When the design gets a lot of hype, it is the considered to be made into an actual garment, and it will eventually be sold on the website.

Of course I have an account on there: http://www.garmz.com/mika-elan/cheshire-cat-coctail-dress

If you join, please vote for my design! ;)

adorable monsters

Don't worry! I haven't forgotten about my artist recognition spree. I'll do that later.

So, last year I was super bored and searched "virtual game" on Google.
Up came this really cute website called Moshi Monsters. It's a virtual pet site.

Basically, you create a free account and receive a pet, or monster, of your choice. The creatures are frankly too cute for words, even the little drooling zombie. Now, for some privileges you need to pay a fee, but you can have fun anyways.
Here's the website: www.moshimonsters.com/
Enjoy ;)

artistic inspirations

If you hadn't known already, I am on http://www.deviantart.com/. Here's mah link: http://www.mikamoo2u2.deviantart.com/
There are a lot of true artists on deviantArt. I really would like to acknowledge them, and hopefully they will look at my blog lol. ;)
Well, here they are!

Bigmouth Strikes Again by Ryan Steven Martin (ToLiveAndDieInLA)

http://www.toliveanddieinla.deviantart.com/ and http://ryanstevenmartin.com/

Velvet by Lois Van Baarle (Loish)

http://loish.deviantart.com/, http://blog.loish.net/, and http://loish.net/

Hesychasm by Emmanuel Laflamme (quartertofour)

http://quartertofour.deviantart.com/ and http://www.quartertofour.net/index.html

"Waiter, by Nomi Chi (God of Insects)

http://www.nomi-chi.com/, http://god-of-insects.deviantart.com/, and http://nomi-chi.blogspot.com/

Something's Wrong Here by Lauren Henderson (Luve)

http://luve.deviantart.com/ and http://laurenhendersonart.blogspot.com/

Little Elephant Collectors by Aaron Jasinski

http://jasinski.deviantart.com/, http://jasinskiart.blogspot.com/ and http://jasinskiart.tumblr.com/

Pablito by Filippo and Giacomo Consolati

http://echoes83.deviantart.com/ and http://ekoesblog.blogspot.com/

Fleshing Out by Jason Levesque (stuntkid)

http://stuntkid.deviantart.com/ and http://blog.stuntkid.com/?page_id=22

And see his wife's artwork here: http://blog.lizzelizzel.com/

That's all I'm doing so far. I will post more artists later!

Enjoy and Explore mah peeps. ;)

fashion vs. fashion

So yeah. I haven't been posting. Sorry.

Anyways, I have been thinking about fashion and what is "fashion." For me, fashion is the newest, greatest, and most outrageous clothing, accessories, etc.
Also, fashion is in the eye of the beholder. Some people think trendy clothing is fashionable, whereas I think individualistic pieces are much more so.
For example: My friends think Lady Gaga's style is insane. I think it's amazing and artistsic. Most teens my age think "normal" clothes from Forever 21 are cool. Forever 21 is ok, but I love Kidrobot.
So because I don't view fashion the same way others do, that means I'm not cool or popular?
It's strange how people think everything is either normal and abnormal. I think things are cloned or unique.

Just a thought. ;)

By the way, can someone please tell me what's going on with "My Generation" on ABC?
And if you don't know Kidrobot here's their site: http://www.kidrobot.com/

twitter is SO not overrated

I have a TWITTER account: www.twitter.com/mikamoo2u2
Yeah, I am that cool.
So I was on there the other day and I noticed I have officially FIVE followers. I was so ecstatic. Now I have three. It turns out two of them were really set up to get me to travel to Las Vegas. That sentence had a lot of "to"s.
Anyways, I looked up each one and two of them really made me feel awesome inside:
1. https://twitter.com/StevexWilliams
2. https://twitter.com/cardelicious
And yes, they are actual people.
Steve owns a company called "Lolita-Girl" which sells '50s and pin-up inspired clothing.

Here's the link: http://www.lolitagirlstore.com/ Their clothing is really cute! You gotta check it out! ;)
Raed owns a company called "Cardelicious" which sells awesome greeting cards.

Here's the site: http://www.cardelicious.com/ There are even cards with BEING HUMAN peeps!
Anyways, I just really wanted to talk about them cuz I ACTUALLY HAVE FOLLOWERS!
Enjoy mah peeps ;)
There are 7 "to"s in this blog entry. Not bad. Not bad at all.