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I like those characters, they look so friendly.
Nice work and I hope the book will be a best-seller!

nice portrait, mike, well done!

Hi Mike, this is such a great picture of Bearuh! I've missed seeing your work here and hope you feel better really soon!

Amazing work Mike! I adore it!

She looks fantastic! I love her expression and hair! ...and her tiny little mole. Beautiful!

We missed you, Mike :')

Glad to see ya back Mike!! Get to feeling better. Awesome Bearuh illo by the way.

lovely pic. i've also been down with bronchitis for 5 weeks, getting 'cabin fever' now, wish you well.

I LOVEEEE IT! :D I should print this and get it framed :D

Thank you for the link! I will watch the full movie as soon as I have time. The first few minutes reminded me of 'Koyaanisqatsi' by Godfrey Reggio. I can also highly recommend the website TED.com, if you would like to watch talks of people that try to make this world a better place for all of us.

This movie is tough. I watched it with my husband about a month ago and not only I was petrified, but also I had nightmares... The first part is terrific and the last one leaves you flabbergasted. Wow!

Ya I was in complete shock when I watched this.. Of course there are parts I am not sure if I believe in(I do believe in God)... but wow.. I had no idea that the USA is merging with Canada and Mexico!

ok.. I really need to crop it so there is not so much white space.. but Im on my laptop and that would take forever.. so sorry guys!

lol I think I know her XD

It's awesome, Bearuh. I love each tiny detail, her smile, her glasses, her pink cheeks... it's adorable :')

Did you make it in Painter?

Great job Bearuh! I especially like how you've drawn her glasses! =)

great work Bearuh!...love her expression...i think i know her...would it be my good friend Pati?!
amazing!

OMG THIS IS SOOO COOL PATI!!!! THANKS!!!! Aw I even have the Monday Artday birds on my shirt!! And my cute little bear ears!! YAY!!

:D

Aww, another awesome portrait Pati! I know many of us are so grateful to Bearuh for all she's done and continues to do for this group and the ATC group. =)

great portrait! love her little bear ears...so cute!

oh yes...we are so grateful to Bearuh for keeping Monday Artday up! THANKSSS!

Nice Bearuh! I wonder what are you going to sale and even the crocs showed up!

Love the "anger and me" book for the bear and the nutcracker for the squirrel. Did you stamp the background to get the pattern on the page?

This is adorable...I love all the characters..sooo cutee..I think I like the little blue bird the best :P

Thanks guys!! Glad you like it!! ella.. no I did not really stamp it.. I used a brush in photoshop. I recommend brush eezy for free brushes!!

ha this is really great! I like the blanket for the pig and the bear and the monkey.. well all of them!

Cute! But, uh... I don't think I like the way the doggie is holding his bone. A-hem.

These are sooooo cute! Love them! And get your mind out of the gutter, Mike! LOL :) Doggie DOES look a little, well, ya' know!

ohhh man!!!! too cute! havta SIT DOWN...getting dizzy. MOUSE with CHEESE GRATER! ALLIGATOR with TOOTHBRUSH! ohmygawwddd....very very cute, bear! :)))

Awww... they all are so adorable that I want to eat them ;)

Aww, so adorable! I love each one of these characters! This would be so cute to post up at any garage/yard sale, with your words "...everyone can find something useful!"

THANKS EVERYONE!!! And ya.. the doggy does sorta look well.. you know.. but I really did not feel like fixing it LOL

Aww this is so cute and wonderful Bearuh. Love it!

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!

HIS ELBOWS SCARE ME, BEAR! :)))

wonderfullll one! love the yellow...his eyes! :)

Definitely scary! The blue eyes with the yellow background really do the job.

lol I think I've seem him in the metro ;)

His elbows scare me too.. LOL!!!!!!! Well I was watching a scary movie when I made this.. The hills have eyes.. freaky movie!!! Thanks guys for the comments!

Nice drawing. Are you sure he doesn't have rabies??? I'm afraid he needs more than a shave...

LOL!!!!!!!!!!

very good idea bearuh, and soooo funny!

Great illo Bearuh! Um, yeah I agree he definately needs more than a shave! =)

oh no.....he's gonna feel cold without the beard!

Is that you???

suppose to be, except I really dont wear bear ears everywhere LOL

Hey Bearuh! those are awesome news! and so happy!!!! thanks God they are all fine... : )
hope they recover very soon!

I am SO happy for you, Bearuh!!! Big hugs to you!!! :D

Bearuh, this is extremely good news. Very happy for you and your family.

Bearuh, that is awesome!!! I'm so glad your family is doing well!

Thank you everyone for your support!

Bearuh, this's great news!!! I am so happy for you and your family!!! Best wishes ^.^

Congratulations on the good news! My father died of cancer, so I'm very happy for you that it turned out to be something else!

222222!!! i like wide open spaces, no channels. i feel a bit bottled in the way it is now....and, i'm with sully (HA!!!) the text is better white. :))

i'm with frog. i don't car for the closed-in look.
i love the website, though.

i agree with both of them :)

I think either way is fine, my only ish sometimes is its difficult to scroll through and see the latest updates, some seem to get lost in the scroll. Maybe its just me. But I dont have to update it all the time either, so I'm just happy to be here. Where's the food table by the way?

I like the color frame. But it needs more cellpadding on each side - I would take your background image and make the inside color at least another 20 pixels wider.

Also, this blog should showcase the contributors. We love the interviews but they should be on a separate page so we aren't scrolling forever to see the next piece. And I like those interview graphics in the sidebar but they serve no purpose. They should link to the interview! No need for text links.

Is there a way to alphabetize the contributor list and put it in a drop-down menu?

And I'm not so sure about that new rating system. With the diverse styles, it's not so fair to compare them, and that anyone could vote anonymous, it could be abused. We have a great big love-fest here and if we don't give a 4 or 5 star rating we won't give a rating at all so it's kind of a moot point anyway.

Lastly, we all love you to pieces for all your hard work in running this site. You are awesome to the nth power! xoxo!

hello everyone! what a change! i've been busy this week & now that i've returned find this blog so different...change is good, & these are some points i consider could help:
- chat is a great idea!
- i prefer a wider central space
- i guess the rating system is not necesary + it makes the lower info related to each post unorganized and difficult to read (name, no. comments, etc)
- i totally agree that interviews should be on a separate page
- i like the interviews' graphics but only if they serve as direct link to their respective pages

+ independently of the look...this site is great...thanks to Bearuh ;) and to all the nice people that participate
chaoooo... :)

Thanks so much guys!!! I agree on making it wider.. Im workin on it. I see hwat you mean about the voting system.. I will take it off! I was not very sure about it. I will put interviews on a seperate page from now on.. maybe a whole new blog? Then maybe have the interview pics in a scroll box if its possible that link to the other blog. and mike.. alphabetize the contributor list... I have thought the same exact thing. There probably is a way.. just gotta figure the way out.. It automatically puts the names there so maybe I can take the code and make it automatically put it in a drop down... Hope I can figure that one out cause its a huge list and takes up a ton of space. Thanks everyone!!!! The changes may not take place right away but soon!

yay, bearuh! :)

It would be cool if you could set it up so that the authors are categorized so that they are findable and all their stuff shows together.

I still have trouble with the colors. There is no error on a mac, but browsers show things slightly different. I am using firefox. I think the background in the main column are still really hard to read so it makes it very user-unfriendly to look at. There isn't enough contrast between the text and the background. Either white on black/gray/brown or black/gray/brown on white. I know you've been using white text in your posts so people could recognize you, but I'm not sure anybody really ever cuaght on to that. Your name is at the bottom of the post. Maybe you could use your name in the title or a logo to show proof that you are posting instead so we really notice it.

I think it's an improvement!

Hmmm... there's so many. How about Andi Butler, AKA - Mrs. B.?

Mrs. B. Illustration

hanks for the dates Bearuh

Ok, here's who I'm curious to know more about.

Steve Morrison - http://www.stevemorrisonillustration.com/

Stilos - http://ystilos.blogspot.com/

Very different styles, both very talented.

thanks you 2! I invited all of them to participate in interviews so we will wait and see how they respond!

Yes, so many... here are a few:

Ronell Van Wyk
http://rnllvanwyk.blogspot.com

Keri Smith
http://www.kerismith.com

Amanda Woodward
http://www.anders.ca/amanda

Penelope Dullaghan
http://penelopeillustration.com

Irisz Agocs
http://www.artistamuvek.blogspot.com/

I like it. It's certianly eyecatching. I think it gets the message across.

I like the splatters. Them doggies am der cutest!!! :>

As for web design - what *would* represent professional web design? If I was looking for a web designer, I'd want one that was creative - and this certainly shows that. :)

Hey! Think you'll win the stationary design challenge this week? ;)

Im SOOOO gonna win.. ;)

This is really good! I'd use it if I were you. (I agree...I think you have a chance at winning!)

I am definitely diggin the textures an splatters!

Haha I hope you know I am kidding about winning.. I made the site ;)

Thanks guys glad you all like it!

I absolutely LOVE this! I think it's perfect for web design as it gives a great idea of the character of your work and that would be enough for me!

Yeah, I knew that (you made the site)! Just playing along with ya' ;) I really do like this, though!

Wonderful!

I love the character..it's quite cute! and it gives a strong image of your work..the colours are very nice also!

Thanks everyone! You all are the best!!!