michael villegas

Jan 14, 2008

Jan 11, 2008

Little did they know...

...that they would suffer a tragic death last night at my birthday party.

They will be missed AND remembered. (Thanks for that one, T-Rock)

Jan 10, 2008

Mikronology (Happy Birthday to me!)

Mikronology is patterned after the Dendrochronology method.

After counting the rings, it is determined that as of today, Mike is 33. Happy Birthday to me!

My age is the same number as my pant size. This will not be a trend...

Jan 9, 2008

No Loading Zone

Jan 8, 2008

Crumbling Value Zone

Jan 7, 2008

100%...

BS... :-)

I've been on a brain kick lately. At least I'm using it now...

Click on image for a closer view...

Jan 4, 2008

Sour Milk

Idea: I really don't have any special way on how I come up with images. If I "think" of something to draw, I won't be able to come up with something. But, if I hear a certain phrase, or an image projects itself in my head, my brain starts to spin and spits an idea out.

For this image, I saw a picture of a cow, my brain entered spin cycle, it added and subtracted, and came up with a cow drinking a glass of milk.

Jan 3, 2008

Rock Treatment

Concept: Hard water is annoying. This sounds better...

And for some weird reason, the sound of teeth scraping against a rock makes my skin crawl. Hmmm. Strange indeed.

Jan 2, 2008

Main power source

Jan 1, 2008

Here I Come, 2008...

Happy New Year!

Best wishes to all! Personally, I plan to work very hard, and continue to lay the road to my goal: a career as an illustrator!

Dec 31, 2007

Soar

Yearning to fly...

Concept: Unable to sleep due to my horrendous cough, I laid there in bed, thinking of this weeks Illustration Friday word, "soar". I immediately thought, "Boy, if I were an ostrich, it would drive me nuts that I couldn't fly." So, I've given an ostrich a chance to soar.

Though, I don't think this one will have much time to enjoy it...

Dec 28, 2007

Fecal Matter

The area of your brain that gives you shitty ideas...

Concept: I was doing mind-numbingly boring work today, so as I concentrated on everything but what I was doing, I began to imagine a place where bad ideas come from. I thought to myself, "Well, I've had plenty of shitty ideas, so there has to be a place in the brain where they emanate from."

So I did a little math, carried the 2, and came up with "Fecal Matter".

Dec 27, 2007

Shallow End

Dec 26, 2007

What's in the box?!

Not my most favorite idea, in terms of taste, but, it was in my head, so I went with it...

Based on the movie Se7en...

Dec 25, 2007

Merry Christmas

May God bless you and your family.

Dec 24, 2007

It's that cold...

Dec 21, 2007

Perpetual Nourishment

I think a big problem with my work is that I don't tell a story with my images. There has to be a narrative. I've fallen into the trap of just combining objects to make a "creative" image.

I'm going to start telling stories with my images (hopefully), and I think that will make my work richer. Thanks for listening to me complain!

ps...of course, I don't want to concentrate TOO hard on telling a story. I also get caught up in "thinking" too much, and end up not producing anything. I spin a web, then get caught in it....