In this photo are some of the other pets Mellie has done, if you look carefully there is an original photo of Cody and right next to it is his portrait!
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| Photo Courtesy of Heartfull Pets |
She also used the photo on the left that is rather blurry right here, but I love the finished portrait which is on the right.
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| Photo Courtesy of Heartfull Pets |
Isn't it just great! I asked Mellie to share some info about herself and here you go, in her own words!
I've always loved art,
but stopped considering myself an artist because I don't think photorealism
is much fun - I have my own style. This fall, while working at Pet360
(I managed the network site, the PetMD email newsletter and did all
the conference artwork (print and web) for last year's BlogPawsConference as well as installing network ad tags and pretty
much anything else they
needed :) , since a few of my coworkers (fellow "Pack"
members) would bring their pups into the
office, I finally decided to use them as
inspiration and started doing portraits in my spare time at home and gifting them to
my coworkers. As word spread around the office, I
started getting requests
and gladly creating them!
I started (sheepishly)
posting my work on my personal Facebook page, and started getting
commissions from friends and acquaintances, especially around the holiday
season.
It's something I really
enjoy, and I love that people seem to really appreciate them. I just started playing around with putting
portraits on wooden necklaces into
which I drill holes and attach string and clasps, and
they've gotten rave
reviews so far, as well!
You can find me here:
http://facebook.com/HeartfullPets
https://www.etsy.com/shop/HeartFullPetPortrait
I am on Instagram as myself but usually post in-progress and/or final
portrait pics:
http://instagram.com/mellietest
VISIT THE BLOG HOP HERE!
This is so lovely! Mommy is gonna visit and bookmark the site!
ReplyDeleteCody, that is an awesome portrait of you!
ReplyDeleteCody we love it.
ReplyDeleteHave a super Saturday.
Best wishes Molly
That is cool stuff, very cool stuff!! I am going to check that out later myself and Cody you do photograph well pal! I like the art because it literally looks like a cartoon you can almost hear Cody purring-MOL.
ReplyDeleteWE think she did a great job on Cody. She does really well. We will check it out. Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great picture!
ReplyDeletePurrs xx
Athena and Marie
Oh mu gosh....I LOOOOOVE this!!! Mellie is so talented and has a beautiful style!!! I would absolutely LOVE to have a portrait of Katie & Waffles!!! ...must check out her Etsy site!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful find...Thank you for sharing this!!!
Wow! Super flattered! I remember seeing you at the BP Conference last year - love your designs! :)
DeleteWhat a cool portrait of Cody! It's lovely! Mellie is truly talented! :-) xoxo
ReplyDeleteCody you a lucky ... it's a very nice portrait of you. I love it !
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Hisia
That's beautiful. I will go take a look at her site now.
ReplyDeleteOh I will have to go check that out! That is a SUPER PAWsome portrait of you Cody!!!!!! I just LOVE it!!!!!!! Happy caturday!
ReplyDeleteღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!
LOVE this and will check out her shop.
ReplyDeleteWow! Just wow! I really like that. I love her style. She puts a lot of care into her work and it shows. It is just beautiful. I understand what she means about not being contented with "photo" type art. I love how she expresses her own style. Just great :-)
ReplyDeleteHugs you guys!
Great picture!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE her work! And like her I do not like photo-realism, but I have caved and so alot of that kind of painting.
ReplyDeleteI'm so flattered! Thank you for the kind words! :)
DeleteShe is so talented!. What a wonderful portrait of Cody...what a treasure that is to have!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic piece of art!
ReplyDeleteSo awesome! I've always wanted portraits done of my cats. Thank you for sharing! Cody's portrait looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteCody looks so cool! Love it :)
ReplyDeleteWow, that is so cool! Mellie did a great job. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is super cool Cody!
ReplyDeleteCody, my man! You look fantastic in your portrait. Is Dakota jealous, tee hee!
ReplyDeleteThat was pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful. Of course Cody's is my favorite.
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That is pawtastic! I know Mellie! TW annoyed the hell out of her when she put the code on my blog. It was embarrassing. Concats on the win. Cody came great.
ReplyDeleteMOL you didn't annoy me! Oh my! I am so flattered! I still join BlogPaws chats because I miss working with that amazing team.
ReplyDeleteAn awesome style of portrait....how lucky is Cody!
ReplyDeletewhat a fun take on the theme, and Mellie is very talented! so very cool you got one!
ReplyDeleteWow Cody has a twin :-)
ReplyDeleteWow, that is fantastic, love the portrait!
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