I've finished designing and submitting my New Art Book "The Book of Doodles"! It is NOW available for sale on Amazon.com and other booksellers. Please check it out and leave stars and reviews if you've bought the book! Thanks a bunch you guys!
http://www.amazon.com/Book-Doodles-Mike-Cressy/dp/1448682649/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256416735&sr=8-13

Three of four Art Calendars available now for purchase. You can view every months image on the site and then buy a copy. Buy some for gifts. Everyone needs to know what day it is, why not make it pleasant for them?
http://www.redbubble.com/people/mikecressy/calendars
-MC
My first Art Book "Monito Hermoso", A collection of paintings Vol. 1 by Mike Cressy is still available at any bookseller.
Most of the images from both books are available as prints on this very site!
Check out my new BLOG at: http://mikecressy.blogspot.com/
Comments are welcome!!

http://www.amazon.com/Monito-Hermoso-Vol-Mike-Cressy/dp/0615206662/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218912859&sr=8-1


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My NEW Blog:

http://mikecressy.blogspot.com/
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Drop by and say hello at my other hangouts on the web:

http://mikecressy.blogspot.com/

http://MikeCressy.imagekind.com/

http://twitter.com/mikecressy

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Here's the interview from a couple of years ago:
http://designinspiration.blogspot.com/2007/01/mike-cressy.html

If you'd rather listen to an interview that I did back then, here's the link:
http://www.cindycenter.com/MikeCFinal.mp3

A humble lad really. From deep in the bowels of Detroit I sprang. Greek roots from the old country. 2nd generation. Worked in the car factories until I saved enough to make my excape to the west (left) coast. Hunkered down in Los Angeles for a number of years learning my craft as an artist so that one day I could make a splash (more like a piddle really.) in the art world.
I met up with some well seasoned lads from the old school. Ren Wicks, Bill Robles (Bill is still among us.) , Nick Galloway, Neil Boyle and Larry Salk. All well known in their day for their creativity. They taught me all I know about the business. We were known then as Group West.
Having had that training, I made my way in the commercial art world. Then I got married, moved to Seattle and started working in the computer game industry, just because there was a lot of money to be made there and they hired artists.
Then I got divorced.
Free as a bird I went from company to company, making my mark over and over again. With a place like Microsoft there were chances to do that over and over again. A great place if you get on with people. Even computer people. (wink)
These days I'm back at doing my own art and trying to make a go at it. Check out me new website and send me a note. www.mikecressy.com
Some of my influences are: William Joyce, Glenn Barr, Kevin Hawkes, Robert Williams, Berkeley Breathed, Chip Kidd, Bruce Timm, Shag, J. Otto Seibold, Art Spiegelman, Francoise Mouly, Steve Johnson, Lou Fancher, Gary Baseman, Mike Mignola.
Always nice to make new friends I say.

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