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Melissa K Fontanini aka MissyKat

is a Digital Artist with degrees from OSU and USC. She's currently working as a freelance 3D Generalist - Artist, Animator, Instructor - as well as focusing on her own tangible art

http://melissafontanini.tumblr.com/

Thursday, March 5, 2015

3D Generalist Demoreel 2015




Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Flashback - some 3D work

Here are a few videos of 3D modeling I did a while ago:











Saturday, February 28, 2015

The Murray Affair: A Bill Murray Art Show

I've been working on this art piece off and on for about 2 months and now it's time for the show!

Bill Murray didn't show up, but I had a great time!  I was interviewed for a documentary, many compliments on my piece, and it was a nice cap to an amazing Saturday!

http://www.themurrayaffair.com/

https://www.facebook.com/events/539918952806913/


Title: "I Feel So Funky"
Mixed media: pastels, charcoal, fabric, and resin on wood
15" x 12 1/4" x 3/4"
February 2015







Friday, February 27, 2015

Cage Is Art: A Film Project by The Overmental Team

I'm in a documentary!  I was interviewed at the Nic Cage Art Show in July and they used what I had to say!  You can see me around 5:28


http://overmental.com/content/cage-is-art-6696

Saturday, January 17, 2015

2nd Street Cigar Lounge and Gallery

Last night I hung up some of my artwork at 2nd Street Cigar Lounge and Gallery.  Five of my pieces will be there for the next two weeks.  I'm very sensitive to smoke, so maybe that was a bizarre decision on my part, but yay for exposure ;-)

https://www.facebook.com/2ndStreetCigars

Facebook Photo Album

Absinthe and Inferno

Chimera

Apollo

Artemis







Wednesday, December 17, 2014

New Pieces for a holiday pARTy

I was asked by some friends to hang up my artwork at their company holiday pARTy, so I chose a few favorites as well as created a few new pieces.

Inferno
mixed media on wood
acrylic paint, ink, glass stain, resin, sand, glass chips
December 2014

Luminescence
mixed media on wood
acrylic paint, ink, glass stain, resin, sand
December 2014








 everything hung up
Left to Right:  Galactic Immersion, Moldavite, Luminescence, Inferno, Aurelia, Apollo, The Viceroy


Galactic Immersion
mixed media on plexiglass
acrylic paint, ink, glass stain, resin, lighting
February 2014

Moldavite

mixed media on plexiglass
acrylic paint, ink, glass stain, resin, sand, glass, lighting
March 2014

Luminescence
mixed media on wood
acrylic paint, ink, glass stain, resin, sand
December 2014


Inferno
mixed media on wood
acrylic paint, ink, glass stain, resin, sand, glass chips
December 2014


Aurelia

mixed media on plexiglass
acrylic paint, ink, glass stain, resin, gold flakes, wire, lighting
October 2013

Apollo
mixed media on wood
acrylic paint, ink, glass stain, resin, copper piping
October 2013


The Viceroy
mixed media on wood
charcoal, pastels, fabric, acrylic paint, metals, feathers, resin
June 2014





Sunday, November 30, 2014

ScorpioCity and The Worst is Over

 I love supporting and helping my friends however I can.  Their success is my happiness, my success (especially if I get to utilize my artistic skills).  So when I was asked about helping create set pieces/ambiance for a friend's event, of course I was in (The Steaz).

I created a few coral/rock-like display objects for both events, as well as decorated a pillar that was used to display crystals.

It was hilarious because I have a small honda civic, so my car was too tiny to transport anything.  I also had never used spray foam insulation before, but knew that was the look I wanted and the material I needed to use.  I learned a lot about spray foam ;-)

After ScorpioCITY, the coral pieces were used in a music video for the Steaz as well.  It was a whirlwind few days with Thanksgiving Thursday, the Christopher Walken art show in San Francisco Friday, and then the music video on Saturday in Los Angeles for the Steaz's song The Worst is Over.  Now I can sleep.







 ScorpioCITY

I even got to be in the music video while I was helping out!




Sunday, November 23, 2014

Christopher Walken was a Lion Tamer

I participated in a Nicolas Cage themed art show over the summer, so when I heard there was a Christopher Walken themed show coming up in San Francisco, I had to participate!  I had learned that Christopher Walken was a lion tamer in a traveling circus when he was younger, so boom...that was my inspiration!

The Walken Situation: An all Christopher Walken Art Exhibit

Christopher Carny
on 3/4" pine, I sketched his likeness using charcoal and pastels
then I applied fabric to create his wardrobe
built out the hat and covered in faux leather
cut a whip in half and adhered it to the piece
coated in resin

The sketch begins


 adding fabric

 adding the whip
adding some shading
adding the resin

hung on the wall at the show





 I did a portrait of Christopher Walken that I decided to submit to the art show as well called "Regular Guy."