Artist Bio
Michelle Andersen lives in southern Oregon, with her two
children (an 8 year old boy and a girl nearing 10), and cat.
She also has an amazingly supportive and awesome boyfriend.
You can get to know her better via facebook, if you offer good
reason (she doesn't add just anybody, so include a message to
let her know how you found her or why you're asking to add her).
Michelle specializes in what she likes to call "Fantasy-Realism."
While
allowing her to work on improving her realism and portrait
skills, it
still leaves room for the imagination. You may notice the fantasy gallery of her
portfolio is the largest, as she's always loved
fantasy art and stories.
Michelle has been doing website and logo design for over eight years, satisfying clients in
northern California and southern Oregon with her creative skills. She has also done
concept art for video games (none of which made it past the concept stage unfortunately)
as well as character art and forum signature banners for players of role playing games.
diverse materials. She has done some oil painting and sculpture and found these medias
fun and rewarding, but says she prefers pencils. She says she prefers pencils not for
the control they offer, but because "you don't have to wait for graphite to dry."
Along with being a full-time mother, website and logo designer, and freelance artist,
Michelle is pursuing a Bachelors degree in Video Game Art and Design through the Art
Institutes, and works part time as a writing/computer tutor at the local community college.
Other than creating art, such as can be seen here, Michelle spends what little free time
she has doing other artistic things. She also enjoys writing (poetry, song lyrics, short stories,
and
sometimes longer ones "that could become novels if I ever get around to
finishing them").
You can read some of her writings at her deviantArt gallery. She also loves to sing, act, and
dance, occasionally performing in local theater productions (she performed the role
of Laurie in Oklahoma! at the Ross Ragland Theater in the summer of 2005). She also
loves to sing karaoke, and post songs on youtube.
Michelle
also enjoys collecting and playing video games
(she plays as kythcakat
on xbox live; and you
can see her video game library on gamespot).
She is very passionate about wanting to create video
games and help break the "girl gamer" stereotype.
Last updated May 2011