<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383100802471738703</id><updated>2011-07-30T23:35:27.271-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ErikIllustration</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Erik Mehlen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17864689472871314105</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R9d4-vLCBMI/AAAAAAAAAAs/kuR9Q6HsRrM/S220/DSC_0298.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383100802471738703.post-1850894937326465438</id><published>2009-09-08T14:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-08T14:16:01.254-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New website in the works</title><content type='html'>Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;erikillustration will be under RE-construction for the next few months.  So, be ready for a completely new and updated site! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yours Truly,&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3383100802471738703-1850894937326465438?l=erikmehlen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/feeds/1850894937326465438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3383100802471738703&amp;postID=1850894937326465438' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/1850894937326465438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/1850894937326465438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-website-in-works.html' title='New website in the works'/><author><name>Erik Mehlen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17864689472871314105</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R9d4-vLCBMI/AAAAAAAAAAs/kuR9Q6HsRrM/S220/DSC_0298.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383100802471738703.post-2853696836869559153</id><published>2008-07-10T10:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-10T10:58:06.047-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Character Illustrations For Life University</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SHZNolj9rtI/AAAAAAAAACc/UkRYxQVLDSQ/s1600-h/Greek_character-lowres.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SHZNolj9rtI/AAAAAAAAACc/UkRYxQVLDSQ/s320/Greek_character-lowres.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221446177655729874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SHZNowA0GMI/AAAAAAAAACk/7fpp1jX8Bo4/s1600-h/Child_lowres.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SHZNowA0GMI/AAAAAAAAACk/7fpp1jX8Bo4/s320/Child_lowres.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221446180461091010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, so I've decided to post these two Illustrations I did for Life University. They went along with the poster in the previous post. They were actually the first two projects they asked for me to do. They named them Philo and Quinton... if I'm not mistaken, the child is named Quinton. Anyways, I did them in Photoshop beginning with a sketch.  I based the man from a combination of Bill Murray and myself(yes thats me in a toga,lol) As for the child, I based him off of my brother's stepson Draegon, such a sweet little devil he is. :)  Till next time&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3383100802471738703-2853696836869559153?l=erikmehlen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/feeds/2853696836869559153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3383100802471738703&amp;postID=2853696836869559153' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/2853696836869559153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/2853696836869559153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/2008/07/character-illustrations-for-life.html' title='Character Illustrations For Life University'/><author><name>Erik Mehlen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17864689472871314105</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R9d4-vLCBMI/AAAAAAAAAAs/kuR9Q6HsRrM/S220/DSC_0298.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SHZNolj9rtI/AAAAAAAAACc/UkRYxQVLDSQ/s72-c/Greek_character-lowres.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383100802471738703.post-7315464434154597210</id><published>2008-07-04T10:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-04T10:28:06.385-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Fourth of July!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SG5davSm91I/AAAAAAAAACE/nZwgDbbYtbs/s1600-h/Lyceum_2008Poster-lowres.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SG5davSm91I/AAAAAAAAACE/nZwgDbbYtbs/s320/Lyceum_2008Poster-lowres.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219211732121483090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SG5da3RP5rI/AAAAAAAAACM/usKwnOCbI7A/s1600-h/Lyceum_2008Poster-amp_detail.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SG5da3RP5rI/AAAAAAAAACM/usKwnOCbI7A/s320/Lyceum_2008Poster-amp_detail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219211734263260850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SG5dbBBdN4I/AAAAAAAAACU/UXQnCGnBbHo/s1600-h/Lyceum_2008Poster-city_detail.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SG5dbBBdN4I/AAAAAAAAACU/UXQnCGnBbHo/s320/Lyceum_2008Poster-city_detail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219211736881379202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know, it's about time I posted but I've been really under the gun with this project I've been working on. It's a poster for Life University and for the last three weeks I've been holed up in my little apartment racing to finish it. Well take a look and be sure to check back next year when I decide to make another post ;)&lt;br /&gt;Happy 4th and be safe ya'll&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3383100802471738703-7315464434154597210?l=erikmehlen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/feeds/7315464434154597210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3383100802471738703&amp;postID=7315464434154597210' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/7315464434154597210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/7315464434154597210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/2008/07/happy-fourth-of-july.html' title='Happy Fourth of July!'/><author><name>Erik Mehlen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17864689472871314105</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R9d4-vLCBMI/AAAAAAAAAAs/kuR9Q6HsRrM/S220/DSC_0298.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SG5davSm91I/AAAAAAAAACE/nZwgDbbYtbs/s72-c/Lyceum_2008Poster-lowres.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383100802471738703.post-6155574159982304085</id><published>2008-05-13T20:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-13T20:49:41.234-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Got this today</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SCpg6uQN0lI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Jl8d5TLF5mY/s1600-h/Certificate_Merit.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SCpg6uQN0lI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Jl8d5TLF5mY/s320/Certificate_Merit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200075281717383762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3383100802471738703-6155574159982304085?l=erikmehlen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/feeds/6155574159982304085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3383100802471738703&amp;postID=6155574159982304085' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/6155574159982304085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/6155574159982304085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/2008/05/got-this-today.html' title='Got this today'/><author><name>Erik Mehlen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17864689472871314105</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R9d4-vLCBMI/AAAAAAAAAAs/kuR9Q6HsRrM/S220/DSC_0298.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/SCpg6uQN0lI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Jl8d5TLF5mY/s72-c/Certificate_Merit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383100802471738703.post-7630204076483518983</id><published>2008-04-25T19:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-25T19:38:39.217-07:00</updated><title type='text'>So great I had to post it here</title><content type='html'>Rick Lovell(if you don't know him, he was my teacher at SCAD) posted this on the SCAD Illustration blog, but I had to repost it here. Enjoy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pDo_vs3Aip4&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pDo_vs3Aip4&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3383100802471738703-7630204076483518983?l=erikmehlen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/feeds/7630204076483518983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3383100802471738703&amp;postID=7630204076483518983' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/7630204076483518983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/7630204076483518983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/2008/04/so-great-i-had-to-post-it-here.html' title='So great I had to post it here'/><author><name>Erik Mehlen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17864689472871314105</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R9d4-vLCBMI/AAAAAAAAAAs/kuR9Q6HsRrM/S220/DSC_0298.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383100802471738703.post-776662541079085029</id><published>2008-04-25T19:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-25T19:11:34.874-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I know it's been awhile...</title><content type='html'>But I didn't think anyone would really check this blog out very much.  That is simply because not many people know about it yet.  Anyways,... updates:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I recently won an award for the Society of Illustrator's!  My fluteplayer piece(first page on my website) it won the Kirchoff/Wohlberg award in memory of Helen Wohlberg, a $1000 scholarship!  Don't mean to toot my own horn(pun intended)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More updates to come!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;3&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3383100802471738703-776662541079085029?l=erikmehlen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/feeds/776662541079085029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3383100802471738703&amp;postID=776662541079085029' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/776662541079085029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/776662541079085029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-know-its-been-awhile.html' title='I know it&apos;s been awhile...'/><author><name>Erik Mehlen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17864689472871314105</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R9d4-vLCBMI/AAAAAAAAAAs/kuR9Q6HsRrM/S220/DSC_0298.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383100802471738703.post-2953922010674255951</id><published>2008-03-18T15:48:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-19T02:02:25.019-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy belated St Paddys Day!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BG6fLCBRI/AAAAAAAAABQ/t6Tvh-y3dM0/s1600-h/Mehlen-E_Q2-08_ILLU400-Brown-#1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179217542090196242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 186px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 227px" height="273" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BG6fLCBRI/AAAAAAAAABQ/t6Tvh-y3dM0/s320/Mehlen-E_Q2-08_ILLU400-Brown-%231.jpg" width="194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hope everyone had a good St Paddy's Day, hope you didn't have too much fun. I didn't even drink, (yeah I'm surprised too). Actually, Iris and I went up to Stone Mtn. and hiked the 1.3 mile trail to the top! I had a really good time and even got some excercise, it was nice to finally get out of the city and get some fresh air. Anyways, got some pictures of our LOTR journey, lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BMpvLCBVI/AAAAAAAAABw/tJ2o7tBoGJc/s1600-h/pics+904.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179223851397154130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BMpvLCBVI/AAAAAAAAABw/tJ2o7tBoGJc/s320/pics+904.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179222764770428226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s320/pics+896.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179220514207565090" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s320/pics+903.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BKT_LCBTI/AAAAAAAAABg/_3ztsVJLp9o/s1600-h/pics+902.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179221278711743794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BKT_LCBTI/AAAAAAAAABg/_3ztsVJLp9o/s320/pics+902.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BLqfLCBUI/AAAAAAAAABo/idODX82n4B8/s1600-h/pics+896.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BJnfLCBSI/AAAAAAAAABY/eMGr2H6AsAA/s1600-h/pics+903.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3383100802471738703-2953922010674255951?l=erikmehlen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/feeds/2953922010674255951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3383100802471738703&amp;postID=2953922010674255951' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/2953922010674255951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/2953922010674255951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/2008/03/happy-belated-st-paddys-day.html' title='Happy belated St Paddys Day!'/><author><name>Erik Mehlen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17864689472871314105</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R9d4-vLCBMI/AAAAAAAAAAs/kuR9Q6HsRrM/S220/DSC_0298.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R-BG6fLCBRI/AAAAAAAAABQ/t6Tvh-y3dM0/s72-c/Mehlen-E_Q2-08_ILLU400-Brown-%231.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383100802471738703.post-4183994864882014475</id><published>2008-03-16T17:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-16T17:38:00.956-07:00</updated><title type='text'>After much needed rest</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R926-fLCBPI/AAAAAAAAABA/YY5sVxFRF6o/s1600-h/ChinoMoreno_color_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178500729228362994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R926-fLCBPI/AAAAAAAAABA/YY5sVxFRF6o/s320/ChinoMoreno_color_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I decided to post this, a portrait of the singer Camillo "Chino" Moreno from the Deftones.&lt;br /&gt;It's a pencil drawing scanned and taken into Photoshop. I might still do some revisions, maybe work traditionally on the sketch, idk.  Anyways, please feel free to criticize, praise, whatever...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3383100802471738703-4183994864882014475?l=erikmehlen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/feeds/4183994864882014475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3383100802471738703&amp;postID=4183994864882014475' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/4183994864882014475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/4183994864882014475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/2008/03/after-much-needed-rest.html' title='After much needed rest'/><author><name>Erik Mehlen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17864689472871314105</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R9d4-vLCBMI/AAAAAAAAAAs/kuR9Q6HsRrM/S220/DSC_0298.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R926-fLCBPI/AAAAAAAAABA/YY5sVxFRF6o/s72-c/ChinoMoreno_color_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383100802471738703.post-1250296063052833923</id><published>2008-03-12T11:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-12T08:18:52.825-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Website up!</title><content type='html'>Hello all,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my first website is up and running! around 8:30am today &lt;a href="http://www.erikillustration.com/"&gt;http://www.erikillustration.com/&lt;/a&gt; was officially launched. I still have to work out few things, being my first time creating a website. It was a long and arduous task, but now I can showcase my work in my very own site. Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;-E&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3383100802471738703-1250296063052833923?l=erikmehlen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/feeds/1250296063052833923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3383100802471738703&amp;postID=1250296063052833923' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/1250296063052833923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3383100802471738703/posts/default/1250296063052833923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://erikmehlen.blogspot.com/2008/03/website-up.html' title='Website up!'/><author><name>Erik Mehlen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17864689472871314105</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o1Ih9JXrIz8/R9d4-vLCBMI/AAAAAAAAAAs/kuR9Q6HsRrM/S220/DSC_0298.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
