BRILLANTE

I’ve been nominated for this wonderful award by artist whom I admire a lot; Kristina Maros , May Chan, Pupu, Bee, Mike R. Baker , Mônica Carnesi , and Eugenia Gina, for which I am truly honored. Thank you so much for you lovely words and support! It means a lot! (don’ forget to check out their fantastic work).

Now, the rules of accepting are:

1) Put the logo on your blog.

2) Add a link to the person who awarded you.

3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4) Add links to those blogs on yours.

5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

Choosing only 7 is a very difficult task, but after a lot of thought I’ve finally chosen my 7 nominees:

Cabana Digital - Tequeños con Soya - Art of the Masses - Masporquerias - Rowan Dodds - Gustavo Pinela - Estarte Quieta

I know that many of them may not have enough time to post this award, but I wanted to let them know how much I enjoy their awesome work and invite you to check out their pages.

AWARDS

I’m glad to receive new awards; from Rizal, the award creator himself , the Inspire Me Award! wow…Thank you Rizal! And from Emilia and Pupu the “E for Excellent Award! Thank you girls!

I am supposed to pass this on to 10 blogs that I consider to be excellent blogs. So, here are, at random order, 10 great blogs I consider are excellent as well as great sources of inspiration

1.Gustavo Pinela – Los Sueños que Deje en un Papel
2.Mike R. Baker – Nnack of Art
3.Jannie Ho - Chickengirl Design
4.Ester - Estarte Quieta
5.Gustavo Aimar – Gustavo Aimar Ilustracion
6.Zime - Zime Ilustraciones
7.Georgina - La Mirada de Pierina
8.Jessi Tsoi - Tequeños con Soya
9.Patricia Cabana – Cabana Digital
10. Miho Sakato - SakatoDesign Around the World

AWARDS

I got the “You Make My Day” award! ... And I got it twice! … Thank you so much Monica and Mike; you’ve made my day so many times with your talent, great work, and inspiring words that I feel extremely happy to know I’ve made your day too! I’m honored, thank you so much! Btw, the award has just been redesigned by Mike, notice the 90% more joy? It looks “Ultra-happy, extra concentrated!”

Now I’ve to pass this award on to 5 blogger/artists that make my day too. Though they are too many to choose just one, here goes my list in alphabetical order:

3ster – She’s got a very unique style; her characters, compositions, and coloring are amazing! I’m sure she’s going to do great as a professional illustrator really soon! Suerte Amiga!

JC – She’s one of the sweetest persons I’ve ever met! And she’s got lots of amazing ideas; you must visit her ATC trading page!

Jessi – This girl’s got talent! I can’t help smiling every time I visit her site; her characters are so cute and funny, and her paintings are great!

Marty – I meet PaintMonster DoodleBlog not long ago though IF, and since that day I’m visiting it constantly…she is so creative and I love her colorful style!

Pati – Sure many of you know her, Godo, and her vector illustrations, but you must see her hand-drawn illustrations, they are so detailed and delicate!

To pass it on, here are the details: 1- Write a post with links to 5 blogs that make your day - 2- acknowledge the post of the award giver - 3- Display the “You Make my Day Award” logo - 4- Tell the award winners that they have won by commenting on their blogs with the news.

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Now that Valentine’s Day is approaching my friend Emilia created a new award; the “I Love You This Much Award” to spread some love and remind us that love is all around! … I think it’s an amazing idea! So far I’ve got this lovely award twice, from Emilia herself and from Pupu…thank you so much…and I love you this much too! Now, without further ado, I’m giving this award to all of you who are constantly visiting my blog, encouraging me to improve, and whose talent and great work are always the best kind of inspiration:

Alina Chau / Analia Testone / Bearuh / Bernardo Diaz Carrizo / Buep / David Sones / Dintoons / Emilia / Eslina / Ester / Froggie / Georgina / Gustavo Aimar / Gustavo Pinela / Irisz Agocs / Jannie Ho / Jeff Brame / Jennifer / Jessi Tsoi / Kstyles / Laurel Gaylord / Lucia / Lunara / Marty / Maryam / Monica / Mushroommeadows / Paola / Pasuita / Pati / Pupu / Rosmayd / Sakato / Valerie Walsh / Willy-Nilly Waterlily / Zime

Love you all!!!

WINNING ALPHABET

Remember the IF alphabet post???...Well, last week, the Monday Artday weekly challenge was illustrating an alphabet; that was a great opportunity for finishing my Furious Alpahbet, so I did it and guess what?...i won!!! I’m so happy! –this is the complete furious alphabet, hope you like it too!

MONTHLY CHALENGE TROPHY

I won the Monday Artday Monthly Challenge ...can't believe it! thanks a lot!
Gane el premio mensual de Monday Artday....no me lo puedo creer...muchas gracias!

I LOVE YOUR BLOG AWARD

Emilia, from Emilia’s Illustrated Blog, has awarded me with the “I Love Your Blog Award”…Thanks a lot for such an honour! Emilia is such a talented kind lady…and receiving this award from her really means a lot o me. Thanks!

Now I’ve to pass this award to a blog I love, believe me, this is so difficult since I love a lot of blogs…but this time I’ll award Pati, from Cabana Digital, for her fabulous page and blog, visit it …I’m sure you like it! – I hope I get this award again…because I’d love to pass it to many other great blogs that I love!

Pati...I love your blog!

Emilia thinks I Rock!

Wao! It's such an honor to receive this Rockin’ Girl Blogger award from Emilia Yusof! Thanks a lot Emilia! I'm sure you all know her work...but in case you don't ....hurry up and pass by her blog...she is a self-taught artist that creates very professional and loving illustrations...

Now i've to pass this award to another 6 rockin’ girl bloggers....but i'll take my time to choose!

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Update 15 Aug: Oops…sorry for being late on this one, I took such a long time to decide that I almost forgot to update this post….hahaha. And now, the final results...I’ve the honor of passing this award to these brilliant girls who I think deserve it not only for their great work, but also for their wonderful personalities:

• PATI from Cabana Digital (sorry Codo, but it’s just for girls)

• CHICKENGIRL from Chickengirl Design

• 3STER from Estarse Quieta

• PAOLA from Don Garabato

• MS. FROGGIE from The Frog Blog

• LUNARA from El Arte Magico de Mara Cardenas

Congratulations to everyone!

WEEKLY WINNER

We have won the weekly challenge at Monday Artday.... this kitty is so happy (and me too)
Just hope my little black and white character wins someday...

Kitty proudly holding his award proudly!

THINKING BLOGGER AWARD

I have been given the Thinking Blogger Award by my friend Pati! It is such an honor to receive this award! I still can't believe it! Thanks a lot!

Pati, is a great ilustrator, and Codo is a cute little guy that you will love at first sight. So check out their work at cabanadigital , you will find a lot of cool stuff….I'm sure you will love it!

Now, as the Thinking Blogger Award receiver, I have to choose 5 talented people to pass this award to, this is so difficult because there is a lot of people that deserve it! So, let's consider this as my first round of award giving, hoping that I'll receive this award again and be able to pass it to more great artist!

• Gustavo Pinela
  You just have to check out his blog, his work is so profesional and his characters so funny. He has created a personal tutorial about materials and illustration techniques (illustrated with about 50 pictures, step by step)…His work is great!
  
• Bolila
  Simply…an explosion of shapes and colors creating the funniest characters and situations…
  
• Elizabeth Siegel The "tofu squirrel", perfect for those who like strange and weired characters (in a good way) …. She has a very original style!
• Rawini Want to move to a magic world?...just visit her blog…for me, it is just magical!
• Mushroommeadows For those who like crafts…here you will find great stuff…Sure you will like to do some "pebble magnets"
  

Congratulation to everyone!