<?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-3401171399320629812</id><updated>2011-07-29T00:23:58.021-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Melissa's Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>The life and times of Melissa Barton</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Melissa Barton</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17438786877262818837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401171399320629812.post-2469962900316749499</id><published>2009-02-08T14:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-08T15:01:59.633-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The blog</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vuWokj68EMo/SY9kYRONmEI/AAAAAAAAAFY/KAeUyNSKUTk/s1600-h/PICT2839.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vuWokj68EMo/SY9kYRONmEI/AAAAAAAAAFY/KAeUyNSKUTk/s400/PICT2839.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300565654541015106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi everyone! (Well, since I doubt anyone really visits this blog anymore, Hi nobody!).  Just thought I'd write on here and let people know that from now on I'll be posting art on just my personal website, www.melissabarton.com, and now I'll use my blog mostly for posting photos and news about my upcoming wedding ^_^.  So anywho, with no further ado, a photo of me with my fiancee for anyone to look at!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3401171399320629812-2469962900316749499?l=mbartonblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2469962900316749499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3401171399320629812&amp;postID=2469962900316749499' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/2469962900316749499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/2469962900316749499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog.html' title='The blog'/><author><name>Melissa Barton</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17438786877262818837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vuWokj68EMo/SY9kYRONmEI/AAAAAAAAAFY/KAeUyNSKUTk/s72-c/PICT2839.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401171399320629812.post-6472756370277017595</id><published>2008-06-14T15:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-14T15:10:17.068-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ashenputtel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/SFRAoPA462I/AAAAAAAAADk/y3sihHGexqg/s1600-h/ashenputtel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/SFRAoPA462I/AAAAAAAAADk/y3sihHGexqg/s320/ashenputtel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211861728743713634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Man, it's been a long time since my last post!  Well, here's a spread from an assignment that I did for my sequential design class.  We had to design three books for three Grimm's Fairy Tales.  This spread is from Ashenputtel (otherwise known as Cinderella).  My concept was to have the illustrations (done my Arthur Rackham) interact with the page.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3401171399320629812-6472756370277017595?l=mbartonblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6472756370277017595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3401171399320629812&amp;postID=6472756370277017595' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/6472756370277017595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/6472756370277017595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/man-its-been-long-time-since-my-last.html' title='Ashenputtel'/><author><name>Melissa Barton</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17438786877262818837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/SFRAoPA462I/AAAAAAAAADk/y3sihHGexqg/s72-c/ashenputtel.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401171399320629812.post-5099466644215081130</id><published>2008-02-23T17:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-23T17:10:22.955-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Package Design for Graphic Design Class</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/R8DDezn8EbI/AAAAAAAAADU/HUNb2--7ubY/s1600-h/ManeNTail-Photo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/R8DDezn8EbI/AAAAAAAAADU/HUNb2--7ubY/s400/ManeNTail-Photo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170347306242544050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a shampoo label that I made for my Graphic Design class.  The assignment was to redesign an existing product.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3401171399320629812-5099466644215081130?l=mbartonblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5099466644215081130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3401171399320629812&amp;postID=5099466644215081130' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/5099466644215081130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/5099466644215081130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/package-design-for-graphic-design-class.html' title='Package Design for Graphic Design Class'/><author><name>Melissa Barton</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17438786877262818837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/R8DDezn8EbI/AAAAAAAAADU/HUNb2--7ubY/s72-c/ManeNTail-Photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401171399320629812.post-7208907661329890838</id><published>2007-12-09T15:51:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-09T15:51:57.145-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wise Man</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/R1x_dgKi7hI/AAAAAAAAADM/CIUVZZ2citk/s1600-h/WiseMan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/R1x_dgKi7hI/AAAAAAAAADM/CIUVZZ2citk/s400/WiseMan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142125019377364498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's my Wise Man on his way to Bethlehem.  I also have a cropped version down below.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3401171399320629812-7208907661329890838?l=mbartonblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7208907661329890838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3401171399320629812&amp;postID=7208907661329890838' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/7208907661329890838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/7208907661329890838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/wise-man_09.html' title='Wise Man'/><author><name>Melissa Barton</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17438786877262818837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/R1x_dgKi7hI/AAAAAAAAADM/CIUVZZ2citk/s72-c/WiseMan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401171399320629812.post-4486642654805525145</id><published>2007-12-03T06:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T07:00:23.745-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Skunk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/R1QZkypkfDI/AAAAAAAAACk/ZaEf9Ldulg0/s1600-R/Skunk2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/R1QZkypkfDI/AAAAAAAAACk/TzHqj-SDFIU/s400/Skunk2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139761194598693938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For my animal assignment I decided to do a skunk, because there's a skunk living somewhere around my house.  They're so cute, too bad they stink so horribly!  Our dogs got skunked this last summer, and, wow, did they smell awful.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3401171399320629812-4486642654805525145?l=mbartonblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4486642654805525145/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3401171399320629812&amp;postID=4486642654805525145' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/4486642654805525145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/4486642654805525145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/skunk.html' title='Skunk'/><author><name>Melissa Barton</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17438786877262818837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/R1QZkypkfDI/AAAAAAAAACk/TzHqj-SDFIU/s72-c/Skunk2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401171399320629812.post-6632633606607491173</id><published>2007-11-28T07:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-28T07:12:54.301-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Close Up of the Cornucopia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/R02FPZUSc1I/AAAAAAAAACU/NVe4CKxKJyo/s1600-h/Cornucopia2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/R02FPZUSc1I/AAAAAAAAACU/NVe4CKxKJyo/s400/Cornucopia2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137909249440117586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I redid the last assignment a little bit by zooming in on the painting and retouching it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3401171399320629812-6632633606607491173?l=mbartonblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6632633606607491173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3401171399320629812&amp;postID=6632633606607491173' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/6632633606607491173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/6632633606607491173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/close-up-of-cornucopia.html' title='Close Up of the Cornucopia'/><author><name>Melissa Barton</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17438786877262818837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/R02FPZUSc1I/AAAAAAAAACU/NVe4CKxKJyo/s72-c/Cornucopia2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401171399320629812.post-6591074548700339317</id><published>2007-11-14T06:57:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-26T07:56:54.684-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cornucopia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/RzsfbjkZDNI/AAAAAAAAABI/1hbOrHp9-FE/s1600-h/Cornucopia-texture_copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/RzsfbjkZDNI/AAAAAAAAABI/1hbOrHp9-FE/s400/Cornucopia-texture_copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132730758583618770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My cornucopia is just in time for Thanksgiving!  I can't wait to go home and eat all that yummy food, mmmm.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3401171399320629812-6591074548700339317?l=mbartonblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6591074548700339317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3401171399320629812&amp;postID=6591074548700339317' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/6591074548700339317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/6591074548700339317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/cornucopia.html' title='Cornucopia'/><author><name>Melissa Barton</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17438786877262818837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/RzsfbjkZDNI/AAAAAAAAABI/1hbOrHp9-FE/s72-c/Cornucopia-texture_copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401171399320629812.post-4708587333686186296</id><published>2007-11-07T08:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-07T09:37:51.423-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Halloween Assignment</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/RzHoOS_0OVI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F56e5fk0N2U/s1600-h/Pumpkin-texture.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/RzHoOS_0OVI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F56e5fk0N2U/s400/Pumpkin-texture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130136782867020114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my first post on my first blog!  Yeah!  I also have an account on deviantart.com (mbarton.deviantart.com), but I decided to try this blog out.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3401171399320629812-4708587333686186296?l=mbartonblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4708587333686186296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3401171399320629812&amp;postID=4708587333686186296' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/4708587333686186296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3401171399320629812/posts/default/4708587333686186296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mbartonblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/halloween-assignment.html' title='Halloween Assignment'/><author><name>Melissa Barton</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17438786877262818837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_vuWokj68EMo/RzHoOS_0OVI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F56e5fk0N2U/s72-c/Pumpkin-texture.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
