I am dreXeL. I thought you knew…

makeovers of models who look perfect first thing in the morning with no makeup? where’s the challenge in that? monster makeovers is where it’s at. reach new levels of awesome…

Always in style…

I did this using about as many different Corel Painter IX effects as I could. Good times…

I haven’t slept more than a few hours in days and days. All I can do when I’m not at work is study web-related marketing tools, plugins, strategies and read my favorite marketing-related blogs. The plan is to somehow absorb years of others’ study and research in…oh…a week or so. It’s insane, [...]

This is an illustration I did last night with Corel Painter IX. Pretty much just how I looked trying to get the XHTML 1.0 validator to show zero errors on my site. Yup. Still working on it. Soon perfection shall be achieved…

I got an email today from the amazing Tim Westergren, founder and CEO of Pandora. He mentioned something to me about the brand of my site. He’s right. It’s been the thorn in my side for 2 years. It’s funny, I think of my brand as something that will evolve like [...]

There are few events in the entertainment industry where you go as formal as formal gets. Although surely the least comfortable of all genres of clothing, it’s a fun time to see what kind of outfits people put together. It’s the whole deal…hair, rented jewelry, designer shoes, bags, gowns, tuxes, cravats, etc. It’s a festival [...]

it’s quite apparent that the decisions of what films make it to the oscars, what awards are given out and to whom, and even the available categories omit from the equation many great, great films, and yes, entire genres of films. i’ll check it out, as i always do, but with my heart so [...]

well here i am, trying to figure out EVERYTHING all at once. why can’t i have been BORN a standardista??? i have much to learn, many links to add, many plugins to install. how can i feel justified in sleeping when there’s so much to learn? well, i’m going to keep [...]