Me Make Monster has been featured on IAMTHETREND, a site promoting independent art, clothing, music, crafts, and other cool stuff! Check them out!
Me Make Monster on IAMTHETREND!
Me Make Monster has been featured on IAMTHETREND, a site promoting independent art, clothing, music, crafts, and other cool stuff! Check them out!
Sample Monster Shirts!
What kind of monster shirts can you make with Me Make Monster?! These kinds! Once you build the monster of your dreams, you can print it on Zazzle shirts (short sleeve, long sleeve, ringers, even light colored shirts), hoodies and sweatshirts - all sized to fit you, of course. Check out these sample shirts – all made with Me Make Monster!
Make your own at Me Make Monster!
Make your own at Me Make Monster!
Me Make Monster Gets a Facelift!
If you haven't checked out Me Make Monster in a while... what are you thinking?! We've given the site a bit of a facelift!
What have we changed? Well, the background is now black, to better make your monsters pop!
You now have up to two lines of text for your monster's name, so you can make it much longer - and, the monster name is color-coordinated with your monster!
And there's one more little touch - when your mouse rolls over the design tools, the monster parts light up, making it easier to see which part you're working on!
So click on the image below, and make some monsters!
What have we changed? Well, the background is now black, to better make your monsters pop!
You now have up to two lines of text for your monster's name, so you can make it much longer - and, the monster name is color-coordinated with your monster!
And there's one more little touch - when your mouse rolls over the design tools, the monster parts light up, making it easier to see which part you're working on!
So click on the image below, and make some monsters!
Send Us Your Photos!
You've already visited Me Make Monster and created your own custom monster, haven't you? Well, once you've done that and printed your monster on a t-shirt, hat, bag or other cool stuff - we want to see it!
Send us a picture of you wearing or holding your Me Make Monster stuff, and we'll post it right here in the blog! We want to show you off!
Another Giveaway - Sugar Pop Ribbons!
We have another $50 giveaway going on now - at the fantastic blog Sugar Pop Ribbons! Check it out now, and follow the instructions on the blog for a chance to win a Zazzle Gift Certificate - which you can use to buy cool Me Make Monster stuff, of course!
Sugar Pop Ribbons
Sugar Pop Ribbons
Nine More Months
We have a contest going on at the awesome Nine More Months blog right now! Head over there and enter (there are a number of ways you can do that) for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to make cool Me Make Monster stuff!
The World Needs More Monsters - Our New Sister Site!
Okay, so you've been making your own custom monsters at Me Make Monster - but you still haven't had your fill!
Well, you're in luck, monster lover - because we've just launched The World Needs More Monsters, a store featuring the largest collection of monster shirts you'll find anywhere! Click the image below to check it out!
The World Needs More Monsters features monster shirts of all types - famous movie monsters, real world monsters like Bigfoot and The Loch Ness Monster, monster authors, monster actors - even big monster brands like Moshi Monsters and Disney's Monsters, Inc.!
Give the new site a whirl, and let us know what you think - we're sure that monster lovers everywhere will enjoy the humongo selection of monster shirts!
Well, you're in luck, monster lover - because we've just launched The World Needs More Monsters, a store featuring the largest collection of monster shirts you'll find anywhere! Click the image below to check it out!
The World Needs More Monsters features monster shirts of all types - famous movie monsters, real world monsters like Bigfoot and The Loch Ness Monster, monster authors, monster actors - even big monster brands like Moshi Monsters and Disney's Monsters, Inc.!
Give the new site a whirl, and let us know what you think - we're sure that monster lovers everywhere will enjoy the humongo selection of monster shirts!
Thanks For a Great 2009!
Because we launched in September, we were only around for the last few months of 2009 - but it was still a great year for Me Make Monster!
We held an awesome story contest (the winners are up right now), updated the look of our site, and made our controls easier to use after hearing from you! And best of all, kids all over the world (and plenty of monster-loving grown ups, too) made thousands of monsters, and printed them on t-shirts, mugs, stickers, keychains, and all kinds of other cool products from Zazzle! Thank you to everyone who took part!
There are plenty of surprises coming to Me Make Monster in 2010! We'll be making our controls even more powerful, and letting you create a gallery of monsters that you can save, add stats to, then stick into stories, games, and other neat things! Pretty cool, huh?!
So keep coming back to Me Make Monster - and please let us know what you think of the site! We'd love to show you wearing or holding your MMM stuff, too - send us pictures and (with your parents' permission), we'll post them! Thanks!
Monster Poll
Check out our new Me Make Monster poll! We're asking for your feedback on what we should add to Me Make Monster - new parts, galleries, stats, stories, games - let us know what you want to see next (and feel free to check more than one)!
Vote now - it's right at the top of the side of this blog! We want to make Me Make Monster even better for you!
Me Make Monster's New Controls
Me Make Monster launched two months ago, and while we've had a lot positive feedback from people, we took a look at the controls and decided we wanted to make it even easier for you to design your monsters!
So check out the site and give it a try! We've regrouped all the buttons in a simpler way, and we've added icons so that younger monster-makers (the ones who can't yet read) can tell what body part they're working with!
Also, we've added a preview for the skin texture (which can sometime be difficult to see) and an indicator for the color. And! you no longer have to click "Save" - the website now does that for you every time you change your monster!
So it's easier than ever to use Me Make Monster to create custom monster products! Check it out and let us know what you think!
Brooke and Her Monster Pal Luca!
Here's one of our featured monster makers, Brooke, using Me Make Monster to put together a custom monster! She picked out the parts, moved them around and sized them up... then she added color and gave it a name...
...and here she is with the final product - a cool pink shirt with her monster Luca right smack-dab in the middle! Awesomeness!
Thanks for sharing your photos with us, Brooke! You rock!
Make one yourself at:
www.MeMakeMonster.com
Story Contest Deadline Extended
That's right - our story contest deadline has been extended two more weeks - you now have until December 15th to create a monster, then write its story!
We're giving away one $50 and two $25 Zazzle Gift Certificates in four age groups! Head over to Me Make Monster now to give it a shot! Yay!
Paula and Her Monster Buddy Neil!
Awesome New York musician Paula Carino used Me Make Monster to make a lovely creature that she named "Neil". She fell in love with Neil so much that she put him on a fancy mug - which she shows off right here!
Check out her music right here! Have fun with Neil, Paula!
Check out her music right here! Have fun with Neil, Paula!
Official Me Make Monster Logo Products
You've created your own customized Me Make Monster products, haven't you? (if not, you can do it right here.)
Well, now you can get your own officially branded Me Make Monster products... click to check them out!
Embroidered Baseball Cap!
Embroidered Hoodie!
Stay tuned - we're got more official Me Make Monster products coming soon!
Well, now you can get your own officially branded Me Make Monster products... click to check them out!
Embroidered Baseball Cap!
Embroidered Hoodie!
Stay tuned - we're got more official Me Make Monster products coming soon!
Me Make Monster - Video Tutorials
No, you don't need lessons before you can start using Me Make Monster - you can just jump in and play around! But, if you want a little inspiration - and (hopefully) a few laughs, check out our videos and you may learn a thing or two about monster-making!
You can also check them out on our YouTube channel right here!
You can also check them out on our YouTube channel right here!
Reminder - Me Make Monster Story Contest!
We just wanted to remind you that the Me Make Monster Story Contest is still going on!
If you don't know, here's how it works: you make your monster on Me Make Monster, then save it.
Once you have a monster saved, click the "Enter Our Story Contest Button"!
That will take you to our Story Contest page, where you can write all about your monster - its origin, its powers, its weakness, allies, enemies, secret lair, how it feeds - whatever you want!
We're awarding one $50 Zazzle Gift Certificate and two $25 Zazzle Gift Certificates in each of four age groups, so head over to Me Make Monster now for the full contest rules, and to sign up! We want to hear your monster's story!
Me Make Monster Desktop Wallpaper!
We now have cool Me Make Monster desktop wallpaper available - in four sizes to best fit your monitor!
The desktops, in sickly green, features fourteen monster heads staring right at you! It's a great way to remind yourself of the power of monsters!
Download the Me Make Monster desktop wallpaper!
Story Contest - Sample Story 3!
Here is the final sample story for our Me Make Monster Story Contest (Deadline: December 1st, 2009) where you make a monster, then write its story! Winners get Zazzle gift certificates - $50 for first place in four age groups, $25 for second and third place! Pretty sweet, right?!
We've enlisted three young people to create some sample monsters and stories for us. So we now hand the reins of this blog over to to Gabe Santos (age 12) and his creature creation... Count Von Rynn!
When the world was young, Count Von Rynn was already ancient. Once human, the man then known as the benevolent Count of the land of Kavekystaan was a kind ruler, treating his citizens with respect. Then his youngest son, visiting a foreign land, was caught stealing fruit for his wife. He was sentenced to death.
Count Von Rynn begged the king of this land to release his son, but the king would not give in. So the Count went to the dungeon of his castle and found a man who had been imprisoned thirty years ago for practicing The Blaque Magycks. Count Von Rynn asked this man if he could help. The man, who called himself Jakryll, agreed, and cast a spell on The Count that gave him the ability to fly to his son, honing in on his thoughts.
Once he arrived, however, The Count learned that Jakryll, who was angry at being imprisoned in the dungeon for so many years, had tricked him. He cursed him into becoming a brutal monster. His teeth turned to fangs, and his eyes had an evil gaze. When Count Von Rynn saw his son, he became filled with a ravenous appetite and couldn't control himself. His son screamed, but The Count tore into him. When he was done, all that was left were the son's clothes and rings.
The Count was enraged and wanted to find the king so he could destroy him for making him do that to his son. He ran through the kingdom, eyes yellow as the moon, dispatching all the palace guards and villagers that got in his way. Finally he got to the king, who begged for his life - but Count Von Rynn wasn't listening. Soon the king was no more.
The Count returned home, but was doomed to live a life as a monster. He found a suit and cape to remind him of his human self, but it only makes him despair. He hopes to someday find Jakryll and convince him - one way or another - to lift the curse and make him a man again.
We've enlisted three young people to create some sample monsters and stories for us. So we now hand the reins of this blog over to to Gabe Santos (age 12) and his creature creation... Count Von Rynn!
When the world was young, Count Von Rynn was already ancient. Once human, the man then known as the benevolent Count of the land of Kavekystaan was a kind ruler, treating his citizens with respect. Then his youngest son, visiting a foreign land, was caught stealing fruit for his wife. He was sentenced to death.
Count Von Rynn begged the king of this land to release his son, but the king would not give in. So the Count went to the dungeon of his castle and found a man who had been imprisoned thirty years ago for practicing The Blaque Magycks. Count Von Rynn asked this man if he could help. The man, who called himself Jakryll, agreed, and cast a spell on The Count that gave him the ability to fly to his son, honing in on his thoughts.
Once he arrived, however, The Count learned that Jakryll, who was angry at being imprisoned in the dungeon for so many years, had tricked him. He cursed him into becoming a brutal monster. His teeth turned to fangs, and his eyes had an evil gaze. When Count Von Rynn saw his son, he became filled with a ravenous appetite and couldn't control himself. His son screamed, but The Count tore into him. When he was done, all that was left were the son's clothes and rings.
The Count was enraged and wanted to find the king so he could destroy him for making him do that to his son. He ran through the kingdom, eyes yellow as the moon, dispatching all the palace guards and villagers that got in his way. Finally he got to the king, who begged for his life - but Count Von Rynn wasn't listening. Soon the king was no more.
The Count returned home, but was doomed to live a life as a monster. He found a suit and cape to remind him of his human self, but it only makes him despair. He hopes to someday find Jakryll and convince him - one way or another - to lift the curse and make him a man again.
Story Contest - Sample Story 2!
Here's another sample story for our Me Make Monster Story Contest (Deadline: December 1st, 2009) where you make a monster, then write its story! Winners get Zazzle gift certificates - $50 for first place in four age groups, $25 for second and third place! Nice, huh?!
We've enlisted three young people to create some sample monsters and stories for us. So we now turn this blog post over to D.D. McFarlane (age 9) and her monster creation... Gorgalus!
Gorgalus comes from the swamps of Arkansas, making him one of the few southern monsters. He was accidentally created when a swamp witch was trying to cast a spell on her cat, but she missed and hit a toad outside her window instead. The toad became an enormous amphibious beast named Gorgalus. Unfortunately Gorgalus ate the witch, but he let her cat go free because he felt sorry about the way the witch treated it over the years.
Even though Gorgalus is always hungry, he doesn't eat any of the animals in the swamp. He's a vegetarian (the witch was an exception). Instead, he eats the leftover junk food that clogs up the creeks. The snakes, birds, spiders and other swamp creatures accept Gorgalus, even though he smells like sewers and makes big bubbles under the water when he gets upset. In return, he protects the animals from shady land developers and snooping sheriffs.
Gorgalus has spikes on his arms and legs that let him defend himself against any weapons like machetes and spears. He can make a deep, gurgling sound that summons the swamp animals to his aid (they don't mind helping, anyway). He must always protect his throat, though, because if it gets hurt, he can't make the sound, and then he'd be in big trouble.
Gorgalus just wants to live in peace, and be happy.
We've enlisted three young people to create some sample monsters and stories for us. So we now turn this blog post over to D.D. McFarlane (age 9) and her monster creation... Gorgalus!
Gorgalus comes from the swamps of Arkansas, making him one of the few southern monsters. He was accidentally created when a swamp witch was trying to cast a spell on her cat, but she missed and hit a toad outside her window instead. The toad became an enormous amphibious beast named Gorgalus. Unfortunately Gorgalus ate the witch, but he let her cat go free because he felt sorry about the way the witch treated it over the years.
Even though Gorgalus is always hungry, he doesn't eat any of the animals in the swamp. He's a vegetarian (the witch was an exception). Instead, he eats the leftover junk food that clogs up the creeks. The snakes, birds, spiders and other swamp creatures accept Gorgalus, even though he smells like sewers and makes big bubbles under the water when he gets upset. In return, he protects the animals from shady land developers and snooping sheriffs.
Gorgalus has spikes on his arms and legs that let him defend himself against any weapons like machetes and spears. He can make a deep, gurgling sound that summons the swamp animals to his aid (they don't mind helping, anyway). He must always protect his throat, though, because if it gets hurt, he can't make the sound, and then he'd be in big trouble.
Gorgalus just wants to live in peace, and be happy.
Story Contest - Sample Story 1!
We're running our Me Make Monster Story Contest right now (Deadline: December 1st, 2009) you make a monster, then write its story!
To give you an idea of what kind of story you can write, we've enlisted three young people to create some sample monsters and stories for us. So we now turn this blog post over to young Curt Jacinelli (age 5) and his monster creation... Rabid Roderick!
My monster is named Rabid Roderick. Rabid Roderick is covered in red fur, but he wears dark clothes to cover it, so he can blend into the world better.
Rabid Roderick is actually a man named Sir William Anderson, a famous scientist who works in a laboratory in London, England. Sir William was trying to find a cure for people getting sick when he created a new potion. He didn't want to make anyone sicker, so he tested it on himself. Something went wrong, and now he becomes Rabid Roderick whenever he sees the color red. He can't control himself when he's Rabid Roderick - it just takes over. He turns back when he finally sees the color green.
Rabid Roderick is very bendable and can squeeze himself into sewers. This is what he does when he is pursued by cops and television reporters who want to catch a glimpse of him. He searches all over London, trying to get the ingredients for an antidote that will cure him. He can also use his arms and legs to swing high up on buildings or other structures, which he does to try to find the scattered ingredients for the antidote.
Someday, he will find them and cure himself.
- Curt Jacinelli, age 5
To give you an idea of what kind of story you can write, we've enlisted three young people to create some sample monsters and stories for us. So we now turn this blog post over to young Curt Jacinelli (age 5) and his monster creation... Rabid Roderick!
My monster is named Rabid Roderick. Rabid Roderick is covered in red fur, but he wears dark clothes to cover it, so he can blend into the world better.
Rabid Roderick is actually a man named Sir William Anderson, a famous scientist who works in a laboratory in London, England. Sir William was trying to find a cure for people getting sick when he created a new potion. He didn't want to make anyone sicker, so he tested it on himself. Something went wrong, and now he becomes Rabid Roderick whenever he sees the color red. He can't control himself when he's Rabid Roderick - it just takes over. He turns back when he finally sees the color green.
Rabid Roderick is very bendable and can squeeze himself into sewers. This is what he does when he is pursued by cops and television reporters who want to catch a glimpse of him. He searches all over London, trying to get the ingredients for an antidote that will cure him. He can also use his arms and legs to swing high up on buildings or other structures, which he does to try to find the scattered ingredients for the antidote.
Someday, he will find them and cure himself.
- Curt Jacinelli, age 5
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