It's Finals Time

[meghasissues]

i'm actually kinda happy with my finals right now so i thought i'd share

original photo (we can take the underdrawing from a photo but everything else has to be done off of live models)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/oddchick/Photo118.jpg

first sketch
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/oddchick/Photo151.jpg

complete underdrawing
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/oddchick/Photo95.jpg

NEW
we realized that after i started coloring it i looked like a horrible rat beast from an 80's horror movie
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/oddchick/Photo136.jpg

almost done
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/oddchick/Photo141.jpg

[freiman]

That is fabulous.

You have a lot of talent.

Do you find it easier to work with photos of the models? Or do you work with sitting models too?

f

[meghasissues]

it's alot easier for me to work with photos. the lighting doesn't change and the model can't get tired and shift around.

live models are alot of fun but i prefer to only use them for things that can be done quickly.

[freiman]

it's alot easier for me to work with photos. the lighting doesn't change and the model can't get tired and shift around.

live models are alot of fun but i prefer to only use them for things that can be done quickly.

It's still beautiful work.

I wish I had some sort of skill in visual arts. I have a hereditary palsy that makes my hands shake. You would never notice it, unless I was trying to draw a straight line, and I am extremely colorblind. Not the simple little red green kind, but the really extreme kind where you eyes simply don't have enough cones to go around.

It isn't a problem for me. Music and wood are enough for me, but I always felt like I was missing something that those durned visual artists were enjoying.

Simply because it's almost impossible to ask a girl to pose for a song.

f

[meghasissues]

for the second of my portrait finals i was allowed to use a model so let me introduce the lovely Scotty
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/oddchick/Photo133.jpg

this one was done as a gesso rub instead of pastel
the basic sketch
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/oddchick/Photo144.jpg

the underdrawing
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/oddchick/Photo145.jpg

adding the paint
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/oddchick/Photo149.jpg

shading
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/oddchick/Photo152.jpg

skintone
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/oddchick/Photo153.jpg

it's still in progress. i took alot of pictures cause i really want to do it right and i think the process is pretty cool

[Crazeyal]

funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnkeyyyyy!

ME likes!

[MindlessPhilosophy]

...and I am extremely colorblind. Not the simple little red green kind, but the really extreme kind where you eyes simply don't have enough cones to go around.

I actually know a phenominal artist, Dave E. Phillips (aka humbleego), who is color blind. His website is http://www.humbleego.com but its currently being overhauled so sad panda about that.

It isn't a problem for me. Music and wood are enough for me, but I always felt like I was missing something that those durned visual artists were enjoying.

Simply because it's almost impossible to ask a girl to pose for a song.
Hahah I roffled at that. Yes, that does seem like a rough task.. but you could maybe find one to sing the music you write. I love playing guitar but my voice sucks so thats how I go about it. ^__^

Anyways, back to the topic at hand. Phenomenal work Meg. I really love the first one just because of all of the action you captured in the piece. It has great lines, great energy, and you picked absolutely perfect colors. The yellow background really just makes the subject pop out of the canvas at the viewer.

I like the second one but, I don't know, it just doesn't strike me the way the first one does. I think its because its still a WIP and you haven't really added any strong contrast to the dude yet. At the moment he kind of looks like a puddle of water melting into the floor. I would really like to see some of his features darkened up to help the viewers eye to where you want them to look rather then just getting lost on the canvas.

Overall, great work. You have a ton of talent. Keep it up and keep posting, can't wait to see more.

[freiman]

Meg,

I hate to say this, but I like your line drawings best. You obviously work really hard on your coloring, but it's all lost on me.

The line drawings are cool. Really cool.

f

[asianmommy]

These are great! i like the first one of the female model best. :P

Oh and Freiman, it really just depends on what kind of song and what kind of posing. :dgrin:

[meghasissues]

I think Scotty's is done (please excuse all the crappy webcam pictures I'll get better ones when my camera is fixed)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/oddchick/Photo154.jpg

freiman- I definitely understand what you're saying. I'm actually a sequential art major so I'm used to only doing black and white stuff with heavy emphasis on lines. This is the first quarter I've used color mediums in a class so I'm still really bad at it.

asianmommy- Believe it or not that female model is me.... I can make some really freaky faces when I'm not trying.

[asianmommy]

asianmommy- Believe it or not that female model is me.... I can make some really freaky faces when I'm not trying.

ooooh. :: PRAISE ::
:dgrin:

[meghasissues]

my self portrait is kinda done now. i'm not really happy with it but my professor likes it.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/oddchick/Photo156.jpg

[freiman]

Now That looks like sequential art.

Actually, it looks like a high end comic book.

you rock.

f

[MindlessPhilosophy]

Fantastic! And the reclining man one looks much better finished. Personally I would still like some of the lines to be a little bolder but it looks great. I typically work in b&w myself too, and I prefer like sketchy-ish line drawings to the cleaned up versions. I love being able to see where the artist did things and how they planned out the piece, where they thought they messed up and changed things. Stuff like that.

[TheMyst]

Looks awesome meg. Way better than I can ever hope to paint.

However..............

Meg, I am very sorry for this, and you can hate me if you want to, but as a 4chan goer, i simply can not resist :dgrin: Don't worry, its hosted on imageshack with no tags, nobody will find it.

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/126/megscharginherlazarcc3.png

[RazorJAK]

Imma chargin' mah .....

[meghasissues]

thanks altair. the really sad thing is that's what i thought that looked like when it was halfway done.

[TheMyst]

And here i thought you were gonna castrate me for that. :dgrin:

[meghasissues]

eww no that would mean i'd have to touch you

[TheMyst]

I meant metaphorically, but touche >_>

[sableagle]

toucheNot if she can help it.

[Plunder Down-Under]

Shoop-Da-Woop

[Tipouf]

ooo oooo !!!!

bounces up and down giggling


me likes your comic


am a lil slow

[Tipouf]

ooo oooo

ooo ooooo.....me likes ...oooo i do i do i do....wanna play!!!!!

http://meghasissues.comicgenesis.com/d/20070329.html


oh please!!!!!!!

[meghasissues]

yay! i'm glad somebody likes it. i'll bring icing to d*c or something and we can all play the icing game

[Loyd]

You have an interesting mind.
Keep up the great work!

[Tipouf]

yay! i'm glad somebody likes it. i'll bring icing to d*c or something and we can all play the icing game

sorry ...wont be at d*c am in france
pooo no icing
had a hard time explaining to the lady who is helping me improve my french what icing is...or frosting... and that carrot cake really is good
it was funny trying to use some of my broken french to explain carrot cake and watch her try not to shudder in horror...she failed a few times

[meghasissues]

hmm icing game through the mail?

[Tipouf]

hmm icing game through the mail?

yayyayayayyayayay mail icing game....:D

hmmmm.... MALE? icing game.......:didea:

or..... can we order a meghasissues through the mail..

or airport?

[meghasissues]

well i might be going to france in a year. they still haven't told me everything yet. i could probably send myself in a mail crate but that might kill me

[Crazeyal]

hmm icing game through the mail?THAT'S NOT ICING!!!:skull::skull:

[Necrotism (aka TJ)]

THAT'S NOT ICING!!!:skull::skull:

yay! someone as disgusting as me who beat me to the "punch" line...

woot !


btw meg... because you shared yoru art here.. i found your comic.. and read the whole of the archives ... and am hooked as a fan :)

please 'splain how to vote yours more popular ??