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THIS IS WHAT I DREW.

 

and now people on fb are like...."hahaa masochistic manatee...kinky!" It's a manatee, guys! 

Super cute... :'(

before & after sloth

 

I did this lil guy for a Nickelodeon gallery show: Sloth Loves Reading, 5x7", ink.

I'd like to get better at inking! It's so hard :(

Qpop Tokusatsu Show + some wee foxes

 This is my piece for the Qpop Tokusatsu show...a cuter take on Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah. According to the event page, "Tokusatsu (特撮?) is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and/or monsters and makes considerable use of special effects (tokusatsu literally translates as "special filming" in Japanese).

More info about the event here!: https://www.facebook.com/events/454837717870454/

The show opening is on Saturday, Sept 15 @ 7 PM. A lot of great artists will be participating, and it should be an amazing show. Hope to see you there! Here are some process pics:

this is how it usually starts, with crappy thumbs in PS

Sketch. After I'm done sketching in PS I'll print it out to do a graphite transfer

i usually use extra watercolor paper scraps as my palettes

 And here are some sketchy foxes from a while back :)

SHARK WEEEEEK

If you haven't already figured it out from my header, it is once again SHARK WEEK (also known as Megan's favorite holiday)!! As usual, Kristen has started up her wonderful Shark Week drawing challenge--one shark per day. This year we're also using it to try and get our blog-updates rolling again. So without further ado, here are sharks #1 and #2. 

Day one was the

 

I thought I'd read up and try to actually learn a little this time, so I checked out the wiki entry (you can learn, too!). My favorite fun fact about oceanic whitetips is that it is an "aggressive but slow-moving fish [that] dominates feeding frenzies..." :

(if it's a pie feeding frenzy then I'm the same way!)

"...and is a danger to shipwreck or air crash survivors"

Now some actual sketches. Sorry for the crappy iphone quality pics, I will replace them with nice scans once I get home :O

huzzah for the oceanic whitetip!

Day Two was:

SORRY BRAMBLE SHARK, I RAN OUT OF TIME. 

But seriously, there are hardly any pictures of the bramble shark on google images. Poor bramble shark.

Parrot Girl

 http://drawthisdress.tumblr.com/ is one of my favorite tumblrs--I love seeing fashion interpreted by artists. Also, I've always found Vera's drawings so SO appealing, so I tried to mimic her style here.

progress...and some sketches:

derp.
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ROBOTS AND MONSTERS...and girls

Sorry for the lack of updates, but big BIG news! The show that I worked on for the past year and a half (the best first job a gal could ever ask for!) will be premiering this Saturday, August 4 on Nickelodeon @ 11AM!

here's the (slightly pessimistic) announcement: http://www.nickandmore.com/2012/07/26/robot-and-monster-premieres-saturday-august-4-on-nickelodeon/

I'm ridiculously proud of the amazing crew and show, so much love went into it. It's funny and full of heart, and if you care to take a look we'd appreciate the support :)
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and just to add some art to this post, here are some girls:

i keep wanting to buy dresses....more...dresses..

 
 
I usually post these to fb or tumblr, since i don't want to do a bunch of separate posts on this blog. Hopefully I will get more stories/posts up soon!

Breaking up

process:

 I tried to grab actual clothing for reference (kinda. the shirt is pretty loosely referenced). I have no idea if this outfit really works in real life, but oh well.

quick painting update!

 A birthday cat, for my birthday friend. The kitty in question is ridiculously adorable!

 rough sketch

my work-workspace. I need some new gouache tubes :C

and framed!