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Computer Project 3

Meredith — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:44:55 +0000

I had a little fun with this project, combining illustration and photography! Created in Photoshop.

MDR

Computer Project 2

Meredith — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:42:42 +0000

Celebrating New Bern! Created in Photoshop.

MDR

Intro to Sequential Art Unit 3

Meredith — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:34:00 +0000

I call this story “The Golem.” The assignment was to create a story using only black and white shapes, without words.

MDR

First Book!

Meredith — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:09:58 +0000

Hot off the presses…just completed my first book! It’s an illustrated poem I collaborated on with the talented Kathryn Foessel. It is available from Lulu for $9.99.

MDR

Intro to Sequential Art Unit 2

Meredith — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:25:24 +0000

The assignment was to create a comic of a fairy tale or fable, without text, using all six types of closure (see Scott McCloud’s book Understanding Comics for an explanation). This story is from Aesop, and is called, “The Old Man and Death.”

The moral is: “We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.” In other words, be careful what you wish for!

MDR

Computer Project 1

Meredith — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:33:48 +0000

I’ve worked with Illustrator before, but I learned a few new tricks in this class. Here’s my first project for Advanced Computer Applications, a stamp design. Next up: Photoshop!

MDR

Intro to Sequential Art Unit 1

Meredith — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:39:49 +0000

First project for Intro to Sequential Art! We had to make a how-to comic without using text. Guess what mine’s about?

MDR

New Year, New Classes!

Meredith — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:37:42 +0000

Okay, I feel guilty for not posting much during the winter break. The holidays were a blur as usual, and I am relieved that they are over and I can get back to business. I didn’t do as much drawing as I should have but I did do a ton of reading, finished a small children’s book I have been working on (soon to be announced), snagged a small professional coloring job and started brainstorming for a big secret project that will play out probably a year or two down the road. That’s kind of a cruel tease, sorry!

On Monday I begin the new quarter at SCAD with three classes: Intro to Sequential Art (yay!), Advanced Survey of Computer Applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Maya, and Dreamweaver), and Survey of Western Art II (huh???). You’d think that taking something like 30 hours of college art history for my BFA would have exempted me from that, but I digress. I’m super stoked about these classes, and hoping for a Big Epiphany this quarter! Since classes will be the focus of effort, I’ll post artwork when I can. So thanks for hanging in there, I hope everyone has a great new year!

MDR

Concept – Hippocampus

Meredith — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:11:19 +0000

Here’s a concept for a Hippocampus (mythological sea horse).

MDR

Drawing Class Units 9 and 10

Meredith — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:16:57 +0000

Well, here’s the final project for my drawing class at SCAD. The assignment was to demonstrate the skills we had learned over the rest of the course by creating a drawing using an object, a figure, and an environment (one of the three had to be out of scale). Next quarter I get to take my first Sequential Art class! The quarter starts in January, but I still plan to post art regularly. I’ve got so many projects I want to work on- where to start?

Oh, and check out this writeup from the SCAD e-learning blog!

MDR