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Weekend Studio Update

This is the first piece I'm doing where I'm really putting Transparent White to work.  Really happy with the results so far!

One more shot of an underpainting...

Trying out a Venetian turpentine glazing medium recipe.  I love it, but it takes forEVER to dry - even with a drier added.

King's Ascent release!

"King's Ascent" - a Flash platformer game I've been creating art assets for - is now complete and available to play on Newgrounds: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/620100

We'll soon be releasing it on other Flash portals and gaming sites as well.  I'll post the links here.

Underpainting test, second layer

Added a layer of Titanium and Transparent White.  The Burnt Umber is nice and neutral, but I'm really liking the Alizarin and mixed purple at this stage.

Eyes

Weekend studio update: Painting some quick sketches of eyes to test out how different colors in an underpainting will react with subsequent layers. 

A couple photos from the studio today...

a work in progress

More owl than woman this time.

more King's Ascent updates

King's Ascent, the platformer I've been working on with Aqualuft for almost a year, is gradually nearing completion.  We now have an official Facebook page for it.  You can also visit the following pages to learn more about the game and play demos:
Art Lead/3D Modeller Sharon Hoosein's website
Producer/Programmer Rosstin Murphy's blog

Website/Game Art Updates

Added new images of my work related to the Flash game "King's Ascent" to my website today.  

Check it out here

Sketchbook

Some more shots from my sketchbook as I try out my new camera.

Mixing

Going back to mixing my own oil mediums after a long stint of using straight Liquin.

I found this crazy helpful post on WetCanvas that lists a variety of recipes in order from lean to fat, so I'm trying out a few of those.  Really excited for the "Old World Glazing Medium" with Venice turpentine.  Supposedly, it give your glazes a "stained-glass look" with gorgeous diffuse highlights and is based on a recipe Vermeer used.

sketchbook

Moon color study

quick Photoshop sketch from observation

Beginnings of a new painting

One of six I've recently started.

"Climb" Game Demo

"Climb" Background Mock-up

Lately, I've been working on backgrounds and environments for a Flash game with the group Aqualuft.  A demo of this game is now available to play here: http://asterazul.deviantart.com/#/d5bsnpp

New Website

For the last month or so, I've been building a more professional-appearing and easier to navigate website for my work over at Wordpress.  I'll continue to post things to my blog here, but it will be more "blog-like", meaning sketchbook stuff and the occasional re-blog of something interesting (and art-related) I've found on the internet.
With that said, please come check out my new website at meagantrott.wordpress.com.  In addition to my drawing and painting, it also showcases my digital and game-related work that I haven't posted here.

Sympathy for Mephistopheles

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Sympathy for Mephistopheles

artist book

approx. 9 x 6.5 x 0.5 in

2011-2012

Annunciation

"Annunciation"
oil on paper
30" x 22"

2012

detail

INRI

                                   

INRI
charcoal, gesso, and gouache on 4 wood panels
2012

Installation views:

life drawing image dump

Lots of recent work from the anatomy drawing class I'm taking.