Meg Park - Sketch Blog

Old Folks

2012-02-13T22:32:00.000Z

Toddlers and Tutus

2012-01-18T22:33:00.000Z

These started out as 'Toddlers and Tiaras' themed character designs, but drawing make up on kids is just too wrong for me, so they became bratty looking ballerinas. I like the red-head.

Red & Blue

2011-11-09T23:38:00.000Z

Messing around with colours and brushes between freelance projects. I've been trying to find a good speedpainting brush set for Photoshop, but I can't seem to find what I'm looking for. Perhaps I'll just create my own.

Black Foxes

2011-10-09T23:25:00.000+01:00

Swamp Monster

2011-10-04T00:37:00.000+01:00

I need to post this now because I keep fiddling endlessly with it and I need to go to bed! I will probably tweak it some more later, but I'm happy for now.

Character Design Blog Interview

2011-09-25T20:08:00.000+01:00

I was asked to do an interview for the Character Design Blog, which is now up and available to read here! I'm a long-time reader of the blog and it's an honour to be featured alongside some of the top artists and illustrators out there. I'm not worthy!

Hair

2011-07-26T23:29:00.000+01:00

Poolside

2011-07-21T23:35:00.000+01:00

A wee collection of drawings based on some of the people & kids by the pool while I was on holiday earlier this month. This little boy pushed his (even littler) brother into the pool. The parents erupted and sent him to his pushchair 'for the rest of the holiday'. He started crying and making that wrinkly, old-man face that babies do when they cry.

Longbottom

2011-07-18T23:54:00.002+01:00

Everyone is going Potter crazy, so here's my little contribution! I like Neville, he was always one of my favourite characters. I don't know why, maybe it's that killer cardigan collection.

Que Paso

2011-06-25T20:42:00.003+01:00

I don't do fan art very often but I can't get enough of Robert Rodriguez movies, and really wanted to draw Jessica Alba's character from the fantastically cheesy and sleazy 'Machete'. She's so damn pretty, I love/hate her.

Kitchen Colours

2011-06-14T22:35:00.001+01:00

Just a quick wee thing. This kitchen is infinitely tidier than mine ;)

Sunset

2011-06-04T23:34:00.000+01:00

Seal Sketches

2011-05-31T01:14:00.000+01:00

My poor sketchbook has been so neglected lately. Here's some seals (pencil & marker).

More Mermaids

2011-05-30T00:58:00.001+01:00

Millie & Mac Painting

2011-05-17T18:48:00.000+01:00

Fat Mermaid

2011-05-14T00:18:00.001+01:00

Or 'merwhale' as suggested by my boyfriend ! I reckon mermaids in colder waters would have some blubber to keep warm..

Pier

2011-05-08T23:52:00.000+01:00

Millie & Mac

2011-05-02T00:05:00.001+01:00

Some characters I doodled earlier today. I think they live somewhere like the Isle of Skye.

Royal Paws

2011-04-19T23:46:00.001+01:00

Royal Wedding week is approaching and as much as I don't care about it, the media is making it impossible to avoid. Corgis and Union Jacks are everywhere! Some fun with styles/designs;

Tigerrrs

2011-04-16T00:57:00.000+01:00

So, it's been almost a year since I finished my film 'Kahani', I felt like drawing some tigers.

Farmer Turnip

2011-04-15T00:29:00.000+01:00

Thursday night doodle

Rosie

2011-03-28T00:03:00.002+01:00

Some wee doodles of my cat(/baby) Rosie. She lives at home and I don't get to see her much :<

Jungle Birdies

2011-02-14T00:08:00.000Z

I really wanted to include more jungle creatures in my student film. Unfortunately, massive time constraints and the fact that the story didn't really call for it meant that I had to scrap the idea. Maybe this is what they could've looked like!

I made these in Adobe Illustrator. I use it constantly at work, but I don't use it much it for my personal things. I've really grown to love Illustrator, and it's a nice break from Photoshop!

Ballet School

2011-02-04T23:41:00.000Z

I loved Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, here's some dancers! And wee ones too;

Sunflowers

2011-01-18T23:36:00.002Z

A wee painting to banish the January blues. I was thinking of the movie Everything Is Illuminated.

What's Cookin'

2011-01-13T23:44:00.002Z

I'm planning to update this blog much more often this year. Here's a little painting I did to loosen up a bit and work out a new technique. I feel so rusty, agh!

Monster doodles

2010-11-16T16:17:00.008Z

Just some quick character doodles of a little monster/troll/dragon guy. He doesn't like people touching his hair.

Poms

2010-11-10T21:43:00.003Z

I love drawing treees

2010-10-15T22:27:00.005+01:00

A little Autumn/Halloween themed piece I've been picking at for days. Forcing myself to spend an hour or two every night working on personal/freelance work has left me feeling a lot more motivated and inspired.

Damnit draw more, Meg!

2010-10-11T21:00:00.005+01:00

I've been stuck in a horrible, horrible rut for months now, I'm forcing myself to get back into drawing and start updating regularly again!

Update

2010-08-24T13:06:00.002+01:00

Hey y'all, this blog is well overdue a complete redesign and is in dire need of some regular updates - I'm hoping to kickstart it up again soon, please stay tuned!

Kahani Blog

2010-06-01T01:44:00.003+01:00

My short film 'Kahani', created in my final year at DJCAD is now complete!

Production Blog : http://kahaniblog.blogspot.com

The Making Of Kahani :

Big thanks to Philip Martin and all my friends at DJCAD! I miss all those sleepless nights spent working on this -- wait, no I don't ;)

3 Bad Wolves

2009-10-05T23:02:00.001+01:00

Taking a break from drawing so much CUTE recently.

Kahani - 1 down!

2009-09-15T20:58:00.004+01:00

I finalised the first shot on my film today. I have a bunch in progress at various different stages, but this is the first to be completed. I'm planning on working on background, cleanup & colour as I go so I know exactly where I'm at with it. It's going to be a hell of a lot of hard work, but I'm really pleased with how it's turning out so far.

Travels

2009-05-31T21:29:00.006+01:00

Let's Make Friends

2009-05-26T21:15:00.004+01:00

Had to move my things home for the Summer, including my goldfish Simon Cowell. My cat Rosie is completely enthralled by him.

Panels

2009-03-10T01:24:00.004Z

3 panels of my 3 characters for my production bible.

Digital Paint Practice

2009-03-03T23:58:00.003Z

A few hours in photoshop.

Colour Script

2009-02-16T21:58:00.003Z

Preparing to storyboard, I did a bunch of these quick thumbnails just to help me get a feel for the overall production design, and how I want the film to look.

Pals

2009-01-26T18:25:00.004Z

The 2 characters for my film.

vis-dev

2009-01-15T17:46:00.004Z

Beginning pre-production on my 4th year film, and there's far too much to be done!

Colours are probably a bit iffy as I'm stuck with working on my laptop for the time being, but I'll fix it up later.

Long time no update

2009-01-08T19:29:00.003Z

I'm going to try and get back into the swing of updating this more regularly. The holidays have been a bit hectic, and now it's time to get back to work; I should have some stuff to show soon (development for my 4th year film). Back in the UK on the 21st.

Character Art - Bits and Pieces

2008-12-04T16:04:00.008Z

Ref sheets - photoshop, bottom two - pencil and tria marker

Gone Fishin' Production Backgrounds

2008-11-12T18:11:00.009Z

A set of digitally painted backgrounds for my current project (one minute animatic). I'm planning to animate a water effect over the lake to bring it to life a bit more.

Life Drawing

2008-10-12T21:12:00.014+01:00

Just a small collection of bits and pieces from various life drawing classes.

Preproduction artwork

2008-09-23T16:49:00.007+01:00

A bunch of artwork and character designs for a project!

Lack of Updates

2008-09-09T21:56:00.005+01:00

I apologise for the lack of updates to my sketchblog this Summer. I spent 5 weeks in the USA, and was quite busy doing a bit of travelling while I was there.

I had my sketchbooks with me on the plane in from Philadelphia this morning but the flight was just too bumpy (although admittedly, that's no excuse - I've been on 6 different flights, 4 long-haul..I'm just lazy). I'll hopefully have something to show soon.

Sketchbook Tigers

2008-07-31T21:52:00.005+01:00

Some tiger doodles done on a flight to New York.

Holidays

2008-07-06T00:00:00.004+01:00

Just as a general notice for anyone who might be trying to contact me; I am in the US and unable to respond to emails until the beginning of August.

Dog Doodle

2008-05-13T22:13:00.002+01:00

Sketchbook Work

2008-03-17T14:17:00.010Z

some sketchbook work that I wanted to keep a record of.

lulu is fun!

2008-03-10T20:26:00.004Z

A couple weeks ago, I decided to compile a print-ready .pdf of my works for uploading to lulu.com (print/publish on demand). I set everything up for a hard-bound 8.25" x 10.75" book, which arrived today! Photos! -

It's about 30 pages long, and contains around 70 pieces of work (including tiny sketches). Most of it is just stuff that has been posted here at some point. I made all the layouts with InDesign.

Commission

2008-03-08T19:13:00.006Z

An illustration that was commissioned by a wonderfully cute couple for use on their wedding invites.

Midnight Visitor

2008-02-28T02:17:00.006Z

I'm quite into illustrating dark/creepy things at the moment. And I wanted to do something with strong lighting/environment, so this happily combined both.

Photoshop, 12 + hours or so. Original sketch (digital);

siamese cat development

2008-02-22T20:57:00.002Z

Some cat sketches/development work I found in one of my folders;

Texture fun

2008-02-20T22:18:00.002Z

Pencil sketch + Photoshop + textures from dazzle-textures

Photoshop experimenting

2008-01-22T17:15:00.001Z

I have been uber-busy lately. I'm currently working on a bunch of illustrations for a booklet of events/workshops at Lauriston Castle. I should have everything finished by next week, so I will make an update at some point to show what I've been working on! In the meantime, here's a couple of photoshop things.

yatta!

2007-11-24T13:59:00.001Z

Some more Heroes art. Hiro Nakamura! I did a Sylar this morning too, but it didn't turn out that great.

Save the cheerleader, save the world etc.

2007-11-24T01:38:00.001Z

Something I doodled while watching Heroes. I might do more of these, I need to practise drawing people :[

Peter Petrelli!

Welcome to the Jungle

2007-11-21T22:27:00.001Z

...We got fun 'n games (sorry, I couldn't resist). Been drawing an excessive amount of tigers recently, but whatever....tigers are cool.

Initial sketch;

Finished piece;

Rain

2007-11-06T22:04:00.001Z

Cats in the rain, and a small acrylic painting of the Forth Bridge for a college project.

der hinterhältige Fuchs

2007-11-03T17:01:00.000Z

Birds

2007-10-30T19:44:00.002Z

Some little bits and pieces from today. Colour thumbnails and crows for a college project.

and a Christmas card design for the same company I did one for last year (39steps).

who can resist perfectly spherical robins?

My Design for Sale at Threadless.com!!

2007-10-29T17:04:00.001Z

Yesssss, the t-shirt design I did way back in August for threadless.com was selected to be printed, and it finally went up for sale today!!!

http://www.threadless.com/product/1028/Children_Under_The_Bed

awesome!!!

Illustration Friday: Missing

2007-08-09T00:29:00.001+01:00

For Illustration Friday. I was stuck for ideas.

Walking the Dog

2007-07-12T23:45:00.001+01:00

A random woman I saw walking a dog.

Gypsy King

2007-07-08T19:56:00.001+01:00

Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello. He looks like a living cartoon character, everytime I see him I want to draw him.

Russian/Ukrainian gypsy punk music...excellent!

Illustration Friday: Geeky

2007-07-07T17:12:00.002+01:00

For this week's Illustration Friday.

Sabretooth

2007-06-16T00:26:00.002+01:00

Some stuff from today. Done in Photoshop.

Illustration Friday: Suit

2007-06-15T11:37:00.001+01:00

For this weeks Illustration Friday. The topic is 'suit'!

Moose Puss

2007-03-28T15:07:00.000+01:00

Shar-Pei fu

2007-03-20T14:09:00.001Z

Decided that this guy should be some sort of kung-fu master or something. I want to animate him so badly!

Dogs

2007-03-16T16:18:00.001Z

Photoshop Shar-Pei

Spaniel

Watercolour Weimaraner in a flowery hat. She thinks she is gorgeous. I had to photograph these drawings because my scanner was picking up the textured paper too much.

Dachshund

Sardines

2006-05-12T23:21:00.000+01:00

Also got OpenCanvas v.4 the other day and doodled this to test it;