tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83949544795070779812024-03-14T11:20:10.893-07:00The Art of Megan NordahlMegan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-2624550103708847192011-04-30T15:35:00.000-07:002011-04-30T15:35:12.973-07:00Amelia Earhart Wannabes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTt2hS-TpUq8a98tnIAwM8hTZwo1dHTsd_H52TgAe_vFVDKhEyYJn4DlkSuSQCubTNGF5dDg54G5_aAPgVHwd8MtkuF9Wh3giVmsl2SkEwg04WzbjTltcCBFn8b5dtJPcSZKE0Nk1Sa9Y/s1600/megannordahl1+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTt2hS-TpUq8a98tnIAwM8hTZwo1dHTsd_H52TgAe_vFVDKhEyYJn4DlkSuSQCubTNGF5dDg54G5_aAPgVHwd8MtkuF9Wh3giVmsl2SkEwg04WzbjTltcCBFn8b5dtJPcSZKE0Nk1Sa9Y/s320/megannordahl1+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Watercolor!</div>Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-60536704253104099922011-04-01T09:20:00.000-07:002011-05-01T01:18:50.328-07:00Wow, it's been a while!So school has been pretty busy the last couple of semesters, because... I'M GRADUATING! Wahooo!! So I'm afraid I've been neglecting my poor blog... although I'm not sure anyone actually looks at this anymore. Helloooooo out there? Anyone? Well... here is some art! Finally!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>P.S. I'm also getting married! So exciting! But it's also keeping me pretty busy!Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-13700564136832415542010-04-30T01:08:00.000-07:002010-04-30T01:08:27.570-07:00Lederhosen!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3TAPIRzWkLG_XoXGG8aiYZwFeQqMGDP8NyUBM7A9get5P1vJ4KASyFRjkjIlst6c3H0OD3oWtxCpgFtRXwzwwllyW1V6tCmkbmFnPphtgX9P9NMKUASBqodxwwPey0Ht6FA1jOeke2k/s1600/Final+Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3TAPIRzWkLG_XoXGG8aiYZwFeQqMGDP8NyUBM7A9get5P1vJ4KASyFRjkjIlst6c3H0OD3oWtxCpgFtRXwzwwllyW1V6tCmkbmFnPphtgX9P9NMKUASBqodxwwPey0Ht6FA1jOeke2k/s400/Final+Poster.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think the giant walrus mustache is my favorite part.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The color is looking pretty washed out on here, I'll have to fix that eventually... if I ever have TIME!</div>Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-80989183624633294202010-04-23T18:22:00.000-07:002010-04-23T18:22:18.260-07:00Captain Hook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4zByVOQXNJWTZQuwBC30R9z7gZPIFrTYld8dQWXj1tJwvEBUadVhwQJmAs2he10WkFChDobXEvNP5dQ8uVr1-7PVDbHs-vCdzT-S16l3iQpyhlRF2Uv4VN9TDeEgNmnlGRwrFFHwhrM/s1600/captain_hook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4zByVOQXNJWTZQuwBC30R9z7gZPIFrTYld8dQWXj1tJwvEBUadVhwQJmAs2he10WkFChDobXEvNP5dQ8uVr1-7PVDbHs-vCdzT-S16l3iQpyhlRF2Uv4VN9TDeEgNmnlGRwrFFHwhrM/s400/captain_hook.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A project from my children's book class.</div>Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-51673206279373360372010-03-10T22:04:00.000-08:002010-03-10T22:04:39.528-08:00The Emperor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGuIJfLHWlyDcrN5a4BDImY9SyQ8AJ0tCAYgdPOFW-a2lCITE0ZC2H28OjRmp2gmZiZRfG8ols2qj0AvIhUoJwlYs8SXcacB8s8Z6BRG_ltREK7bzJXP2Rj3d7unztDgMFg-u-KGR1Bk/s1600-h/monster+portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGuIJfLHWlyDcrN5a4BDImY9SyQ8AJ0tCAYgdPOFW-a2lCITE0ZC2H28OjRmp2gmZiZRfG8ols2qj0AvIhUoJwlYs8SXcacB8s8Z6BRG_ltREK7bzJXP2Rj3d7unztDgMFg-u-KGR1Bk/s320/monster+portrait.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>So I'm finally learning how to use Illustrator! For this project we each picked a movie monster and created a portrait using only the pen tool, which behaves absolutely nothing like a pen. Why do they even call it that? But anyways... I noodled a little too much with the eyes and then had to rush to finish the rest of the face, but I still think it turned out pretty well. He needs to get some sleep and see a dentist, STAT!<br />
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*and the image I worked from does not belong to me, although this art does. This character belongs to Lucasfilm Ltd... just throwing that out there. I'm also learning about copyright law :)Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-83865271486025900132010-02-08T23:46:00.000-08:002010-02-08T23:46:22.480-08:00Another Watercolor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>So for our final in Illustration 2 we had to design a 2-page spread for a children's book. I chose "The BFG" by Roald Dahl, because I loved all of his books as a kid. I was really surprised by how many people had never heard of this one! (Just in case you haven't heard of it either, the BFG stands for Big Friendly Giant)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfkkeqwomYhWH9uww1wz008Sc5tFTTCPV2Hj-Xuzud-_irkXX7c0EY2vpks-ztb9zpbaExNugZiW0i6kNGtnQunZZ4a1jQIuCmuYJV26YJJubfPJck7Hh5I58jjGfdmxBPQqR7YGhdsk/s1600-h/Fox+and+Bear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfkkeqwomYhWH9uww1wz008Sc5tFTTCPV2Hj-Xuzud-_irkXX7c0EY2vpks-ztb9zpbaExNugZiW0i6kNGtnQunZZ4a1jQIuCmuYJV26YJJubfPJck7Hh5I58jjGfdmxBPQqR7YGhdsk/s320/Fox+and+Bear.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then got to create characters out of them! SO MUCH FUN!!</div>Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-18905525387211343372009-11-21T21:21:00.000-08:002009-11-21T21:21:44.642-08:00Pastels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGD8_DS1SgfwD_G-peynkUt6xXZ9xPxScK5gcuHlDSs_diOliowlf_50mu3kyQbnDqnqbZc4CGxCw1KYN5fR8IyMnYBB0N1aMRCuUBaaT1fzcQJr8cwZ_UA34hyphenhyphenA2syGrRK8fDoov-rFQ/s1600/100_3535.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGD8_DS1SgfwD_G-peynkUt6xXZ9xPxScK5gcuHlDSs_diOliowlf_50mu3kyQbnDqnqbZc4CGxCw1KYN5fR8IyMnYBB0N1aMRCuUBaaT1fzcQJr8cwZ_UA34hyphenhyphenA2syGrRK8fDoov-rFQ/s320/100_3535.JPG" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here is Brandon's portrait of me! I'm so eeeeeeevil! I should start working on my evil laugh...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love all his color, he has a much more painterly approach than I do. Check him out at http://brandonpikeart.blogspot.com/</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Ok this one was 30 minutes...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</div></div>Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-30268931755018058962009-11-18T20:59:00.000-08:002009-11-18T20:59:15.482-08:00An evening (or two) with Mike Mattesi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I had the opportunity last week of going to a two night workshop with Mike Mattesi, author of a book called Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators. He has worked for Disney, Dreamworks, Marvel (and many others) and is now teaching at Pixar. His philosophy revolves more around the movement of the figure rather than finding accurate shapes.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So these are the drawings I did at the very beginning of the first night, before he taught us anything. These ones were two minute drawings.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoss_yowxcnKB8LroAh60WXJf8zUg6p3j-22j6rTZzxv1zgiav0vcKvz6QagIpfrQP_VlaVOogRxiQcfaF322YbBo9Gm5RlgKM7wdfBJCsCYBEN55geJCq4P9G7SXmR4bSZOK4c1AQOo/s1600/104_3659.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoss_yowxcnKB8LroAh60WXJf8zUg6p3j-22j6rTZzxv1zgiav0vcKvz6QagIpfrQP_VlaVOogRxiQcfaF322YbBo9Gm5RlgKM7wdfBJCsCYBEN55geJCq4P9G7SXmR4bSZOK4c1AQOo/s200/104_3659.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">So these are 30 second poses, where he told us we could use only ONE line to find the "biggest event" of the pose. So each line here is a different pose. We did a TON of these, pretty much spent the entire first night on this. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82186jeY_fO7UMEsr19H8Y3pmWOi5NlYckLfoVMY5Vg59jFx3krShiTLY8oXtmbAr7aghVylvPySyxPnOf_PcIfTyGwPjK3FB8jsPBhvzxiRHZct5sx-0s9lA_VHUjD4DAlsPfLutfkE/s1600/104_3660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82186jeY_fO7UMEsr19H8Y3pmWOi5NlYckLfoVMY5Vg59jFx3krShiTLY8oXtmbAr7aghVylvPySyxPnOf_PcIfTyGwPjK3FB8jsPBhvzxiRHZct5sx-0s9lA_VHUjD4DAlsPfLutfkE/s200/104_3660.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99Y_i66KrBn1mwHjYsuzxI2XtdZ6bvtqIchnUiyYWpiglsD6WG-u6qIQQXbuJqABU8Mwb05nj9bUaqBg_c-dUx4MLv7ZIiuWBXLO4RNhyZOY40tSTnqyOstJktE7UK_ZYfUO5tXNVb_U/s1600/104_3661.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99Y_i66KrBn1mwHjYsuzxI2XtdZ6bvtqIchnUiyYWpiglsD6WG-u6qIQQXbuJqABU8Mwb05nj9bUaqBg_c-dUx4MLv7ZIiuWBXLO4RNhyZOY40tSTnqyOstJktE7UK_ZYfUO5tXNVb_U/s200/104_3661.JPG" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">By the end of the night we were allowed to add a few more lines, while still focusing on the main action. (One minute drawings)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCCwLwKPFKxCC1ix3qO_vAoIXyZiGXuEqzwg9sI2AIrc_LfCACZk4lgQpl0rKcdafNrf1q6SqEoxxcEo-0GA_A9v6PBF_jOHKjYABY8pkwl0glUkItksQ9MQ8Fho7juCoiCIcqTd3g9w/s1600/104_3662.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCCwLwKPFKxCC1ix3qO_vAoIXyZiGXuEqzwg9sI2AIrc_LfCACZk4lgQpl0rKcdafNrf1q6SqEoxxcEo-0GA_A9v6PBF_jOHKjYABY8pkwl0glUkItksQ9MQ8Fho7juCoiCIcqTd3g9w/s200/104_3662.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvotYGyYctv-ydo63uzSzoObsCoCJQAhsf1D4BVO8nbdQ4SCbDuE9xqEecOpZiVC03ERGGHfr3pef4fjbPLOEpoRJY7uXXV7u_0VFzbYcLYW0ilYYkR7f6wPNwbzvVRUq2AtLrJbatF0/s1600/104_3663.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvotYGyYctv-ydo63uzSzoObsCoCJQAhsf1D4BVO8nbdQ4SCbDuE9xqEecOpZiVC03ERGGHfr3pef4fjbPLOEpoRJY7uXXV7u_0VFzbYcLYW0ilYYkR7f6wPNwbzvVRUq2AtLrJbatF0/s200/104_3663.JPG" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So the second night we focused on the rhythm of the figure, while still holding onto the principles we learned the night before. He showed us how the forms flow into each other... (all of the following are 2 minute poses)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Getting there....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes!! Got it!! Finally!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Aaaaaaaand then he made us do blind poses.... (drawing without looking at your paper) yuck!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Some final 3 minute poses (we could look for these)! So although it started off a bit rough... it was a great experience!! My quick poses improved a TON! Plus it was great to learn a different way of thinking about figure drawing. Yey!</div><br />
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</div>Watercolor portrait of Chris!! I'm pretty happy with how this turned out, I spent a lot of time on this one. Plus now I know how to paint smoke and fire! Yey!Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-8974825998725230312009-11-05T22:32:00.000-08:002009-11-05T22:32:00.588-08:00I wonder what will happen?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfHDwab9HQi8rNt01NP-JJDiPcG0xQtxAVJgqt40Jfrj1gtKaQhqA0Q2kPCxbxrdsGz-KesH6i_mn_ZrtLHNikPsJ09qr3w16TpfbfxTKuZBxMQ5k83KuZir08QoiVfr6HjXvxWMWPSI/s1600-h/the_rope.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfHDwab9HQi8rNt01NP-JJDiPcG0xQtxAVJgqt40Jfrj1gtKaQhqA0Q2kPCxbxrdsGz-KesH6i_mn_ZrtLHNikPsJ09qr3w16TpfbfxTKuZBxMQ5k83KuZir08QoiVfr6HjXvxWMWPSI/s320/the_rope.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div>A pen and ink assignment from Illustration 1, emphasizing pattern and texture. This is a little bit of a play on Alice in Wonderland... a very little bit. So what do you think will happen when she pulls the rope? Hmmm... DOES she pull the rope?Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-61150719557970681562009-11-05T16:26:00.000-08:002009-11-05T16:26:12.502-08:00ZOO!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_dbet-V0t2GtUEpLk45blonR-oSXxiXpqseKznqfjYhlmnQiDYPVWaAZwdWNM82Im2RWfaYcezN_4bbYaOzbwdq3_haYZAs7Wj7pCf_i7t9G3Lnb7QcPJS63Su0GxTH5RsgPrLGJBIc/s1600-h/zoo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_dbet-V0t2GtUEpLk45blonR-oSXxiXpqseKznqfjYhlmnQiDYPVWaAZwdWNM82Im2RWfaYcezN_4bbYaOzbwdq3_haYZAs7Wj7pCf_i7t9G3Lnb7QcPJS63Su0GxTH5RsgPrLGJBIc/s320/zoo.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another watercolor assignment. Why I chose to paint a polar bear against a white background? I don't know... perhaps I like to torture myself. And once again... terrible picture quaility, blah blah blah, I'll get a proper camera someday.<br />
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</div>Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-7764405649855561502009-10-24T17:14:00.000-07:002009-10-24T17:14:07.799-07:00Perhaps not so Wicked after all...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3S7H-Or0OmKjcQlXkd3gBCQb0SsRzHlQ-Dle3HsXWdaybe5QN5oA9bgmSBG4OplKO02eFRiiAcimvO_EMRx3wifIxeZQgNhJore_YLP6pllThYbcFoVncKrtG4sIfMGI7tmWIQ9FxNXk/s1600-h/wickedsmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3S7H-Or0OmKjcQlXkd3gBCQb0SsRzHlQ-Dle3HsXWdaybe5QN5oA9bgmSBG4OplKO02eFRiiAcimvO_EMRx3wifIxeZQgNhJore_YLP6pllThYbcFoVncKrtG4sIfMGI7tmWIQ9FxNXk/s320/wickedsmall.jpg" width="211" /></a><br />
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</div>Who'd have guessed that we'd ever be rooting for the wicked witch? I LOVE this play, so when we got an assignment to create an entertainment poster, I knew what I wanted to do before our teacher could finish explaining the project. This one is done in pen and ink, and then colored in photoshop.Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-82712573781726151262009-10-17T19:16:00.000-07:002009-10-17T19:16:01.781-07:00Freaky<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfTk6qdAWWWIxLC36x3W4P1gV-uhKn4lgTx1bb7XROzQmOM0h5J2SKQUMReZHLHMfcLH39qq3YJ_eCy2KgYxJr6f9SnshocyIYuPx3E1wli3cNI1q7VRZLhpDd-w4HSHUR0FnEbJUlPI/s1600-h/bearded+lady.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfTk6qdAWWWIxLC36x3W4P1gV-uhKn4lgTx1bb7XROzQmOM0h5J2SKQUMReZHLHMfcLH39qq3YJ_eCy2KgYxJr6f9SnshocyIYuPx3E1wli3cNI1q7VRZLhpDd-w4HSHUR0FnEbJUlPI/s320/bearded+lady.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div>I love circus freaks... they're so...freakish. Ugh... sorry again about the terrible picture quality. My camera hates me.Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-44214430361428252712009-10-17T17:52:00.000-07:002009-10-17T17:52:46.097-07:00He's very emotional...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIkeNy1l4WaOgDWawV9gvqOYtWzmT34dDHv28Pix_jBtRuGnVUZhFQ0LO97UhmmHKa2dyNg-w353kyltGKbeIjte-cnIhBGB84wLXiVf1TwagjyvtnWzJELOk6Y_DwOApMnT51iPuKm0/s1600-h/expressions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIkeNy1l4WaOgDWawV9gvqOYtWzmT34dDHv28Pix_jBtRuGnVUZhFQ0LO97UhmmHKa2dyNg-w353kyltGKbeIjte-cnIhBGB84wLXiVf1TwagjyvtnWzJELOk6Y_DwOApMnT51iPuKm0/s400/expressions.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So here's an assignment from Heads and Hands 2 where we had to practice expressions. Happy, sad, disgust, anger, surprise and fear... see if you can guess which is which!<br />
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</div>Some drawings and final character designs from my Digital Imaging final. It was an awesome assignment, we worked as a group and were given a story-line and a list of characters that we had to design for it. It was basically a futuristic roman society. So the characters I designed the were the evil emperor and slave. Other characters included the hero, soldiers (good and bad), and senators (good and bad). A big part of the assignment was learning to work in a group and figure out a way to unite our personal drawing styles. It was a great learning experience if nothing else.Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-72103792686278542062009-10-07T08:49:00.000-07:002009-10-07T08:49:58.538-07:00Watercolor!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicLLLSn30hxsYtyl-PmysqrWB8zXpvRc8Xsdz8LZQM1vVkBW-EyK5xIOhQM5aWIXg6k_Kgi9wIMq3fJHa0Bqy9cDR7C_f4RWwta-7LY98dlr6LSJjLJxxRrPYKH-NWII93O03eayBB5Y/s1600-h/stealing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicLLLSn30hxsYtyl-PmysqrWB8zXpvRc8Xsdz8LZQM1vVkBW-EyK5xIOhQM5aWIXg6k_Kgi9wIMq3fJHa0Bqy9cDR7C_f4RWwta-7LY98dlr6LSJjLJxxRrPYKH-NWII93O03eayBB5Y/s320/stealing.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5DTmzAv8_6y-n2nin8EpqsAj1uD9LR88jgyx4PoR5tPJ3elNo5pYPBzW7W4vrnQ37rrgRk6iDCnSKEvu-odttroNBhYmj0HoRyppQBWI4fU1Z16sRoE_tp2AlfyR714tyH96OlSuuyo/s1600-h/discovered.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5DTmzAv8_6y-n2nin8EpqsAj1uD9LR88jgyx4PoR5tPJ3elNo5pYPBzW7W4vrnQ37rrgRk6iDCnSKEvu-odttroNBhYmj0HoRyppQBWI4fU1Z16sRoE_tp2AlfyR714tyH96OlSuuyo/s320/discovered.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My first watercolors! Well... since kindergarten. These were for my Illustration 2 class, we had to show two different types of light. I chose to do one night scene, and one artificial light source. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. The gnomes were really fun to paint and I've discovered that I REALLY like watercolor. Sorry about the crummy picture quality, my poor little camera is on its last legs.<br />
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</div>Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394954479507077981.post-74663349907175768462009-09-29T17:34:00.000-07:002009-09-29T17:47:16.567-07:00First Post!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSI3qScrW9CKsQ1r7LWUoeZpdRIaJ8VEvL_n-7Nx7JrF9nXVz3zgCB-0IFLGT8z6gcVaxmf7i2A8a5U_PwbA8CDh3zhHotzYnJ0QF48zfLdNC9fnDjYNBpLx93chA0EBiX0m3AvRQhpU/s1600-h/Nordahl_pilot_color_small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 197px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSI3qScrW9CKsQ1r7LWUoeZpdRIaJ8VEvL_n-7Nx7JrF9nXVz3zgCB-0IFLGT8z6gcVaxmf7i2A8a5U_PwbA8CDh3zhHotzYnJ0QF48zfLdNC9fnDjYNBpLx93chA0EBiX0m3AvRQhpU/s320/Nordahl_pilot_color_small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387055475640287202" /></a><br />Ok, so I guess it's time for me to jump onboard with this blog thing. I don't have much to put on here yet, so I'm afraid you'll have to settle for some oldies for now. I HOPE that this will be a good way for me to keep everyone updated on what I am working on in school... we shall see how that turns out. So here we go....Megan Nordahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789772309023246970noreply@blogger.com1