Oliver Meinerding Art, Illustration, Ramblings, and other NonsenseEmail me!
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Gillott 303
I recently heard about a very special pen nib…codename Gillott 303. I am naturally more drawn to brushwork with inks because of the varied line and textures you can get, but when I heard of these Gillotts, I knew I wanted to try one out. I couldn’t find anywhere good to purchase a few from [...]
Learning
I’ve been reading through the ’60s “Famous Artist Course” as well as watching illustrator demos on the Visual Literacy Program. I feel like I’ve learned a lot lately and have added some “things to keep in mind” to my “things to keep in mind while drawing” list. many of these are “obvious” and get said [...]
Unravel
While you are away My heart comes undone Slowly unravels In a ball of yarn The devil collects it With a grin Our love In a ball of yarn -Bjork, Unravel I wanted to just kinda go nuts with some linework and texture and saturation. Layering of subtle lines and texture and really letting the [...]
Until I have something for a REAL post
here are some sketches. I’ve been busy, and should have something real to post soon. I’ve been enjoying some of the new videos on the Visual Literacy Program, as well as doing 2 City Beat covers in the last few weeks. I’m wrapping up an image now and started working on another 2…one potentially for [...]
Old News
I never posted my City Beat HOT ISSUE cover that came out a few weeks ago. It was pretty well received and the featured player, Brandon Phillips (Cincinnati Reds #4) apparently phoned the office and requested a high res print of the image to frame up. I thought that was pretty neat, and I requested [...]
Neptune
God of water and the sea. Oil, colored pencil and digital lovin’. got the idea from my friend brian. Haven’t posted in a while. been doing lots of awesome family time. violet is the best and it’s really hard to make myself get up and work when she’s snoozing next to me. something about sleeping [...]