Oliver Meinerding Art, Illustration, Ramblings, and other Nonsense
Mail from Germany!
I recently posted a quick Q&A that I did with artist Igor-Alban Chevalier. Well, I just received my package in the mail from him from Germany containing my trades after participating in his Black Frog Fridays. I traded a couple of simple items for some really fantastic original art. One is a really beautiful little [...]
Robert Smith
I read somewhere that it was Robert Smith’s birthday sometime this month. I knew he’d be pretty fun to draw…or at least his hair would be. His music is also pretty rad so… 18×24. Charcoal, ink, digital
My Chat with the Black Frog (Igor-Alban Chevalier)
I was first introduced the artist extraordinaire Black Frog at the Seattle Concept Art workshop hosted in part by the Massive Black crew and some of their friends. I had somehow convinced the global packaging design firm I worked for to send me there to experience this and garner some inspiration and knowledge that would [...]
Termite Bianca
I was recently honored to be invited by Italian creator Marco Bianchini, who among other things created the character and story for Termite Bianca (White Ant), to be part of his art tribute book to the character. He has published multiple stores for her and recently, an art book containing interpretations of Bianca from over 90 [...]
A Moment to Think
Geez it’s been a crazy handful of weeks (two hand fulls really.) I left my old job at Rocket Science + Design and have started full-time freelancing. The situation is more complicated than that but that’s basically what I’m doing. Design keeps me busy through the day, and I’ve also had an influx of freelance [...]
Secrets
I’ve participated in Secret Artworks a couple of times and was lucky once or twice to be counted among the top 100 artists involved. Because of that, this year I was lucky enough to be one of the special invites to the “masters” show. I always take it as an opportunity to just play and [...]