Bob, 8×8″ oil on panel
A pet portrait off to its new home. <3
This one’s just two colors plus white – ultramarine blue and transparent red oxide.
I feel like this guy is the first time I got the whole photographing-your-artwork thing right. Using natural light, bouncing boards, and RAW image editing.
A cute little digital sketch commission!
A fun commission – old school Daredevil!
Gouache and ink on board, 8×10″
A group of cephalopod friends playing an RPG called C.R.A.M. – see onepagerpg.com for more info about the game.
11×14″ gouache on paper
A cute eldritch horror, a commission from last year!
5×7″ gouache and ink
These tiny octopuses were commissioned paintings. They’re about 1″ long or less!
If you’re interested I can do these types of commissions for $10 a cephalopod.
An at-convention commission from last year.
Gouache and ink on ACEO (2.5×3.5″)
Peacoctopus by Meg Lyman
8×10″ gouache on board
This was a super fun commission, although the finished version had a kitchen background and added an apron onto the critter, as well as those feather dealies sticking out of the head. I truly enjoyed the challenge of the feathers. Their shape is soothing to paint!
My Little Octopus
11×14″ gouache on board
SOLD
This was a super fun commission and I have no regrets. Using gouache on flat areas of color, the way it was designed to be used, is both satisfying and frustrating. You had better mix enough of that color to get coverage and not have too much water mixed in, or you’re screwed.
Also, painting tiny outlines is oddly theraputic.
Liberty Leading the Cephalopods by Meg Lyman
11×14″ gouache on illustration board
SOLD
This commission was super fun to do! Although full of challenges like value and color matching and making humans into octopus, painting after an old masterwork it makes your choices much easier.