Image via Megan Nicole Dong Artist Megan Nicole Dong, who currently does storyboarding and directing for Nickolodeon, got her hands on a...
One of my favorite things about being an artist is being able to admire and appreciate other artists’ work. A lot of times I catch myself wishing I had a certain style, or could illustrate what’s “trendy,” but all in all, I do what I am capable of doing and am happy to have my own style. Sometimes I don’t think much of it, but the fact that I can illustrate something that will look unlike anything else I’ve ever seen is a real gift. And on top of that, I LOVE to collect art and surround myself with beautiful things.
For Christmas, my boyfriend got me an amazing book called Complete This Drawing, where each page only has parts of an image or line-work, and you have to fill in the rest with your own imaginative drawings!
A lot of the images look obvious, like a partial guitar or what looks like the outlines of a hand, but it takes a lot of thinking to imagine something that is beyond the ordinary and expected. That frustrates me as an artist sometimes. A lot of artists do the expected, but you have to really stretch your brain to think outside of the norm. It makes my brain hurt!
While Googling about Complete This Drawing, I came across this amazing artist’s take on this book, and love the results! The artist is Megan Nicole Dong, who is a storyboard/directing artist at Nickelodeon. Take a look at her awesome interpretations of this book at the posted link!