2021 Grad Show

Meagan McNarry

VCD – Character Design & Illustration

I use my art as a conduit to tell stories and evoke emotion. Written narratives have always been a primary interest to me, and I remain captured by the art of storytelling and its ability to create worlds and experiences using only the imagination of the reader. I look to further expand the scope of my own storytelling by designing characters and worlds, painting a vast narrative landscape that allows viewers to take away an experience unique to themselves. Whether through comics, animation, or digital interactive media, I enjoy contributing to the scene of entertainment with a visual experience that may give the viewer an escape from everyday life.

A Ghostly Portrait Painting of Vel, the Changeling Rogue. Procreate, 1713 x 2146 px (12 x 15 in), 2021

A Ghostly Portrait

Bradley, the Centicore Digital, Clip Studio Paint, 2020

Vel, the Changeling Rogue Digital, Clip Studio Paint, 2020

Nemos, the Bard Digital, Clip Studio Paint, 2020

Aranath, the Wizard Digital, Clip Studio Paint, 2020

Lovers...? In reference to a meme. Digital, Clip Studio Paint, 2020

Character Fun

A few fun character illustrations done in the context of friends.

The Call Touch down on TRAPPIST-1e. Two brave explorers set out to document the surrounding area.

The Unknown World / Allies And Enemies We see more of the world. The explorers banter. Personalities are made clear; the foil is established. Meanwhile, something stalks them from behind.

The Ordeal The knowledge-devouring alien strikes. It kills the good-natured astronaut and absorbs his personality. It learns empathy and feels regret, sadness, guilt. It takes the form of the one it killed. The remaining astronaut cannot pull the trigger.

The Return Feeling hollow, the remaining explorer is at a loss. With nothing else to do, he takes the alien back with him to the ship.

EMPATH: Story Beats

4 key story points of EMPATH.
The EMPATH is a knowledge-devouring alien that has learned from mercenaries, cutthroats, and liars--humanity's worst. Two astronauts encounter it, and it kills the one with a kind heart and good nature. It learns from him and feels...sadness. Empathy.
Procreate, 5500 x 3300 px (35 x 23 in) each, 2020

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EMPATH - Title Page

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Introduction - Concept and Synopsis

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The Astronauts - Character Dynamic

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The Alien

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Test Page 1 Roughs depicting the beginning of the story.

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Test Page 2 Roughs depicting the beginning of the story.

EMPATH: Visual Development And Test Pages

EMPATH is a rough concept of a graphic novel featuring two space explorers touching down on TRAPPIST-1e and their encounter with an alien life form. This collection consists of a visual development book with two rough pages of the beginning of the story.
Digital, 2020

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Liminal - Title Page

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Danielle, the Protagonist

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Quill, the Deuteragonist

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Supporting Cast and the Liminal Creatures

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World Overview

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World Details

Liminal: Visual Development

"Liminal" is a young adult graphic novel that explores emotion manifest into physical beings. Young college students comprise the main cast as they explore the Liminal world, the plane upon which these beings reside, just out of sight.
Digital, 2020.

Peaks Serene. In reference to "The Spell of the Yukon" by Robert Service. Clip Studio Paint, 3600 x 4800 px (25 x 33.33 in), 2019

Peaks

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The Scientist - Model Sheet Pragmatic, focused, a tad cowardly.

The Scientist - Expressions

Character Exploration

Man's Best Friend - Overview A dog? A lizard? A dinosaur? Eager and equipped with frills.

The King - Model Sheet Kind, patient, and with great physical presence. At times a little obtuse.

The King - Expressions

Schism: Character Explorations

Schism: Character design process. "Schism" tells the story of a post-cataclysmic setting in which humans are fighting to survive in a rapidly mutating world as their humanity hangs on by a thread; all the while discovering both remnants of the old world as well as new, developing societies.
Digital, 2021

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Home

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Old World Ruins

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Environment Details - Flora

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Cliffs and Colour - Mood

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A New Society

Schism: World Development

Process for the world design of "Schism". Mutating life and unbalanced ecosystems define the characteristics of Schism's world. Old world ruins and new bizarre structures can be found in equal fascinating measure.
Digital, 2021