Meggieport Control Tower

Hello, my name is Meg. I have a BFA in Sequential Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design. This is my personal blog, so I'll post my art, reblog things I like, and talk about things going on from day to day. (About Meg) (Meg's Art) (The Daily Meg)

[retrogamingblog2]

[acquired-stardust]

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Nintendo Gamecube 2001

[sinkies]

whatever I'm out of here.

[konoko]

[murderofsomeone]

the first thing you'll learn about me is that I'm a funny guy

[murderofsomeone]

the second thing you'll learn about me is that I'm always in some kind of nightmarish torture hell dimension

[cannibalchicken]

[paper-mario-wiki]

both are valid approaches to the same problem

[dietspam16]

i don’t think these are even different approaches

[kellylarkinart]

Stumbling upon a new discovery

[regnum-lab]

Comments left by Kentaro Miura (author of Berserk) on Young Animal Magazine when he was drawing Berserk and commentaries at the end of the book.

This has been shared before but it is well known that manga authors have brutal schedules they have to work under. So many have died before old age due to health issues.

To quote Junji Ito:

“Sleep is very important. Everyone get enough sleep. Many manga artists die young and it’s because they don’t sleep. Your best ideas will come to you when you’re sleeping. Please everyone get some sleep.”

Remember Manga authors are human beings that deserve better work conditions in their industry.

RIP Master Miura.

Thank you for all the hard work.

[sailorbrazil]

It goes on without saying to everyone, specially HxH fans, to please respect mangakas when they go on hiatus. Their work and the manga industry is very tough and I dare say inhumane. Here are some shocking things Togashi wrote on the comics.

Same with Nana.

[merismo]

Bacillaria paxillifer, AKA the carpenter’s rule diatom. 

This diatom is unique in that it can slide and retract relatively quickly using a mucilage layer. They’re fun to watch!

Exactly why they do this is so far unknown. My hypothesis is that they do this to dislodge clumps of sediment or organic detritus that have fallen on top of them. Since diatoms are photosynthetic, it would make sense to try and get rid of of stuff that blocks out the light. 

[bogleech]

This is the most unearthly living thing I’ve ever seen in my life

[yodaprod]

Suzuki Jimny/Samurai (1987)

[memewhore]

[captainsingleton]

Man: What’s a matter girl, you had a little bit too much corn?

Pig: *very long disgruntled groan which rises in pitch*

Man: Is that a yeah?

Pig: *shorter groan*

Man: Okay.  Here I come, I gotta get the intoxicated pig… Look at this pig…

Pig: *quiet snort*

Man: Hey!

Pig: *snort*

Man: Are you messed up, girl?  

Pig: *short snort*

Man: Never seen a damn pig… Look at that, that one here’s fine, that one there is fine, this one here is turned belly up 

Pig: *snort snort snort snort*

Man: Hey you

Pig: *snort*

Man: Whoa!  Whoa!  Shit!  [Unintelligible] HOWH!  Come here girl! 

Pig: *grunt grunt grunt*

Man: Holy hell, fuck…I didn’t mean to do that

[kitharion]

“Whoa! Woah! Shit The Bed Almighty!” Is my new favorite expletive

[aviculor]

Pinonkey -> Donkeyata -> Fiestaur

Fiestaur, the Show Horse Pokemon. Its fiery passion spreads to those around it until the scene becomes a huge party. It has a warm heart and makes sure everyone is having fun. Shooting flames like fireworks as it dances is its specialty. Fire/Fairy

[arsanatomica]

If it’s not prying too much what made you go from working in the gaming industry to wanting to go into anatomy/dissection/vulture culture (I hope I’m using the right terms if not please forgive me!)

1. Have long held childhood interest in animals. Use drawing as coping mechanism for problems at home.  2. Work in the game industry, specialize in creature design. 

3. Start wanting to learn more about animal anatomy so you can design better creatures. 

4. Draw live animals.

4. Draw dead animals so you can examine them more. 

5. Start dissecting dead animals to better understand them

get evicted for dissecting animals at home

6. Seeing the bones will allow me to better understand where muscles attach.  Get good at cleaning bones. 

7. Use dissected animals for reference while designing creatures.  They smell bad. Get good at preserving them.

8. Develop specimen hoarding problem. Start selling boxes of random specimens found around apartment. 

9. Realize that the injuries and marks on the bodies of the animals mean something.

10. Recognize the resilience, courage of the experiences that marked their bodies.

and identify with never having had a voice to speak of what they endured

11. “Someone should know what happened to you.... even if it’s too late, even if it changes nothing, what happened was to you was real.”

12. No one is interested in their stories because the photos are too graphic. Get good at photoshop.

13. Discover that presentation really matters. People are more interested in these stories if they are presented better. Applies this idea to specimens. 

14. Not that interested in creature design for games anymore. Wanders off because other work feels more  meaningful. 

[meggieport]

Hey, it's me, Meg! Comics artist, cartoonist, and illustrator! You can see various examples of my artwork at http://megcoates.com. If you enjoy my work, consider commissioning me! Contact Me @: [email protected] Thank you!

[meggieport]

I’m working on a collection of short horror/high strangeness themed comics, kind of in the wheelhouse of Fuan no Tane or certain Junji Ito shorts- Here’s my first 👀

[meggieport]

The Magnus Archives has stolen my life during these trying times, so here you go

[meggieport]

🐕