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Meggan Russell -- PCP-O 4.4 1503 Final PPP Slideshow
- 1. Has the door to OPPORTUNITY… http://pixabay.com/en/door-wooden-old-grunge-wall-entry-56904
- 2. …ever OPENED for you? http://pixabay.com/en/and-tag-main-page-wood-door-659796
- 3. My name is Meggan Russell. Image Credit: Meggan Russell, 2015
- 4. It did for me when I was FIVE. http://pixabay.com/en/hand-sand-mold-ramekins-moulds-107007/
- 5. For ME, the door was a box of CRAYONS. http://pixabay.com/en/paint-colors-design-variety-260701
- 6. I’ve been HOOKED to art since then . . . http://pixabay.com
- 7. At FIVE, I gave my mother PICTURES. Image Credit: Meggan Russell 2015
- 8. At TWELVE, I got into GAMING. http://pixabay.com/en/minecraft-render-video-game-grass-52
- 9. At 18, I was making CHARACTERS and STORIES. Image Credit: Meggan Russell, 2015
- 10. My 22nd year was a wall of REALITY. http://pixabay.com/en/bricks-wall-stones-structure-45929
- 11. By 26…I have had ENOUGH. http://pixabay.com/en/stop-shield-traffic-sign-road-sign-634941/
- 12. I didn’t want to be HELD DOWN. http://pixabay.com/en/packs-pile-money-finance-currency-16349
- 13. I wanted to be…CREATIVE. ADAPTIVE. PROFESSIONAL . Image Source: Meggan Russell
- 14. I taught myself many ARTISTIC SKILLS. http://pixabay.com/en/painting-paint-palette-oil-artist-316
- 15. DRAWING, ANATOMY, DIGITAL PAINTING. Image Credit: Meggan Russell, 2015
- 16. I am DRIVEN, NEVER wanting to be late. http://pixabay.com/en/clock-time-pointer-seconds-scale-89454
- 17. Through FULL SAIL, I’ve learned MORE. http://pixabay.com/en/books-old-worn-stacked-vintage-3
- 18. ANIMATION, MODELING, LEVEL BUILDING... Image Credit: Meggan Russell, 2015
- 19. I am a GAME ARTIST student, now. http://pixabay.com/en/smiley-smile-happy-427160
- 20. I’ve gotten THREE awards for my work. http://pixabay.com/en/medal-award-gold-success-390549/
- 21. I PRIDE myself on being ADAPTIVE and HELPFUL. Image Credit: Meggan Russell 2015
- 22. I create art for FRIENDS & FAMILY. http://pixabay.com/en/family-together-parenting-lifestyle-492891/
- 23. People that need HELP visually depicting IDEAS… http://pixabay.com/en/cubes-squares-blocks-rows-
- 24. …that is my TARGET AUDIENCE. http://pixabay.com/en/hats-straw-hats-audience-school-
- 25. What is SUCCESS to me? http://pixabay.com/en/chess-game-strategy-play-
- 26. To work at a SMALL INDIE COMPANY… http://pixabay.com/en/lego-blocks-bricks-toy-game- 252602/
- 27. Working on THOUGHT PROVOKING games. http://pixabay.com/en/puzzle-game-solution-connection-226743/
- 28. I’d LOVE to work on my OWN PROJECT. Image Credit: Meggan Russell 2015
- 29. A GAME, COMIC, CARTOON… Image Credit: Meggan Russell 2015
- 30. Something that is my OWN CREATION. Image Credit: Meggan Russell 2015
- 31. Let me DRAW you in with a LINE… http://pixabay.com/en/kringel-lines-flora-journal-
- 32. A LINE from my PENCIL. http://pixabay.com/en/pencil-color-painting-679347/
Editor's Notes
- There’s a point in everyone’s life where a door opens in everyone’s life—not the average door that leads from one room to another, but one that leads the one traversing through it from one opportunity to another.
- Has that door opened for you? What did it look like, what possibilities did it bring? Was it immediate in results, or did it open to a staircase of events that took a lifetime to notice the results?
- My name is Meggan Russell, 29 years old, and I am a Game Art student at Full Sail university.
- My door opened for me when I was five, and it happened at a relatively uneventful place.
- It was a box of crayons, beaten up and a little battered at the local supermarket.
- I’ve been hooked to art since then. There was no desire for much else, ever since.
- At five, I gave my mother pictures. “I want to be a drawer!” I declared, as my mother chuckled and put my art on the fridge.
- At 12, I got into gaming. I still drew, but I started to imitate art that I saw in concept art from them.
- By 18, I was making characters and stories, making up the world that they came from—and what they would eventually witness.
- My 22nd year was a wall of reality. I was working a minimum wage, part time job, and I came from a poor family. I thought I couldn’t go to college. I thought that I could not live up to my dream.
- By 26, I had enough. I was tired of people being unappreciative of the people that I tried to help, taking calls day in, day out. I wanted to be more.
- I didn’t want to be held down by anything—money, people, location.
- I wanted to be creative, adaptive, and professional. I wanted to have no limitations with my artwork—and I wanted to see my art be in a big production one day.
- During my childhood to present, I’ve taught myself many things in the hopes that I could bypass college to a degree.
- I learned how to draw, how to make a body look humanoid, and even how to digitally color in Photoshop.
- I push myself to get projects done, and I practice to keep up. I never want to be late for a project or an arrival; “better to be an hour early than five minutes late” is one of my mottos.
- Since I’ve enrolled into college, I’ve learned so much through Full Sail University. It was a huge leap of faith in a school I had only heard of, but I’ve never once regretted it.
- Now, after almost three years, I know how to model in Maya, sculpt in Zbrush, build levels you can run around in…
- Seriously, how fantastic is that? Anybody that’s played a game had to have thought of suggestions or improvements to the environments they’ve seen—or marveled at how well they were crafted.
- I’ve gotten three awards for my schoolwork.
- I pride myself on being adaptive and helpful,
- Creating art for friends and family.
- People that need help visually depicting ideas.
- This is my target audience.
- What is success to me?
- To work at a small indie company.
- Working on thought provoking games over action oriented.
- I’d love to work on my own project.
- A game, comic, cartoon…
- Just something that is my creation.
- Let me draw you in with a line…
- A line from my pencil.