PAN: Art Blog by Melissa Ling

do your worst

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:58:00 +0000

comfort in the uncomfortable

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:32:00 +0000

Sketches for a diptych I want to do. I was thinking of Coney Island.

flying high

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:42:00 +0000

Previews of my recent progress! Small because my scanner is small. :)

returning to the dark side; oil explorations

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:45:00 +0000

I'm done with the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle series. I wanted to start something new. Above is the sketch of the new piece and below are the finishes for the last two. I have to rework the face.

oh I see

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:09:00 +0000

The first piece is the final composition, but I will be painting them as two separate paintings. I'm really interested in what you think it's about. Before I give it away, what did you think of initially?

These are the next in the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle series. I'm straying farther and farther away from the book. It's beginning to really bore me.

the kisses of the sun

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:49:00 +0000

small doses

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:26:00 +0000

New batch of sketches for the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle series.

lyrical impressions

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:25:00 +0000

A comic about nothing and everything.

we'll drink ourselves awake

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:47:00 +0000

I've had this comic in my head for a few weeks now. It was originally going to be 1 page, but I've had a lot material to work with. It's quite the mess and might be a bit difficult to read but it speaks true to what it's about. I really need to work on laying out my type. Maybe I should start using pre-made fonts. What do you think? Computer or handwritten?

Did you mean?

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:07:00 +0000

Quintych(?) composition for proposed piece this week. Inspired by my own photographs and photographs from the web that I love.

Let's Pretend We Don't Exist

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:43:00 +0000

These are sketches for paintings I want to do for one of my Senior Project classes: a narrative series based on The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

Things people have told me this year

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:31:00 +0000

In Which Me and Lena Prove That We Are NOT Creeps

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:45:00 +0000

True story.

I Like This Morning Rain

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:47:00 +0000

Dreams of Whales and Children with Horns

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:34:00 +0000

Things I've been working on in my sketchbook. (I got rid of the girl on the right side in the second piece last night.)

I Hate Playing Games

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:10:00 +0000

The second one is the second one two posts ago. I worked it to death. I'm not sure how I feel about the face on the left yet. It needs something on the neck? (I'm slightly frustrated.)

Drawings From Punta Cana

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:40:00 +0000

Hey folks, I'm back (with new drawings!) I brought this leather sketchbook with me on the trip finished exactly half the book. I only got a chance to work on it in the hotel room a little bit and during some resting time by the pool. The layover in North Carolina also helped. I was mostly experimenting with the materials I had brought with me.

Working Hard or Hardly Working?

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:25:00 +0000

These are the first four pages of my 'big sketchbook.' They are ongoing so I will be working on them continuously as I start new pages.

Close

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:14:00 +0000

acrylic on paper 10 x 7
acrylic on paper 39 x 45

How Hank Met Kyle

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:25:00 +0000

I used to draw my grotesque balding chicken-like english teacher in high school a lot. At first, it was merely my fascination with how gross he was. And then the chicken doodles became elaborate stories of his adventures falling from the chicken kingdom. Over the years, this character has evolved into Hank.

Observe!

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:23:00 +0000

These are my three most recent pieces for the NY Observer (newer ones first). I'm trying to keep myself interested since I've been so unmotivated as of late. All three are painted with nail polish. I wanted to experiment with something other than acrylic. But I think this will be the end of my nail polish adventures. The morning after headaches I've been getting from the enamel asphyxiation are not fun.

Mind Vomit

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:14:00 +0000

This was my editorial for this week's class. It was for an article about the Weatherman who advocated peace through violent means. Below are the first two comics I did for my sequential class this semester. I finally got around to scanning them. Watchmen format. Black and White only. The first one is my interpretation of Percy Shelley's Ozymandias. The second is one of Shakespeare's sonnets.

OBEY Book

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:48:00 +0000

This is my cover submission to Hatch Volume 2. Below is the original from my sketchbook. Graphics were done in Illustrator. Color was added in Photoshop.

Nameless Comic (for now)

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:40:00 +0000

Two pages from my comic that I am submitting to Hatch Volume 2. Will upload the finished product to my site when I update. I still haven't come up with a name though. Suggestions?

My piece on The Observer Website!

Published!

Melissa.Ling@gmail.com (Melissa Ling) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:14:00 +0000

Hello, Friends! My illustration is going to be in the book review for the New York Observer this week!