Kokowa Dokoda

I've received a few concerned e-mails about Kokowa Dokoda, the old geocities-hosted Mewtwo archive site (Oh, geeze...ah ha ha...). Unfortunately, with geocities gone, KD is gone, too. I may have some backed up files somewhere, but I can't be sure of what was archived and what wasn't. I'm sorry, folks.

I did find a few backed up versions (circa 2003) of the old Kokowa Dokoda (geocities.com/soulofaitwo), but the "New Kokowa Dokoda" (http://www.geocities.com/kdmewtwo) that went up in 2007/2008 or so, seems to be lost. If you happened to download or backup any content, do fire me off an e-mail. Otherwise, I'm happy to answer questions or provide resource material, but I can't afford the time or money to reestablish Kokowa Dokoda on paid hosting right now.

Now, if anyone wants to help me, that might be another story....

more vikings!

Moooore viking child concept art! I realized when I was done that the little boy looks like Tak from the Thief and the Cobbler. I think it's the hat.

Viking children

We're working on a short film about a viking father and his children, and we're trying to get our designs together, so I'm posting a bit of the concept stuff here. The kids have been, variously, a little girl and a baby, a boy and his little sister, a teenage girl and a little boy, and, currently, a young girl and a slightly younger boy. They are nameless, but in my head I call them Herring the Red and Valkyrie... *grin*

The Lamplighter's Daughter

Here are some quick snapshots (click for a better look) of a painting I did this summer -- acrylic on canvas, gallery style, 2x3. I started a few like this, mostly inspired by the wonderful articles at Endicott Studios. I adore fairy tales, and I love books like Bettelheim's child psychology text, The Uses of Enchantment, and Marina Warner's The Beast to The Blonde. This painting is called The Lamplighter's Daughter.

It started out as something to do with Red Riding Hood, and gold leafing, and wound up somewhere else. I had a particular painting in mind while working on it (I think it was in the Uffizi gallery... Andrea Mantegna? I'll post it if I can find it.)

2x3-ish acrylic on canvas, Megan Kearney 2009





EDIT: I was wrong! The artist I was thinking of was Gentile da Fabriano, and the painting was adorazione dei magi.

Pen and Ink, Perdue

I practiced inking this summer, when work was slow. I use a pentel brush pen ($18.oo) and canson fanboy comic book paper (I paid 22 euro, which is ridiculous, It's about $12.oo here at home). Sometimes I threw some india ink and watercolour brush in there, and on at least one occasion some sort of fine liner.

Perdue is the book I published back in 2006-ish. It burns my eyes to look at it now, but at the time it was a big accomplishment. I think I may come back to the story again some day when I'm strong enough to carry the art. For now I just make pin-ups for practise, and to see where the characters are now.

These are photos taken in my non-eco-friendly lightbulbed house. Apologies for the fuzzy and the yellow.

Date Fright Leica

The leica for a (very) short film I'll be animating pieces of this semester.

Iron Giant WIP

Here's a work-in-progress shot of a piece I'm doing as a submission to Labyrinth Books' The Iron Giant Project.


The Iron Giant is one of my all-time favourite movies. It's simple, brilliantly executed, and resolutely unflinching. It's a story that could have been ridiculous, and instead is both brutal and genuinely touching. When someone says "family movie", I always hope they're talking about The Iron Giant, because, really, how many films are there that every age group can find something for themselves in?

I like to work mid-to-oversize when I paint, so this waaaay exceeds their size requests (C'mon, though -- he's a giant, right?). When it's finished, it should be a five foot gallery style acrylic on canvas (also, it'll be for sale. e-mail me for details). I'm kind of predicting that I'll be the only person working in a sort of abstract-impressionist style...hm. Submissions are still open, though, so maybe someone will prove me wrong.