Illustrator also Animator.Tumblr (3.0; @melissatrender)http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9c8c587a005534214e0eeb456ca99327/tumblr_mmy9y14P6I1rsyiy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I am in love with this film.</p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/50657593127http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/50657593127Fri, 17 May 2013 17:03:37 +0100tekkonkinkreetline artfan artblack and whitefish<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dc9e954c12fd937b071f9da3ce054cb0/tumblr_mmx1e7X5ID1rsyiy6o2_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Page 1 of ‘Expectations’ a comic about adolescence, gender and body image. </p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/50612716253http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/50612716253Fri, 17 May 2013 01:01:00 +0100expectationscomic bookscomicillustrationartist on tumblrdigital arttransgenderteenagerbody image<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5671860b71459c6a4e74e106e4d3a9b3/tumblr_mmuri0Zfau1rsyiy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I look into the mirror sometimes and I wish I didn’t recognise the person staring back at me.</p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/50509382786http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/50509382786Wed, 15 May 2013 19:32:00 +0100transgenderartists on tumblrillustrationbedroommirrorblack and whitesaddepressionteenager<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/66178745" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sam.<br/><br/>More experiments for my project I’m working on. </p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/50448527472http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/50448527472Tue, 14 May 2013 23:12:00 +0100Vimeoanimationgenderinktransgender<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8f4bf7ee578138cca0e6fccc7f4de11c/tumblr_mmrcdepfZT1rsyiy6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The final version of my poster for ‘The House That We Built’ my third year animation about domestic abuse.</p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/50371170384http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/50371170384Mon, 13 May 2013 23:12:50 +0100poster designillustrationartists on tumblranimationdomestic violencedomestic abuserefuge<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4e869608441d90ee106dea436404d39d/tumblr_mmpibrz2td1rsyiy6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Poster design for my final animation, version 1.</p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/50293958871http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/50293958871Sun, 12 May 2013 23:26:15 +0100poster designIllustrationartists on tumblranimationdigital artmonopolydomestic abuse<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e89ef7e83b5ae3701f226bca4f173d3c/tumblr_mmg8i2Cw6a1rsyiy6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Badge design.</p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/49884016083http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/49884016083Tue, 07 May 2013 23:15:38 +0100illustrationartists on tumblrbadgemousedead mousemissing someonedigital art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/988903d93d6222f0d5e996a01d531c9e/tumblr_mm4tfuLe0d1rsyiy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2a50685e7a726f7377bd6e5a54ae92fc/tumblr_mm4tfuLe0d1rsyiy6o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6cbb597ce9dd7608cb6e61d8a09b86e6/tumblr_mm4tfuLe0d1rsyiy6o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/38020ca3288cd96e01931659d69c0c5e/tumblr_mm4tfuLe0d1rsyiy6o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>SKETCHUP!<br/>Okay so I guess you have to have a pretty bizarre idea of what is fun when you enjoy a day spent creating 3D environments to use as reference material for the fictional bedrooms of your comic book characters.<br/><br/>ANYONE who needs realistic reference for their art, SketchUp is so easy to use, the above images I did in a day without ANY PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROGRAM, it’s just a brilliant straightforward program with some really helpful simple tutorials on youtube.<br/><br/>AND DID I MENTION IT’S FREE? Well I have now.<br/>Spread the word.<br/><a href="http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/"><a href="http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/">http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/</a><br/><br/></a>Tutorials are here:<br/><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPkv9tRuO-c"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPkv9tRuO-c">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPkv9tRuO-c</a></a><br/> </p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/49390372829http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/49390372829Wed, 01 May 2013 23:30:27 +0100sketchup3d environmentreferenceart studentfree software<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/37c3f06e4159febb28d566c1c254f582/tumblr_mlrqu7NI9C1rsyiy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>More stuff for my project ‘Expectations’.<br/>All will be revealed! (further down the line). </p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/48781908283http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/48781908283Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:51:00 +0100IllustrationArtists on Tumblrtransgendergenderqueertraditional artcomicanimationchracter design<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/13fdd2b523a57e963c170b640a7c0298/tumblr_mlobsww7FY1rsyiy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Teaser for a multi media project I will be working on for a while.</p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/48634447964http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/48634447964Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:08 +0100IllustrationArtists on Tumblrtransgendergenderqueercomiccomic booktraditional artanimation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ddf3f0a94fa2ed1a82a79789bf71b526/tumblr_mldbf1wdxF1rsyiy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>THIS IS ME! <br/>A super quick drawing for a uni collective thing.<br/>I have tentacles now, tentacles are cool.</p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/48147648122http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/48147648122Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:52:13 +0100illustrationself portraittentaclesuniversitydigital art<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hamishmash.com/post/47702631337/hey-some-people-from-my-uni-course-and-i-have">hamishmash</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hey! Some people from my uni course and I have started a little collective-kinda-thing so that we can table together at comic conventions!</p> <p>We’re hoping to acquire a table at this year’s ELCAF. Last year’s was great and this year proves to be even better with more tables and a bigger location!</p> <p>Here is the blog which features all our work! </p> <p><a href="http://knightspark.tumblr.com/"><a href="http://knightspark.tumblr.com/">http://knightspark.tumblr.com/</a></a></p> </blockquote> <p>This is me and my friends!</p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/47704320264http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/47704320264Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:22:15 +0100<p>Today I was at the Natural History Museum and I saw a vile that contained microscopic diamonds that were formed before our solar system was created.<br/>Before the planet that I was stood on was a collection of fucking rocks around a sun.<br/><br/>Fuck.</p> <p>I. I just can&#8217;t.</p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/46462315301http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/46462315301Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:10:21 +0000Natural history museumdiamondsfuuuuuuuuuuuuuui can't even<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7112abe711bb7d7f6d317b6e44cf2675/tumblr_mkcg07wcMV1rsyiy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The line art for a concept piece of an Apocalypse World hack ‘Haze of Teal’</p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/46461463374http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/46461463374Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:07 +0000cyberpunkconcept artfuturisticgunblade runnerline arttraditional artIllustrationApocalypse world<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5fed9d990ea760c37009b6975b85a826/tumblr_mjz0h0m5tV1rsyiy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>A friend of mine, the extremely talented </span><span></span><a href="http://hamishmash.com/">Hamish Steele</a><span> has been running an art blog where he redesigns Marvel characters (<a href="http://marvelousmondays.tumblr.com/">Marvelous Mondays</a>).<br/><br/>His design for Black Cat and the reworking of her origins story is inspired! I think it’s brilliantly clever and topical, so i wanted to do some fan art for him.<br/>This is my version, of his version of Marvel’s Black Cat.</span></p> <p><span>(sorry about the appalling scanner quality)</span></p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/45845566426http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/45845566426Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:55:00 +0000illustrationmarvelous mondaysBlack CatMarvel comicscomicscharacter designspidermanFelicia Hardy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/75613b26990e7af779720072b4f30f10/tumblr_mjvwovAIei1rsyiy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>10 minute sketch before bed. I have to admit he’s got a great nose.</p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/45721899919http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/45721899919Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:41:21 +0000brolinmerthurmerlinColin Morgannose<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1004f5454336d53a7051dd3b6b58caef/tumblr_mjtjdy12Kj1rsyiy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Here is a sketch of a sexy lady for everyone. She is not impressed with you, she just wants to read her comics in peace.</p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/45605378600http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/45605378600Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:58:46 +0000illustrationsexy ladycomic booksketch<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/498f38af8869a3adbffb81a0852a1326/tumblr_mjnzwo9TRv1rsyiy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/96c6d4e6f567b63d8892449d523ecb28/tumblr_mjnzwo9TRv1rsyiy6o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Awh man! Okay so hopefully just finished the last bit of animating for my final animation, and uuuuuugh, god am I glad! So celebrating not having to draw fucking animation frames with some fun doodles of sexy ladies. </p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/45358293624http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/45358293624Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:10:00 +0000Illustrationsketchpenciltraditional artconcept artCharacter Design<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisadvertisinglife.tumblr.com/post/44796618981/today-this-happened">thisadvertisinglife</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I was sent some very bright and encouraging feedback this morning, to which I replied thusly:</p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/910b8241838414ab9180faf72568a2ae/tumblr_inline_mjb0d69miG1qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p>Within 45 minutes, this showed up in my inbox from the extremely talented Melissa Trender:</p> <p><a href="http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/a3e63435756bd40c22fea3631997a8d1/tumblr_inline_mjb0f34oXM1qz4rgp.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Not long after, this turned up, courtesy of the hilarious Jason Sweeney:</p> <p><a href="http://iamyourcanadianboyfriend.com/post/44791860829/oh-god-im-tired"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/69a0f5d157fdc0f7ae8bb30a35cda80c/tumblr_inline_mjb0n5zT7T1qz4rgp.jpg"/></a></p> <p>You guys are hilarious and amazing. Thanks, everyone, for you continued support and readership. Keep up the awesome.</p> </blockquote> <p>I love the blog, and it was a nice silly distraction from fucking animating all day!</p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/44796813568http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/44796813568Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:03:46 +0000illustrationprocrastination<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/j2u2L4iDSRI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Ugh, two days of work.</p>http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/44382289182http://melissatrender.tumblr.com/post/44382289182Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:44:42 +0000animationline testbathtubgirl