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I am a graphic designer and illustrator living in Georgia. See more of my work at www.margaretpoplin.com.
~ Wednesday, May 2 ~
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Saint Aurora is not amused. This is a painting I made as a demo in my color theory class today. I was teaching the kids about paint mixing and skin tones. She’s my previous D&D campaign character, a level 25 paladin. She became a baroness, a bannerette, a general, a saint, and eventually a god. Also, she rode a flying unicorn as her paladin mount. Ridiculous. Painting is 16” x 20” in Golden acrylics on canvas paper. 

Saint Aurora is not amused. This is a painting I made as a demo in my color theory class today. I was teaching the kids about paint mixing and skin tones. She’s my previous D&D campaign character, a level 25 paladin. She became a baroness, a bannerette, a general, a saint, and eventually a god. Also, she rode a flying unicorn as her paladin mount. Ridiculous. Painting is 16” x 20” in Golden acrylics on canvas paper. 

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~ Wednesday, April 25 ~
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Alt History Cover Image

[caption id=”attachment_726” align=”aligncenter” width=”801” caption=”This is the banner for their Facebook page. If you’re headed to Dragon*Con and want to join them I will add the link below.”]

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 Click to go to the Alternate History Track on Facebook

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Alternate History

[caption id=”attachment_721” align=”aligncenter” width=”600” caption=”I designed the new Alternate History logo for the same named track at Dragon*Con. I am happy with how it turned out. The track is a bunch of panels on steampunkesque themed topics, discussions, and events.”][/caption]

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~ Wednesday, April 11 ~
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Amy’s Druid

I made a painting for my friend Amy. She plays a Druid in our newest campaign and wanted a picture of her Mayan inspired elven druid with her dinosaur animal companion. Golden acrylics on canvas board, approximately 11” x 14” in size.

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New LoL Contest

League of Legends is having a contest again. They want you to make a My Little Pony of a character. I know Spike isn’t a pony or a bronie but it works for Shyvana.

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~ Friday, March 30 ~
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I made a portrait of Tom Morrison for our old D&D game. His character, Javert (a rogue), was turned into a half dragon. I made the shadowed section of his face into the half dragon. I think it turned out pretty well. 11”x14” on canvas board, golden brand acrylics. 

I made a portrait of Tom Morrison for our old D&D game. His character, Javert (a rogue), was turned into a half dragon. I made the shadowed section of his face into the half dragon. I think it turned out pretty well. 11”x14” on canvas board, golden brand acrylics. 


~ Wednesday, March 21 ~
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Direct Painting Photoshop Tutorial, flying goldfish for no reason. You can get the desktop version here: http://margaretpoplin.com/direct-painting-photoshop-tutorial/

Direct Painting Photoshop Tutorial, flying goldfish for no reason. You can get the desktop version here: http://margaretpoplin.com/direct-painting-photoshop-tutorial/


~ Saturday, March 17 ~
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New portrait of Brian

I made a portrait of Brian last night, art therapy

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~ Sunday, March 11 ~
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SXSW Badge. :)

SXSW Badge. :)


~ Thursday, March 8 ~
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Yep, this is why I miss pretty much everyone who works at Inkhead, because they’re fun and awesome nerds with a great sense of humor. 

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Something silly I made for work.


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~ Wednesday, March 7 ~
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My new cards have arrived just in time for SXSW. I wish the border had been cleaner but that’s what I get for a rush order I guess. Antique laid paper in ivory with black thermographic ink, the pictures don’t do them justice. :)
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My new cards have arrived just in time for SXSW. I wish the border had been cleaner but that’s what I get for a rush order I guess. Antique laid paper in ivory with black thermographic ink, the pictures don’t do them justice. :)

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I’ll be in Austin for SXSW!

I am headed to SXSW in Austin, Texas tomorrow night. If you’re in the area and want to say hello just click on my contact information above. I am really excited to meet new people and network with all the Interactive folks! I think it is going to be a blast. Hope to see you there!

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~ Saturday, February 11 ~
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This is a finished piece for a show in New York called Utopia. You can go sarcastic or hopeful. I went for the no people route because I don’t think human beings (at our current level of civilization) are capable of creating a Utopia together. I hope that changes but right now an ideal world may be one with little or no people after a much needed population reboot. Happy thoughts right?

This is a finished piece for a show in New York called Utopia. You can go sarcastic or hopeful. I went for the no people route because I don’t think human beings (at our current level of civilization) are capable of creating a Utopia together. I hope that changes but right now an ideal world may be one with little or no people after a much needed population reboot. Happy thoughts right?


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Finished Gragas painting for Riot Games’ “Art of Revelry” contest for Chinese New Year. I painted Gragas as the Buddha with a Sapphire Mana Crystal. Top prizes are Alienware laptops, so wish me luck! There are some really great submissions from far more talented artists on there but not a whole lot of traditional media. This is Golden acrylics on canvas board, approx 14” by 17” in size. 

Finished Gragas painting for Riot Games’ “Art of Revelry” contest for Chinese New Year. I painted Gragas as the Buddha with a Sapphire Mana Crystal. Top prizes are Alienware laptops, so wish me luck! There are some really great submissions from far more talented artists on there but not a whole lot of traditional media. This is Golden acrylics on canvas board, approx 14” by 17” in size. 


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~ Tuesday, January 10 ~
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Goofy but fun typography project I did for my vis com typography class, breaking up the monotony of the history of type and lectures on usage (which I enjoy but not everyone does). This is from my tutorial. Students were allowed to use any font to create a self portrait of themselves. They could copy, scale, flip, or rotate the letters but the could not warp or skew them. This is what I came up with using just Apple Chancery. 

Goofy but fun typography project I did for my vis com typography class, breaking up the monotony of the history of type and lectures on usage (which I enjoy but not everyone does). This is from my tutorial. Students were allowed to use any font to create a self portrait of themselves. They could copy, scale, flip, or rotate the letters but the could not warp or skew them. This is what I came up with using just Apple Chancery. 


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