the Maitlands

Here lies the Maitland's

house.

Beetlejuice was the coolest movie!.. when I was 8.  (It's still pretty rad.)  Honourable mention goes out to SANDWORMS! wutup!? One Halloween night not so long ago my love for the species transformed me into  A sandworm!   ( see below)

I couldn't decide whether or not this hilltop house needed some more background, after trying with a minimal BG,  I still like without better.

 
I made the house entirely of paper cut outs layered on separate plains.   Interesting fact:  The Beetlejuice house was never a house- just a bunch of facades put together to look like a house.  All interior shots were done in studio. 

set up.   'nice fuckin' model'

handmade sandworm

Scared Sheetlessly Yours, 

Miranda R. McGhoul

prints!

I have prints now available.  i put them up here

all are Archival 100%cotton paper

deer 11x14 limited edition

emus 8x10s open edition

stork 11x14 & 8x10 open edition

oh deer!

Fanged Deer & process shots

Emu x 2

Duelling Dames of Downton

These two alone are worth the watch.

until the next episode, 

miranda r. mcguire

Boaring

BoarBeast:

Sunday Afternoon Elephant Circus

Sunday Circus Stickers

(mostly elephants)

quick concepts

character sketches

Circus Juggler

Knife Thrower

Downton Sketchbook Session 1

I'm on a Downton Abbey marathon at the moment and loving the characters.

more to come, 

Miranda.

oodles of doodles for school

Some Quick Little Stickerdoodles for Fall

yours in doodlery, 

miranda.

the birthday lemur

A little lemur birthday card I made for someone

Beastur!

some quick sketches of Beastur.

rough sketches

some rough preliminary sketches for a short story i'm working on

thriller!

kitty concepts

This Post Is Meaty!

yup, it sure is.

yours in weird meat,
miranda.

New World Vultures

Stork

 details:

 I've seen a lot of pterodactyl type birds while hanging out in my parents backyard over the years. - mostly herons. Although I've never seen a wild stork, amongst my birdwatching research, I discovered these guys to be the raddest.  These things are giant ruthless water vultures! and somehow* landed the identity of being famous for bringing swaddled packages of human babies to us.   In reality these birds would probably be way more delighted to deliver that infant bundle straight back to their own nest for a feast.

 One of my favourite video channels: the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology 
an honourable mention goes out to the screaming Heron defensive live cam vid:

if anyone is interested

*somehow is most likely here

miranda - signing off with every 80s kid's Most Memorable Pterodactyl, Pterri.

Attack Of The Giant Ginger

Just Some Goat Sketches

Sheer Goatness

Whooo wants to see some owls?

if you gave an emphatic yes! then you're in the right place.
BeHoold:

The Great Owl

I am still haunted by the awesomeness that is The Secret of NIMH.   Next to The Goblin King's alter animal existence, the Great Owl of NIMH may be the raddest of movie owls out there.  I'd throw this movie in my top 10 favourite animated movies. If your parents neglected to show you this amazing piece of pop culture, Run to your nearest source for movies, build a fort, turn out the lights and watch this! The Great Owl will change your nightmares dreams forever.

it's available  here on Netflix

Random Portly Owl

The Seven Owls of the Bottom of the Page

Owl catch ya later, 

mir.

More Moleskine Mutts:

Doodling in my mini moleskine while watching Batman Begins- preparing for Gotham's reckoning tomorrow.
So,
here are some tangled mutts:

until the dark knight rises, 

mir.