Missoula's Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention

Nikki Rossignol McCoy

MisCon 40 Attending Professional

Nikki Rossignol is a mom, illustrator, art teacher, dancer, mythology buff, and poet from just outside of Missoula, Montana. She has illustrated a mythology-based brand for Down The Road Brewing Company in Boston, MA, worked as a court-room sketch artist for Dateline NBC, and as a concept artist for Peach Pit films. She has danced with Donlavey and Mimoda dance companies in Los Angeles, and for Chicago Opera works.

Scheduled Panels and Games:

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(Tentative)

• Thu 6:00 - 6:50 PM, Nikki Rossignol McCoy Watercolor Demo, Artist's Corner
  Panelists: Nikki Rossignol McCoy

  Join artist Nikki Rossignol McCoy for a round table tour of her handmade sketchbooks full of art, sigils, poetry, and nonsense. Get to know her process through a live watercolor demo and flip through the pages of her many handmade books.

• Thu 7:00 - 7:50 PM, Meet the Artists: Speedfriending Edition, Dragon Pavilion
  Moderator: Justin Barba; Panelists: John Barba, Justin Barba, Bruce Brenneise, Michael Brugger, Echo Chernik, Jayel Draco, Dragon Dronet, Brian Grinnell (Belsac), Cheyenna Krone, Tess Langston, Todd Lockwood, Randy Pepprock, Nikki Rossignol McCoy, Steven K Smith (SKS Props), Jeff Sturgeon, Jim Wright (Stonekettle), Lacy Zee (Vox Moxxi)

  If you want to get to know some of MisCon 40's artists, this is the place for you! It's like speed dating, but without the romance. We'll provide lists of question prompts to help break the ice (though you can ask whatever you want), split everyone into pairs, and run quick 3 to 5-minute rounds before rotating to a new conversation partner. Come swap stories, talk art, movies, anime, pop culture, and make a new connection.

• Break Thu 7:50 - Fri 2:00
• Fri 2:00 - 2:50 PM, Creature Mash-Up: the Upside Down, Dungeon
  Moderator: Todd Lockwood; Panelists: Brian Grinnell (Belsac), Todd Lockwood, Nikki Rossignol McCoy

  Come help our artists create 1980s creatures on the fly. They will draw/sketch/paint creatures based on the traits/parts given by the audience and see what comes out. We'll draw attributes from some sort of hat or box or something.

• Break Fri 2:50 - Fri 4:00
• Fri 4:00 - 4:50 PM, Artist Pictionary, Dungeon
  Panelists: Bruce Brenneise, Cheyenna Krone, Todd Lockwood, Nikki Rossignol McCoy

  Watch our artists play a vicious game of Pictionary against each other.

• Fri 5:00 - 5:50 PM, Cosplay/Costume Figure Drawing, The Hollow
  Panelists: Jayel Draco, Cheyenna Krone, Todd Lockwood, Nikki Rossignol McCoy, Steven K Smith (SKS Props)

  Attendees are invited to take turns posing in costume while we capture them in timed figure drawings (3-10 minutes each.) Model your costume, draw, or do both! Fun for artists and for costumers who want to be sketched.

• Break Fri 5:50 - Sat 11:00
• Sat 11:00 - 11:50 AM, The Art of Moonlighting, Dragon Pavilion
  Moderator: Andy VanOverberghe; Panelists: Michael Brugger, Nikki Rossignol McCoy, Jeff Sturgeon, Andy VanOverberghe

  Yes, we had first job, but what about second job?” Many artists and creatives work fulltime jobs as well as a regiment of creative pursuits. Join us to discuss maintaining balance and sanity while multi-classing life,

   

• Break Sat 11:50 - Sun 11:00
• Sun 11:00 - 11:50 AM, Oils, Acrylics, Aluminium, Wool, Glass: Let's Talk Art, Artist's Corner
  Panelists: Bruce Brenneise, Echo Chernik, Brian Grinnell (Belsac), Lizzy D. Hill, Nikki Rossignol McCoy, Steven K Smith (SKS Props)

  Oil painting. Acrylics. Digital. Pencils. Pens. Clay. Glass. Fibers. Metal. Why do our artists like working with the media they use? What are their benefits? Can you make a living oil painting these days?

• Break Sun 11:50 - Sun 1:00
• Sun 1:00 - 1:50 PM, Sci-fi and Fantasy Landscape Art, Dungeon
  Moderator: Bruce Brenneise; Panelists: Bruce Brenneise, Todd Lockwood, Nikki Rossignol McCoy, Jeff Sturgeon

  Let's discuss methods and best practices for genre landscape illustration/painting.