A Simple Mr. Spock

He's off to explore the universe. R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy.

XO – Clare

Canary Cry

A quick ink drawing of Black Canary.

XO – Clare

New Year goodness!

Happy Lunar New Year everyone! The Lion Dance is a very common part of the Chinese New Year festivities and is believed to bring good luck in the coming year.

A disclaimer, I do not speak any languages native to Southeast Asia, so I apologize if my Happy New Year sentiment is not right. If anyone reading this catches that it is written wrong please tell me! I got it from a children's coloring book, so I trusted that it was correct. '^_^

XO – Clare

Happy Galentine's Day from Kara and Babs!

This one goes out to all my gal-pal super-buddies! Kara and Babs are definitely besties in my head. I have a feeling Valentine's day might be one of Kara's favorite holidays. Acutally, every holiday might be Kara's favorite. I can definitely see her and Babs having a Galentine's Day party.

Have a great Galentine's Day, ladies!

Also, Streaky because caaaaaaaaaaats.

XO – Clare

Lucha Scouts! (in progress)

So, today's post comes to you only half finished. Hopefully I can get it done and show you the rest by Sunday. This week I imagined Girl Scout cookies as luchadoras, and Samoa is a total badass. Don't mess with her. Keep an eye out for the rest this weekend!

XO – Clare

Me too!

Amanda Pig and Her Big Brother Oliver was one of my favorite books growing up. I mean, PIGS. So awesome.  Amanda likes to do things like Oliver, so here they are getting milk mustaches and cookie crumb beards together.

XO – Clare

Mer-Wrasslin'

This week got away from me so, I give you a doodle I did a couple months ago. I really want to revisit this idea and clean these cuties up into a finished piece.

XO – Clare

Cheers! Happy New Year!

Yeah! Let's knock one back and promise to better ourselves in the coming year.

XO – Clare

Squirrely Winter

Our friends at Carol and John's Comics host a Christmas fundraiser for the Cleveland Foodbank every year. They ask local artists to donate comic cover art to raffle off at the end of the night. I am so excited about the new Unbeatable Squirrel Girl comic coming out, so I had to do something with Squirrel Girl. There is also a running joke about Dazzler being the coolest superhero among some friends. My friend, Joe, is very dedicated to his Dazzler fandom. I mean, he has a jean jacket with "Dazzler" bedazzled across the back. That's dedication!

XO – Clare

Thorin Oakenshield

Today's post comes from my living room couch under a heap of blankets. My annual tangle with the flu happened this week. I managed to finish Thorin before the flu took me down.

XO – Clare

The Krampus is coming to steal you!

You better watch out,
You better not cry,
Better not pout,
I'm telling you why:
The Krampus will roast you, alive!

Coal in your stocking? No, no, no, no. Krampus will steal you away in the night to enslave, roast you alive and eat the flesh off your bones. Coal doesn't sound so bad anymore doesn't it? Just be glad jolly old St. Nick isn't teamed up with this guy anymore. Or is he?

XO – Clare

Burly, Buff, Busty Babe

Meet Moana. She could crush you with her pinky if she wanted. Be nice.

This is my submission for the Buff Babes zine came with some grief. Oh man, do I not know how to draw muscles. Wait, you want a character that doesn't look like they're made from noodles and bubbles? Well, shit. Anyway, after some thrashing around and Tim telling me to stop complaining and just do the thing, I finally got here. Tim often has to be my Yoda.

So anyway, here's hoping they like it and take my submission!

XO – Clare

Sherri Pie Shimmy

I've really wanted to draw a burly girl lately. This, my friends, is Sherri Pie. Her little shimmy is the best around.

Color version coming soon.

XO – Clare

Leeloo Dallas!

This is one of my favorite sci-fi movies. No shame. I love how goofy it is, and it totally knows it. How could I resist drawing Leeloo? Ugh. I need to do a glorious painting of her.

XO – Clare

For Armanda

I never got the chance to meet Armanda McCafferty, but from Ashley's description, she seemed like a really amazing person. My deepest sympathies to her friends, and family. I wish her peace.

XO – Clare

The Latest Ish

Just some stuff that's been rattling around lately. The Nerds and I were at Oddmall last weekend which gave me a little look into my merchandise. What sells, what doesn't, what randomly flicks in and out of existence. The tiny universe that is a convention is a really strange place. Anyway, here's a random smattering of little art poops I've had in the last few weeks.

XO – Clare

Frankenstein's Monster

Frankie's monster seems a little bored with this mundane life of grunting and being misunderstood. It's not a phase. This is who he is, mom.

XO – Clare

White Zombie

The original movie zombie was not a gory, terrifying, undead monster. It was a woman under the power of Bela Lugosi's voodoo spell. I wanted to make a disgusting monster, but this came out instead. I must have used all my gore chips on something else. I rather prefer this anyway.

XO – Clare

Ghost Bustin' Inktober

The month of October is certainly a busy one. Halloween art abounds, and you have every excuse to knock out some fan art. Inktober has been keeping me on my toes. An ink drawing a day can be daunting, but I've been giving myself mini challenges. This week was Ghostbusters Inktober with a trading card triptych. 

XO – Clare

Veruca the Vampire

So, there is a show coming up on the 17th that Mark, Ashley, and I are all in. Like Mark, I want to keep the full identity of my work somewhat secret. Here is the original sketch of a scrappy little vampire I painted for the show. Come see the finished result at the show!

Here are all those nice little details you need:

XO – Clare