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

Fan Fridays: Krampus Edition!

Justin Pintabona

"It seems like Krampus is on the rise in popularity here in the US, though he's been around much longer back in the deep dark fairy-tale woods of Central Europe. Something about his devious Grinch-ness, scolding and stealing fussy children, offers a welcome counterbalance to the saccharine sweetness of cookies, reindeer and Old Saint Nick. Or, perhaps, it's just the promise that all those noisy, snotty little kids will be spirited away in the night so the grownups can enjoy their Christmas. Bah humbug, I say!"

Want to submit your art? We want to see more! Send your art to scribblenerds@gmail.com with your name, a little bit about your art, and any links to your site or social media hub. Even if it's an old challenge, we will be happy to post it on Friday! Come play with us... Come play with us...

Draw with us! Or the Krampus will come for you!

These kids didn't draw with us. We sicked the Krampus on them.

Scribble Nerds of the World, Assemble!

If you like our weekly challenges and want to join in the fun, then put pencil to paper and submit your great creations to be featured here on the blog! (Really! Check in on Friday to see your stuff)
All we need is a jpg of your art, your name, what challenge your submitting and(optionally) a brief statement telling a little about yourself, and your scribble. We're happy to link to your instagram, tumblr, whatever the kids are using these days. Send your submissions to:scribblenerdsart@gmail.com!

Our Friend Friday posts have been few and far between so far. We really want to see your take on our challenges. Give it a shot! Don't be shy. We want to show the world what our friends can do!

This week's challenge: Krampus

Weekly Challenge: Gruss vom Krampus!

I hope you've been good this year. Really. Good. Otherwise the Krampus is coming for you! This week, the Scribble Nerds take on the season's master of terror for our weekly challenge.

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

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

Old school feel on new school Frank.

One Classic Halloween Monster. 

Frankenstein. Check. 

Two weeks of posts. 

Check. 

Lets keep the party going shall we! 

Next! 

Henry Pope III

www.pinkandnanook.com 

Frankie and the Bride

Happy entire month of Halloween everyone! Here's some fluffy high school romance nonsense with everyone's favorite monster couple.

GET LUCKY, SON

for more spoopy drawings and my current Inktober challenges tune into ARIBBLETT.BLOGSPOT.COM

Sunday Catch-up: Kaiju

Few weeks ago, we had a kaiju challenge that I was really excited for. I'd been playing around with Godzilla ideas for awhile and thought the challenge was perfect. Too bad I took on more than I could and didn't finish on time. But you are in luck! I finished the illustration and it came out better than the original idea.

Here's the version without the gradient on the buildings.

Taking the extra time to flesh this out really made a difference. I'm trying to find a style of my own and this is one piece that really shows how far I'm coming along in terms of digital art. I'm nowhere near where I'd like to be, but I'm getting there, so I'm pretty satisfied with that!

Kaiju Minis

Hi all, Mark here!
Today's piece is about "kaiju", which are giant or strange monsters.

Kaiju tend to be dark, fearsome & gritty, so I decided to portray them as cute, bright and colorful.  This  illustration would be a logo for a mobile app game where you fight as cute kaiju.  (I would play the hell out of this game)

Fun fact:  I originally drew these out in a different style, before changing to the cute style I adore.  This is how the monsters originally looked:

(Somewhat of a 'Pokemon' vibe here)

Gaziwwa and a little dose of nightmare fuel

Making monsters cute is so much fun. While I was working on a cute Godzilla (or as I have renamed him, Gaziwwa,) my boyfriend who is also an artist told me I needed to be truer to the original Godzilla design. I told him I didn't know what to do about it. Making it any more "authentic" swung it waaaaaay into the creepy end of the spectrum. He wanted to give it a try, so I handed over my sketchbook. 

Five minutes of a weirdo indie movie on Netflix later, I receive the drawing below, and a dejected sounding "Sorry. You can erase it." I certainly will not! This is the creepiest version of a cute monster I have ever laid eyes on. He is a self-declared novice of cute art, but that's ok because this may be the terrifying cute monster I've ever seen.

XO – Clare

Weekly Challenge: Kaiju

RAAAAARRRRRrrrr! (Kaiju for "was-up")
Keep your eyes peeled for strange beasts and ferocious monsters of the city smashing variety.

Scribble Nerds of the World, Assemble!

If you like our weekly challenges and want to join in the fun, then put pencil to paper and submit your great creations to be featured here on the blog!

All we need is a jpg of your art, your name, what challenge your submitting for and a brief statement telling a little about yourself and your art. Send all submissions to:scribblenerdsart@gmail.com!

Mark's Monster Art!

Hi all, Mark here!
Today's post is an idea I came up with earlier in the year-- monsters in high school!  It was a fun idea to play with, and good for character design exercise.  Also, I like to show people that I am capable of drawing art that isn't just cute characters.

Here's a close up of the gals--

I straight-up adore Layla's design; I like how small she is compared to the others, and her inverted bob haircut is, to me, extremely cute.   Ceri and Skye also sport unique designs that were a blast to create. 

 And here are the guys:

I love how Dax towers over everyone else, and I really like how sad Enoch turned out.  I also enjoyed the sharp look for Jagger's facial features and hair.

Eventually I'd like to color these in Illustrator!  

Tell me, who's your favorite of the bunch? 

Hi! I'm Ashley. Ms. Ribblett if yer nasty.

the damn artist herself

So! Let's keep this short and sweet and so we can get to the weird pictures I draw.

I'm Ashley, a 29yr old illustrator living in Lakewood. I sling coffee by day and do my dirty drawings at night.
I've done lots of different kinds of illustrations over the years (most recently illustrating my first ever comic for Graham Cracker Comics in Chicago!)  but as of late I've found a comfortable niche drawing pinups.

If I'm drawing traditionally my weapons of choice are pencil, ink, marker or watercolor. I don't do much vector work so most of my digital illustration is done by way of tablet in my favorite program Paint Tool Sai and edited in Photoshop.

I also co-run the Cleveland Chapter of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, an alternative style (think cabaret) life drawing group that meets once a month. If you're in the Cleveland area and are in the need to draw some curvy swervy dames, look us up!

(Obligatory links!)

my current blog:

aribblett.blogspot.com/

twitter:

@aribblett

instagram:

@tentaclees 

Society6:

 http://society6.com/aribblett

email me if you'd like me to make some art for you!

tentaclees@gmail.com

or

a_ribblett@yahoo.com

 

Dr. Sketchy Cleveland Facebook Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/DrSketchyCleveland/

Ok enough intro art now please and thank you

Hulk & Iron Man hand drawn for Free Comic Book Day at Carol & John's/ink & marker

Black Widow & Thor hand drawn for Free Comic Book Day at Carol & John's/ink & marker

promo image for Drawn & Quartered VI 2014/Sai

the Merc with a pout/ Sai (done for Free Comic Book Day at Carol & John's)

Dr. Sketchy Akron Kong event/Sai & Illustrator CS5

Sunny: monster girl sticker series1/Sai

Even monsters are welcome when your home feels empty/Sai

Luna: monster girl sticker series1/Sai

Dr. Sketchy Cle: Ginger Rockwood/ink

Monster Challenge - Final Fantasy Kaiju

Or challenge this week was to draw Japanese Kaiju!  I love Godzilla and Mothra a whole bunch, but I'm not that into the giant monster scene. I've been a Final Fantasy fan for a long time, so I decided to draw some of my favorite recurring monsters, the Cactuar, Tonberry, Flan and Ahirman. 

My computer is sort of dead at the moment, so I did this the old school way. Used watercolor, prisma color markers and pens of various colors (think there may even be a touch of colored pencil).  I haven't done a finished piece by hand in about 2 years, so it was definitely a challenge. Also, I remembered how much fun it is to get my hands dirty!