Call For Art: Chinese New Year

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 Fan 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: Chinese New Year - The year of the Sheep/Goat

Weekly Challenge: Chinese New Year

Join us in celebrating the year of the sheep/goat!

Weekly Challenge: Dessert Characters

We'll be scribbling some delicious looking characters this week! YUM!

Oh my Mermaid! By Henry Pope III

Oh my Mermaid! 

By Henry Pope III

First blog post of 2015 for me! Felt I needed to get back on my SN groove! 

So why not do it with some Mermaid chesticles!?!?!

1 hour in Sketchbook Pro 7 on Cintiq 22" 

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A Tribute for Armanda.

Dealing with the death of a loved one is hard. There is no real words, no way to express yourself when you lose someone dearly to you.

When I lost my father earlier this year, I went into a deep depression. Everything that brought me joy didn't and I felt myself falling into a hole that I could never get out. 

So I started to read. ALOT. When I was younger I loved quotes. I'd read anything that talked about overcoming obstacles and inspirational words of wisdom.  I'd write them all over my sketchbooks and journals. They brought me comfort and made me think of the important things that matter.  So I started to look for quotes and stories of loss and ended up finding ones that really stuck with me. Dealing with my father's death became easier once I started to focus on the memories rather than the loss.

So when it came to doing a tribute for Ashley's friend Armanda, I decided to go with something that brought me some comfort and helped me learn what is truly important after you lose someone.

These quote reminds us of what really matters, celebrating the life and remembering that even though they are gone, they are never truly loss to you. Their lives will continue through you and your memories of them.  Rest in peace, Armanda.

Weekly Challenge SPECIAL: Remembering Armanda McCafferty 11/30/84-11/05/14

Hey folks, this is your fellow scribble nerd Ashley here taking over for Dee this week to bring you a very special challenge: my best friend Armanda.
Armanda has been my best friend for a little over 10 years and after fighting a very miserable and painful illness for the last 5 she finally let go and passed away Wednesday morning.

It's difficult for me to find things to say about her that don't sound like some cliche Hallmark card.
She was one of the truest, goodest, most kind hearted people I've ever met. She valued every single person she ever knew. Even through some of her darkest times she still put on a smile and tried to make the day brighter for the people who cared for her both in and out of the hospital. Her good nature was infectious even to a hardened asshole like me.
We used to joke often about how conflicting our natures were and how by all means we shouldn't be friends, but ended up with a bond closer than most sisters.  Not a day went by when I visited, despite the pain she was in, where she didn't inquire about my well-being or what new things I had going with my art projects.

Well babe, now you're one of 'em.
It's not much, but I hope I can at least honor the memory of you and all you've done for me.

Thank you Scribble Nerds, my friends, for putting pencil to paper and helping out a nerd in need.

(All challenges will be put up on display during Friday's wake)

Weekly Challenge: Scary Movie Characters

In a world filled with movies, monsters, and monster movies, seven artists set out into the unknown emptiness of the blank page to unleash the hidden horrors within.  

In your art studio no one can hear you scream.

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!

Why Am I Drippings With Goo?

While getting inspired to do this piece I watched some episodes of The Real Ghostbusters.  I soon found myself obsessed with Egon's crazy hair.  Is that a bouffant?  I never know what to call it.  Anyway, Slimer decided to show up, and this happened.

Weekly Challenge: Who Ya Gonna Call?

I think a lot of us could say that we learned some of our most important life lessons form Ghostbusters.  We’re all a bit wiser for knowing who to call, that crossing the streams is a bad idea, and what to say when someone asks if you’re a god.  So this week the Scribble Nerds will be paying tribute to that cinematic wonder, Ghostbusters.

  
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!

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

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American Hero, American Princess

So for this Challenge I choosed to combine America's favorite superhero with America's Princess!
So here is Tiana (The Princess and the Frog)  dressed as Captain America!

She tempts her enemies with delicious bake goods before knocking them out! It works pretty well!

Weekly Challenge: Disney Mash-Up!

We all know the Disney company has more money than god, but in recent years they’ve also come to own a large chunk of America’s most beloved characters and franchises.  The possibilities are pretty much endless, but let’s smash some of those together and see what happens.

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!

Shawny. With a Y.

Here's my self portrait for this weeks challenge!

I really like purple.
My sister saw this and told me to make the boobs bigger...Nope. I don't want my boobs taking up the whole illustration!

Gunnm.

The first manga I ever read was "Battle Angel Alita" (Gunnm).  I was still pretty into western superhero comics when I was 15/16 but that all changed when I started hanging out at the library. Around that time Manga was just really starting to pop up more in the US and the library that I frequent had  a pretty good collection. Since I was already into Cowboy Bebop and Akira animes, I went hunting for  mangas and I wasn't let down.

Battle Angel  was full of sci-fi, violence and chaos, all lead by a sweet faced cyborg. It was glorious.

So here are a few sketches of Alita. I'm going to put these through illustrator but couldn't in time for this challenge! In time though!

Don't lose your way...to Japan!!!

Moshi-Moshi Internet!!!!

Japanese Anime has always been a huge influence in my art. I was deep into Manga and Anime long before it became a mainstream pop culture thing that it is today. When this weeks challenge of Japan came along there was nothing else I could think of then just share some recent anime fan art from my newest favorite show "Kill la Kill" and even a photo of me way back in 1997 when I served oversea's in Okinawa Japan!

Enjoy!

Ryuko!!!

Life Fiber Synchronize!!

Great time overseas! Okinawa was a blast!

Ya Ta! 

Henry Pope III

(Pink & Nanook Ink)

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Batman 75th Anniversary Party!

Put on your favorite black and gray spandex suit and join the Scribble Nerds, the Rust Belt Monster Collective, Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School and many more of Cleveland's finest artists for the Bat-stravaganza of the century!  This weekend at the amazing Carol and John's Comics there will be free comics, a gallery show with prints and original art to purchase & a great opportunity for artists to draw from live models dressed like Batman characters!  It'll be a batcave full of fun and we hope to see you there!

Weekly Challenge: 75 Years of Batman

Buckle your utility belts and put on your best pair of scaly green panties cuz it’s time to celebrate 75 years of everyone’s favorite pointy-eared crime fighter!

 

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!

Weekly Challenge: PICKLES!

Come ye Kings of Kosher, Dukes of Dill and Geeks of the Gherkin! Join the pickle-palooza! Yes, this weeks posts will feature everyone’s favorite sandwich side dish, the pickle!

 

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!

Shawny's back in action with the Rocketeer! (WIP)

Hello! It's Shawny. I know, I have been missing on the blog for a couple of weeks thanks to my summer job and computer woes. But I'm back and I come with goodies!

For this weeks challenge I did a sketchbook illustration that will eventually go into Illustrator. I wanted to show the rough sketch before cleaning it up and turning it into vector. Since I'm trying to draw more dudes, drawing the Rocketeer was perfect. But of course I had to add a pretty lady!

Close up!

This weekend I'll probably finish it completely and share it with next week's challenge!

Also, just to play catch up, I'll  be posting some of the other challenges I missed, right after the most recent weekly challenge till I'm all caught up!

Rocketeer!

Before Iron Man flew, The Rocketeer did! 

I wonder if Cliff's family can sue Stark over copyrights? No? 

Ah well...extremly quick sketch...about 1hour. Pen, Ink, Prisma Markers.