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

New Year Cutie

"MERRY NEW YEAR!"  This time I tried some new coloring techniques that I hope ya'll enjoy.

Valentines Zombie Revision!

Hi all, Mark here!
This week's theme was Valentines Day.

I've developed a new style I really like involving gradients.  Since my original zombie illustration wasn't rendered at all, I decided to revisit the piece and render it finally.  I figured love struck zombies was a close enough match for the Valentines Day theme.

You're the Squishy Talking Brain to My Giant Robot.

I originally wanted to make a card that said "You drove a Technodrome through my heart".  Sadly, drawing a technodrome would take more free time than I have available, so I drew the next best thing, Krang and his robo-body buddy. Enjoy!

Crab Cake!

Hi all, Mark here!
Today's theme is "Dessert Characters"!

I love crabs--especially hermit crabs-- so I created a crab character, "Crab Cake".
Also, the fact that I drew a cake character 9 days before my birthday isn't at all a thinly-veiled attempt at coercing my friends into getting me cake, no sir.

I would love this character as a plush!

And on the subject of dessert characters, here's my line of ice cream bears, the Cub Cones!  I created them in 2012 and hope to someday license them to a company like Sanrio.

You're welcome, America

Chocolate Cherry

I chose a flavor combo more than an actual dessert, but I'm a loose cannon artist living on the edge, so I do what I want.  Textures courtesy of the wonderful Lost and Taken.

Animal Breakfast Diner!

Hi all, Mark here!
Today's theme is one I love-- "Breakfast"!

A few years back I did a chicken waitress illustration called "Chicken & Waffles".  I've improved a lot since then, so I thought it'd be fun to redraw the piece in my new style!  The look of this piece was inspired by vintage Nintendo game box art, as well as the art of the Paper Mario games.

I will take any excuse to draw a cute bird girl

Mermaid Sisters!

Hi all, Mark here!
Today's illustration is for the previous theme, 'Mermaids'.

I love mermaids, so I drew two cute mermaid sisters (a pouty goth and a happy nerd).  They are best friends despite their different personalities.
The art for this was inspired by the Paper Mario video game series.

All jokes aside, this is a perfect representation of the two types of women I'm attracted to

2015! Year of the Wooden Sheep

Hi all, Mark here!
Today I'm coming at you with a post I missed for the theme "Happy New Year!"

My drawing today celebrates the start of 2015-- in the Chinese Horoscope, 2015 is the Year of the Wooden Sheep (hence the leaf in my pic).  My character design was inspired by the art of the 'Paper Mario' series.  (Nintendo characters are and have always been my biggest influence, artistically)

Happy (belated) New Year!

Penguin Cheer!

Hi all, Mark here!
After some time away from the blog, I'm back with some adorable Christmas cheer artwork.

For this piece, I took inspiration from Kirby, the Nintendo character, and I tried to emulate the look of Kirby's artwork (particularly the art of Kirby Super Star Ultra).
I typically don't use gradients, so this was a fun experiment!

Merry Christmas and Happy holidays, everybody!

Leeloo's Multi Pass

Hi all, Mark here!
This week's theme is the 90's movie "The Fifth Element".

The film features a "Multi Pass", which is like a combo passport, credit card & ID.  I did a cute version of the Multi Pass used by Leeloo, since my impulse to cute-ify things can't ever be ignored.  Sorry, not sorry.

Leeloo doesn't really act like this in the film, but I wanted to draw a chibi Milla Jovovich, dammit

Also, I originally did line-work for a more realistic version of Leeloo, featured below.

Hummingbird Tribute

Hi all, Mark here.
Today's post is a special tribute--
fellow Scribble Nerd Ashley's dear friend Armanda recently passed away, and as a group we each decided to illustrate a special piece in her memory.  I did not know Armanda, but I have learned from Ashley's writing that Armanda was a positive, compassionate, and very loving person.  She had liked the idea of a hummingbird and daisy for a tattoo, so my tribute features my take on those those two things.  I feel that the energy and beauty of a hummingbird is a fitting tribute for such a special person.

My deepest condolences go out to Armanda's family, friends and loved ones.

Creature From the Black Lagoon!

Hi all, Mark here!
This week's theme is Scary Movie Monsters, so today's piece is all about the Creature From the Black Lagoon!

Water (and the things that live in water) have always been a little alien to us, so a fish man is right up there on the Uncanny Valley.  Happy Halloween!

Swamp Photograph from MorgueFile-- user Photojock

Zombie Me

Braaaaiiiiiinnnnnnssssss....

They gotta have a place to store all their stuff!

For my Ghostbuster piece, I decided to illustrate the Ghostbuster headquarters. This is the result!

I like vectorizing buildings, so this was pretty fun to do. Expect another famous building/house in the near future!

Halloween Monster Mash-up!

Hi all, Mark here!
As promised, here's my full piece for the previous week's theme of Classic Halloween!

Enjoy these video-game inspired characters!

Chibi Ghostbusters Logo!

Hi all, Mark here!
The theme this week is Ghostbusters!

Of all the movie's positives qualities-- great casting, stunning special effects, sharp humor-- I  think I like the Ghostbusters logo most of all.  It's so simple, sleek, and creative, I just knew I wanted to take a stab at it.  Enjoy my chibi, super iconic take on this classic!

Halloween Monster Sneak Peek!

Hi all, Mark here!
I have a love-hate relationship with Halloween.  Basically, I hate how much I love it.

This week's theme is Classic Halloween, so I decided to do a fun group shot of the main Halloween monsters.  This piece can't be revealed in full right now, as it is part of a local art show on the 17th!  Instead, today I'm coming at you with a special sneak peek.  The full piece will be posted after the show goes live!

Witching Hour

Just wanted to make a fun Halloween piece showcasing 3 of my favorite halloween themed characters: withes, ghosts and the ever loveable black cat. Enjoy.

Shadowcat and Lockheed for Anti-Bullying!

My contribution to the Bully Awareness month!
It doesn't take much not to be a bully, but it takes courage and respect to be a hero! Bullying is never the answer and it doesn't make you cool, it makes you a mean and hurtful person. Something I think no one wants to be!
As being Mutants in an Anti-Mutant world, Shadowcat and Lockheed (though he's an alien) know first hand the problems with bullies and understand the importance of awareness!