HAPPY...New Year

To celebrate the new year, I drew Happy from the Rankin and Bass classic Rudolph's Shiny New Year.  I made sure to include his adorable big ears. Enjoy!

The Slacker Zombie of all time!

When it came to zombies, "Shaun of the Dead" was the first thing that popped into my head. Mainly because it gave me an excuse to make some movie posters!

This movie has been out awhile, so I hope this isn't going to be a spoiler! :D

I decided to illustrate the lovable Zombie Ed!

I also created one with a background. Don't know how much I like this one.

Here's the original sketch. 

I can't wait for my first ever art event with the group! Don't forget to check out Oddmall this weekend! It's going to be great!

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!

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.

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!

Don't be a bully, bub!

As a shy, overweight nerd who dealt with the occasional bully I only needed to look as far as the spandex-wearing hero’s of my own childhood to find inspiration for my sticker design. Little me had a weakness for X-men trading cards, the cartoon show and comics so I decided to choose characters from my favorite team of mutant do-gooders. For me, Storm and Wolvie always stood out and seemed like an obvious choice as defenders of the “little guy”. 

 I've also decided to include my sketch, just to showcase a little of my process.

Mork From Ork!

It was hard choosing a Robin Williams character to draw since there are so many good ones.  In the end it was Mork's upbeat attitude and rainbow suspenders that won me over.  Enjoy!

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!

Best Part of the Movie!

Before I saw Guardians of the Galaxy wednesday, I was going to draw a full team action illustration, but then I saw the movie and fell in love with:

The whole movie was great and all, but you can't beat a baby tree dancing to Jackson 5. Nope. No way. 

Be prepared for some more GOTG fan art coming soon! 

Yukata Girl

I've been obsessed with Japan for about half of my life so it was hard to narrow down a subject matter for this piece. In the end, I decided to focus on the first things that came to mind when I thought of Japan: the color red, yukatas, and teru teru bozu.  Wiki some words and learn something new today ^_^.  And enjoy!

Happy 75th Batman!

Hello everyone! It's Batman's 75th and to celebrate I decided to illustrate two of The Bats favorite villains, Catwoman and Poison Ivy!

These two beauties will be showing at Carol and John's pop up art gallery Saturday, in celebration of Batman's first appearance. Tons of things going on that day at CNJ so check it out!
These two illustrations also kick starts my Sweetheart Project. It's going to be a great personal project that I am really looking forward too and I'm sure you'll like it as well! 

Peach Baby! (Last Week's Challenge)

Playing catch up. This is for last week's Mario challenge. I HAD to draw Princess Peach in a pin-up, because that is what I do! Anyway here's Peach in all her glory!

If there's a steady paycheck...

"Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis?"

"Ah, if there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say."

Who doesn't love Winston Zeddemore? When we first decided to do a Rule 63 (gender-bender) theme for the week, I had some trouble coming up with a subject. There are just so many great characters to choose from. Tim mentioned that I do something Ghostbusters themed, and so Winnie Zeddemore was born. I wanted her to be a bold and sexy Ghostbuster with a 70's Pam Grier kind of vibe.

XO - Clare

Intro Post! Mark Laubenthal, Illustrator & Super Nerd

Hi all, Mark here.
Today's post is a quick "about me" and showcases some of my art!

I'm a digital illustrator who works in vector art, and I pay the bills by working freelance on children's products like coloring books, stickers and craft kits.  I also work on game-app projects occasionally as well.  The main thing I am known for in my work is my use of cute, quirky characters and a childlike sense of wonder.  I consider myself someone who really understands the concept of "cute" very well, and as such, my work is also often characterized by a "toy-like" feel.

As far as my personality/personal interests go, I'm a proud nerd, a hopeless romantic, a lover of all things cute, obsessed with toys and toy design, a huge fan of pop culture, and to top it all off, I also love to bake (almost exclusively cookies, because COOKIES).  I'm also super inspired by animals.

Here are a few of my pieces:

You can find me at the following:

Portfolio Website: marklaubenthal.com
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/MarkLaubenthal

I also blog dessert recipes and art projects for:
The Darling Apartment

Dee Pio - Designer. Illustrator. Nerd.

By day I’m your friendly neighborhood kids craft product designer and illustrator, by night I super obsess over Batman and The Hobbit.

Being split between kids crafting and my nerdy interests has necessitated my use of a few very different art styles.  My art can range from clean colorful vectors, to messy sketchy more realistic pieces.  You’ll notice for my Scribble Nerd challenges I’ll choose whichever style fits the mood I’m going for.

Below are a few of my personal pieces that show the range of my work.

You can also find me under the name nerdee_design.  I'm on:

Intstagram:  http://instagram.com/nerdee_design#

 Tumblr:  http://nerdee-design.tumblr.com/

 Deviantart:  http://deepio.deviantart.com/

 Twitter:  https://twitter.com/nerdee_design

BMO! "Who wants to play VIDEO GAMES?"

Hi all, Mark here.
This week's subject was one that I hold especially dear-- the animated series "Adventure Time!"
Originally I wanted to do an illustration of the lovely but neurotic Princess Bubblegum, but since I was a little crunched for time, I decided to instead draw the super-cute, super-quirky video game character, BMO.

If there's a cuter video game character on television, I have yet to see 'em; seriously, BMO's crazy adorable.
Enjoy!

A Turtle...of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Variety.

Leonardo Leads, Raphael is cool but rude, Michelangelo is a party dude....and Donatello is just adorable!!  I've always been a Raph fan, but I decided to dabble with some Donnie for this challenge and had a lot of fun drawin' his widdle punim. Enjoy.

Star Wars May the 4th Challenge!

Hi all,
Mark here!
Today's post features is all about the Star Wars challenge, and features two characters I really like-- C3P-O and R2D2!  I drew this piece in what I call my "chibi" style, and the background was inspired by the desert scene with the two of them.