Crazy Catwoman

Every year around the holidays, our good buddies at Carol and John's Comics raffle off comic book covers created by local artists to benefit the Cleveland Food Bank.

Last year, I did a cover featuring Batman and Robin attacked by a swarm of Cat Woman's pets. Since that cover was pretty popular at the event (and I love me some kitties) I decided to do a follow up this year:

Acrylic paint with a touch of watercolor and colored pencil!

Pencils:

Last year's cover:

 

Come hang out at the comic shop on December 20th and win my new cover! Or maybe art by another RBMC member or one of our cartoon pals. Details here. See you there!

Teach Your Monster - Mustache Tutorial

Learn how to make an awesome mustache in this fun quick video from Erin!

If your 'stache skills need a boost, the RBMC has got you covered:

Extra thanks to Ron Caruso for video production.

Now go out there and have some hairy fun! And don't forget to check out our other videos.

Week 22: My Meow-spiration

I work in a lot of different mediums, but there two muses I can't do without: a hot cup of tea and my enormous ragdoll cat Mika.

This image was painted at the first official meeting of the Cleveland Drink and Draw Social Club (!) with watercolor and Faber-Castell pitt pens. It was then transformed digitally while daydreaming about screenprints. I will update this post soon with a link to the original.

****UPDATE****

1. Click here to see the original artwork on the CLEVELAND DRINK AND DRAW blog!
2. To be honest... sometimes I cheat on the tea with coffee. Or wine.

Week 22: Draw Your Art Tools

Cute Maker Modeling courtesy of Mika T. Cat

We here at Rust Belt ask a lot of our tools. They get beaten up, overused, and ultimately destroyed in the quest for good art. I, for one, am known in some circles as "Erin Schechtman: Murderer of Paintbrushes." It's not something I'm proud of. This week, we of the RMBC are giving back to the art supply community as we honor our fallen mark makers.

So draw those art tools! Real, Robotic, or Imagined. Stay tuned to see our tributes.