Dr. Sketchy's NYC

I went to my first Dr. Sketchy meet up here in NYC last week, the theme was Godzilla! Dr. Sketchy's is hosted at the Bowery Poetry Club, the costumes are fun and silly and there's booze and prizes for silly drawing!

Warm up, one minute sketch!

I wish they had used the tiny, old school Godzilla head more. This was the only time the model used it.

The theme for this one was an epic battle between Godzilla and someone. Not remembering how to draw Ultraman, I made a knockoff Ultraman and won an enormous, squishy narwhal!

American Gods Art Jam

I got to be part of a really excellent art jam over at SuperPunch - there were so many great illustrations! I feel great being part of such an esteemed group of illos.

This illo gave me lots of trouble, it really took awhile for me to figure out exactly how I wanted to show Mr. Ibis & Mr. Jacquel. Below are a bunch of my sketches, the early colored work, and finally the finished piece.

Make sure to check out the rest of the great illustrations up on SuperPunch!

Project Pepperpot: world building

I mentioned back in May that Anna-Maria Jung (whose blog you should go see for more updates on our collaborative pepperpot project) and I had combined our skills and begun a project together. That project (deemed Project: Pepperpot for now) is coming together great! 

One of my favorite things about working on this project is all of the world building involved. Figuring out what the cities and towns will look like, how our characters will dress and (my favorite part) figuring out the sorts of animals that are running around this world.

Here are some of my favorite creature sketches so far:

those look like they'd be useful with a slingshot...

I LOVE giant, rideable birds.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEIR ARMS?!

squeek squeek squeeker squeek

Stay tuned here at Cubefarm for more updates on how the project is going and other artsy updates. 

Want more? Make sure to check out my spot on DeviantArt, my new TUMBLR account and my updated website for all the latest rebekie.b stuff!

Spiderman #666 Variant Comic for Jim Hanley's Universe

For the release of Amazing Spiderman #666 (written by Dan Slott, penciled by Stefano Caselli) Marvel gave comic shops the option of placing an image of their choosing on the cover of the Daily Bugle. 

My local shop, Jim Hanley's Universe (which is full of awesome, btw), asked me to come up with an image for their variant. After some thinking I came up with the below illo of long time comic enthusiasts and managers of JHU Nick Purpura (on the left) and Ronnie Hill with his darling babe (in the middle) just moments after Spidey has saved the beloved and iconic shop from the evil clutches of evil (alas, Nick got a little scuffed up in the process).

You can swing by (haha) Jim Hanley's Universe (located in midtown Manhattan, across from the Empire State Building as well as in New Dorp, Staten Island) to pick up this special variant today!

Even babies love Spider-Man!

A long box of comics with my illo! Yes!

Shirts Shirts and more Shirts

Hey there kiddos! Some new stuff for the month of July!

FIRST, you can buy stuff with pictures I've made on it! Yes, it's true, I've opened a Spreadshirt shop where you can acquire a shirt with everyone's favorite Nerdy Ganesha image!

You can ALSO go to MY CAFEPRESS SHOP and find a pint glass with the same image on it.

You can expect to see more designs up soon. If you have suggestions for products or favorite illustrations let me know!



Also up, is a new Threadless design featuring many, many bunnies. Gosh, I really, REALLY love bunnies.

Vikings: The Ultimate Question

If pirates have ninjas, who are the sworn enemies of vikings? Mummies? Zombies? Romans?

Some sketches while this life changing question is pondered: