some Candy-Stein high school romance

Frankie and the Bride got some candylicious colorin' so feast your eyes monster lovers (and monsters in love)

also up for grabs on my Society 6!

C++pid & Psyche

Hey everybody! Long time no post, I know. But here's another robot drawing to wet yer whistle.


Done for an upcoming show (theme was technology: past present future) and my take on William-Adolphe Bouguereau's painting of the Abduction of Psyche:

in a perfect world, amirite?

 

more to come as I FINALLY upload pieces from the last 5 months of Dr. Sketchy, tiny moleskine, and various commission and comic work! Til next time citizens~

Robot with a beard

Oh hi! Yeah, I know it's been a while. But I've been pretty life busy and if that ain't a good reason well then I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME.

But if I had to guess, it'd be robots with beards.

go home robot, you're drunk

More exciting things to come and excite you soon! Comic things! Sketchy things!

I super promise! :D

Welcome, Monsters (and stickers! for you!)

Hello citizens! Long time since the last entry, but all for the best as there have been many exciting things keeping me busy.  Here's a short rundown of the goings on that will be expanded upon in upcoming posts:

-ran a table at GenghisCon 2013 (a small press and indie comics convention) with my pal Angela Oster at the Beachland Ballroom
- Dr. Sketchy Anti-Art School Cleveland branch will be under new management via myself and two other good friends
-Carol and Johns Holiday Party, upcoming and including amazing sketch covers by myself and other awesome Cleveland artists
-the Cleveland Exotic Dance: Winter Soiree and bawdy art show

of which, this piece hung proudly on display (and sold :D)

even monsters are welcome when your home feels empty

of course, available for your pleasure in prints, mugs, and throw pillows! (or other things you might need..)

ALSO! STICKERS ARE OFFICIALLY IN! and i'll tell you right now, my girls are lookin GOOD.

around 5"by 4.5"

$3 each or all for $8

My store will be up and running soon, but for anyone interested in buying please send me an email at a_ribblett@yahoo.com or tentaclees@gmail.com and I can set something up through paypal. :3

Ribbs, out~

Thor eats fresh-ish

I've been thinking about Thor and terrible food lately. The two have only recently combined.

happy CthulhuWeen!

Halloween ain't over til Cthulhu says it's over, you get me son? Now make with the candy and the baked goods

Ink on Watercolor paper

-also prints and mugs at my Society 6-

(i know) why the maned wolf sings

WATERCOLOR,INK,GESSO

we think we understand the lights over Arby's + new sticker preview!

good news everyone!
i've been working on making a 3 sticker series of uber sexy pinup monster babes, sized around 4"x variable high quality vinyl die cuts, for sale roughly around late October/early November.
first up, a revamp of a doe eyed favorite:

IRIS

stay tuned for vixen number 2 next post :D


NOW
if you know what podcasts are and have not heard Welcome to Night Vale yet, please let me know exactly how deep is the hole you live in and what utilities are included. I know a girl looking to rent.

http://commonplacebooks.com/welcome-to-night-vale/

All hail the Glow Cloud/ pen

All hail the Glow Cloud (color)/ pen & photoshop

just a coupla boyfriends/pencil in moleskine

the lights over arby's sketch page/ pen & watercolor

first draft Cecil/ Sai

Carlos the Scientist/ Sai

Pin me up Cthulu x 2!

Selena Felien as CuteThulu/ pencil

Selena Felien Grr Arrg /pencil

Spider-steed and Lovecraft sketchies!

Sketchy Kitty Blue 7/31/13 - colored and regular pencil

Selena Felien LOVECRAFT SKETCHY/ colored pencil

Selena Felien LOVECRAFT SKETCHY /marker & pen

KONG PRINTS and a slew of POISON and PRALINE

Sketchy Akron Kong with Peggy DeLune/ scanned reinked Sai and Illustrator, colored in Photoshop

 Get it as a print/shirt/sticker!

Sketchy Akron with Peggy DeLune/ scanned, reinked in Sai and Illustrator

 and it's totally a print/shirt/sticker too!

Sketchy Cleveland Pistol Praline/ pen marker pencil 2 hours

Sketchy Akron Pretty Poison/ pencil 1 hour

Sketchy Cleveland Pistol Praline/ colored pencil & pen 2 hours

Sketchy Cleveland Pistol Praline, colored pencil 5-8 minutes(?)

Let them eat burritos/ blue ballpoint 1.5 hours

Burlesque queen Lili St. Cyr /watercolor & pencil

Tremont art portrait sesh/ watercolor pencil 2.5 hours

Pages from the moleskine and lots of Doll Bambino

Gayle Skidmore from an acoustic session at Market Ave Wine Bar, marker pen watercolor

Circus Circus sketchy, pen and marker

Z from a very intimate Akron Sketchy hosted at Scott Schulman's abode, pen and watercolor pencil

Left: contest for a very intimate Akron Sketchy hosted by Scott Schulman; Right: Circus Circus Sketchy, watercolor pencil and marker

Akron Sketchy contest: Cubism portrait Doll Bambino

pen and marker sketch Doll and Fantasie

Doll with that goddamn parasol, marker and colored pencil

Doll all Lisa Frank colored with her pretty pink cast, colored pencil

pinups and zombrrs

never an unsexy Ice Queen/ Adventure Time, watercolor & ink

WIP Vanity Cyclops, paint tool Sai

pop art Zombie! watercolor&gouache

Batch art!

Thor Nado, Murray Hill, Colored Pencil

Faith McFluff, Ingenuity, colored pencil

Faith McFluff, Ingenuity, marker, pen

Faith McFluff, Ingenuity, pen, gouache

Dr. Sketchy Cleveland, Ingenuity, charcoal, gouache

Faith, Beth, unknown, Ingenuity, pen, colored pencil

Belmez Entertainment, Market Ave Wine Bar, marker, pen

Sexy inner demons, watercolor, pen

lake bed woman

what is it about drawing female nudes that compels me to turn them into vaguely menacing dryads? maybe it's just that antlers make everything cooler.

marker, ink, white charcoal pencil

Sci Fi, Germans in Mexico, Sad Hitler

SciFi Colonial

the Thing meets a Martha Stewart craft pen. effects in photoshop. not great effects, but nonetheless.

Germans in Mexico

illustrated to the Electric Six song of the same name. pen and photoshop, edited yesterday and updated in Sai.

Um, no one is coming bro.

I drew this for Sarah initially as a memento of our first real hang out, which just happened to be Hitler's B-Day. we played undercover Hitler at the movie theater. i still like this drawing and i won't apologize. Sad Hitler is hilarious.

pen and photoshop 7.