Monster Girl Challenge Week 2

It's been around a week since my first round of monster girl post. Here's what I've been up to this week.

#8 Allie the Alien loves laser tag.

 

#9 Petunia the Centaur likes to pick apples.

#10 Slimy the slime girl. She likes to be pampered at the spa. 

Mud baths are her favorite!

#11 DJ Roba the Robot . She loves techno music.

#12 Naga the half snake girl. Snake charmers beware, 

she'll charm you with her belly dancing.

#13 Chacha the canine girl. She loves long runs in the park.

#14 Cynda the Cyclops. She loves 3D movies.

#15 Octavia the octomaid. She enjoys bring in the 

Grand Supreme Queen title at every pageant she enters.

#16 Grayce the gargoyle. She can hold a pose 

better than any other model on the runway.

#17 Yeti, she loves to snowboard.

 

#18 Nessie. She likes go tubing on the 

river when she goes on vacation.

#19 Dullahan the headless horsewoman. 

Her ponies always get pampered.

 #20 Selkie the seal who sheds its skin to become human. 

Selkie loves to surf, and why wouldn't she with her natural wetsuit.

#21 Eshne the dragon girl. She loved to LARP

 and always plays a knight.

 

#22 Minnie the Minotaur . She loves mazes.

#23 Frannie aka the bride of Frankenstein. 

She's celebrating her upcoming wedding.

Enjoy!

 

Monster Girl Challege

 

Summer started a few weeks ago, but not for me. I've been teaching all summer it seems like. Summer art camps finished over a week ago, but the kids and I headed down to South Texas to help my parents out for the week. My grandma had a pretty bad fall that left her in the hospital. She is doing a lot better and has been moved from the hospital to a rehab center. 

While we were down I knew I was going to be spending a lot of time in the waiting room so I bought a small sketchbook to keep me busy. For the past few months I've been following The Boogervampire: the Art of Mary J. Hoffman , and her take on the 30 day Monster Girl Challenge. I've been wanting to give the challenge a try, but I hadn't had a chance to sit down and think through the list. I figured I'd give it a try since I would finally have some down time. I must say I think I'm addicted. I actually woke up at 2am to draw out one of my ideas. I decided that they should have a theme, and came up with Monster Girls Just Want to Have Fun. I'm not sure what I want to do with them once I'm done, but I can see going beyond the 30 days. 

If you'd like to join in on the challenge you can click on the link below, or google Monster Girl Challenge to see all the awesome work that is being done based off this list.

30 Day Monster Girl Challenge

Here are my first few Monster Girls:

  

Harpy- Mythological half bird half woman. 

Harpy loves to read, and is especially fond of Greek Mythology.

 

Zombie- She was once a pampered princess, then came the plague. 

She may have a hunger for brains now, but she still loves her manicures. 

 

Daisy- This plant girl loves to soak up the sun while lounging in her pool.

  

Spida- The spider girl. More legs means more shoes. 

Honestly what girl can pass up a good shoe sale.

    

Sirena- The mermaid. She spends her days in search of doohickeys and thingamajigs 

from the human world. She turns her human finds into wonderful jewelry treasures.

 

Llorona- She's a little ghost girl that just wants to play with her dolls. 

Too bad she keeps forgetting them down by the river behind her house.

 

Wolfie- When the full moon rises this little werewolf is ready to rock.

Monsterously Cute Monsters

I've decided that I will dedicate this week to working on some new paintings. Once I got started drawing the images I couldn't stop. As I type I have more in my head that I can't wait to get on canvas. I've created a few new characters the past few weeks, including a Chupacabra named Chuy who owns a pet goat. A Yeti, & a Sasquatch who are yet to be named, but they are cousins, this I am sure of. A swamp creature named Swampy. A vampire who is also not yet named, but I can tell you for sure he doesn't sparkle in the sunlight. As I wait for my fabric to come in I thought it would be fun to paint some pictures of them in their natural environment doing the things they love to do. I've also included Cucuy and Wolfie in my new paintings. Here are some pictures of the sketched out canvases waiting for me to paint them. I'm excited to get to painting that I will leave you here to check out the sketches and maybe send some names ideas for Yeti, Sasquatch, and the Vampire.

I Love Comic Books!

I know it's probably something you don't hear girls say very often, but it's true. When I was younger my dad would buy me comic books. I'd look through them amazed with the illustrations, truthfully I didn't always read them , I just LOVED the illustrations. I'm a fan of both DC and Marvel comics but Superman has always had my heart. When I was in high school I would practice my drawing skills by drawing the images from my comic books.
This summer I took my kids to the comic book shop for the first time. I think I enjoyed it more than they did. I'm actually looking forward to them going back to school so I can head over there and really look around. I didn't purchase any comics, I went on a mission to find a Munny figure, which I did.
Back on track, comic books, I love them. I MADE ONE! Two actually. My mom had been telling me that I should write a book about my Cucuy characters. I had a few customers mention how cool a comic about my characters would be. I finally sat down and started drawing. At first I was going for a children's book, building off the story line my mom had in mind. I just wasn't feeling the story book format. That's when I decided I had to turn the story into a comic book.

It's not a full size comic book, but a cute little mini comic book. I've decided I'm going to make it a monthly series. I have two completed as of this week. Issue #1 has been for sale in my shop for a few weeks. Issue #2 will be for sale September 1st.

I'm growing addicted to creating them. I have the story line for Issue #3 in my head. I hope to have a chance to draw it out this weekend. I also have a few other series in my head, I think  Luchamals (masked wrestling animals) will be next.