People

August 25, 2015 | Erika Schnatz

I drew a line art version of Dan and I for our wedding booklet profiles. Here we are in glorious color!

Illustration Friday Prompt >> Heart

August 20, 2015August 20, 2015 | Erika Schnatz

My first post for Illustration Friday! The prompt for this week is “heart,” so I drew the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz.

It’s high time I got back into illustrating with graphite. Missed you, pencils!

One Month of Marriage ^__^

August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 | Erika Schnatz

To celebrate being married for one whole month (woo!) here are the two comics Dan and I created for our wedding activity book:

Apologies to the hosts of all the parties and gatherings we’ve skipped for pizza.

Our hamster is even more antisocial, if that’s even possible.

Sneaky Peek of Our Super Awesome Wedding Activity Book

July 30, 2015July 30, 2015 | Erika Schnatz

Unless you attended our wedding (hey there immediate family and close friends), you probably haven’t seen this yet. Dan and I co-created a wedding activity book as a gift for our guests, because we enjoy taking on ridiculously complicated projects within short periods of time. Also, what better way to put my master’s in book publishing to use than to design a book?

Eventually I’ll put up all 24 pages of fun and excellence, but for now you just get to see the cover (which depicts Dan with a burrito and I with a book while riding a giant turquoise HamHam, as you do). However, we have a bunch of printed copies that we’re sending out to all of the lovely folks who sent us a wedding gift, so if you donate to our honeymoon fund and email me your mailing address (schnatze at gmail dot com), you will get a copy of your own!

Did I mention the activity book includes poop emojis? Yeah, we went there.

Easter Egg Hunt

April 5, 2015April 5, 2015 | Erika Schnatz

A quick little drawing I did based on an old family photo of me:

Materials: Micron pens and Prismacolor Markers on cardboard

Portrait of Poe from the Waist Down

October 21, 2014April 5, 2015 | Erika Schnatz

Last winter break I thought, “Why don’t I try to draw a portrait of someone from the waist down?” Here is the result of that idea.

Edgar Allan Poe from the waist down. Fitting ’cause Halloween is right around the corner, and Poe has got to be America’s creepiest poet, right?

National Poetry Month

May 1, 2014April 10, 2015 | Erika Schnatz

To celebrate the end of National Poetry Month, here is a line drawing of one of the all-time greats: Emily Dickinson.

This piece was published in the Winter 2014 edition of the Portland Review, along with a drawing of Edgar Allan Poe (which will show up on the sketch blog in the near future).

Mr. Tea

April 24, 2014April 10, 2015 | Erika Schnatz

A fun 80s mashup between Mr. T (who pities fools) and Mr. T (who has tall teeth) at a tea party (naturally). This piece was part of “Jibbart Jabbart: A Mr. T-Themed Art Show & Experience” at the PhilaMOCA in Philadelphia.