This was originally a mini comic I created last year – I scanned it all in and cleaned it up for your viewing pleasure!
A Tale of Two Cupcakes
Personal Projects
AmeriComics, Part II
Just in time for Independence Day, here are some comics reflecting on my AmeriCorps term of service:
I learned a lot this year!
One of the mentor leaders did work with a student to get her several thousand dollars in scholarship money. So awesome.
Advising at Portland State is a bit of a mess. I’m sure students have similar experiences at campuses all over the country. We need better advising systems so students aren’t taking classes they don’t need!
Materials: Micron pens
Better Things to Do
I’ve had a hard time staying motivated as I finish up my term of AmeriCorps service. I don’t have a cat, but if I did, I’d totes let it sleep on my head sometimes.
Materials: Micron brush pen
Tuesday Afternoon Comics!
A sort of continuation of last week’s “Adventures of Tiny Worm” comic. Tiny Worm not pictured.
Materials: Micron Pens, Prismacolor Markers
Thursday Afternoon Comics!
I wanted to make a cute and simple comic. That resulted in “The Adventures of Tiny Worm”:
Keep an eye out for more comics from me in the upcoming month. I have time to draw these things now!
Materials: Sakura pen, Prismacolor Markers
Friday Afternoon Comics & More!
Hello dear readers!
I’ve been horrible at posting recently, and I apologize. I’ve been occupied with getting into the Ooligan Press Book Publishing Master’s Program at Portland State University (woo!) and I spent last weekend at Stumptown Comics Fest (double woo!). I also had to deal with some other way less interesting and more stressful stuff.
Blah, blah, blah, enough about me – here’s a comic!
This happened right outside my window the other night so I felt compelled to draw it. I like that the dude looks like Strong Sad from Homestar Runner. But Strong Sad probably wouldn’t yell at a cat. Also, the cat was unharmed. I don’t know what was going on but that cat was pissed.
Here are some sketches from the week:
Kids in sunglasses. The sketch on the right is from a photo of my little brother. I love little kids with big sunglasses on. It’s so great.
And some bunnies! Because who doesn’t like cute bunnies?
That’s it for now. I’ll get back on track with my posts next week. Thanks for viewing!
Comics Jam
My sincerest apologies for taking forever to post. Mea culpa.
To make up for it, today you get not one, but THREE comics. Of which I drew a third. So in total I drew one comic, but I drew panels in three different comics. It’s confusing, but you’ll see what I’m talking about in a minute.
The comics jam (or whatever you want to call it) was part of the first meeting of a comics-drawing collective I started in order to coerce me into drawing more. Our first meeting had 3 members, but after seeing these amazing comics, we’re going to have more people at our next meeting. I know it.
Each of us started a 9-panel comic and assigned a rule to the comic. We had 3 minutes to draw our panel then had to switch comics after time expired. As a result, each member drew 3 panels in each of the comics.
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| “Fill in the Middle” by Dan Duncan, Shane Hosea & Erika Schnatz |
Dan started this one. He drew the first panel, Shane drew the third panel, and I had to draw the panel in the middle. It got really crazy really fast. Notice how the truck becomes anthropomorphic halfway through the comic!
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| “Everybody Dies by the End” by Shane Hosea, Erika Schnatz & Dan Duncan |
Shane’s rule for this comic was that everyone needed to die by the end. As you see, it didn’t take long for us to start killing off characters. Shane drew the 1st panels, I drew the middle panels, and Dan drew the 3rd panels. The Shark Transformer is a stupid idea/theme song I made up in the shower earlier that day. I’m glad it was incorporated into the comic.
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| “Backwardz Comix!!! (Gay Penguins)” by Erika Schnatz, Dan Duncan & Shane Hosea |
I started this comic, and we drew this story backwards. I love this story so much. I drew the 3rd panels, Dan drew the center panels, and Shane drew the 1st panels. We had to pause drawing for a minute or two because I couldn’t stop laughing after the “Timothy! Look at my new magic trick” panel.
I can’t wait to do this again. It was crazy fun.
Neil Diamond Background Conundrum
Hey!
So I have a frame hanging on my wall that is sans a picture. In an attempt to rectify this situation, I drew a picture of Neil Diamond last night, because, why not? The man has amazing eyebrows.
I was going to pick a background for him, but then I thought, “Why not put this up to a vote? Maybe people want to contribute to this amazing portrait.”
Dear readers, I come to you with a conundrum: which background looks best with Neil Diamond?
Option 1: All American Hero.
This is the background I initially planned to use. Because Neil Diamond is a real American hero.
Option 2: Groovy-licious.
Neil Diamond is also a super groovy man, so this may be an appropriate background.
Option 3: Silver Fox
For some reason, Neil Diamond looks the most suave with this background. Or maybe that’s just me.
Drop me a comment to let me know what you think! Let the people decide! The winner will be revealed at some point. Maybe Monday?
Materials: Micron Pens, scrapbook paper
Week of Lincoln: Day Three
Here’s another Lincoln drawing from a few years ago:
If you can’t read my tiny handwriting, it says:
Abe Lincoln actually looked a lot like this. Who else would be able to free the slaves single handed-ly and wrestle a 7 foot bear at the same time? Damn straight.
America has never been a place for sissies.
Fabulous. If you think this is weird, just wait until tomorrow!
Erika Schnatz 