Sketch Lottery Presents: Bane

The guys over at Sketch Lottery are still going strong, and their latest subject is a good ole fashion baddie: Bane!!! For those of you who don't know what Sketch Lottery is, it works like this. A bunch of talented artists (of varying degrees in ability) each submitted a character that would be a topic of the Sketch Lottery. That formed the original character pool. A subject is chosen at random and drawn for one week. The works can be drawn in any medium or type of art, and all submitted works are published (no judgement on their merit, all the art is given props!). If an artists submits a pic on any subject, they then get to enter a subject in the lottery pool... so the more sketches a subject gets, the more possible subjects get entered in the pool for next time! Great idea, right? Most subjects get at least 10 entries, but a popular one like Bane got over 20 in the past week! Not only does that mean 20 innovative & creative interpretations of the man who broke the Bat, but it also means 20 more subjects get tossed into the pot! God I wish I could drawn... maybe one day I will submit a piece and get to enter Inspector Clouseau!!! You can also get involved by following the submission rules that are listed here... tell 'em CCD sent ya! Check out all the great work over at Sketch Lottery's main page (Leoric from Visionaries is the current subject, the Bane pieces are just a short trip down the page clicking here), and you can catch some of my faves after the jump...

William Koehler

Dov Torbin

Marco DiLeonardo 

Carlos Mangual

Mike Monge

Anthony Picone

Nicole Esposito

  

Sketch Lottery Goes Green... Lantern That Is!!!!

The gang over at Sketch Lottery are really making me proud. These guys are repping hard, and they are knocking out various topics that they chose to take on with Babe Ruth like efficiency. They don't really do the basics, they take on lesser known characters like Power Lords and Bufkin from Fables. But honestly, the thing I like the most about this collective has to be the various mediums that they present their weekly topics in. You have everything from 8 bit GIFs to full on paintings... you couldn't run as much of a gamut as these guys do. This week they are going a bit more traditional, albeit still staying abstract. They are taking on Green Lantern. Now I know first instinct is to say that Green Lantern is a mainstream character, but honestly that really is not the case. He is a second tier character in the Justice League, and the bombing of the Ryan Reynolds movie didn't do the character any favors to boost his popularity. So far we only have three entries for this character, but I am sure there will be many more before the entry closes on 5/12. Check out all the gang has to offer over at Sketch Lottery by clicking here, and check out the first three GL's after the jump...

Thomas Napolitano

James Wilkes

Mike Monge

The Sketch Lottery Crew Takes On Power Lords...

I have been following the Sketch Lottery for the past couple of weeks because it is a really cool site that features the art of a few of my friends. But when their most recent topic came in the vein of Power Lords, I just realized that I had to feature the pieces here on CCD. Adam Power was one of my favorite toys of all time, and I share that love with my boy Joey Esq. There are five pieces in the gallery already, but there will probably be more to come shortly. I am posting the first five, and then if there are more I will get 'em up shortly. Check back to Sketch Lottery often so that you can see some of the great work they do. They take on different topics all the time. For now, it's Power Lord hour!!!!!! Check them out after the jump...

Andy Macdonald

James Wilkes

Marco Dileonardo

Mike Monge 

Lou Mazzella

 

It Never Gets Old... Especially When It Comes From The Cast Of Mad Men

The other day my boy Mike Monge posted a link on his Facebook page to the nudie pics of Kate Middleton online. I, being the self respecting pervert that I am, promptly clicked the link and was quite eager to see the Royal Boobs. For the first time in quite some time, I got Rick Rolled. It's been a while, but it still put a smile on my face. Well played Mr. Monge... well played. So then I came across this excellent compilation video made up of quotes from the cast of Mad Men arranged to perform the Rick Astley hit, and I knew that I just had to post it. So here it goes... long live the Rick Roll!!!!!

Justice League of America by Mike Monge

Check out this epic gathering of DC's greatest heroes as Mike Monge assembles his favorites from the ranks of the Justice League. All the core members are there, but Monge added a few of the obscurer characters from past JLAs to make a complete team that would make any DC fan proud.

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Artist Profile: Mike Monge aka Supermonge!!!

I became friends with Mr Mike Monge through CCD's Tommy Lombardozzi... he is a wonderful artist that has a very unique style and way about designing classic characters with his own distinct spin on things. He has tons of prints available for sale on his Supermonge website, and you can also see some of his older work on his blogspot page (click the links for both!!!) While I'm sure he can draw just about anything, his Star Wars Universe & Superhero work are some of my favorites. He also does custom commissions, so if you know anybody that is really into art, maybe he can get something whipped up for you by Christmas. Check out some of my personal favorites of his wonderful work!!!

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