Challenge # 9 - Patriotic Pin-ups

It's election month!  I hope you all go out and vote, but after you vote draw a patriotic pin-up!  I'll let you interpret this one however you'd like, but besides the obvious pretty girl in sexy outfit, here are some themes to help you out:

• An Election themed girl/Politics
• "Bombshell Girls" that artists would paint on the side of WWII planes
• Historical Patriotic Women
• American War Propaganda
• Patriotic Women of other countries and cultures

 

Photos from Varga Photography; Pin-up by Gil Elvgren


For more inspiration and fun, join me at Dr Sketchy's to draw Star Spangled Strippers!

Challenge # 8 - Zombies

We have risen from our graves. We have caught a disease. We have been chemically altered. We are zombies!  This October lets play tribute to the undead with some zombie pin-ups.  To get those gears a rollin' in your head, here is some inspiration from Brett Bean.

Challenge #7 - Days of Summer

The weather is heating up and somebodies's grilling up something tasty!  It must be summer time.  I don't know about you, but I can't wait to get outside and enjoy the sun.  For our next challenge lets do a pin-up of summer time activities.  What are your favorite things to do in the summer?  Perhaps you enjoy surfing, going to the beach, picnics, tanning, hiking, camping; the possibilites are endless!

Adventure is out there!  So what are you waiting for?  Draw something fun this month.

Here is some inspiration from Genevieve Tsai and Brittney Lee:

Challenge #6 - Superheroes

May is always filled with big movie release dates for the summer blockbusters, and right around the corner is the new Avengers movie.  Lets draw some pin-ups inspired by your favorite superheroes!  You can use an existing superhero from Marvel, DC, etc, or make up your own, either way, this challenge is going to be super!

Challenge #5 - Photo Inlay Pin-up San Francisco

Alex Marston came up with a great challenge to kick things off for April.  Draw a pin-up girl and use a photo as your background.  In this case, your background photo must be of a place in San Francisco. Be sure to have your pin-up girl interacting with some kind of prop that is a part of the photo like a motorcycle or chair.

For instance, you could take a picture of your favorite cafe with the tables and chairs outside and then draw in your character.  It would be great if you took your own picture for this challenge, but if you don't live near San Francisco to take a picture then by all means feel free to use a picture off of the internet.  Please tell us in your post if you took your own picture or not.

This will be a fun challenge!  Thanks for suggesting Alex!

Challenge #4 - St. Patrick's Day

Top of the mornin' to ya! St. Patty's Day is this Saturday so to help celebrate lets draw some pin-ups inspired by the holiday. I wanna see shamrocks, leprechauns, pots of gold, and lots of green! Let your imagination run wild and may the luck of the Irish be with you.

Challenge #3 - March MADness

March Madness is finally upon us!  Your first challenge for the month of March will be to draw a pin-up of a MAD ________ (fill in the blank).  For example, a Mad Hatter, a Mad Scientist, a Mad Mom, a Mad Girl/Boyfriend, a Mad Magician, etc; etc.  Basically anything you want as long as it's MAD!

Good luck and enjoy the madness!

Challenge #2 - Black History Month

With 15 days left in February, including today, I say we dedicate it to Black History.  This challenge will be left open to your own interpretation.  Either draw a pin-up related to Black History or to famous African Americans.  For myself, this is a great excuse to draw more sexy girls, but feel free to expand upon that idea.  If you want to do something more serious related to Black History you could feature people like Martin Luther King, Harriet Tubman, or Rosa Parks to name a few.

Optional February Challenge

Threadless is having a pin-up t-shirt design challenge!  Check it out!

Threadless Pin-up T-shirt Challenge!

You could win the following prizes:

• $2,000 cash
• $500 Threadless gift certificate (can be redeemed for $200 cash)
• What's Not Ta' Like hardcover book written by Joe Capobianco (valued at $50)
• 100 temporary tattoos of your design

If you enter, be sure to share your entry here with a link to your Threadless page so we can vote!

Good luck!

Challenge #1 - Valentine's Day

The pin-up challenge has begun!

Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner I figured it'd be a great source of inspiration for our very first battle royale.  For even more inspiration, check out Bill Pressing's super cute Valentine's Day girls:

Valentine's Day 2009
Valentine's Day 2010

When I think pin-up girls and Valentine's Day, those girls are the first that come to mind.  What pops into your head?  Lets see it!  You have until the 15th of February to post your Valentine's Day pin-up!