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Dr. Sketchy’s San Diego October 2009 – a MONSTER MASH ON WHEELS

Posted on October 19, 2009 | 1 Comment

The Renegade Rollergirls of San Diego put on the ritz Halloween style for our October session, a Monster Mash on Wheels!

First up where Cherry Jukealeily as a werewolf

Kat A. Strophic as a zombie

And Brat Fink as a mummy.

Art monkeys enter the “Draw one of the models eating your brains” contest.

Next up are La Quete as Vampira

Lady Dee Vious as Medusa

And Muffin as an alien.

The gorgeous ghouls judge the “Best Depiction of the models as a horror movie poster” contest.

The final group of scary lovelies includes Peaches N’ Mean as the Bride of Frankenstein

Darth Brawl as a zombie

And The Trooper as Godzilla.

The winner of the “Best depiction of model rampaging through San Diego” contest.

Other worthy entrants…

Thanks to the Renegade Rollergirls, all our art monkeys, and the Ruby Room! Happy Halloween everyone!

Some amazing sketches from our Flickr stream. Check out more here.

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Dr Sketchy’s San Diego September 2009 – Leather, Caveman, Cowboy

Posted on September 26, 2009 | Leave a comment

ROB modeled three sexy looks for the elite group of art monkeys who joined us at the Ruby Room for our September session. The first look out of shoot was COWBOY…and what a fabulous cowboy he makes!

Art monkeys grab the raw materials for the “Draw Rob on a Balloon” contest

Rob transforms into a man from the dawn of time for our next set.

Rob strikes a pose for the “Draw Rob fighting a sabertoothed tiger” contest

Ron gets hell bent for leather for his last look.

Final contest – “Draw Rob in leather and feathers”

We had some cool artifacts from this session in the end (unfortunately they all deflated)!

Some awesome sketchy ness from our Flickr stream…

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Tagged art, artists, balloon, caveman, cowboy, dr. sketchy, drawing, leather, rob, ruby room, sabertoothed tiger, san diego, sketching

Dr. Sketchy’s San Diego August 2009 – Tiki Oasis

Posted on August 21, 2009 | Leave a comment

In August, Dr. Sketchy’s San Diego was honored to be a part of TIKI OASIS, the largest gathering on Earth devoted to all things tiki!

Our models were the gorgeous Ophelia Handful and Mama Bodessa of Sultry Savage Burlesque. Ophelia Handful got the party started.

Two brave art monkeys stepped up to participate in the “Chug a mai tai then draw with your non-dominant hand” contest!

Mama Bodessa takes the stage

Ophelia poses for the “Draw the model being sacrificed to a volcano god” contest.

Ophelia judges depictions of her sacrificial volcano demise

A particularly awesome runner-up

Art monkeys take a booze break and check out the Tiki Oasis classic car show outside

Sugar from a bit o’ burlesque makes a cameo.

Is that Mimi LeMeaux?!

Contestant draw in the “best depiction of the model with a tiki idol head” contest

Some notable entrants

Goodbye Tiki Oasis! Special thanks to Tiki Oasis coordinator Baby Doe and all of her kick ass volunteers! Check out some sketches from our Flickr Sketchy Stream group from Jeff Amante.

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Dr Sketchy’s San Diego July 2009 – Scarlett Takes Manhattan

Posted on August 3, 2009 | Leave a comment

For our Comic Con 2009/2nd anniversary special session, we brought characters from Dr. Sketchy‘s founder Molly Crabapple‘s first graphic novel, Scarlet Takes Manhattan, to life!

The inimitable Lady Borgia was perfect as the late 1800′s New York bowery orphan turned burlesque fire-eating superstar Scarlett O’Herring.

Molly Crabapple was in town to host this special session.

Scarlett’s (pantomimed) fire-eating skills were on display.

Molly greets legendary Playboy cartoonist Doug Sneyd during a break.

Scarlett is joined on stage by her lover Daniel D’Lovely, portrayed by San Diego Drag King extraordinaire Diego Del Fuego.

Molly adjudicates the “thought balloon” contest.

Looks like Red Sonja wandered into the session. Gotta love Con weekend!

Lady Borgia as Scarlett graced us with a special performance, danced to the Two Man Gentleman Band’s single “Scarlett Takes Manhattan.”

Adieu for another year from Molly Crabapple…til next Con!

This session turned out to be a Dr. Sketchy’s reunion! That’s yours truly Miss Lily in the middle, and from left to right, Bob from Dr. Sketchy’s LA (and our fabulous sponsor, Baby Tattoo Books), Joe from Dr. Sketchy’s Pittsburgh, founder and NYC hostess Molly Crabapple, Aaron and Alexis from Dr. Sketchy’s Baltimore, and Tinky Sparkle from Dr. Sketchy’s San Francisco.

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Tagged art, artists, burlesque, comic con, diego del fuego, dr. sketchy, lady borgia, life drawing, molly crabapple, san diego, scarlett takes manhattan, sketching

Dr. Sketchy’s San Diego June 2009 – BARBARELLA

Posted on June 26, 2009 | Leave a comment

In June, San Diego art monkeys got a double dose of late 1960s sexy sci-fi cheese!

On June 4, Dr. Sketchy’s was invited by the groovy folks at MoPA to hold a mini sketch class during their POP Thursdays Barbarella-themed party. The lovely LEIA posed in MoPA’s lobby, compelling party-goers to grab a pad and capture her intergalactic bodaciousnes.

Lucky monkeys! That’s wasn’t all! Leia reprises her role at our regular session on June 20, with Barbarella playing at the bar, music from the soundtrack playing, and pictures of beautiful blind angel Pygar decorating the stage!

Entries in the “best drawing with your non-dominant hand” contest

The lovely Amelia wins again!

Presto – Barbarella is replaced with the Great Tyrant. “Pretty, pretty, pretty…”

We dragged Ruby Room co-owner Paul onstage to judge the “round robin” contests (teams of 4 art monkeys traded pads every 5 minutes).

Congrats to the winnas! Mmmm…booze.

Farewell art monkeys! We didn’t find Durand Durand, but it was awesome!

Some amazing sketches from our monkeys…Check out more in our flickr pool, and upload yours!

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Dr. Sketchy’s San Diego May 2009 – THE SAN DIEGO DERBY STARLETTES

Posted on May 20, 2009 | Leave a comment

It’s time to roll! The San Diego Derby Starlettes (of the San Diego Roller Derby League) posed in a sporty spice session

In today’s match – Velvet Klaw!

Mosquito Bandito!

Rosy Lee Ristaker!

Red Hot Penni!

and Holly Car Brader!

The girls showed their softer side and got all pinup-y

Photographer Monkey Matt was strong armed, I mean, volunteered to be the “Human Canvas” for one of our wacky contests. One art monkey drew the lovely Holly Car Brader on his back, one on his front, and the winner was chosen by applause-o-meter

The worthy runner-up!

The winnah!!

Va va voom!

Special thanks to the San Diego Roller Derby League lovelies from the San Diego Derby Starlettes! And to the North Park Craft Mafia for donating some cool prizes!

Some awesome sketches from our art monkeys! Check out more in our Flickr photo pool.

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Dr. Sketchy’s San Diego April 2009 – Alice in Wonderland Goth-Style

Posted on April 21, 2009 | Leave a comment

Burlesque beauty and tarot card queen Mija Macabre brought her dark version of Alice in Wonderland to life for our over-capacity crowd of eager art monkeys.