We Won!

We didn't do any art work this week as I've been having this crazy rash on my hands but we did win on 9/15/15 so whoop whoop. From left to right is Iman, Cindy, Matt, Marlene, Matthew and Bryan.

Spaaacccee

This week was themed trivia week based around the cosmos.  Our picture this week is based on a recruitment poster from Star Trek and was drawn by Marlene, Iman, Laura, Matthew, Cindy, Jen, Brian and Matt and was drawn on September 7th 2015

Baymax

This picture was drawn by Laura, Marlene, Matthew, Jen, Phillip and Marlene on August 18th 2015.

Avatar: The Last Airbender

So many, many people have told Matt and I that we should watch Avatar: The Last Airbender and finally we got around to watching it.  Took us about 4 days and we feel in love with this amazing cartoon.  So this weeks picture is of Aang and all the bending elements.  This was drawn by Marlene, Matthew, Laura and Marianne on 7/28/15...Also we came 3rd place again this week :)

Airbending represented by Appa

Firebending represented by the Phoenix

 Aang in his avatar state

 Earthbending represented by a mole

Waterbending represented by fishes.

This Weeks Cool Pic by Cindy From the Squirtle Squad

This is a drawing is by Cindy from the Squirtle Squad. Cindy said that it is Olimar and his Pikmin flee from the mighty Bulborb! This was drawn on 7/28/15

Various Table Art

I ran around at the end of Geek Trivia and took some pictures of the cool table art.  Photos taken 7/28/15

Steve Universe

These pics were drawn by Caleigh.  Welcome back Caleigh :) First is Pearl, a Crystal Gem Guardian from the show Steven Universe. Next is Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl from Steven Universe and was drawn on 21st July 2015.

Ant-Man

This week we did our version of the Ant-Man poster.  This was drawn on 21st July bu Marlene, Laura, Matthew, Cindy, Matt and Bryan.

Satoru Iwata

Hi all

This week we decided to do a tribute to Satoru Iwata who was Nintendo's CEO and who sadly passed away at the age of 50.

 From the left: Pokeball, Mr Saturn, Kirby, Satoru Iwata, Mario Mushroom and a bunch of bananas.  This was drawn by Marlene, Matthew, Laura, Andrew, Marshall and Ethan.

Soooo....after my lament last week at how bad we have been sucking we turned it around this week and won :)

Team "Good Ash, Bad Ash, as Long as He Is the One With the BOOMSTICK!" from left: Laura, Marlene, Matthew, Andrew, Marshall and Ethan.

I totally answered one question this week and I AM SO PROUD ... the rest of my team carried me I can't lie but thanks for letting me bask in your glory.

Clockwork Banana

This is our homage to The Minions  and A Clockwork Orange which is out this week. Drawn by Laura and Marlene on July 7th 2015.  The Geek Trivia this week was based on the 1990's and one thing we learned was that  on our team we are children of the 1980's.  For the last few weeks we have been struggling for points.  We used to finish in the top 4 or 5 now we are lucky not to be bottom.  Not sure what has changed but it is staring to make me sad :(  We were rarely winners and we still had a great time but losing so badly week after week is starting to make it not so fun.  Just venting and not blaming anyone - maybe just a summer slump.

Bioshock

We have recently discovered the world of Bioshock and we wanted to share our excitement by making this weeks art based on the Bioshock Infinite logo.  This was drawn by Laura, Matt and Marlene on June 30th 2015

The Scream, Third Place and the Terrapin Club.

This week we tackled the Batman and The Joker version of Edvard Munch's The Scream.  This was drawn by Marlene, Laura and Matthew with assistance from Brian and Matthew.  This was drawn on June 23rd 2015

It was an interesting night tonight with only 2 teams having points left at the end of the final round.  The rest of the room went into a tie breaker for third place and we happened to win!  We are now the proud owner of some Terrapin beer Koozies.  From this point on we will be known as The Terrapin Club which will be an elite club committed to coming third place at Geek Trivia - which is quickly becoming our specialty.

The Terrapin Club

Splatoon Squad from the Squirtle Squad

This is the Pokemon version of Splatoon squad drawn by Cindi on June 2nd 2015

Aaaannnddd We're Back!

Hi everyone

For the last month or so there have not been many (or any) posts.  I have been working 2 jobs, going to school and doing volunteer work and with team members gallivanting across the globe (totally not jelly) the table art dropped off.   But now it is time to get back on the horse and make some more art.  Yeah!  I also wanted to say very belated farewell to Iman.  Iman we miss you and look forward to seeing you again soon.  Have fun in Europe :)

Awesome Awesome Drawings

Drawn by Guillermo and Johnny on June 2nd 2015.

Hellish Mario

Drawn by Marlene, Matthew, Laura, Jen and Phillip on June 2nd 2015

Gizmo in a Dunk Tank

Poor Gizmo.  Someone thought it would be a good idea to put Gizmo in a dunk tank ... I mean what could possibly go wrong ?  Drawn by Marlene, Iman, Yussef, Matthew, Matt and Keith on May 12th 2015.

The Avengers

We got to see Avengers: Age of Ultron this week and loved it so we wanted to make sure that we honored this fine movie with a chalk table drawing.  Drawn by Marlene, Matthew, Iman, Phillip, Jen, Brian and Matt on May 5th 2015

Yooka-Laylee and Banjo-Kazooie

Here is a drawing from Cindy that celebrates Banjo-Kazooie getting a "spiritual sequel" called Yooka-Laylee thanks to a highly successful Kickstarter campaign. Drawn on May 5th 2015.

"Language!"

Captain America is an old fashioned  guy who does not approve of bad language and is not afraid to tell you so.  Drawn by Caleigh on May 5th 2015.

Stormtroopers

Their terrible aim is part of the charm isn't it.  Drawn on April 28th by Marlene, Laura, Iman, Matthew, Phillip and Jen.

Space Mountain

We are big time Disney fans in our team so we wanted to do a picture that represented that love.  This is our version of a vintage poster produced by Disney for Disney World's Space Mountain ride.  This was drawn by Marlene, Iman, Laura, James, James, Ethan and Luke. 

I am also very happy to announce that we won this week at Geek Trivia!  This is a highly unusual occurrence for us and quite frankly we were pretty darned surprised when it happened.  Thanks Ethan for killing it in the final round :)

 L-R: James, Laura, James, Ethan, Iman, Luke and Marlene.

Multiple Pictures from One Table

Here are some pics from one table at Geek Trivia tonight

I din't get to speak to the people at this table to get all the names but I did recognize Nikki from last weeks table art.  If anyone would like credit for these drawings please send me a line.

Drawn on April 21st 2015

101 Dalmatians

Cindy was celebrating Phil and Topsy's 101st Geek Trivia night by drawing a dalmatian from Disney's 101 Dalmatians.

Fortunately my brother in law James was at the Geek Easy tonight because he LOVES dalmatians ...

and here is a pic of James and Cindy :)

Drawn on April 21st 2015.

Happy 100th Quiz Night to Awesome Lab Industries

Hi
Tuesday was the 100th night that Phil and Topsy from Awesome Lab Industries hosted Geek Trivia at The Geek Easy and it was an awesome time :)  Here is our pic celebrating this milestone event.  Drawn by Marlene, Matthew, Laura, Iman. Karl

Pokemon Celebrate the 100th Geek Trivia Night

Cindy from the Squirtle Squad is back and made this really cool drawing to celebrate Phil and Topsy's 100th Geek Trivia Night :)

Here is a list of the Pokemon in this picture.

Gen I: Kanto - Voltorb
Gen II: Johnto - Dunsparce
Gen III: Hoenn - Magikarp
GenIV: Sinnoh - Clefairy
Gen V: Unova - Cottonnee
Gen VI: Mountain - Lairon
             Central - Seruggy
             Coastal - Staravia

Table Art

We saw this yesterday at The Geek Easy and wanted to post it at the blog.  There is something really enjoyable about seeing spontaneous doodles and art on the tables.  Sometimes it can give a sense of how the night went for the team like looking at a snapshot.

This was done by Nikki, Daniella, Nathan and Kevin on April 14th 2015.

Equal Pay for Equal Work

Caleigh's drawing this week is for Equal Work Pay Day.  This day is on April 14th and is for a very timely and pressing cause.

 Thank you Caleigh for sending me this pic and allowing it on the blog.

Helpful Geek Trivia Tip

Hi

Last night there was a Geek Trivia question revolving around the order of English kings.  I loved this question because it allowed me to use my history knowledge learned from a hilarious British show called Horrible Histories.  This is the song from that show that allowed us to answer that question no problem.  I am going to warn you that this song is extremely catchy.  FYI if I were to every go to Nerdy Karaoke I would want to sing this song cause I love it that much.  Enjoy :)

Think Different

Hi all

As many of you may know April is Autism Awareness month and we wanted to do something this week to honor that.  Autism is something very close to home for us as our beautiful son Alex was diagnosed with Autism when he was 3 years old.  The goal of Autism Awareness Month is usually to place attention on Autism and to raise awareness but I feel that everyone is pretty darned aware at this point.  When you have 1 in 56 children now being diagnosed  almost everyone will know an individual or family who is affected and if you don't just wait 18 months ... because I guarantee you will.  My family and I are passionate believers in neurodiversity and that individuals with autism have a great deal to offer this world.  In fact many people who have been believed to be on the autism spectrum have already added immeasurably to the world by being at the forefront to many major revolutions in science, art, mathematics and technology.  This is because they had the ability to, as Steve Jobs would have said, "think different".  Everyone that is celebrated in this picture is either confirmed to have autism or is highly suspected to have had it.  We understand that retrospectively diagnosing people as being on the spectrum is a controversial thing to do but we have thoroughly research our choices and feel confident that we can argue our case for each and everyone that is included in this picture.  Everyone of these people had difficulty fitting into society but each had remarkable minds and achieved wonderful things.  So lets celebrate neurodivisity and those who have made great contributions in this world

The complete picture

Nikola Tesla

Sir Isaac Newton

Albert Einstein

Marie Curie

NASA.  Temple Grandin who is the most famous person in the world with autism stated after visiting NASA that it was like a government run sheltered workshop for those on the spectrum.  What she means is that many scientists, mathematicians and engineers working at NASA appeared to be on the spectrum which if you know anything about scientists, mathematicians or engineers is not in the least unusual :)

Satoshi Tarjiri - creator of Pokemon.

Thank you to Laura, Matthew and Iman for working on this picture.

Finally I would like to add a picture of my son Alex who works harder than any person I know and never gives up.

If anyone has any questions for me please ask me in the comments below.  If anyone would like to make a donation to an organization that offers real time support and help to the autism community please go to www.asgo.org.  All the funds stay in Central Florida and goes directly to the people who need it.

Thanks and see you all next week

Marlene