May Art Roundup!

Wow, this month really flew by! Ok, prepare for another deluge of awesome geek art, my friends!

First off, several of you linked me to this back when I first posted Paige's "Is This What Respect Feels Like?" comic, and it's too perfect not to share:

YES! It's by Sarah & Catherine Satrun, twin sisters and artists - how cool is that? You can buy prints here at their Etsy shop; an 8X10 for $15, or an 11X17 for $20.


Karina M. linked me to Ben Smith's stylized series' posters, and I am loving the bright pop of color with all the gray scale:

 Original Star Trek Series Poster, 17X11, $19.99

Smith's Trek series is my favorite, but he also has lots of Star Wars, Firefly, etc:

 Star Wars Han Solo & Chewbacca Poster, 17X11, $19.99

Here's an old favorite of mine that I've had in the office for ages:

"Little Batty Princess" 5X7 print, $7, by Annie Rodrigue 

Annie's style has a fun Tim Burton vibe, only cuter. Batty is my favorite of her characters, although this steampunk flyer is a close second:

"Fly" 5X7 print, $7

Anna G. found this fantastic Princess Bride apothecary art:

"Iocane" print, $18 from Purple Cactus

And in case you're thinking - as I did - that this would be even better on a t-shirt, they have those, too!

Shannon Bonatakus mostly paints lovely long-necked women wearing little-to-no clothing, but it's her fan art pieces that I love most:

"Swear You'll Take Us" by Shannon Bonatakus

[Note: link NSFW due to artistic nudity]

This He-Man tribute piece is more like her usual style:

"The Sorceress"

True story: I was once THIS CLOSE to buying the original of this Rainbow Brite, many eons ago. 

John was all for it, but what can I say? Sometimes being the penny-pincher in the relationship is hard. ;)

I don't see any of these three available, but Shannon's shop includes prints of her Neverending Story and Harry Potter pieces (among others), which are equally stunning.


Jimmy Pickering mostly illustrates (and writes!) children's books, and it shows - in an amazing way:

You Disneyland geeks may also recognize his style, since he's done some fantastic Disney art that hangs in the galleries there. Not much of it makes its way here to Orlando, so the last time we were at Dland John and I picked up a few of his prints, including this Small World one:

You can only get these at Disney, so check the art stores there on Main Street if/when you're there next!

And while we're talking Disney: you know how some things just make you unreasonably, childishly happy? That's what this Dumbo print does for me:

"The Flying Elephant" 8X8 print, $18 by Mario Graciotti
(aka "Mr. Bluebird" on DeviantArt)

It also comes as a phone case!

iPhone/iPod case, $35

There's just something magical about Graciotti's color choices. Check out his Space Mountain:

"Space Mountain" 8X10 print, $18
(lots more sizes available, including poster options)

It's like hot cocoa mixed with Lucky Charms marshmallows. :)

Jasmine Becket Griffith (aka "Strangeling") was one of the first artists I ever started following, way back in the early days of Ebay. Now, ten+ years later, John and I actually know her and her husband Matt, since they moved down to Orlando some years back. I love that I get to see so many of Jasmine's originals at local conventions and galleries now. 

In fact, I spied the original of this Cinderella painting at Downtown Disney just last week, and I had to stop and stare for a good five minutes:

"Cinderella at Midnight" original painting, $5,000; LE canvas $695; 8X10 print, $13.99

Jasmine has literally hundreds of prints available at her online store, and she auctions off most of her originals each week on ebay. (These few are gallery exclusives at the Pop Gallery in Downtown Disney.)

"Poissons Volants" LE canvas giclée, $695 OR 8X10 print for $13.99

"Alice and Snow White," LE canvas giclée, $695 OR 8X10 print, $13.99

I don't own any Jasmine originals, but I have tons of prints - as you can see from my giveaway board! - and she and Matt have always been so sweet to me over the years. 

Case in point: I've been trying to get my hands on one of Jasmine's exclusive Hamilton Collection Mickey statues for years, and happened to mention it to Matt once ages ago. Well, a few months back Matt e-mails me out of the blue, saying they'd just visited the Hamilton offices, and they tracked down a Mickey for me! Matt shipped it to me that week, and even refused payment. Now Mickey sits just below my monitor, in the place of honor:

I think I'll end on that happy note! As always, leave a comment below to enter my art give-away, and I'll pick a winner at random within the next week. The winner gets to choose any piece from my Pinterest art give-away board as a prize! (I added a couple more pieces this month, too!)

Happy commenting, everyone!

[UPDATE: The give-away has ended, and the winner is Shelly Dorris! Congrats, Shelly, and please e-mail me your mailing address and choice of prize!]