January Art Roundup

I haven't done one of these in a while, so here are some of my recent favorites in the geeky art world:

I know Christmas is over, but this Rockwell-inspired art tweeted by DeathStarPR made me grin like a scruffy-looking nerf herder:

Ha! This went viral before Christmas, so I had a heckuva time tracking down the artist. Persistence finally paid off, though: It's by Kevin R. Adams, although his website seems to be down right now.


Amy Mebberson - who you may know from her super popular Pocket Princesses - tweeted this in-progress sketch of an extra adorable Minnie Mouse:

Those little hair curls slay me. :)

Cuddly Rigor Mortis (aka Kristin Tercek) ran a sale for New Year's, so I finally bought a print of her "Make Like A Banana" that I've been eying for the past year:

(This one's sold out right now, but check Kristin's shop for more goodies. Most of her prints are $25.)

The original was on a wood plaque, so I'm planning to use my jigsaw to cut a piece of wood to match the same shape on the print, and then trim it to fit. If that makes any sense.

Oh, and Kristin just did a show at Disneyland's Wonderground gallery last month, and I am positively DROOLING over her Oswald piece:

LOVE. 

Sadly these prints are only available at the gallery, though, so I may have to sweet-talk one of you California readers into doing me a solid. [Bambi eyes]

Now, who wants to see a steampunk Batgirl done Art Nouveau style?! 

You know, besides me.

Steampunk Batgirl Nouveau, by Luca Maresca

This appears to be part of a set of prints, but I couldn't find any purchasing information. If you speak Italian, hit the link and see if you can find something I couldn't with Google Translate. (And then let me know in the comments if you do!) 

[UPDATE: according to a few of you, this *was* part of a set which has completely sold out. Drat. However, Amy found Maresca's art blog, so you can see more of his work there!]

And because we can never have too much Art Nouveau - or too much Labyrinth:

She reminds me of the Babe.

DA member kishokahime has a whole gallery of 80s inspired Nouveau prints like these, and they're all fabulous. She also JUST set up an online store so we can buy prints, which start around $15. If I can just find a free wall in my office, I'll also be wanting these three:

 Isn't Lili fantastic? Seriously, we just don't see enough Legend art these days.

I recently discovered Sara Richard's work, and I'm loving her soft, swirly style:

She's also done some fantastic Doctor Who and Rocketeer pieces, though sadly I don't see any of those in her online store.

Jerrod Maryumaya, who ought to be dubbed The King of Cute, made this fantastic Penguin:

Jerrod has a store here, but again, there's no sign of Penguin over there. 

(I'm guessing it's a licensing thing, but then, that's something that has always confused me with artists, since so many of them DO sell fan art without official permissions. I've had pro artists try to explain it to me in the past, but it always leaves my head spinning. So moving on...)

Stephanie Buscema's Beetlejuice print makes me want to design a whole nursery around it:

Of course, I'm not having any kids, so...any volunteers? STEP RIGHT UP! (Which, incidentally, is the name of this print.)

And finally, since I've managed to accumulate a lot of art over the years that I can either no longer fit on my walls or that never made it there to begin with, I've decided to start giving it away to you guys!

Here's how it'll work: I've made a new Pinterest board, which John has pain-stakingly filled with all the art I currently have to give away. Most are signed prints, but there are also a few original pieces in there. (There are also a few sets, which count as a single piece.) Take a look, and if you see something you want, just leave a comment on this post to enter. 

I'll pick a winner at random sometime next week. If I pick your name, then you just tell me which piece of art you want. (No need to tell me now; just when you win.) Easy-peasy! And I'll ship anywhere, so you international peeps feel free to throw your hat in.

I plan to do these give-aways with every art post from now on, so expect them to happen roughly once a month. I'm hoping these will help give my favorite artists a little more exposure, and also help introduce more of you to the joys of great geek art. Plus it will clean out my office closet. See? Win-Win-WIN. ;)

Happy commenting!

The contest has closed, and the winner is: Toneea W. from Australia!  

Congrats, Toneea, and please e-mail me to claim your art!

Happy New Year!!

John and I spent our New Year's Eve playing video games - which was fun - and then I was up 'til dawn clutching a heating pad and cursing the day God invented uteruses (Uterii? Uterpodes?) - which was decidedly less so. But hey, today is a new day, and I'm kind of awake, and our neighbors are STILL setting off fireworks (Dude, it's daytime. YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THEM), so...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I know this photo has nothing to do with the New Year, but it's my favorite shot from our Christmas trip to Epcot with my parents, so I'm sharing for the eye candy. :)

I hope you all had a wonderful 2012, and that 2013 will be a year filled with more creativity, joy, screaming geekiness, peace, laughter, inspiration, power tools, friendship, happy colors, new adventures, and extra-long hugs right when you need them. Thank you for making 2012 all of those things for me and John, even if most of the hugs had to be virtual ones.

And on a random note of Brony geekery, if you're looking to lose a good hour playing with a virtual paper-doll game, then go check out this custom My Little Pony generator my friend and fellow blogger Amy Ratcliff found. It's insanely addicting. And here's *my* little pony:

You can even import a graphic to make your own custom cutie mark, although I didn't go that far. (Mostly because I looked at the clock and realized I'd been playing with this for 45 minutes already. Ha!) Be sure to share your creations over on the Epbot FB page so I can see!