Sunday, November 27, 2016

November Art Roundup: Bookworm Dragons, Superhero Snowmen, & House Owls!

Time for my monthly roundup of favorite art finds!
And since a lot of us are busy decking those halls, I've got a few festive options this round, too.


For example: 


Charlie Thurston's "Wedge on the Ledge" is the Star Wars version of Elf on the Shelf you never knew you needed:


It comes with a cute little storybook and a paper Wedge you can hide around the house!



Wedge & the booklet are $15 over at Charlie's Etsy shop, but enter the promo code "epbot" for 20% off any order over $10. Be sure to check out Charlie's other art & kids' books, too! (Promo code expires Monday at midnight, so act fast.)


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Bianca Roman Stumpff has some new prints I *know* you're going to love:


Book worm dragon! And lookit the teensy owl!

Here's my new favorite:


I'm actually helping Bianca put together a coloring book - just cleaning up her line art digitally - and so far, this has been my favorite to work on. I lurrrve this lil' steampunk gal.

Bianca's adorable strawberry Gryphon is being discontinued soon - a TRAGEDY -  so grab it now:

Only $5 on clearance! I need to buy like a dozen.

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Christie Cox's superhero snowmen are just what your stocking needs:

Thursday, November 24, 2016

MegaCon Tampa 2016: The Best Cosplay, Part 2

I got a little derailed there from finishing up my MegaCon Tampa coverage, but I'm back with the second half of my favorite cosplay! (Did you miss Part 1?)

Let's start with some breaking news. 

That's right, you heard it here first, guys and geeks:

Kylo Ren is a Hufflepuff.

So maybe there's hope for him yet?

Although I'm not sure Han would agree...
 
 WHAT. 

(He's only sleeping, I promise!)


A lovely Hawkgirl:



And Doctor Sonic!

Not gonna lie; I love that security had to inspect the screwdriver. (That's what the green bands are for.)

 I chatted with the mom of these two for a bit:
 
 She made everything herself for her kids to wear, including this rockin' Zelda armor for her daughter:


John and I did our best to convince the mom SHE should dress up, too, but she said she just loves making the costumes, not wearing them. I can respect that. So hey, hats off to all the crafty geek moms out there!

 Again, this was a few weeks ago, so there was a little more political cosplay than usual: