Thanks to last month's Shock Pop Comic-Con, I have lots of fab new art to show you guys!
First up, Tiffany Ciper, aka Hihoshi:
Adventure Time cuteness and a stunning Korra.
Tiffany was retiring this Kingdom Hearts poster print, so of course I had to get one:
It says, "Hearts shine!"
I told myself I was buying it for the give-away board, but now I'm totally keeping it.
(Sorry/not sorry.)
I also snatched up this Supernatural poster for the board, for obvious reasons:
Moose and Squirrel!
Plus Crowley & Gabriel laughing in the background. :)
(I couldn't find that one ANYWHERE online, so sorry for the crappy cellphone pic.)
From what I can tell Tiffany only sells her fanart at conventions, but you can see the rest of it on DeviantArt. She also has an online store for her original characters' art, if you want to check that out!
Peter Santa-Maria's paintings have a bright graphic edge that make John and I stop and stare every time we see them, and his color palettes especially are just to die for:
I didn't see that Harry Potter print at his booth last time; if I had, we'd have come home with three prints instead of only two!
John bought the Groot up there for his man cave, and I grabbed this Indy for you guys:
And one more, because Wild Things!
Sadly you can only buy most of Peter's work from him directly at conventions, but there are a few prints listed over in his online store.
I also couldn't resist this Karate Kid Pinkie Pie by Sara Richard:
Mostly because I'm such a sucker for Gummi the alligator. :D
(That one's already framed up on my desk.)
Sara paints everything from sci-fi fashion to covers for the new Jem comic, but I always seem to come back to her MLP art:
I just love all the swirly white bits!
You can buy a few original paintings and prints at Sara's website, but it looks like most of her stuff is only available at conventions. You can go drool over all the stuff you can't have at her DeviantArt gallery, though. :)
Warren of Famous After Death does fun t-shirt designs, like this:
Plus 8-bit pixel art, like this:
PLUS monsters and robots and monster robots, like this:
He also sells prints of most of his shirt designs, so I bought this Songbird:
Because you can never have too much Songbird.
See more of Warren's shirts over on TeePublic, or head to his Etsy shop for prints starting at $5!
Speaking of never having enough Songbird, I commissioned Andrew "Drone" Cosson - who still doesn't have a website, grrr - to draw me a Chibi version of the lamb's protector, and LOOKIE:
SQUEE!!
There was much Kermit flailing when I first saw this, lemme tell ya.
A stunning art nouveau Wonder Woman by the always-fabulous Nathan Szerdy:
Since Nathan still doesn't sell online [meaningful glare in Nathan's direction], I bought that one for the give-away board.
(Are you noticing a trend here? Hey, artists! SELL YOUR STUFF ONLINE! Please?)
Selan Pike of Planet Xeeni is another digital artist with a fun fanart style:
Bee and Puppycat!
(You guys have watched this, right? It's all online, and the first episode is only like 6 minutes long. GO.)
More goodies:
I especially like her original mythology series:
And hey, you can buy Selan's stuff online, too! YAY!! Check out her online store, where all 11X17 poster prints are only $10! Plus you can request commissions through her website for dirt cheap.
I went a little nuts at Chris Butler's booth, buying a total of six prints for the give-away board:
Chris has a really striking monochromatic style, and as we chatted I learned there's a reason for it: he's almost completely colorblind. He can see red, though, so he uses that as an accent in a lot of his pieces:
The rest tends to be in shades of browns and grays:
I can't tell you how much I love that Chris uses his color-blindness to his advantage. So, so cool.
Head over to Chris' Etsy shop for tons of originals - including this Stitch! - which start around $35 each. Or he has lots of prints for just $10 over at StoreEnvy. Woot! GO NUTS.
And finally, Kellee Rily of Kellee Art makes jaw-dropping digital eye candy like this:
And equally stunning ink-and-color commissions like this:
Let's see, a steampunk lass wearing lots of teal and orange with a mechanical seahorse?
I wonder who could have commissioned this.
:D
(ME! IT WAS ME!!!)
The best part? John and I got to watch Kellee do a lot of the work LIVE on the interwebz - and she's uploaded the video to Youtube so you guys can all watch, too!
Kellee's Etsy shop is closed right now for an overhaul, but watch her Facebook page for commission openings, or head over to her DeviantArt to see more of her amazing work. (Plus she'll be at MegaCon next month here in Orlando, for you locals!)
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Ok, give-away time! And since I want to clear off some of the older stuff from the art give-away board, let's try this: in addition to one winner who can choose *anything* off the board, I'll also pick another FOUR to win these:
So comment below for a chance to win, and if you're interested in any of those four pieces, just list which ones you like in your comment! I'll announce my five randomly selected winners in a few days, and tell you who wins what.
And as always, I'll ship anywhere, so international comments are welcome!