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The comments on YouTube are about how much they would pay for this, but all I can think is that it's practically a seminar for how to make such art yourself. Hot off of MuseCon, howzabout linking up to some especially cool instructional videos?

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So many things we celebrate on Geek Pride Day!

First, of course, it's the Glorious 25th of May, for all you Discworld fans.

It's also the 36th anniversary of the release of the original, non-Episode IV Star Wars. We weren't completely unprepared -- technically, Jaws was the first "blockbuster" -- but, besides being the coolest thing most of us ( Read more... )

Great sadness. One of the all-time legends of comic art, Carmine Infantino, has passed away at the age of 87.

Infantino was an amazing artist. Where Kirby made things almost unnaturally epic, and Gil Kane brought fierce power, Infantino's forte was movement. He did his best work on The Flash, where he brought to life the sheer speed of a man ( Read more... )

People forget there's another bridge in the San Francisco Bay area. For the past two years, artist Leo Villereal has been creating an art project that will run for the next two years:

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And, yes, he's technically turned the Bay Bridge into a simulated lava lamp.

But a two mile long lava lamp.

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Now there's a name you likely don't know. But, oh, you know his most famous work.

Andre Cassagnes, who has passed away at the age of 86, was the inventor of the Etch-A-SketchAs toy, artwork, political commentary, even keychain, that red slab of glass, plastic, and aluminum powder with the two knobs has permeated our culture for five decades, with ( Read more... )

If all you gaming geeks and art collectors want a bad-ass hardcover collection of the art of Larry Elmore, you have less than three hours to kick in. Stretch goals have already expanded the package quite a lot (the basic $49 Fan Package now includes the 336-page hardcover book [up from the original 256], a 64-page softcover sketchbook, six 8x10" ( Read more... )

Our friend Elena (the artist behind the Babylon 5 Jumpgate Pins) has slowed down a bit these days -- she's dealing with breast cancer -- but she's hardly out. Her new page, Astronomy Jewelry, has some lovely stuff at very reasonable prices. If you're looking for some sparklies, you might want to check it out ( Read more... )

Gorgeous.

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Amazingly cool. Art by the excellent Scott Wade -- check out Azure: Woman Of Space.

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More later -- I need to spend at least today and likely tomorrow catching up with, oh, everything, especially sleep -- but GenCon was tremendous fun, and I got to spend (way too little) time with Howard Tayler and Lar DeSouza and Ryan Sohmer and Randy Milholland and Diana Harlan Stein and Rob Balder and Luke Ski and the lovely Sara Trice and Ken ( Read more... )