Cuteness is Coming!

I absolutely LOVE Game of Thrones!! Who doesn't right? Dragons, ice zombies, castles, kings, epic wars, awesome swords... it's pretty much everything amazing all rolled up into one. I've also read all the books... no worries, no spoilers here. :) But you will find some cute takes on the House sigils.

I call these the Game of Cute. There were SO much fun to do. All of the crests feature the House saying in Latin (And before you call me out on details, the Lannister saying I used isn't the 'technical' Lannister one, but it's the more popular one in Westeros, so I went with that.)

LoCUTEus of Borgi

Another Megacon print, and this is for all you Star Trek fans out there! And for all of you non-Trekkers, I'll explain. :)  There is an awesome episode of Next Generation where Captain Picard is assimilated into the Borg. His new Borg identity is Locutus of Borg.

You mix a little cute in there and you get....Lo-CUTE-us of Borgi!

 Resistance to cuddles is futile!

I really wanted to do a Corgi piece for a long time, so this made me super happy! It did pretty well too, so that was also a plus. The print is available in my Etsy store!

Some Megacon Artwork

I've been so busy lately with everything, I completely forgot to post all the artwork I created for Megacon a few months back.

My fiancee Brian bought a booth for Megacon and invited my friend Caley and I to share the space and try to sell some of our art! It was a lot of hard work, but also a lot of fun. And the plus side was I came out of it with a WHOLE BUNCH of new, cute art! I just totally forgot to post them here for anybody to see! I know, I know, I'm really great with the whole publicity thing....

Here are a few of the prints I had available for the show!

                                                             

    Gentleman Hedgehog

    Prehistoric Hugs

  

Nerdy Deer

I also had a Limited Edition, hand numbered, color variant print I offered.

Sabertooth Kitten

All the prints you see here and more are available in our Etsy store, 'There Will Be Cute'!! The link is on the right in my links section.

Bubo!!!!

So the July theme for an artist blog I take part in was 'Golden', and (go figure, nerdy me) the first thing I went to was Bubo, the little golden mechanical owl sidekick from the 1981 original Clash of the Titans. One of my favorite movies: Ray Harryhausen was a genius. So: Bubo! I cutened him up a bit too, so he's extra happy to help Perseus out!

Giles Bananafordshire

Inspired by an awesome Twitter conversation, I now introduce you to Giles Bananafordshire, the best monkey butler known to man.  He enjoys wearing tiny monkey-sized hats, and his greatest ambition is to replace Alfred in Wayne Manor, which, I think we can all agree, would be pretty awesome. Batman needs a monkey assistant.

Sir Alouicious Hoppington III

I'm not dead! Really! I swear!

I did this little doodle for another art blog I (try to) participate in, and I loved him so much I decided to post him on my own blog as well. I tried to focus on weight and anatomy a little more than my normal more cartoony rabbits, so hopefully that comes across a little here. I like him!

Happy 2012!!!!!

Hey everyone! I know, I know it's been forever since I posted. My resolution this year is to do more of my own artwork, so hopefully in 2012 my blog won't be as neglected as 2011 was.

I started off the new year right! I made this little sketch and watercolor of a pug for a friend of mine who has one of the cutest pugs in the whole wide world, named Goblin. (The other one is named Ollie!) It was a late Christmas present, and I am super happy with how it turned out. I haven't done a watercolor since college, so I was pretty nervous sitting down to start it, but as luck would have it I didn't totally screw it up. Yay!!! I hope to do more this year, since it was super fun to do and also fairly quick and relaxing. It's nice to do something old school every now and then. :)

Mr. Badger's New Book

Hi everyone! Sorry for the long, long delay in posting. I've been super busy for the past few months, so I haven't had any time to do any personal artwork in a while.

I was able to collaborate with my boyfriend Brian on his newest illustration, however. This was the first time we've worked together on an actual project. It's called 'Mr. Badger's New Book'. I concepted the illustration, did a rough sketch, and some (really really) rough turn arounds of said gentlemanly badger, and Brain sculpted the final piece. I was also his (lovely) assistant for the photo shoot of the final sculpt.

It was a lot of fun collaborating with him! I hope we can do it again in the future. Check out his blog, http://sculptwerks.blogspot.com for more process photos. Also, check out his other work too! It's really good (and that's not just because I'm biased! ;) )

That's all I got right now. Hopefully it won't be another five months before my next post!

Goat

I was looking through my computer for something and I found this totally by accident. It was in a wrong folder, Lord knows how it got there, but the point is, I obviously meant to post this at some point and it never happened. I'm glad I stumbled on it though, cuz he's just too cute not to share!

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year to each and every one of you! May 2011 be full of happiness, fun and cuddly cute things!

Thus ends my Holly Jolly Holiday month-long art-strvaganza! I din't QUITE make it to 31 posts, but with balancing the holidays, deadlines, and fitting in some time for sleep, I think I did OK. I hope you all enjoyed them as much I as enjoyed making them, and that they helped put you in a holiday mood.

Polar Bear

Winter Penguin

Nothing says cold weather fun like a little penguin in a scarf!

Hot Chocolate Fairy

This one is both Matt and Brian's idea; after all, if you do an EggNog Fairy, you can't leave out Hot Chocolate, the yummiest of all cold-weather drinks! I like how spunky she turned out; unlike certain T.V. News producers from the 70's, I like spunk! :)

Egg Nog Fairy

I didn't quite know if I was going to continue the Christmas Goodie Fairy Friends, but thanks to Matt, there is one more Fairy in the group: the EggNog Fairy! This one's for you, Matt! I didn't know how I would pull her off, but I like how elegant she is. Not quite the goofy, strange one like I thought she would turn out. Complete with cinnamon stick magic wand!

Gingerbread Fairy

And here is the Gingerbread Fairy, the third of the Christmas Goodie Fairy Friends! Do you have any suggestions for Christmas Treat Fairies? Leave a comment below, and maybe one of them will be turned into a Fairy Friend!

Sugar Cookie Fairy

I finally got around to drawing some friends for the Peppermint Fairy I posted a few days ago. Here's the Sugar Cookie Fairy!

Merry Christmas!

I sincerely wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas! I can't thank you enough for following me and looking at my little doodles all year (when I do post stuff). What better way to celebrate Christmas than the actual Big Guy himself, Santa Claus! I hope he was good to all of you; he was awesome to me this year!

Sittin Under The Tree

Tonight is Christmas Eve! Guess what's sitting under your tree (or will be in just a few hours when Santa comes?) A cute lil' present! Who knows what kind of wonder and magic lies inside? It must be something super awesome if he looks this happy!

Dominick the Donkey!

If you grew up in an Italian household, chances are you have heard of a little donkey named Dominick. Dominick is an Italian Christmas Donkey, who Santa uses to climb the hills in Italy that the reindeer can't seem to manage. Even though reindeer can fly. Yeah, logic often doesn't apply to Christmas songs. If you have not heard the song, do yourself a favor and click on over to YouTube to give it a listen. It's very cute, and dear Lord, one of the most Italian songs ever created.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z0tGVaeOwY

Have A Very Ratty Christmas!

I have a little rat. His name is Gobo (yes, totally named after the Fraggle; very fitting for a small little mammal that could easily go into the walls). OK, so he's nott hat little. He's pretty fat. But I thought I would tell you all Merry Christmas from Gobo! He wishes you all have a very happy holiday too!

Here's a picture of the real Gobo, exploring under our tree this year.