Gnomes are somehow creepy and cute at the same time. I find that the longer you stare at them the creepier they get, but as long as you keep them in your periph, you’re fine. This little guy will be accompanying me at my desk for the time being, and I’m pretty sure he’s muttering magical blessings on me at all times.
Thanks to Cory Godbey for this wonderful watercolor! He painted a handful of these while we were sitting at the Portland Studios booth at Comic-Con a few weeks ago. Visit his store if you’re interested in any of his artwork.
If you’re not familiar, Cory Godbey is the creator and curator of the Terrible Yellow Eyes online gallery. In his own words:
What I’ve wanted to do for sometime is make a collection of paintings inspired by Where the Wild Things Are as a tribute and celebration of the book. And now with the release of the film later in the year, the world of Wild Things has opened even wider.
My goal for this project is really just that, expressing of my love for the story. None of the art has been done for any profit but has all been created out of admiration for Maurice Sendak and Where the Wild Things Are.
Here are a few of my personal favorites from the online gallery:
Featured here:
Mike Boldt, Cory Godbey, Pascal Campion, Justin Gerard, Ana Galvañ, Shaun Pendergast, Shannon Bonatakis, and Clay Sisk.
Recently Justin Gerard opened up an Etsy shop where he plans to sell prints, but today he’s also adding several original oil paintings that he prepared for MicroVisions back in April.
These oils and several other prints will be available this morning at 10:00 AM.
When we were at Comic-Con a couple weeks ago, John Chiafos from 310 Pictures dropped by the Portland Studios booth and interviewed Justin Gerard. Here’s the interview:
Be sure to check out some of their work on their website. Hope to see you guys again next year!
Justin referenced his personal project inspired by The Hobbit, and you can see more of that here at his blog.
For anyone that missed out at Comic-Con, you can still purchase some of Cory Godbey’s awesome prints and sketchbook at his personal Etsy Shop. Here are a few pages from his sketchbook, as well as one of his prints, Siegfried and Brünnhilde.
Check out Cory’s blog to learn more about his sketchbook and prints.
We had a great time at Comic-Con this year. Justin and Cory both sold a lot of prints which should be available online somewhere soon (I’ll update the blog when that happens). Here are a few images from the week, starting from the beginning. I’ve been reconfiguring my blog, so you may have seen a few of these already. I also put together a quick video that includes some footage of Justin and Cory doing some original drawings and paintings behind the booth.
