The Bloggess: Haunted Dollhouse

If I had a list of people I would love to stalk, if I was inclined to hide in bushes in the dark of night and make-believe I had deep and meaningful relationships with people I’d never actually met, Jenny Lawson (aka The Bloggess) would be on the top.  Seriously.  I cannot read her blog at work because I always get weird looks when I bust out laughing, and end up with tea/water/coke (not the illegal kind) all over my computer screen.  I think one of the reasons I love her so much, is that I think her husband and Clint would belong to the same support group, both knowing what is like to deal with slightly mental and unpredictable wives.

Well, if Jenny wasn’t at the top of my To-Stalk list, she is now that I discovered that over the last 11 years she has been making a haunted dollhouse (Move over Christian Bale). Oh yes. Haunted. Dollhouse. She “built, sculpted, or antiqued most of the stuff” that fills the dollhouse herself.

Here is a slideshow of images of her dollhouse on Kristy. And on Flickr. Go check it out.

 

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Red Riding Hood

The new movie Red Riding Hood is coming out next month. I’ve seen the trailers, and don’t hold out much hope for the quality of the movie itself. But I have to admit that I am drawn in by the visuals.  I’ve always loved the imagery of little Red and her hood, traveling through the woods to grandmas.  So in honor of that intrepid young girl, I thought I would I though I would gather together some art inspired by this girl, her red hood, and a close encounter with a wolf.

by Jessie Wilcox Smith


Illustration by Beatriz Martin Vidal


“Hello Mr. Wolf” by Nancy Zhang


by Warwick Goble


The Wolfman by Bluefooted


by Becca Thorne


by Manuel Moura


by Esther Anne

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Artists worth drooling over: Dan Dos Santos

I have been a big fan of Dan dos Santos art for a few years. I started noticing his work on the covers of some of my favorite fantasy books.  His art has an amazing quality to it.  Realistic, yet fantastical at the same time.  Not stiff, but dynamic and dramatic. He paints most of his work with traditional mediums, oils and acrylics.

He website has lots of yummy goodies, including some walk-throughs on how he created a few of the book covers.  Go there, and spend an hour or two drooling over his lovely work. You won’t be sorry.

Dan’s work spans a variety of genres, including novels, comics and film. He has worked for clients such as Disney, Universal Studios, Boeing Aircraft, Saatchi & Saatchi, Scholastic Books, The Greenwich Workshop, Penguin Books, Random House, Tor books, UpperDeck, Wizards of the Coast, and DC Comics.

Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson)

Fires of Heaven (Wheel of Time Series)

Poison of Sleep


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A master at work

Dan Don Santos was one of the awesome artist I got to see at Comic Con this weekend. His work always takes my breath away, and seeing some of it in person was incredible. This is a trailer from Massive Black for the upcoming DVD on painting book covers. You know what is on my wish list.

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