Brian Despain

I love Brian’s work… the subject matter is right up my alley–robots and all manner of coolness– , and it’s just plain gorgeous.  I could just stare at the robot worlds he creates all day long–Inspiring!

Love these robots..

The Escape

The Haunting

Web: Despainart.com

Jason Thomas

Jason’s work is full of fun and whimsy.  Along with robots, he also shares my love of tentacle thingies and monsters.  A fellow Atlantan, too–he’s also a very cool guy.   In additional to prints and such, he was also selling some great 3-D wooden pieces (one of which I will soon be the proud owner of–and I’ll share that when I get it, since he doesn’t seem to have any of those in his online store right now.).

If you’re in Atlanta, he’s at a lot of the festivals… He’ll be in my write up of East Atlanta Strut when I get to it.  So go find him because his stuff is sure to make you smile.

Web: Red Rocket Farm

Jason Limon

I picked up a print of Jason Limon‘s a few years ago, and I love his otherworldly style.   A really interesting mix of natural / organic elements and  mechanical elements.

His most recent work has an ‘owly’ feel, but I’m of course fond of his robots especially– and you can even get his cool bots as an iPhone Skin!

Web: Limon-Art

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Pete Abrams (Sluggy Freelance)

All around awesome guy, and creator of the long running webcomic, Sluggy Freelance, I would be remiss in not including Pete in the list of cool people in Artists Alley!  If you never read Sluggy, you really should.  But be warned, there are 13 years of archives to go through – so you might want to just buy the books!  Still in my book one of the best comics ever.

(Plus he looks ever so cute in a wig!)

Web:  Sluggy.com

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Andy Runton (Owly)

Pete pointed me toward’s Andy Runton’s Owly series, so we picked up a book for the 5 year old.  I love the idea of graphic novels for the kiddo set.  With very few words, it looks like an ideal way to expose a pre-reader to sequential story telling.  Plus Owly is awfully cute!  We haven’t gotten around to reading it yet, but looking forward to it!

This is the one we got.

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Web: Andy Runton

Other shout-outs… I didn’t get a chance to speak to either Gus Fink or Meg Lyman, but I wrote about them last year!

Who is going to Dragon-con in Atlanta this year? Labor Day Weekend?

Lots of geeky fun, and worth going just to see the cool costumes… If so, let me know, maybe we can do a meet up! I’ll take lots of pictures of course, for those of you who have to miss it.

Update: The Domestic Scientist & Dabbled are thinking about doing a geek craft chick meetup at D-con. Details to come! Let us know if you’re interested!

While I’m on the subject of reveling in my geekiness, here are some cool geeky links:

• If you’re into making amigurumi, or just think it’s cool to look at, here is a roundup of some great geeky ones at The Domestic Scientist
• For fabulous geekiness, check in regularly with The Evil Mad Scientist Labs… Here’s their Linkdump for August
• Geeky Papercraft
• Geek Art and Technology @ Web Urbanist – Great Roundup…  Love the Pac-Mac stool, the robot sculptures, and the steampunk guitar!
• The Science of BBQ-ing
• I need to send this xkcd comic to my parents & in-laws who we do tech-support for: http://xkcd.com/627/
• Love these Star Wars trash compactor book ends! http://is.gd/2ojWI(found via twitter from @make & @avgjanecrafter)
• I meant to link to this last week, but check out all the cool star wars crafts from Dollar Store Crafts
• Finally, not sure if it’s really geeky per se, but I love this plush Green Eggs and Ham!

Inspired and ready to bring out your inner nerd?  Here are a few shots from last year:

1. The Cookie Monster Slayer, 2. Watercolor Robot made for me by Gus Fink, 3. Don’t Blink (Dr. Who), 4. Dragon*Con 08 Parade, 5. Yip Yip Alien!, 6. Cool costumes, 7. Box Star Wars Costumes, 8. Flying Spaghetti Monster Hat (Camera phone)>, 9. eye-candy: Dragon*Con 08 Parade