Link roundup

1. Jason Chalker is looking for commissions.

2. Boing Boing has details and more photos of the Portal Christmas tree.

3. Serious Eats says don't buy Costco's $20 champagne. Buy $15 Domaine J. Laurens Cremant de Limoux Brut.

4. Brief summary of all 30 NBA teams.

5. I love Nike product descriptions:

Nike’s Proprietary Flywire Technology Offers Great Fit Support: the outsole of the Nike Fly Leather J Elite SHA|DO uses the leather sole, the most trusted sole among bukatsu players, and Nike’s proprietary traction system that maximizes a player’s potential at base running.

6. Dave MacDowell posted a bunch of recent paintings (NSFW).

7. How one person achieved 1 million karma points at Reddit. (Short answer: "I spend about 3-4 hours a day on Reddit.")

Portal-themed Christmas tree

Portal Christmas tree. Via.

*Previously: Portal-themed bedroom.

Santa vs. Monsters

Santa by Hong Kuang.

Steampunk Santa paper toy

Download the steampunk Santa paper toy while you can. Via.

Illustration roundup

Santa Claus by Marcelo Braga.




Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Francesco Francavilla. (Black Panther: The Man Without Fear, Vol. 1 is $12 at Amazon.)




Lilli Care:

Last Spring I was invited to make an illustration for a new Google search caption game, in which people are invited to submit funny captions for what a character might be searching for in each illustrated predicament. The project was posted today, and you can view the different illustrated scenarios and submitted responses here.

Noelle Stevenson posted a holiday-themed wallpaper featuring her Broship of the Ring characters.




Poster by Kali Fontecchio for the Channel 101 Awards on sale at Etsy.







New Gremlins items going on sale at Mondo on Friday. The first poster is by Phantom City Creative. The other two posters and the cutout are by Ken Taylor.

*Buy Mondo posters at eBay.

Win a Santa Claus paper toy

Chris Parks has a killer portfolio:








Chris designed this papercraft Santa as a promotional mailer for Running Dove Press:



You can't download it, but I do have one to give away. If you'd like an unassembled model, and live in the USA, comment on this post and include your email so I can get in touch. I'll pick a winner in a few days.

Monstrous Santa Claus paper toy

Download Santa Claws here. Via.

Illustration roundup

Kevin Adams.



Kiersten Essenpreis added some new original art to her Etsy shop.



Illustration by Jon Klassen for the upcoming book The Where, The What and The How: 75 Artists Illustrate the Wondrous Mysteries of the Universe.




Wolverine by Sam Wolfe Connelly, who has art on sale here.



Illustration by Renaud Forestie for the Supervillains show.



M.S Corley's holiday card - - he's also posted several great illustrations to this Carnacki blog.



Wonder Woman by Amanda Visell.

Hot air balloon ornaments

How to make hot air balloon ornaments. Via.

*Buy Hallmark Christmas Ornaments at Amazon.

How to make a Golden Snitch ornament

Instructions for making a Golden Snitch Christmas ornament.

*Buy Hallmark Christmas Ornaments at Amazon.

Haunted Christmas ornament

One of several monstrous ornaments by Michelle Scrimpsher on sale at Etsy.

*Buy Hallmark Christmas Ornaments at Amazon.

Illustration roundup

Another Earth movie poster by Matt Needle on sale here.




Phantasmal by Francesco Francavilla.




The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Benjamin Anders.





Christmas card by Phillipa Rice.

*Buy Hallmark Christmas Ornaments at Amazon.

Krampus show

A few of my favorites from the Krampus show at Curly Tale Fine Art:


Dan Crowley.



Gerard DuBois.



Chris Buzelli.



Shag.



Matt Rota.



Larry Day.



Alex Abajian.

Nightmare Before Christmas mini-Christmas tree

20" tall "Nightmare Before Christmas Tree Halloween Town Dioroma" with 20 ornaments (by NECA) on sale at Amazon and eBay.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Release is January 31st, 2012!

Final Fantasy XIII-2, FFXIII's highly anticipated sequel is coming very early next year! I can't wait to play it, although 13 really wasn't very great in terms of gameplay. Nonetheless, its direct sequel was developed in a new format for Square Enix: Listening to their customers' complaints!

FFXIII sold over six million copies, so it's only natural that they'd make a sequel to the game; I can't wait to play it - branching storylines, different endings... JUMPING! That's right - for the first time ever in an FF game, you can jump! Whenever you want :D XD

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6335610.html