Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

It's been a week since last posting and I'd like to take a moment to wish everyone Happy Holidays.

More things to come in the New Year. A few shows at Gallery1988, more Star Wars art for AcmeArchivesDirect.com, and other posters that will be a surprise. Not to mention tshirts at TheYetee.com, TeeFury.com and hopefully RiptApparel.com.

My goal for 2012 is to work with MondoTees.com on a poster. Wish me luck.

Thanks again!
Steve

Cropped Zazzle prints

If you've ordered any of my posters from Zazzle and it came to you cropped with the image cut off at the top and bottom, please inquire about an exchange through Zazzle.

There is a feature on my end of things when setting up the print that I was unaware of until now. It locks in the aspect ratio so you don't have any other options besides ones that won't crop the image.

I've now corrected this so that all the posters are locked in. You can still order different sizes, just not all of the ones that were listed before.

Thanks.

Darth Vader silk screen print

AcmeArchivesDirect has a second version of the Dark Vader, Lord of the Sith silk screen print now available.

150 piece silk screen limited edition
signed
18" x 24" $50.00

The design is based on this vintage image: www.allposters.com/-sp/Sandeman-Port-The-Famous-Silhouette-Posters_i1869720_.htm .

Vader just seemed to be a good fit.

Darth Vader variant silk screen print.

The Ltd. Art Gallery has a limited Star Wars screenprint available for presale.

* Limited Edition Silscreen on Paper
* 50 piece hand-numbered edition
* Signed by artist Steve Thomas
* Measurements: 18 inches by 24 inches
* Available Flat or Framed

At last check, only 10 of 25 presale prints were left. The remaining 25 will be at the show that opens Thursday, Dec. 8.

Mos Eisley racing poster is completely sold out

I did have a few artist proofs, but they are all gone. If anyone knows of any for sale, let me know. I have some interested parties looking to buy.

The Minnesota State Fair poster has won an award

During the International Association of Fairs and Expositions Convention and Trade Show (IAFE) in Vegas. They gave out awards in several different marketing categories (social media, websites, media kits, advertising, etc.) The Minnesota State Fair won Outstanding Poster Award for 2011! The poster was judged against dozens of other large fair posters. Needless to say I'm thrilled!

2012 calendars available at Zazzle.com

I have 4 different calendars available through Zazzle.com.

The first has all of the Vintage Space Travel posters, including the latest Titan and Zipline Tours.

http://www.zazzle.com/2012_vintage_space_travel_poster_calendar-158473142604678105

The second is of the Arcade Propaganda posters.

http://www.zazzle.com/2012_arcade_game_propaganda_poster_calendar-158789691091646807

The third is a mix of office propaganda, Halloween, Christmas and other posters.

http://www.zazzle.com/2012_misc_poster_calendar-158187809707337094

And finally, there is a calendar of fantasy and sci-fi motivational posters.

http://www.zazzle.com/2012_fantasy_motivational_poster_calendar-158318782035969143

Last in the Star Wars travel series is now available: Dagobah

Acme Archives is now selling the eighth and final print in the Star Wars travel series. Dagobah: Visit you Should.
Measuring 13 by 19 inches, it comes signed and with a certificate of authenticity from Lucasfilm and Acme. It is a limited run of 150.
Many of the other prints are sold out (I still have a few I can part with), but the Sandcrawler and Coruscant ones are still available.

Giveaway! Poster or print.

Over at Wired's geekdad blog, I have a giveaway for one of many limited edition prints. Included are the Punxsutawney travel poster, the Voltron concert poster, and any one of the Star Wars travel posters.

Here is the link http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/11/steve-thomas-poster-giveaway/.

All you need to do is comment on the blog entry and you are entered. But do so by midnight, Eastern Standard Time, on Friday, December 2, 2011. The winner will be announced on Monday, December 5. Good luck!

A Christmas Story limited edition leg lamp shirt only $10 on riptapparel.com

Today only (Thanksgiving for those in the U.S.), Riptapparel.com is printing "A Christmas Story" inspired shirt. It is only be available for today at $10 each. They have hoodies as well as children's sizes and infant onesies.
The shirt depicts a "major award" that anyone would be proud to display in their front window (the lamp, not the shirt).
It would make the perfect holiday gift for any fan.

New Boba Fett shirt at Mighty Fine

I did this Boba Fett shirt for the folks at Mighty Fine in response to the Darth Vader shirt I had done earlier.

The Millennium Falcon is down at the bottom left and the top of Cloud City is poking into the cloud at bottom right.

My Star Wars/Mos Eisley vintage racing poster was on Two and a Half Men tonight!

A couple of friends sent me screengrabs:



Print available on Ebay until Nov. 24.

I'm a runner up at Mighty Fine's Muppet design contest

The shirt is now available! A beaker Beaker.

Another Tee shirt up for votes at Qwertee

This one is 5th Element inspired. Any votes will help it get closer to being printed. Thanks for your support! Please click here to vote.

Bill Murray/Groundhog Day/Punxsutawney prints on sale at Gallery1988

Gallery1988's tribute show to Bill Murray is open and a lot of amazing art is up for sale. Most are limited editions, including my submission above.
50 Giclee prints on archival paper, signed and numbered. You can find them here.

Beetlejuice, Betelgeuse, Beetlejuice

Just watched Beetlejuice, again. This was something I had originally done for the POP show at Ltd. Gallery, but went with the Voltron gig poster instead. Not really sure what to do with it now. I hope to be able to put it up as a print somewhere, sometime.

The story behind this one is, what if Beetlejuice had won, married Lydia and took over the Maitland's family business.

If you missed Ltd. Gallery's POP show ...

You can see the art here. A lot of great pieces from your favourite games and movies.

Prints are also available.

Gallery1988's Tribute to Bill Murray

I'm very excited to be a part of Gallery1988's tribute to Bill Murray. It's been a goal of mine to have something up in their gallery. So I was thrilled when they asked me to submit something for the show. The show opens Nov. 3 in Los Angeles (see evite below).


This is my take on Bill. We see him in Punxsutawney (location shown is Woodstock, Ill. where filming took place) with some Easter eggs sprinkled through the print (6 a.m., Tip Top Cafe, groundhog and gopher (from Caddyshack), news van). The repetition of the tag line was fully intended. If you've seen Groundhog Day, you'll understand.

There is a limited run of 50 Giclee prints on archival paper, signed and numbered.

Here are some detail shots:

Pittsburgh news van:


Groundhog, gopher. Gopher, groundhog:


Bill

Evite:

Brilliant Potter

I've been subbing this around to some t-shirt a day sites since mid-summer, without luck so far. Would you wear it?

Muppets t shirt up for votes at WeLoveFine.com

WeLoveFine.com is holding a tshirt design contest. Not only do the winners get their shirts printed, they get some cold, hard cash too.

There are a lot of great designs up to vote on, but I'm hoping you'll vote for mine (shown above, click on the image to get there). They just require you to register before voting. Takes a second. Thanks.

I've always liked Beaker.

The Nimbus t-shirt flies again for 2 days only

Qwertee.com Is now selling this shirt. The shirt will be sold for a limited time only so grab yours early.

Pop culture art show at L|td. gallery in Seattle beginning Oct. 21

I'm very excited to announce that I will be a part of the grand opening of L|td. gallery in Seattle next month (Oct. 21). The subject matter of the show is pop culture so that left it pretty much wide open.

I decided to revamp an old design and get screenprints made. 25 total, signed and numbered, 4 spot colour on French 100# PopTone (teal) paper. The look I was going for was that of a concert poster. They will be available at the show. (they used my piece for a base of the poster - awesome)



The pose is based on Angel Nieves' 3D model shown here. He was kind enough to allow me to use the image for reference.

Just being on the same bill as the artists listed on the poster is an honour. Many of whom I admire greatly and have been good sources of inspiration.

So, if you live in the area or plan to be in Seattle over that time, stop by. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

New Star Wars shirts up at Mighty Fine

WeLoveFine.com has two new Star Wars shirts for sale. Think of them as souvenirs from vacationing on either Tattooine or Hoth. You should always be wary of the wildlife.

Vintage cycling posters for ClifBar

I'm now able to show these since the event they were created for has come and gone.
This series of posters I did for ClifBar's booth at this year's Interbike expo in Las Vegas, last weekend.
It was a great series to be a part of, and the folks at ClifBar were fantastic to work with.

Star Wars travel poster: Coruscant

The second last Star Wars travel poster is up at AcmeArchivesDirect.com. It's of the planet the Emperor used to call home and captured at a time when a grand statue of him still watched over all. The hightlight of this poster is the Lambda-class Imperial shuttle.

Next up: Dagobah

Another Tee shirt up for votes at Qwertee

This gives new meaning to the term "super nanny". If you think you'd wear it, please head over to Qwertee.com and vote it up. Thanks.

Tee up for votes at 604Republic

Inspired by the classic He Man cartoons, this design pokes fun at Prince Adam's relationship with his alter ego, He Man. Please take the time to vote here if you like it. Thanks.

Two new space travel posters

I've added two more vintage space travel posters to the series. The destinations are still within our solar system, so not out of reach - yet.

These two and the other ten are available at Zazzle.com in multiple sizes and on different paper types and canvas.

If you like zip lines or rock climbing, visit your local travel agent to set up an exciting vacation.

Minnesota State Fair bus side ads

I was asked to come up with some illustrations to promote the Minnesota State Fair on bus sides. I was provided with the text and left to come up with the imagery. I did six in all, one will only be seen in western Wisconsin.

I met some great people through Flickr when searching for reference photos. Everyone I contacted was gracious enough to let me use their image as a base. Thanks again!

So if you are around the Twin Cities and see a bus go by, check out the ads!

Maitland Hardware inspired by Beetlejuice

The Maitlands owned a store in Winter River prior to their accident on the bridge. This shirt pays homage to their small store next to the barber shop. I've had this in my head for a while and wanted to get it out. So here it is. Could be some variations coming soon.

Not available as a tshirt at this time.

Possible resurrection of the Nimbus shirt

Same design, different colour. I've submitted it to Qwertee to see if it can rise again. Head on over and vote for it, if you missed it the first time. Thanks.

New Vader shirt up at WeLoveFine.com

The great folks at WeLoveFine.com asked me to come up with something Star Wars related for a tshirt, which is now available. They liked my He Man/Skeletor faux concert poster so I used that as inspiration.

This design went through a few versions before I came to this. It was always going to be of Vader's helmet, the problem was what elements to use to create the look. I'll try to post a couple of the early versions later tonight.

Star Wars travel poster: Tatooine

Acme Archives Direct has released the next Star Wars travel poster: Scavenging across Tatooine. Six down and two more to go. On deck are Dagobah and Coruscant. Not sure when they will become available yet.

Reminder: Arcade Propaganda set at ThinkGeek.com

Just throwing out this little reminder that a set of five arcade propaganda posters are available over at ThinkGeek.com.

Harry Potter inspired shirt (Nimbus Brooms) up now at TeeFury.com

Just a reminder: go to TeeFury.com now or for the next 24 hours to snatch up your tee. It's only $10 and it's only around for Friday.

Also, please spread the word by blog, email, Tweet or owl.

Thanks.

Harry Potter/Nimbus Racing Broom t-shirt coming to TeeFury this Friday

Just in time for the opening of the final chapter of the Harry Potter series, TeeFury.com will print a design of mine for one day only and for only $10 on Friday, July 15th.

Inspired by the brooms used in Quidditch matches, this design is somewhat of a company branding illustration. Complete with a Seeker chasing a Snitch.


So this Friday, before you hop on your brooms and fly off to see the latest movie, head over to TeeFury.com and be sure to grab one of these tees for yourself, a friend or family member. Because after Friday it'll be gone forever.