Octopus ring

Octopus ring on sale here.

Valentine's Day cards on sale at W+K

Squirm by Christina Piluso and Key to My Heart by Carolin Harris on sale here.

Puma's racing boat

Puma's racing sailboat Mar Mostro. Here's the related Tumblr. And here's the team's mascot:



You can see more action shots, including a beautiful cinemagraph here.

Octopus loves popsicles

Octopus by Leslie Levings, who has t-shirts on sale at Etsy.

Video of a tiny octopus crawling around

Watch a tiny octopus crawl across someone's hands. Via.

Ink kraken

inksPIRATE by Brian Nur Afandi - - one of today's new $10 Threadless t-shirts. (Reminds me of Mieville's Kraken.)

This is a good one too, but not $10:




All Hands On Deck by Alex Solis and Jonah Block.

Octopus sculpture by Scott Musgrove

Octopus sculpture by Scott Musgrove, who has various prints on sale here. Via.

Link roundup

1. Microscale Lego X-Wing. Here's the parts list.

2. Tentacle girl cake.

3. Jim Romanesko's new site is active and he wrote a long post about the ugly drama surrounding his leaving his old site (which I've been reading faithfully since I discovered the internet). The bit that stands out:

I was told that traffic to my page had dropped about 30% in 18 months. It was easy to explain why: I was one of the few journalism town criers on the Internet a decade ago; now every news junkie with a Facebook page and Twitter feed is shouting out stories about the news business.

Also, he made a six figure salary on his site.

4. Andy Suriano's new comic book comes with a free sketch.

Illustration roundup

Print by Koren Shadmi on sale here.



Batwoman by Dave Wachter.



Air Kraken wallpaper by Paul Sizer.



Tony Millionaire's upcoming book. $15 at Amazon. Via.




Rob Schwager for Monster Magnet.



Wonder Woman by Russel Walks.

*Buy Batwoman toys at Amazon.

The Summoner

Lovecraftian miniatures by Cris & Piqui.

*Buy the Arkham Horror board game at eBay.

Link roundup

1. The original Twitter logo was grotesque.

2. Octopus kites.

3. What a musician makes selling music at various sites.

4. Mexican Coke loses to American Coke in taste test.

"A fairytale version of our history as a species"

Animated music video by Scott Benson for The Murph by Rendevous. He describes the project here, and has various cool prints on sale at Etsy.

Mechanical octopus and Trojan horse at Burning Man

Duane Flatmo's octopus tank. Via.







Cory Doctorow has posted several videos from Burning Man, including this Trojan Horse.

Octomom

Octomom by Omar Rayyan. See also: The Frog and the Princess.

Tentacle level

Misael Armendariz posted several Zuma Blitz backgrounds that he created for Popcap.

Nautilus nose art

Canal boat and fighter painted by Phlegm (who has prints here). Via these sites.

*Previously: Giant squid couch; tentacle shower head; octopus canoe.

Giant octopus cake

Here's a better photo of that giant octopus and Star Trek shuttle wedding cake I posted several days ago. I believe it's by Charm City Cakes.

Giant octopus cake

Giant octopus and spaceship wedding cake.

*Previously: How to make a giant octopus cake.

Illustration roundup

One great illustration after another at Josh Courlas's site. Via.





Harry Potter by Sebastian Mesnard and Pentagus by Mary Grandpre for the upcoming Harry Potter show at Gallery Nucleus.




It's Superman vs. Supergirl in Action Comics #402.




Map from the official site for Lev Grossman's The Magicians and Magician King.




Octopus by Jeff Soto for the upcoming Sea No Evil show. Via.

*Buy vintage maps at Amazon.