I’m very happy to announce that Don Kilpatrick III has added four images to Thumbtack Press. Don is not only a great illustrator, but he is a true advocate of illustrators as well. You can see him teaching in the classrooms at the College for Creative Studies, or running the Illustration Conference (ICON) Bookstore when it comes to your town, or maybe you’ve seen him on BART during the annual Sketchcrawls, or how about running a board meeting for the SF Society of Illustrators!? Whew… The guy’s a juggernaut.

Come back to SF Don!

We took some time to build our very own Facebook Page. If you’ve ever bought a print from us you know first-hand how serious we are about quality, customer service, and promoting talented artists. It would mean a lot to us if you considered becoming a fan of our little store that could!

Oh yeah! I almost forgot. We also added a little Facebook button on all our pages. With that little button (and your Facebook account) you can post, share, or send a Thumbtack Press print! See the sample below - go ahead and test it out, we’ll be right here!





Thanks in advance for ‘becoming a fan’ of Thumbtack Press on Facebook - and a big BIG THANK YOU to those that already have! I promise no spamming!

Anything is Possible when Sarajo touches a paint brush. She is a personal favorite of mine, and I still pinch myself when see her work on Thumbtack. (I’m also kinky).

She also added Nesting in Trees - you won’t regret clicking that link either!

Although I’ve performed many drunken attempts in the past, I would have been wise to heed this advice from Ryan Abegglen. But Ryan offers more than good advice; he also has added 14 additional prints to his store - you ain’t seen nothing yet - this guy’s amazing!

I’m happy to announce that we have a spectacular new print from artist Cory Schmitz. We hope to have more from Cory in the coming weeks… stay tuned.

Happy New Year! And a good way to start off 2009 is with the addition of Kareem Rizk to Thumbtack Press. We’re very pleased to have him aboard - welcome Kareem!

Looks like I’ll need to buy a lot more magenta ink because of Vanessa Tam’s new work. That’s okay, she’s certainly worth it.

She’s also offering up her very first miniature print for under $20. Buy it now or X X.

Patrick Leger’s art is a personal favorite of mine, I am the proud owner of two Leger originals after all, and if I had the money I’d own everything he draws. It may be my soft spot for good inkers, or a childhood (Pavlovian) snap-back to my comic collecting days, it could be my attraction to flat screenprint styles. Or maybe — and far more likely — he’s just a great artist that makes great art!

Wow! Doug Boehm has been busy. It looks to me like he’s transcended to a higher plane of illustration.

Don’t leave this post without viewing the two 3 Hats illustrations either, you won’t be disappointed!

Fellow SI-LA alumn Shiho Nakaza has added 3 new prints to her shop

Check ‘em out!

The very talented Jason Limon has joined Thumbtack Press. This guy’s good.

He’s also afforded us fresh subject matter to our world famous Girls & Tentacles section.

My jaw dropped when I first saw Adam S. Doyle’s work. He has a very unique, borderline abstract, style as you can see. They’re even better close-up, buy a print and you’ll see.

Dave Pressler is back and he’s still full of hot air. Corny? I got nothing.

For all you middle children, or those of you who have ever felt like the middle child, here’s the appropriately named Middle Child miniature print by Brandon Reese!

To the surprise of absolutely no one Lilly Piri has created a stunning image. What is surprising, however, is how deftly capable she is with a brush loaded with acrylic as well as a pencil. 3 new pencil drawings have been added to her store as well!

There’s lots of new stuff on Thumbtack Press (sorry for the lack of updates). Firstly, I’d like to introduce the very talented and very prolific Pascal Campion to Thumbtack. I first saw Pascal’s animations about a year ago and was blown away. He is also, it seems, a brilliant illustrator and an amazing compositionalist (if compositionalist is not a word, screw it, now it is!). He brings a wonderful and innocent Mary Blair-esque sensibility to the table. I got a chance to see one of his pieces at a recent Pixar art event too.

Sidebar on said Pixar event: While viewing a painting I realized that John Lasseter was just next to me quietly admiring the same piece. My mind started to scream, “Say something idiot, this is the Walt Disney of the new millenium, you’ll NEVER have another chance!” But being I was on his turf and trying to be a ‘civilized’ art patron I bit my tongue for fear that he would roll his eyes at, yet another, rabid Pixar fanboy. About 20 minutes later I saw another rabid fanboy approach him and stammer out how much he admired John’s contribution to animation — well guess what? Mr. Lasseter took it with genuine sincerity and couldn’t have been nicer or more accessible!!!! I blew it DAMN IT!!!!!!! Anyway I admired a painting with John Lasseter for a few seconds, I’ll take that.

Back to Pascal! He’s great too! I know you’ll agree.

One T-H-O-U-S-A-N-D prints now available on Thumbtack Press!

Boo. I would rather tread water in a recession. Seriously.

Here’s why hooray!!! (Never should’ve passed the Senate by the way…).

Previous rant here

There is so much to appreciate in Ken Wong’s art, especially the dreamy and childlike adventure stuff like this one. But don’t be lured into a false sense of security just yet… ’cause he’ll leap out and get you!