"Silence of the Yams," Gothic Mushroomcore, & Gondor Gon-Doors

Hiya! Happy Tuesday.

Today, in the category of "content you didn't know you needed," I bring you Corinne's Food Art, aka _ghoul_mom:

Her whimsical anthropomorphic food art puts the biggest grin on my face. It's not all sugar and sweet, either; Corinne's work also has some bite:

... and she enjoys the occasional creepy food pun:

Like "Silence Of The Yams." (Bahaha!)

As of this writing Corinne has less than 3,500 followers on Instagram, but I bet her account is gonna blow up soon. These are too good to go unnoticed for long! Fingers crossed she'll start offering prints, because I so want to decorate a kitchen with them.

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Then for a truly hidden gem at only 380 followers, meet Katie Martin of Suncat Illustrations:

I love her characters! This is Plushie Cat, and Hika here has his own dollhouse:

Katie's bright, soft colors bring me back to my My Little Pony & Care Bears days: pure smiles.

Be sure to check out the Sun Cat Illustrations Etsy shop for originals, stickers, prints, and coloring pages you can download instantly for under a dollar. Sweet!

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Marika of roompic_ru calls herself the "guardian of luminous mushrooms and forest spirits," and her teeny hand-sculpted snails just might steal your heart. Slowly.

Eeeee!

And here are some of those "luminous mushrooms":

This isn't' digital art; it's a real life sculpture! Jaw: dropped.

Marika's mushrooms remind me of the Snowmade's, who I've featured before, but with a darker, more gothic twist. In fact her whole account is a witchy mushroomcore dream:

Marika is in Russia and I don't see any online shops listed, so I assume you'd have to contact her directly to commission a piece.

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Bouncing back to the lighter, sillier side, we have Stephanie R. Lane of Slanedausy:

Stephanie has a way of capturing animal expressions that is irresistibly charming. I can't get enough of her big cats:

And she also loves painting the happiest, derpiest doggos:

Plus a few other magical creatures:

You can purchase prints - including large ones, yesss - at Stephanie's InPrnt shop here.

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And finally, an artist team I've been keeping under wraps for months, because I bought so much of their work to give away as Christmas presents and didn't want to spoil the surprise, heh.

Behold, The Fairy Door by Blue Toucan Studios:

These doors are straight magic, friends; they're hand-sculpted designs cast in resin, then individually hand-painted. They have lots of fandom options, from TARDIS doors to Sherlock doors to...

Gon-Doors! :D 

Their design selection is dizzying, and they're constantly sculpting new options:

Here's one of my favorites I got for my friends John and Anna:

Look at that custom weathering! All hand-done! Because of the hand-painting, every door really is a one-of-a-kind work of art.

Oh, and I forgot to mention the cherry on top: all the doors open. They're attached with magnets, so you can pop the doors off and put a picture or note inside!

Go browse all the available designs at the Blue Toucan Studios Etsy shop - and bookmark them to check back, since the stock is always changing. These magical doors start at just $22, so prepare to fill your cart with a zillion favorites like I did, ha.

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Now, let's give away some art, shall we? You know the drill: comment and tell me which option is your favorite, and I'll pick three of you at random to win. I'll ship anywhere, so internationals welcome!

UPDATE: The give-away has ended!

The winner of the Critical Role set is Crickett
The winner of the Michael Whelan set is Tropical Chrome
And the winner of the Medusa & Mermaid set is Christy Lynn

Congrats, you three, and please e-mail me your mailing addresses!


DOOR #1: The Cities of Critical Role

For my fellow Critters, an officially licensed postcard pack donated by my friend & FoE Traci:



Each card is 4.5X7, and some of the city taglines are hilarious. "Vasselheim: Please stop teleporting here." Ha! These would look incredible on a gallery wall, someone with wall space please give them a home!

DOOR #2: Owl Lady & Friends

Another postcard pack, this time by the "alternative realism" artist Michael Whelan:

These cards are 5X7, and while I don't think that's supposed to be C3PO being sassy on the hilltop, I won't tell if you won't.

And finally,

 DOOR #3: Medusa & Mermaid

Thes are both by Kellee Riley on glossy heavy card, and roughly 4X6 each.

Happy commenting!

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P.S.

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