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@theoctophant
You sir, are a fine and fantastical artist. Please continue to delight us with your imaginings.
I will do what I can, although most of my more recent imaginings are ending up at http://successisnotantoption.tumblr.com these days. The Octophant tumblr is now a bit of a relic.
"Ok, apeface, let's get something straight... you may think you're a big deal up there with your iPads and cruise missiles and waffle irons and whatnot, but show your face in my hood and see how far it gets you. Iron-based blood oxygenation doesn't matter when you don't even have gills. I'll try my chromatophores against yours any day of the week, Jack. Oh, what's that? You don't even have chromatophores? Are you even trying? Not that it matters. With inside-out retinas like yours it's a wonder you can see anything! Does evolution even know where you live? Oh, and don't even get me started on this skeleton of yours. You call 'em bones, I call 'em souvenirs. I think maybe I'll just build a summer home out of you. You best keep to your side of the waterline, chimpy. You clearly aren't cut out for life in the real world."
New in the store today, 8 Limbs Good.
CephaLovePods For Everyone
I hope this is happy news for a lot of people. The CephaLovePod has been one of the most popular designs I've made, but up until now it had only been available in a couple smallish editions which did not last very long. But that has now been extremely corrected. Having leveraged the estimable printing skills of Dan MacAdam of Crosshair, I can now offer you the CephaLovePod Open Edition. This time he's going to be hanging around for a while, so don't be shy.
I wanted the new edition to be distinct from the previous ones and reworked the whole color mix, and had it printed on some snappy blue-green French paper. I'm really happy with how it turned out, but not as happy as you'll be when you get yours in the mail.
The Octophant is now Squarer, Spacier
It took some doing, but the constant barrage of Squarespace ads on the podcasts I listen to and the subliminal mind control messages contained therein have finally broken down my resistance and I have transferred The Octophant web site to Squarespace. What this probably means for you (assuming anyone is reading this) is more and better updating of all the things I am up to at any given time. Not only prints and posters for sale, but also the design work I do for my day job at Half Acre Beer Company. Among other things.
Speaking of other things, click on the image in this post for a better view of The Battle of Carmen, an illustration I recently did for 3 Floyds. Bonkers, right?
“Buntacles”, reference by Octophant (http://octophant.us/portfolio/buntacles.php)
Artisanal 3D Buntacles.
If you missed out on the Impossible Octophant pre-sale, [now is your chance to get in on the post-sale.](http://octophant.bigcartel.com/product/the-impossible-octophant) _Do not_ expect there will be more of these once they are gone.
I got to be involved in a printmaker portfolio exchange on a [Krampus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus) theme this year, and this was my contribution. I think it's important to replace some of the joy and good will of the holidays and inject a bit of mortal terror to really make the season special for our children. (By which I mean your children.) [Please won't you help?](http://octophant.bigcartel.com/product/krampus)
Two recent posters. You can get the Frightened Rabbit poster tonight at the (sold out) show, or from me when I post it in the store after today. Funeral Wedding will be available at the show (recommended) or from me when it closes. (There's a bit less than two days left on the [Impossible Octophant](http://www.indiegogo.com/octophant?a=1331659) pre-orders. And, oh, hey, there's [something going on at Fab.com.](http://fab.com/sale/11496/))
Impossible Octophant: The Actual Link
Turns out Indiegogo does some weird stuff with their URLs and the one I was using in the previous post has... expired? evaporated? no idea. ANYWAY. [Here is what I believe to be the honest and for true permalink to the Impossible Octophant Pre-Sale.](http://igg.me/p/234929?a=1331659) The previous post has also been updated, but just for emphasis... that link up there. Go for it.
[Pre-orders for 'The Impossible Octophant' screen print are now open.](http://igg.me/p/234929?a=1331659) All the details are on the [Indiegogo page](http://igg.me/p/234929?a=1331659) but the tl;dr is as follows: I need some money up front to cover printing and materials costs on this print. If enough people pre-order, everyone wins. Let's do this thing.
you tell me - is it an octophant or an elepuss? I can’t decide but it was a weird and fun tattoo to do! 7 hours of work
Hm. This looks really familiar somehow... [Can't quite place it...](http://theoctophant.tumblr.com/post/22782301312/the-impossible-octophant-ive-been-pretty) If only it were somehow possible to credit people on the internet. Oh well.
[Originals for Sale](http://octophant.bigcartel.com/category/originals) Starting now (ok, technically starting a few days ago) I am putting up original bits and pieces from my drawin' box up for sale. Some of these are just random bits of stuff I've done, some are pieces of screenprints. All are _pieces of history_. [Buy an original something now...](http://octophant.bigcartel.com/category/originals)
[Death & The Screen Printer](http://octophant.bigcartel.com/product/death-the-screenprinter) The slow onset of Autumn naturally turns all our thoughts to Death and darkness. I'm sure you all look forward to actually fun holidays like Halloween and Dia de los Muertos before we have to start thinking about nonsense like family togetherness and goodwill toward men. In that spirit, the Chicago Printmakers Collective is holding a show called Danse Macabre for the months of September and October. And this semi-autobiographical print is my contribution to that show. [**For Sale Now**](http://octophant.bigcartel.com/product/death-the-screenprinter)
[Chicago Dog with Everything](http://octophant.bigcartel.com/product/chicago-dog-with-everything) is now on sale. Eat it.
[This Canasta 10th Anniversary poster](http://octophant.bigcartel.com/product/canasta-10th-anniversary) (which I feel turned out quite well, thank you very much for asking) is now [on sale.](http://octophant.bigcartel.com/product/canasta-10th-anniversary)
[The Impossible Octophant](http://www.flickr.com/photos/phineasx/7171358766/in/photostream/) I've been pretty hush-hush waiting for this to be a surprise which is what is happening now. Surprise! I made this new Octophant and it's going to live outside in Grant Park all summer. It's a promotional poster for the completely real and alive Octophant which was on display during the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. Yes, of course that really happened. Don't Google it.
The long-rumored, much-clamored-for return of the Chi-Noceros has finally occurred. Just in time (ok, not quite, actually) for the 175th birthday of the City of Chicago, I present two variants of the second edition Chi-Noceros: [Chi-Noceros, Second Edition](http://octophant.bigcartel.com/product/chi-noceros-second-edition), a small print run on French Speckletone Kraft paper... AND/OR [Chi-Noceros, Second Edition (Dusk)](http://octophant.bigcartel.com/product/chi-noceros-second-edition-dusk), a _very_ small print run on French Steel Blue paper. There are not a ton of these available, and I've never done a third edition of anything, so if you want one please proceed expeditiously.
