Elizabeth Ito is a super cool artist/illustrator and sort of a friend of mine. She's done a lot of really great work for various animation studios, but what I really love is her regular arty art stuff.

She's got some work appearing in the upcoming Totoro Forest Project (people working together to save the real forest in Japan that inspired the film) and she also did some work on the forthcoming Astro Boy animated film. Oh, and she sent me these really awesome, super limited edition Polysics Mister Monster figures.

Last year she made a really cute Mega-Man piece as part of the I Am 8-Bit art thing where a bunch of artists got together and produced original art based on various 8-Bit video games. Looks like she's in it again this year. This time around she's done this gorgeous set of Zelda illustrations, placed in an equally swank frame. I really love Zelda's frilly dress with its simple yet really expressive lines, and Link's pouty, girlish expression.

If you're in the Hollywood area on August 14th, make sure to swing by World of Wonder Storefront Gallery and check it out!