What Is Brandon Bird's Brandon Bird-O-Rama!?

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Brandon Bird's Brandon Bird-O-Rama! (brandonbird.com) is the personal art website and blog of artist Brandon Bird. It functions as a running feed of his paintings, illustrations, seasonal cards, calendars, and project announcements, with some items available to download or buy. If you're looking for his artwork, updates on new pieces, or the occasional print-and-download product, this is the site that hosts them.

What you'll find on the site

The site is organized as a reverse-chronological blog, so the newest posts appear first. Content falls into a few recurring categories:

  • Artwork posts — individual paintings and illustrations, often with a short note from the artist. Examples from the archive include pieces like "The Pianist," "Wide Pike," and "Deep V(andelay)."
  • Seasonal cards — recurring holiday items, including "T-mas" (Christmas) cards and Valentine-related art. The T-mas tradition is described as long-running, with different artists contributing over the years.
  • Calendars — most notably the "Frakes" calendars, which the site notes have returned for multiple years.
  • Project announcements — news about art featured in other contexts, such as pieces made for Alan Partridge's UK and Ireland stage show, projected behind Steve Coogan.
  • Downloadable and purchasable items — for example, a Valentine e-book of cards and activities.

The Valentine e-book example

A concrete illustration of how the site sells something: in a February 2023 post, Bird describes compiling an e-book of Valentine cards and activities you can download and print at home. According to the post, it runs twenty-four pages (15 black-and-white, 9 color) for $8, and includes items like the SVU Valentines plus new additions such as a buildable Hannibal to store "Hanni-tines." More details are linked from that post.

This shows the general pattern: the blog announces a thing, gives a short description and price where applicable, and points to a page with more detail.

How to use the site

  1. Start at the homepage — the most recent posts load first, so you immediately see the latest artwork or announcement.
  2. Scroll or page back — older entries are reachable through the archive. The sidebar lists posts by year and month, from 2013 through 2023, so you can jump to a specific period.
  3. Follow links within posts — when an item is for sale or download (like the Valentine e-book), the post links to a detail page.
  4. Check the archive for recurring items — if you're after a specific annual product such as a T-mas card or a Frakes calendar, the year/month archive is the fastest way to find that year's version.

What to expect and what not to

  • It's a personal artist site, not a storefront with a catalog. Products appear as blog posts when they're released, rather than in a permanent shop grid.
  • Pricing is only shown where the post states it. The Valentine e-book is listed at $8 in its announcement; other items may or may not include a price in the post text.
  • Availability changes over time. Seasonal items like cards and calendars are tied to specific years, and the archive shows they don't all recur on a fixed schedule.
  • The site is in English and is written in the artist's own voice, with brief, informal post notes.

If your goal is to browse Brandon Bird's art or catch a specific seasonal release, the homepage plus the year/month archive covers it. If your goal is to buy or download something specific, look for the post announcing that item and follow its detail link.