This website is about any and everything that sparks the creative genius in all of us. By profession I am a Graphic Designer, and enjoy all aspects of design. From traditional to urban from resin to vinyl, these are all great mediums and deserve to be explored. On top of that everything from music to movies from guns to graffiti.
The Toy Break crew is doing a community wide toy creation from start to finish with the help of artist extraordinaire Neil Winn. The first part is voting on what you want to see made, and then from there they will video tape every step of the way! How cool is that! So head on over HERE and get your vote in today!
So the first step is - an idea. Neil quickly sketched up 3 rough drawings and we decided to leave it up to you guys, the viewers and fans, to pick what you want to see sculpted. So now it's up to you! Vote here for your favorite design, and then discuss! Let us know what you like, don't like, blah blah blah.
On Wednesday, April 1st we'll take whichever one is in the lead and begin the process. We'll try and show you some tidbits each week, but we'll film a full step by step for each process and make the videos available for viewing.
Let's have fun making a cool project together! The more input from you guys the more we can make something you all want to see. if there are any specific things you want to see us cover, tell us that too! We'll use this thread to keep you up to date on what's going on and you can tell us what you think as we go!
In the latest Walrus TV Artist Feature, Hera discusses everything from her childhood, to her views on art. Taking her name from the Greek Goddess Queen, she’s inspired by mythological creatures and the high drama of her namesake. Hera enjoys the disposable nature of street art because her tastes change from day to day. Each of her pieces is like her child and she tries to find “good homes” for them on the street. As you hear the artist speak about her craft, you see her painting one of her trademark pieces – half Bambi, half girl – a true expression of innocence.
Scion’s Installation 5 Art Tour will arrive in Minneapolis, MN on April 3rd on the heels of a successful tour stop in Phoenix, AZ. The Phoenix stop, a brand new market for the tour, exposed Installation to more than 12 000 art lovers during the First Friday art walk. Now Installation 5 moves on to Minneapolis for the second year running due to the exceptional response it received last year. The opening reception will take place April 3rd from 7pm – 11pm at Rogue Buddha Gallery, 357 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413. Artists J.Shea, Codak and Eye One will be in attendance and DJs Jonathan Ackerman and Millions Billions will provide the music. Rogue Buddha is owned by Nicholas Harper who is one of Installation’s featured artists and Scion is teaming up with MPLSART.com as the local media sponsor.
The fifth installment of Scion’s Installation Art Tour was launched in October 2008. The program is designed to give exposure to both established and emerging artists. Installation 5: Self Portraits highlights a diverse array of artists from around the world and will visit nine cities in total including Miami, New York, Portland, Minneapolis, San Jose, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. The tour features new markets – Detroit, where the show kicked off, and the most recent stop – Phoenix.
Participating Artists:
AJ Fosik, Andrew Schoultz, Angela Boatwright, Blek le Rat, David Choe, Eriberto Oriol, Francesco LoCastro, French, Ian Lynam, Jamel Shabazz, Jeff Soto, Kelsey Brookes,Logan Hicks, Mark Mothersbaugh, Nicholas Harper, Peter Beste, Rob Abeyta Jr., Ron English, Saber, Sage Vaughn, Something in the Universe, Souther Salazar, Usugrow, Will Barras, Yoskay Yamamoto and many more! scion.com/installation
Show runs April 3rd - April 25th, 2009, Opening event Friday, April 3rd, 2009 7pm-11pm
The Yoka Competition is back! After a longer than anticipated hiatus its time for those public votes!! Up right now is the 1st of 7 Rounds of Yoka Voting so head on over to their site and pick your favorite!
Each round of voting will last a week and the 3 designs with the most votes will go through to the final and stay in with a chance of having their design brought to life as part of an adFunture Yoka Series!
Be warned! If we spot any funny business or irregular voting patterns then votes will be discounted and people will be blocked from voting further.
Awesome toy news site Plastic and Plush has teamed up with Carnival Cartoons for a special exclusive green colorway of their Pierce the Human Pincushion and Nathan the Dog-Faced Boy rotocast vinyl figure set. Limited to only 50 pieces, this figure is on sale now and will run $75 plus S/H and include a signed Nathan miniprint from Jared Deal! It is really cool to see toy sites get involved with their own limited edition toys with well known artists, maybe someday soon ;-)
Make sure you head on over to get your set today, these are extremely limited and will sell out fast, so make sure you act on this now, because they could be gone!
Hey everybody my name's Crustopher the Scab. I'm that best friend you just love to pick on. I come complete with a blood-stained bandage. "It's my blanket!" Hold me, tickle me, nibble my crispy edges, just don't forget I'm a part of you. Do you have a place in your heart for a Scab? Is it just me or is this super creepy/gross but in a cute way because it is plush!! These are coming at you from Purple Flavor, and the suggested retail for these are $15!
Info from the very great, and amazing DKE Toys. For Wholesale Inquiries about this awesome product please contact www.dketoys.com.
This week the Toy Break crew has Mechtorians by Doktor A, Star Wars Comic Packs by Hasbro, Bertie the Pipebomb by Ashley Wood, the kick off to the Neil Winn Project, and much more! Order up some extra crunchy french toast (covered in frosted flakes) and join us for a Toy Break!
* The awesomest thing happened at the 13:27 mark!
Toy Break Stuff
Billy Syn Contest - two lucky winners will each win a hand made, hand cast, hand painted Billy Syn figure by Nreazon! To enter, check out the Where's Billy? image, then leave a comment with number of Billy's you find - deadline is April 1st
Small Toy Break Download - just use the "small mp4" link above for a lower resolution, smaller version (320 x 240) of Toy Break at about half the size in megabytes
VinylAddiction.tv - new show hosted by artist Jesse Hernandez all about the Designer Toys and the Urban Vinyl Movement featuring behind the scenes interviews with artists, companies, collectors, and show coverage
Vinylmation Urban Series 1 - by Disney - 12 more designs for the 3" Vinylmation figures were just released - $10 each at Disney parks
The Neil Winn Project - vote for your favorite design and watch as we chronicle the progress from design to finished resin piece - vote in the Toy Break forum by April 1st
Reviews
Mechtorians - by Doktor A & MINDstyle - series 1 includes six 3.5" figures: Stephan LePodd, D.J. Gramo, Mr. Head, Scuttler The Butler, Sentry Wheel & Sir Shilling - $15 each
Bertie the Pipe Bomb - by Ashley Wood, Big Shot Toy Works & Three Zero - George sat down with Ben from 3DRetro.com to take a look at Bertie the Pipe Bomb
Events
Custom Mutt Show - group show featuring lots of custom Mutts at APW Gallery in New York City, NY starting April 3rd
Humans Beware - I.W.G. custom show featuring over 70 artists at Rocketworld in San Francisco, CA from April 10th to June 6th
The Resin Collective - hand-cast figures from around the globe at Red Hot Robot in Phoenix, AZ from April 11th to May 9th
Right off of MAD's flickr is his very own metal Modern Hero which drops this Wednesday March, 25 @ 6:00PM PDT from Fully Visual, who did an awesome job on this piece!!! This one is limited to 100 pieces @ $99 and the run size is 99 silver + 1 gold chase, but wait there's more, there are also 20 black nickel artist editions that MAD will release on his own, so be on the lookout for these. These metal beauties are about 4" in size, and are very well crafted! These pictures come courtsey of Vinyl Pulse, great flicks!
This is Jared Deal's X Argonaut Resins 1st kaiju character named KANJI!!! The pics below the main picture are of the 1st resin pulls and according to Jared's site, they just need a little tooling and the the paint gets layed on! Jared says that he is really excited to be doing another resin figure with Argonaut Resins after the success of their 1st release Vladimir. Keep your eyes peeled for the 1st wave of Kanji to hit the Argonaut store on April 1st!
Erick Scarecrow has just released this new "Texas Chelly Chainsaw Massacre" Limited Edition Giclee print which is scheduled to release this Wednesday 03/25/09 at 12:00PM EST at the ESC-TOY Ebay shop. This awesome looking print measures 6" x 10.5", and is limited to only 22 pcs worldwide. The print will retail for US$25 and comes signed and numbered by the artist.
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