Inked Souls is back, and
Art Whino is raising the bar on its most anticipated exhibition of the year with an amazing new line up and expansion of the show to include photography! Art Whino is teaming up with the Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID) and Tagür sneaker company to bring you an incredible exhibition of one-of-a-kind, customized sneakers, paintings, and photography.
The Artist List:
Adrian Akerman - DC • Asylm – CA • Cutthroat – TX • Decoy - DC • Dolla – FL • EyeOne – CA • Frerk – DE • Garry Booth – CA • in.fa.mousIKB - DC • James Walker- VA • J Asher Lynch – CA • LECKOmio – DE • Luis Lorenzana – PH • Marc C. Woehr – DE • Marie Barr- CA • MDOK - NJ • Molly Crabapple – NY • Nychos– Austria • Raudiel – MX • Rick Reese – CA • Rudy Fig - MN • Sam Ramos - PH • Skibs – CA • Sole Junkie – CA • Surge – CA • Truth Among Liars – DC • The Krah – UK • Zach Tobias – OR
Each artist will feature one pair of customized AKA Blank Tagür sneakers along with a painting. Four photographers will be featured whose subject matter rangers from 80's Breakers to customized semi trucks.
Music by Black Cats Resident DJ Lil'e, and special live performance by Big Benz from TTM Entertainment, and also a special Appearance and Performance by Los Angeles Finest...DJ HEAVY GRINDER as well as THE DOCUMENT will be doing a special Break dance Performance!
The event is FREE and open to the public.DATE: Saturday April 18th, from 6pm – Midnight
Exhibit will run until May 9th
Exhibit hours: Fridays 4pm-8pm and Saturdays Noon-6pm
LOCATION: 2450 Crystal Drive, Arlington VA
12,000sqft Space in Crystal City!
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Once again
TeeFury decided to give us all a little heads up on their t-shirt selections for the next few days. Now remember each of these shirts are only available for a
24 hour period on their stated date, after that they are gone forever...so make sure you remember the dates above if you dig the shirts and
pick one up for only $9...crazy good deals!!! I think you'll find the 16th to be like a stroll through dangerous Parks. The 18th will be Wonderful. And the 20th? Let's just say that you should expect Big things.
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Join the Toy Break crew for a look at the Masters of the Universe Classics including He-Man, Beast Man, Skeletor, Faker, and Stratos from Mattel as well as Custom Corps from Onell Design, a visit to the Humans Beware custom show and more! Pile those nachos high and join us for a Toy Break!
Toy Break Stuff
- Curster Custom Contest - win an incredible custom plush from Curster by taking a picture of you putting on your best Yeti face and post it in the contest section of our forum - need some inspiration? visit curster.com and check out their other plush customs - deadline is April 29th
- Toy Break MP3 - use the "mp3" link above to download just the audio from this episode
- The Neil Winn Project - design #3 has prevailed! Stay tuned as we chronicle the progress from design to finished resin piece!
News - Humans Beware - Check out the 70+ customs at Rocket World! Thanks to DrilOne and Patrick for taking a Toy Break with us! See interviews with them at youtube.com/toybreak
- Major Minnow - by Scott Tolleson - 10 pieces of this 6" hand painted resin figure will be available at Scott's first show at Rotofugi Gallery on May 1st
- Custom Skully Show - call for submissions for a custom Skully show on May 16th - if you are interested in participating, blank Skully figures are available at chuckwa.com or urbanwarfair.com for $10 and must be finished and returned by May 9th - email skullyshow@chuckwa.com for more info
Reviews
- Masters of the Universe Classics - by Mattel - highly detailed, fully articulated figures from He-Man and She-Ra - all figures released so far have sold-out including He-Man, Beast Man, Skeletor, Stratos, and Faker - each originally $20- coming soon: Mer-Man, Zodac, Hordak
Events
- Fangoria Weekend Of Horrors - a ghoulish gathering of horror related guests, exhibitors, and events at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA from April 17 to April 19
- Attack of the Designer Toy Show - resin figure show featuring work by Scott Higgins, Ric Bowden, Steven Vogeler, Ross Brown, Edward Ruiz and special guests like NReazon, Nakanari, and Jason Ice at Avenue Arts Venue in Dallas, TX on April 18th
- It Came From Skullbrain - featuring Japanese toy inspired photography and customs by dozens of artists such as Bob Conge, DrilOne, Kill!, Reactor88, OsirisOrion, Lou Pimentel, Jesse Hernandez, and lots more at Super7 in San Francisco, CA opening April 18th
- Mini Munny Mobile Parties - visit any Kidrobot store or participating retailer on April 19th for your free mini Munny mobile to design yourself, decorating materials will be provided
Cool Custom of the Week
Contact Toy Break
- 20% Off Coupons - use the coupon code "TOYBREAK" for 20% off at 3DRetro.com, Funkrush.com, and OctoberToys.com!
- Contact us! - send us your questions, comments, ideas, news about upcoming events and toys!
- Call Toy Break at 818-Am-I-Good (818-264-4663)
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Have been looking for some funky fresh threads recently...well look no further because
Sikeomics has some great styles for both the Men and Ladies! These designer tees are set at a reasonable price that will not break the bank, and in turn make you look like a male/female model! Check out the threads
HERE now, and buy yourself something nice!
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Well apparently there is a pretty descent vinyl scene in Poland and with the scene comes a brand new website that showcases some amazing work by some great Polish artists.
Vinyl Canvas is the site that has selected works by artists that you can actually purchase directly from the source! Feel free to stop y the
SITE and view what all the artists have available.
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