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.
For years Ron English has been making highly sought after collectible vinyl toys, mini-sculptures, books and prints - allowing anybody to own a piece of his art without having to be a wealthy art collector. Now, for the first time ever, his paintings will be available as 24 x 24" 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzles.
Crafted by Tools of the Trade, Ron's connection to this new product runs deep, citing childhood memories of working on puzzles with his family. Ron said about puzzles in the film we just released; "...everybody is working together for a goal and at the end of the process, very much like making art, you have this beautiful image."
Ron English will be in San Francisco at Medicine Agency for a release party and signing to celebrate the puzzles being on sale for the first time ever. A bunch of his rare and unreleased toys will also be available then and in the shop all month for a ToTT Global pop-up, just in time for the holidays.
Medicine Agency 1262 Mason Street San Francisco, CA 94108 Saturday, December 12th at 7 - 11pm
A new blog just popped up titled "Whatup Gangstars" and it features posting by a puppet... that's right a puppet named Jay. You may ask what does this have to do with anything, well the awesome artists that are 123Klan designed the blog for Jay, not to mention Jay covers all kinds of funky freeeesh news, so go on over HERE and check out the self proclaimed "best blog in the solar system (and will most probably become the best in the universe very soon…)"!
Master customizer WuzOne sent over a ton more pictures of customs that he has been working on for upcoming shows, as well as comissions. First up is his 7" Carnival Munny which is a custom for "Todo a 100" expo at Montana Gallery Sevilla. This is 100% hand-painted using spray paint,acrylics and markers, and more pics can be found HERE!
the next in line is his "America Mad*L" custom he did as a commission for "Todo a 100" expo. This is hi particular vision of the great America Captain comic book figure, and once again this is 100% hand-painted using acrylic paint and markers, check more pics out HERE.
He also just complete an amazing "Minnie" Dunny custom as a commission for a private collector of kidrobot forum... this turned out smashing, and see more pictures HERE. This custsom falls into his Cartoon Dunny series which he has done a TON of, take a sec and view all the photos HERE.
This Friday 12/11/09 artist Yosiell Lorenzo aka Project Detonate will have a new solo show titled "The Jekyll & Hyde Syndrome" This show will have a “darker” theme which deals with hypocrisy and vices people have that can be be labeled as their Mr.Hyde. The opening reception is from 5-10pm at the David Apuzzo Gallery, 4133 Whitney Ave. in Hamden, CT. This will be his second to last show in CT, considering that all his shows from Mar-Sept of 2010 are all out of state, so make sure you come out to say hello! On a side note all the artwork will be at recession friendly prices and just in time for the holidays.
David Apuzzo Art Gallery
4133 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, CT 06518
203 859 5825
Elite Gudz founder and lead designer, Phetus, shot over to Long Island City's 5 Pointz to commemorate the Concrete Immortalz comic book by painting a billboard-sized mural across the block-long industrial complex. Phetus was joined by street artist Such for a full day of painting at the outdoor exhibit art space. The Concrete Immortalz mural joined pieces by aerosol artists from around the world on the 200,000-square-foot factory building.
Amongst some of the spectators and friends who stopped by over this long day were Sen2, Shiro, Runnin Man, Cees, Concrete Immortalz artists Rodolfo Ledesma and Mr. Den and renowned art photographer and documentarian Martha Cooper. A behind-the-scenes video of the event presented by the team at Elite Gudz is posted above so give it a gander! Also CLICK HERE to view the full Concret Immortalz comic book, it's super fresh!
Above is just a taste of some in-progress teaser pics of Audrey Kawasaki new works for her upcoming solo show titled "Hajimari" which is going down at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in NY this coming Saturday 12/12/09. It is always amazing to see how artists work, and under what conditions, their work spaces, what they use, their techniques and habits... and Audrey gives us that sneak peek into her life. There are so many amazing pieces for this show, and if you have a chance head out and see them in person! You can also CLICK HERE to see a ton more WIP pics!
Jonathan LeVine Gallery
529 West 20th Street, 9th floor
New York, NY 10011
Mori Chack’s malevolent icon returns in an assortment of 1-inch zipper pulls. Some are bloody, some aren’t, but all are ferocious. Retailing for $3.95 each, these blind assortment zipper pulls hack, slash and claw their way into Kidrobot stores, kidrobot.com, and select retailers in mid-January. Gotta love these zipper pulls, even though I would never buy any the designs on these are really great!
The Poster Cause Project is about to launch with their first poster print by eBoy on December 20th, 50% of profits for eBoy's print will benefit the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Other posters, from other artists, will be printed and sold with proceeds going to benefit a different charity each month, what a cool idea! So far artists on-board are Sket-One, eBoy, Shane Jessup, Friendswithyou and a few more. Stay tuned for the details on those posters at a later date!
An up and coming clothing line named KnoWear is starting to spread the word out to the vinyl toy community focusing on designs that appeal to that demographic. Above is their first, rough design, and they want people's opinions on it... so what do you all think? Good, Bad, indifferent, leave some feedback for them so they can get a fell for what the community is diggin!
Nakanari's rare Ninja Spiki chase "Assassin" has just been revealed to the public. These are pretty rare 1/10 to be exact, so if you order a case (10 per case) of these you are assured one! There are 400 total pieces of this Spiki version making the number of chase figures total 40 pieces. Just like all the rest of the Spiki figures he stands 8" tall and comes with 2 Shirukens & 1 Katana and re retailing for $69 USD. If you diggin this figure you can pic one up from any of our site sponsors!
Dive into the depths of grumpiness with Vasily, the first in a line of cantankerous plush characters created by Frank Kozik. This 16-inch grouch retails for $29.95 and sails into Kidrobot stores, kidrobot.com, and select retailers in mid-January. My question is... where is the cigarette?
Mr. Den recently finished up his custom Qee that he created for the upcoming Genuine Artikle "Qee2Life" custom show going down this Saturday, 12.12.09. This "Rocker-Qee" that I named :-) turned out amazing the dtails are great and the scuplting of the hands, added facial features and who can avoid that sweet guitar. Go see this rad piece in person, great job man, and keep on rockin... get it?
Twitter humor... never gets old! TeeFury is an awesome website that sells T-shirts for $9 a pop...the only catch is that it is only on sale for 24hours and then the next T-shirt is posted up! I have seen awesome shirts by some amazing artists on here and the total purchase price is $11. So that is $9 for the Tee and $2 for the shipping...that is an awesome deal that can't be beat! I will try and post the shirts up daily, or you can go visit the site yourself!
Money does go back to the artist and after today, this t-shirt will be Gone FOREVER! Today artist earns $1 for every tee sold. So make sure you get over there if yer diggin the design!
Stefan is a super talented artist, and a super cool guy to boot! You can now follow all of his updates via his Twitter profile HERE, not on Twitter yet? Get a move on!
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