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.
Shane Jessup's work is well know through the vinyl/art scene and now he is reaching out through The Poster Cause to try to help make a difference in a charity of his choice. If you follow Shane on Twitter you know that his dog Cortez is super special to him, that is why he chose to donate 50% OF PROFITS to benefit BAD RAP (Bay Area Doglovers Responsible About Pitbulls). His print titled "KING OF HEARTS" features I assume his dog, and is limited to only 25 pieces, it measures 11x17 and for sale HERE on February 15TH, 2010 for $25 a piece!
Suppose you got some piece that’s got more sculpting and modeling on it than the Death Star. What’s it all mean if its in a boring monotone finish? Well that is why today Lief from Delicious Drips, is going to take some video to show you some techniques for doing a color wash. In case you missed the last tutorial on Dry Brushing techniques, these two effects combined can make for a fantastic palette with a lot of detailed rendering. In this six-minute tutorial, Lily Black teaches you how to do a wash simple and sexy using a Toy2r Doggy Qee.
According to a tweet from Joe Ledbetter’s account he stated that his special colorway Death Metal "Terror and Magnus"are going to release this Friday, January 15th. These are being released through The Loyal Subjects, and are limited to 199 pieces worldwide for only $115. Just like the majority of Ledbetter's figures this has already been released in a few other colorways, and now the monotone style is set to rein on all other versions with its awesome blood splatters. Terror measures a whopping 8" while Magnus is a meek 3" but trust me, his bite is larger than his bark, hehehe! Look for these in the Loyal Subjects web shop at noon 1/15/10.
Now in its 6th year, this revolutionary art tour kicks off 2010 in Los Angeles. This Scion tour focuses on the video medium, which emerged in the 1960s and has since expanded galleries into more experimental, kinetic and interactive spaces. “Installation 6: Video” challenged 10 artists to create non-narrative video installations that will eventually transform five unique exhibitions around the country.
DrilOne has been a busy little beaver the past few weeks, as the deadline for the "It came From Skullbrain 2" show at Super 7 SF drew near to it's deadline date to get figure completed, he was still on Christmas vacation... but who needs sleep anyways? He pumped out these 4 figures in like what seemed to be a day, and they are all set to go for the show on January 16th, at 7pm. These really all turned out amazing, I do like the homage to Star Wars, but my favorite has to be the GatorBoy, so sick!!!
Ray Robinson III STICK UP! is Argonaut Resins 7th designer resin toy release and this one is with Gold Coin! STICK UP! Golden Edition resin stands at 8" tall and comes with bendy limbs and loot bag accessory, a signed Certificate of Authenticity by artist/designer Ray Robinson III/ Three and sculptor/producer Eric Nocella Diaz and custom hand made packaging. STICK UP! Golden Edition goes for $99 plus $11 shipping US. Hop on this smoking deal because this is the only one of it's kind!!!!
O_Negative's set out to design a character he had been thinking about for a while, and had the opportunity to bring it to life through Eric Nocella Diaz and Argonaut Resins. WithEric's help TheDESTROYER was born! O_Negative reached out to these awesome artists above and asked if they would help with this project with the understanding that most of the proceeds would be donated to Operation Smile. The artists involved all said they would forgo being paid, how awesome is that, this is a true charity event! All of these customs are one of a kind and are much cooler in person than the pictures above, for turnaround shots of all the figures hit the link HERE. These will be up for sale shortly in the Argo webstore HERE, so be on the lookout for them to go live!
Crewest brings you another special event for the Downtown Artwalk with a live performance by Unification Theory. January 14th, 2010 from 6 to 9 pm performing live with Unification Theory will be renowned graffiti artist Man One, visual artist/writer Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca and Los Angeles artist/designer Ritzy Periwinkle(WUT WUT!!!). Plus special guest painting live, Beto Cuevas, lead singer of the Grammy award winning Spanish Rock Band “La Ley”.
All done to the amazing beats of Dj Phyz Ed, they will be creating live art pieces specifically themed for the release of the new Warner Brothers feature film “The Book of Eli.”
Crewest 110 Winston St. Los Angeles, CA 90013 ph | 213-627-8272
Tam aka Okedoki recently finished up a labbit custom for a very nice collector. The little guy's name is Puck, and he likes broccoli and candy, but not in that order. She used some sculpey, glass eyes, and a labbit, to create such an awesome custom. Tam goes into detail about how she came up with the figure, she says "I was asked to do a labbit custom. I played with many design ideas, but for some time I wanted to do a pug (I used to have a pug and I really missed him). I wanted a larger head, so used the rear end and reversed the head to the back, the legs had to be moved a bit back as well." She lso was going for a more realistic look for this custom as you can tell by the current paint job, the sweater is an awesome finishing touch!
Ashley Wood, just completed a new painting titled "the 7", which turned out amazing! I absolutely love the Berties in a line with the Nom de Plume out front... so great! Hit up Ashley's blog HERE to see some WIP pics as well as another painting he is working on!
myplasticheart presents the 2nd annual New Moon: Interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac group exhibit. Twenty-six artists from around the world were chosen to participate, bringing their own styles and sensibilities to the 12 zodiac animals. Included will be works encompassing a wide range of media from paintings and collages to custom figures and digital artwork. This is one of our most anticipated events of the year so don't miss it. Many of the artists will be in attendance at the opening reception to discuss their work. Curated by John Wong. The event last year was amazing... check out the pieces from that event HERE!
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!
So... what then of 26? Is its bad posture congenital? Or just teenage slackerism? A general lack of enthusiasm? Or the product of a rare gravitational instability that makes a straight back unsustainable? What of its feet? Or lack thereof? Are they pincers? Or are the feet just too small to see? Perhaps the creature has perfect size 10 feet, but is 800 feet tall? What's the story?
What is a pirates favorite pattern to wear? ARRRRRRRGYLE, sorry, I just had to fit a pirate joke in there! 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!
Just on the tail of our original post HERE about Mist's newest figure in the dazzling yellow figure, he drops some news taht there will also be an alternate BLACK colorway of his upcoming "Lucius" figure from Artoyz Originals. Standing at 6" tall and is set to release in the next couple of weeks, you cann see the amount of articulation this piece has, as well as the little flame sidekick in the bottom picture! There is no word on price yet, but I will keep you up to date as soon as that info rolls in!
Paul Budnitz has been leaking little sneak peeks of upcoming projects (first from Jeremyville and then Brandt Peters) that are soon to be released through Kidrobot, and this time around it is another plush... but not plush from some average joe schmo... plush from Mr. Frank Kozik. It looks like Kidrobot is moving towards a few more plush figures this year, I personally think plush is great, and it is a cool way for artists to get their figures interpreted.
So I browse so many site, and I just happened upon this image of a little illustration, very inconspicuous I might add, and had to do a double take when I first saw it... but could tell right away what is was, and who it was designed by. From the looks of it Jon-Paul Kaiser is working with Strangekiss and David Lanham to get his own version of the upcoming designer figure "Fetch" Peet and Barnaby. Above is just the torso up shot from JPK on Peet, but where is Barnaby... really looking forwrd to seeing what he does with that. We actually saw this figure HERE first, and then HERE at SDCC09. Nothing is confirmed yet... but hopefully this comes to fruition!
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