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.
Artist Crestone passed along some fantastic pictures of his very first 3A custom titled "#13 Lucky Bastard and Little Shit", and how fantastic did this turn out!?!?!. This is a 1/12th DD Bertie and companion square that he modded and painted. Crestone says that "I'm a HUGE Ashley Wood and 3A fan, that being said it's quite a challenge to customize a platform that is perfect in every way." I can agree with Crestone on this one, just getting my first 3A piece, and seeing them in person...AMAZING... that being said, what he created is no sluff of a toy, I love the added features that Crestone did with his custom adding the arm shield and the rad hand mallet... Bertie SMASH, haha I just had to say it! Great job man, keep em' coming!
Posted up last week HERE was some info on Sneaker-Con 2010 with a very special KAWS display presented by Lev of Toy Tokyo... and now that this event came and went, pictures were taken, and talk about a Holy Grail of collections... this guy has it all, and one thing I can say is that Lev has some balls to put all this stuff up on display at an event, really awesome he shared it for all to admire! Hit the jump for more pictures of this amazing KAWS collection!
OhNo!Doom Gallery is proud to host "Painted Ladies" a group art show that celebrates the art of the female form. All new lady-themed work by painters, illustrators, designers and animators including: Shannon Bonatakis, Chucho, Kristina Carroll, Craig Elliott, Stephanie Inagaki, Jeremiah Ketner, Steph Laberis, Netherland, Vince Newkirk, Dave Palumbo, Jason Rudolph Pena, David Rettker, Arkady Roytman, Scott Tolleson, and Alex Willan. This show is slated to open on June 5th 2010, 6-10pm and will run until July 3rd. A portion of the gallery proceeds from this event will be donated to the Avon Breast Cancer Walk (taking place June 5-6th) / Avon Foundation for Women. Directly after the opening reception all unsold artworks will be available to view and purchase through our online store HERE!
OhNo!Doom Gallery 1800 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Ashley Wood and 3A have announced their sale of the Popbot figure long ago but as the day draws near for release the final details are starting to emerge. So far we know that there are several versions sure to fit anyones style and budget. For those of you 1:6 figure collectors who love the TK (Tomorrow King) line you'll be happy to know that you can get a 3AA exclusive (if your 3AA that is) Tk / Popbot 2 pack. Included is General Showa a Oyaban style TK figure, and the exclusive Day One Popbot. Priced at $220
Next up for the release is the Underverse 3 Pack Popbot, featuring the exclusive Ascended Popbot, a standard Badbot and a standard Popbot (not shown yet). It's important to note the differences in Popbot and Badbot. Popbot generally has 2 eye's, a hook for the left hand and comes with one gun. Badbot has a single eye, is two handed and comes with two guns. The day one Popbot however is different coming instead in the one eyed version. This set is priced at $360 for the 3 pack.
Single Popbot and Badbot will also be available for $150 each. All versions will come with a small cat. There is talk of a satchel to carry the cat in as well, more details to come on that. But with all these great details what's not to love. Did we mention the gun's are 5 in. long? Total height on each bot is a whopping 15 in. of fully articulated badness... So be prepared as these drop on Thursday May 27th at 6 pm (pacific time) only at bambaland.
So this last weekend saw the 9th anniversary of vinyl toy store Super 7, which I was fortunate enough to be on hand at the in San Francisco to participate in the festivities, and while it may be sad to know they are moving in the future it's always great to look back on what they have accomplished in their current location and to look forward to what they will be bringing to the future of vinyl.
For those that have not been to Super 7 it's a great location in the heart of Japantown in SF. The layout is great with many newer toys adorning the left wall and some great little treasure in the display cases in the rear. My personal favorite of the place (besides the custom flocked Star Wars wallpaper) are the two large vintage Japanese movie posters (one at the entrance to the store and the other located at the rear). And so on this special occasion it seemed fitting to make my annual trek to view each of these great works of art and then proceed to take a look around. By the time I got there the festivities were already starting with drinks and cake on display.
Golden grab bags were situated on the back table providing quite a sight for vinyl lovers. Then at the appropriate time the crowd (myself included) lined up to get these great gift bags and after purchase we waited to open them as a group.
But what could words describe when our very own friend and blogger Kirkland Jue of Toybot Studios was on hand and has video and the majority of these great photos to show for it, not to mention some great photos as well from artist DrilOne! Click on the links for more photos and of course video, and hit the jump for a full photo slide show!
[GR PRESS]Giant Robot is proud to host The Jizo, an art show featuring new work by Yukinori Dehara. Dehara’s hand-painted clay depictions of debauched salarymen, brutalized gangsters, happy monsters, and other unique figures stand about 5" tall. Although the pieces are detailed and glossy, the subtle and intentional flaws of the Japanese artist’s self-described “crummy” style project more humanity than horror, and are oddly sympathetic. His sculpture, photography, and paintings have garnered a cult of collectors around the world, and are celebrated in books, figurines, and other merchandise, as well as by more daring art galleries around the world.
For this show, Dehara's inspiration will be Jizo, the Buddhist divinity who protects the departed souls of deceased children, babies, and unborn fetuses, whose likeness can be found in cemeteries and on roadsides in Japan. In Dehara's words, these statues are "Japanese stone angels.” An opening reception featuring a rare U.S. appearance by the Japanese artist will take place from 6:30 - 10:00 on Saturday, June 5.
GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 gr2.net (310) 445-9276
We posted the teaser last week HERE and now the full reveal of MPH's smokin RED HOT exclusive colorway of San Francisco based artist and designer Jesse Hernandez "Fuego" Ozomahtli has been revealed. To sweeten the release of this 50 piece limited edition Jesse will will be on hand to sign and sketch on Friday June 4th, 2010 from 7 - 9pm at MyPlasticHeart. Oh did we mention that this beast GLOWS IN THE DARK!?!?! That's right the red set apart from the black glows. This figure is 9.5" tall and will retail for $99.99. Hit the jump for more photos!
Artist Joshua Budich just dropped word that he just released AP copies of his Kerouac print in his online store HERE for only $45 a pop! The numbered series of 50 will be offered by the private collector who commissioned the piece at a later date. "Kerouac" is an 18"x24", 2-color screenprint on cream-matte paper, and looks fantastic, and would be an amazing addition to anyone's collection!
This is a lil off the wall, but after spotting this I just had to share it with you all because, well, BACON is GOOD, and obviously I am not the only one who thinks so because these people love it so much they turned it into a toy! Mr. Bacon stands 5-5/8" tall and is made of soft vinyl with bendable arms and legs and only costs $3.95 a piece... buy one, or what the hay, buy 10 at that price and pass them out to your friends... life is good!
We have posted about Italian artist Federico Bartoli's Paco figure HERE before, which is made by his company SFASA a design house based in Hong Kong who deals with all aspects of design, from toys to clothing. Federico has designed an exclusive Two-Feet-Deep version of Paco and he's now available for pre-order HEREfor £29.99. The story behind this version is as follows... "Paco has to hide as he's a wanted man so for a limited time you'll find him in the UK using the Two-Feet-Deep character logo as his disguise." This limited edition figure is handmade from resin, handpainted and measures 3.5" tall , pick one up TODAY!
Artist Josh McKible just passed along word that he recently started selling some of his rad paper NaniBirds via his new online shop HERE... in fact, alot of these are new designs. The first set of 4 he is releasing in a new format he is calling "Glueless NaniBirds" where they're professionally printed and die cut so you don't need scissors or glue to build them... just pop 'em out and make 'em, how easy is that. Each one is only $4, so they are affordable enough to buy the entire set of all 4... and why not, these rock!
Back in April we posted HERE briefly on a new project that Donald Ross, or Scribe as most of you know him by, is working on in collaboration with others such as Cardboard Spaceship, Philip Koenig, JKR70, and Lucid that they are calling "The Resound Fields Surround Sound Project". Now this is something that is going to tie together a lot of the paintings, walls, and toys that Scribe has been doing for years. Scribe says "It is a start at an explanation behind the conceptual aspects of my art work." Today we are getting the first glimpse at what this project is going to offer, and as you can see, part of this journey is going to follow Scribe around town with his giant mascots being brought to life in everyday situations... very interesting indeed. More reveals will follow shortly as this will all be revealed this summer, but until then check out the short video teaser above.
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