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.
Here we go again, another Friday... and another awesome giveaway, and once again a huge thanks to the great peeps over at Kidrobot for donating a seriously fantastic prize for all you readers and supporters of SpankyStokes.com! We really do appreciate you all, and this is just one way to show it! So today in loue of Kidrobot's Munny Munth promotion one lucky randomly picked winner will walk away with 2 x 1" Kozik Rippers Zipper Pulls, 1 x 7" DIY Munny, 1 x 4" Hef Peecol, and last but not least 1 x 3" Kozik's Golden Ticket Dunny from series 2007 ... Waaaaaaaa yeah I know crazy right!!! You get a crack at winning all of this FOR FREE just by leaving a comment below, telling us what your going to create out of the DIY Munny figure... and just like last time you can also earn ONE additional entry by using your Twitter account and entering this text "Win a Kozik Golden Ticket 3" Dunny on SpankyStokes.com http://bit.ly/6dq1b1 thanks to @Kidrobot #SSGLD PLS RT to enter!" You can just copy and paste the above quoted text, without the quotes of course :-) Good luck to all that enter, please spread the word, and thank you for your continued support!
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Thanks to all that participated... we had 9260 entries in a 24hour period... you guys ROCK HARD!!!! Congrats to Alana G. aka Witchylana she is the lucky winner of this prize package... but don't fret if you didn't win... I got another giveaway ready to go, so keep your eyes on SpankyStokes.com, and thanks so much again for participating!
Here's the final factory shots with the toy in package before it gets shipped off to the Distributor on Monday who has been announced as Apex Trading Company. We can expect to see ACE hitting shelves all over America by July unless there are unforseen complications. ACE will be strictly limited so make sure you get your orders in. This DIY version of SEISMIC ACE by Smash Tokyo Toys' Matt MATTYBOOMBATTY Walls and Canadian artist Kris Smith (or D.I. for DO IT) will never be repeated with two artists versions being released next year being fully printed and colored. Whispers along the grape vine also hint at a super secret, strictly limited collaboration with a giant artist coming later this year but details are being kept top secret. This is the premiere release from Smash Tokyo Toys, and their Seismic Ace is set to retail for around $49.95. These are set to hit state wide on June 21, and will be limited to 450 pieces worldwide, more news and updates as they roll in!
Silent Stage Gallery has teamed up once again with Aaron Martin aka Angry Woebots to release an exclusive print set titled "Gruesome Three". This is a set of 3 prints that each measure 8" x 10" and will be a limited edition of 25 pieces each! This is going to drop on Tuesday, June 8th 2010 at 11am PST for $125 per set... don't sleep on these folks and be sure to mark you calendars, they will sell out just like all of their releases!
He sure has better moves than me!!! This just in is an awesome TV spot for Wizard Sleeve Toys lil mascot, Wizy! I love the line "I have a sleeve... with a wand" classic! This was produced to help promote not only the Wizard Sleeve Toys website but the custom resin Wizy show debuting at this years Designer-Con! Stay tuned for more updates on the WST front and until then enjoy the video :-)
Nathan Hamill has been pretty quite int the way of toys since his "Boris the Raccoon" figure was released last year, and today we are getting the first look at his upcoming figure titled "tyrannoCECILrex". This figure is based off his 2D artwork and instead of going the vinyl route with this one, he has decided to produce them in a small resin run and the first batch will be available at SDCC 2010. These will measure 4" and each will include a limited ed. print of the character. Price and run number have not been released yet, but stay tuned for more info! I totally love the tiny little arms, awesome!
It seems to be Skinner week on SpankyStokes.com as I previously posted HERE part 1 of our 3 part interview with him earlier this week, now we get an inside look thanks to Hi-Fructose at a time lapse of Skinner painting a 10' x 10' Mural for the "Strangers" show that is opening tonight at Bold Hype Gallery! I am a HUGE fan of Skinner's work and a HUGE fan of time-lapse work, so this is a win win :-) ENJOY!
Bob Conge of Plaseebo has been on a custom rampage as of late, but he still finds time to make specific ones for special people... this being the case and the story behind "Billy and The Atomic Esophagus" his latest custom mashup created for his friend who was battling and finally beat esophageal cancer! This custom just like all the Plaseebo ones has very many similarities in it including the amazing LED action (bottom left picture). I love the creepy Beethoven/Mozart head with the wee little hands sticking out the side of some machine with intestines coming out... Grand stuff Bob! BACKSTORY on "Billy and The Atomic Esophagus": "This is a custom piece I made for a friend of many years to commemorate his battle and miraculous recovery from esophageal cancer. It is, I think, a trophy of sorts. Billy fought this war courageously for the better part of the past year and returned from deaths door, cancer free, a few weeks ago. We had lunch and I presented him with this small token of my gratitude for our continuing friendship. He replied with a smile."
Well lookie what we have here... Kidrobot just dropped word that they have an exclusive colorway of San Francisco based artist and designer Jesse Hernandez Ozomahtli figure... this being the "Jungle" colorway and limited to 100 pieces worldwide which will most likely be retailing for $90. Jesse will be on hand at KR San Francisco on June 17th to sign and release this figure to the public... and from what I understand start saving your money because the best colorway has yet to be released, or even announced for that matter :-)
Blik's latest launch in the realm of wall vinyl comes to us in the form of 3 dark and mysterious wall graphics from Greg "Craola" Simkins. Simkins is part of Blik's collaboration with Upper Playground.... his designs The Charon, Parrot and Raptor graphics embody a fantasy world of vivid nature images coined by Simkins as "The Outside." Additionally, knowing all of your love for vinyl toys, Blik is giving away five hand-signed vinyl toys from Craola to five lucky followers of @WhatIsBlik on Twitter. Just tweet about your favorite graphic to win. More details for the contest via their site HERE, and you can pick up the wall graphics via their online store HERE!
Check out the latest teaser image that Toy2R just dropped for the upcoming Designer Collection of 2.5″ Artist Qees arriving next month. In this preview we are actually getting looks into the ratios as well as full vector previews of the designs from artists: Jon Paul Kaiser, Frank Kozik, Peskimo, Charlie Mewshaw, DGPH, Cameron Tiede, Daniel Jarrett, Lisa Petrucci, Doink, DrilOne and Qee creator - Raymond Choy. Apex Trading Company is still accepting pre-orders on this re-launch of the Designer Collection from Toy2R.
Next up in our continued coverage of of the amazing Dunny designs for Custom Toy Union's Blind Box Series One is a creepy little creature from Arizona based artist NERVISWR3K... and in true fashion this custom is going to have all the characteristics that we have come to expect from him as an artist, you know the green skin, the mangled teeth and gums, and ominous eyes... alll that rad stuff. The quality on these are going to be top notch, I know because I own one of his customs... hopefully YOU will be the lucky one and pull this when the time comes!
The second custom Dunny for today comes from Philippines based artist Nico Deacosta as he shows us the design for his "Garage Monkey" character. As per the illustration above we can tell that this figure is going to be nice and rusted up with some added features including a positive and negative fuse box in each on the Dunny's ears... which makes me wonder will this be functional... I guess time will tell, and soon enough we are going to get peeks into the exact ratios, as well as box/package designs so stay tuned!
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