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.
After the HUGE success that was the custom Sketchbot show #1 at MyPlasticHeart, Steve Talksowski decided it was only a matter of time before he launched a second show... a West Coast show, seeing as the majority of artist in the first were all out East... now he has the date set, and blanks shipping out for the 2nd show which he planned to launch the day before Designer-Con (11/20/10). Mark your calendars and plan your trip accordingly - opening night will be the Friday BEFORE D-Con at Munky King LA, and should be not only full of fans, but a ton of artist will be in town because of Dcon... and just look at that list of artist below, over 70 so far!
Just looking at that list of artists makes me want to step up my game for my submission, can't wait to start on it :-) Steve also says that he will be dropping the Sketchbot DIY Blanks at both events (Dcon & Custom Show), so in addition to acquiring original customs from many of your favorite artists, you'll be able to purchase and take home your very own blank and customize one yourself... awesome!!!
Artist collaborations are awesome... just seeing two artist work together to mend their artist styling's is something that can;t be found really in any other venue, and that is exactly what Kevin Gosselin and Coolvader have done... with their first and hopefully not their last artist collab. Taking the initiative to commission these two artist was none other than Linh Pham, the gentleman who pretty much has the worlds largest custom Labbit collection, and already has one of Kevin's custom Labbit's in his ever growing collection, he felt it would only be fitting to get these two to do a collab.
So what happened next is that Kevin took the initial steps and sculpted the entire piece... leaving a blank canvas for Coolvader to work his magic on... leaving it open to interpretation, and WOW did they both play off one another's styles and strengths. The sculpt is just wicked to begin with, and then added the gruesome painterly touches that we have all come to know and love from Coolvader... this custom just turned out fantastic!
If interested in any of these figure above be sure to visit the official preview page HERE, and if you in or around the LA area make sure you stop by as this will be a show you will not want to miss out on!
Toy Art Gallery 737 Seward St. #1 Los Angeles, CA, 90038
You may remember the reveal that we did a few months back HERE with Arbito, showing off his rad Patty Power vinyl figure... well now that SDCC is over and the first release, which was a blank one is outta the way, Super7 is set to launch the first production color variant of Arbito's space traveling cosmic burger on Saturday, September 11, at 11am PST, and boy do these colors look great as a hamburger/manburger/ spacetravelingmanhamburger :-)
There are a few categories of fans... first you have those that like an artists work and will buy the production pieces that come out, then you have those fans who like the work of an artist so much you ask for commissions... and that is exactly what this fan did, as he combined his love for the work of Huck Gee and Coarse Toys. This fan, who wished to stay anonymous for the time being, is a Huck collector, in fact he has more than 12 customs from him to date, and he is also down with Coarse, as he loves the Love the Jaws design. When he asked Huck to do the custom he gave no direction at all, but Huck knew that this fan owned a sushi bar so this is what he came up with... amazing to say the least! The wood grain, tentacles, necklace, large sized rice grains... all of this turned out so great, and rumor has it that this fan has Jaws commissioned out to so many more artists out there... so stay tuned :-)
Seeing as the opening for this show is tonight we thought it would only be fitting to show off a few more customs that are going to be on display at this show. First up is PocketWookie's awesome Willy Wonka inspired 16" Qee Bear titled "Snozzberry Sundae"... which is just that an awesome HUGE ice cream sundae!
Next up is the really cool Batman inspired "Possessed" custom by WuzOne... where he took the Jokers manipulation to a whole new level :-) These plus sooooo many more amazing custom art figures will be on display tonight at G1988SF when the doors open at 7pm, make sure you stop by if you have the chance as there will be a ton of artist in attendance mingling with he crowd!
Gallery 1988 San Francisco 1173 Sutter Street San Francisco, CA 94109
KusoVinyl is happy to announce their up-coming sub-brand “KusoPop”. This brand mainly focuses on designer clothing and accessories. Their official launch date of www.kusopop.com is on September 17th at 12:00 pm PST with special giveaways where the first 10 shoppers who purchase from KusoPop's website have a chance to win a special figure designed by Nakanari. KusoPop will also show up at J*POP festival in SF on September 18th with various products.
Above you will see some photos of the current t-shirt designs, not to mention those killer looking keychain accessories, being modeled by the beautiful Linda Le, where she also did a little video promo which was shot by James Dayap. Be on the lookout for much more from Kusopop as they have a ton of stuff in the works!
Jared Deal has been focusing as of late on the more traditional aspect of his art... until now as he has just sent over some sneak peeks at 2 new resin releases for the upcoming NYCC Oct. 8th,9th, & 10th he is calling "Timber- the forest spirit"and "The Flock". Jared says that he is doing all of the design, sculpting, and casting on these projects himself... so look for more reveals as the time draws closer. Also if you plan on attending NYCC you can find Jared in the "Cultyard" section in the pavilion...
Happy Panda Toys is having a HUGE labor day sale that is happening from today until Thursday September 9th as they are offering up 27% off on select vinyl toys. They have over 30 products on sale! Lunartiks, Koibitos, and Wygers oh my... and as always orders of $50.00 or more ship for FREE within the USA! So head on over HERE now and pick up some vinyl!
Have you been looking for some REAL kaiju statewide, but REALize that it's tough to find... well Lulubell Toy Bodega has just announced that they have permanently reduced pricing on Real x Head across the board to be more in line with Japanese retail! People are loving this, but the question has come up...why, and how can you offer these pieces at lower prices, well the answer is below.
From Lulubell's: "When we entered the game, we inherited what was standard retail pricing for all products at the time from the market we entered. As our tenure and relationships in this wonderful world of vinyl grew, so did our passion and drive to spread the love we found for many of these people who pour their hearts into what they do. For the last two years, we have grown to experience some great people in the world of kaiju, and of course one person who has always stood out to us personally is Mori.
The man behind RxH fueled our desire to heavily promote his brand, and to re-ignite excitement in the fans by sharing any knowledge we obtained and by attempting to make Real Head known & accessible to as many people as possible.Mori has a true love & passion for his art. We have a special appreciation, gratitude and respect for Mori, and when we stand behind someone, it is because of that belief in the people behind the product, not solely the product itself. Yes, the product must be a high quality, but it is high quality people and ethics that make that possible. And by lowering prices, we hope to be able to give more people the ability to appreciate what we do about Real x Head. RHND!"
So what are you waiting for... if you love kaiju then you will love Real x Head... and at competitive prices you can stock up on some fantastic Eastern vinyl today! Head on over HERE now to see what Lulubell's has to offer!
Today we are officially launching the first of many promo's for Tenacious Toys custom Blind Box Marshall series, and today's featured custom is Ian Ziobrowski's Nuggs Marshall. Ian works at a lifestyle boutique called Genuine Artikle in Lake Ronkonkoma, NY (that's on Long Island). He's an art student and just a really cool guy. He really went above and beyond with his Nuggs custom- the detail, sculpting and paint application are precise and deliberate- very professional. He did 3 pieces like this, and a variant as well, but that does not get revealed until after the series is sold!
There are a total of about 35 pieces in the series... half of the artists were each given 4 Marshall's to customize: 3 in a standard style, and one variant. The other artists were given 3, or 2, or 1 figure to do up as chases or mystery figures. The concept is to put quality customs by talented artists into the hands of collectors for not very much money, so the price-point of $50 was set and the artist roster created, which includes: Mike "NEMO" Mendez, Brent Nolasco, OsirisOrion, Ian Ziobrowski, Den Ramos, LYS0L, Rolo, Bryan Collins, Phetus, John "Spanky" Stokes, Leecifer, Steve "Sketchbot" Talkowski, and ZAM. Stay tuned for more updates featuring more customs from this series!
During my recent visit to Buff Monster's studio in an interview series I did HERE and HERE, Buff was gracious enough to sign one of his prints that he created for his "The Monster Within" show that happened last month at Giant Robot LA. The poster shows 37 super awesome pieces from the show and measures 18"x24". This is up for grabs and all you need to do is leave a comment below answering this... "If Buff Monster were a flavor of Ice Cream... what would it be?" ... and just like last time you can also earn ONE additional entry by using your Twitter account and entering this text "Win a signed poster from @thebuffmonster on SpankyStokes.com http://bit.ly/db3Qxh for Free Goodie Friday #BUFFSS 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!
*********************************************************** WE HAVE A WINNER!!!! Thanks to all that participated... we had over 75 total entries in a 24hour period... you guys ROCK HARD!!!! There were some great entries and I had some good laughs at reading them, and after putting all the entries in and generating a random number, Vinyl Destination ZA came up victorious, so CONGRATS! ... 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! ***********************************************************
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