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Friday, September 10, 2010

SpankyStokes x Kuso Vinyl "DIY Celsius Contest" - Voting is now open!



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After a few months of waiting in anticipation, and as the entries started to trickle in, I was so anxious to get this started, and now it's YOUR turn to vote for your favorite custom Celsius that was entered into our "DIY Celsius Contest" (original post HERE). We had 20 entries into this contest, and they are all so stellar... but which one will come out victorious and win the massive prize package... that is up to you! The voting will go on for 5 days, so this will be closed Friday, September 10th at 11:59pm PST. Please only vote once, but encourage friends and family to vote as well, and if you need more help deciding, CLICK THROUGH for a full slide show of all the submitted pieces from all angles.

Please chose your favorite custom Celsius...
I would like to thank all that participated, you guys all killed it, and I would also like to thank Kuso Vinyl and Rotobox Vinyl for making a really cool platform as well as putting together such an amazing prize package! You should head on over to their sites to check out all their other goods, some rad stuff! Also, remember to click HERE for more pics to help you decide on the winning custom!

******We Have A Winner******
First and foremost, thanks to all the amazing artist for submitting the fantastic designs, this would not be possible without you, also to Kuso Vinyl and Rotobox Vinyl for putting together an awesome prize package and for making such a cool platform to work on. After the tally has been counted and all the votes are in we had well over 2,000 fans weigh in on their favorite custom Celsius. It was uncertain to begin with as all entries were even during the first couple days of voting, and then a few started to break away from the pack... leaving a clear-cut winner in first place, and now congrats goes to:

**1st Place**
#11 Michael King
808 total votes

**2nd Place**
#14 Nico Deacosta
606 total votes

**3rd Place**
#9 NewSkool Tattoos
243 total votes

Congrats goes out to the top three as you all will be contact shortly so we can get your respected prize package sent out to you, and once again thank you all for participating and for making such amazing customs. Look for another contest like this in the near future, and thank you all for your constant support!

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Artwork stolen from Dragon*Con2010 - Help needed!


An unfortunate event as happened at this years Dragaon*Con as one of Cris Rose's resin "Rumble" figures was stolen from the Rivet Gallery booth while the hall was closed down after hours... this is so horrible and leaves a pit in my stomach just thinking about it, and whoever took this just has no regard for personal property! If you have any info you can contact either Cris via cris@crisrose.co.uk or Laura at Rivet via laura@rivetgallery.com. For more info read the press release below.

///PRESS RELEASE///
The item in question is a 4" tall hand-painted resin "Rumble" robot in very distinctive Gold and Red colouring. This is the ONLY Rumble to be painted gold, so is clearly distinct from every other sold so far. The piece was stolen from the Rivet booth during locked down closed room hours after the vendors hall closed. Dragon Con staff are looking into the matter but nothing has turned up so far. Rivet Gallery were in no way at fault over this matter and have been exhaustive in their efforts to ascertain what has become of it.

We've put together a brief wanted poster and included some additional images of the work for clear identification. It would be great if you could post this up on your site and anywhere else you feel may reach the right people.

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The J-POP SUMMIT Presents Vinyl Village


So tell me this... are you going to be in or around the San Francisco area on Saturday, September 18th... well the answer should be yes, and if it's not you need to clear that schedule of yours because the 2010 J-POP Summit Festival is going down and this year they are having an area they are calling "Vinyl Village" that will feature... drum roll please... designer vinyl/art and pretty much everything that encompasses our little community. NEW PEOPLE asked Jeremy Brautman to invite Bay Area vinyl visionaries to take part in the summit for the first time, and as a result, Blamo Toys, Dragatomi, Kuso Vinyl, Neon Monster and Skullyboom are all involved! The all-day event begins at 11AM and spreads out across multiple stages in Japantown so be sure to make it out to this inaugural event, and hopefully this is just the beginning!

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Jay222's custom "Switcharoo" Jouwe


The custom Jouwe's keep trickling in as monster creator Jay222 reveals to us his sumbission for the custom Jouwe show at Toy Art Gallery on October 2nd, 2010 in Los Angeles. Jay continues his recent tradition of taking one figure and turning it into two as he took the head of this Jouwe and created a stalky body, and visa versa with the rhino body creating an alien like head. The paint scheme continues to dazzle as Jay uses an awesome metallic technique giving his customs a abalone like glisten, that I guarantee looks amazing in person!

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Custom 3" Dunnys from KillTaupe


We just got word that KillTaupe will be releasing these three custom Dunny's, which were designed and created by him in his rad illustrative style. They will be available next Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 via his online store HERE at 10am. You have the chance to own "killer", "Wounded", and "Peter"... who are these creatures, well hit the jump for the full reveal and info on em'!

Killer
He was just a normal rabbit until the day the government tried to turn him into a weapon. Whap-bam! Two injections to the head later an uncontrollable hunger takes hold. A hunger for meat & destruction.


Wounded
He contemplated going back to the one that had hurt him so many times before, but he knew there could never be love between him and a sharp clawed cat named Petunia.


Peter
Peter Cottontail's parents were cruel. This was made apparent to Peter at a young age when he realized that you don't name a child "Peter" when your surname is that of Cottontail. A name associated with a song given to a boy with buck teeth assured massive amounts of heckling from the bullies at young Peters private school. The day that Peter could take no more he donned a tattered orange rabbit suit and went hippity hopping off to class.

By the time the police arrived at young Peter's school, at not a minute past 12:03 in the afternoon, they found him in the science lab picking pieces of his classmates out of those crooked, rabbit like, teeth.

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"Mattia's Universe" Lite Brite MAD*l by TaskOne

TaskOne shares with us today his submission for the Zerostigmata Benefit Collective in Naples, devoted to raising awareness of Sandoff Syndrome, and more specifically for Mattia Fagnoni! This amazing custom painted Lite Brite MAD*l is titled "Mattia's Universe" and out of the many custom Lite Brite's that Task has made... this is the ONLY one of these 10" Lite Brite's that he will be painting something on. Task used acrylic planets, metorites and comets... over a spray painted starry Galaxy. This turned out so great, and is a fantastic concept with precision execution, keep em' coming Task!

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COMIC STRIPPED "SPAWN" by VISEone


German artist VISEone just sent over images of his latest custom from his COMIC STRIPPED series... this is one of many customs he is working on as he has many upcoming projects in this nature, which are being created for NYCC... less that 30 days away! This 7" Spawn inspired Munny was created for FULLER DESIGNS and was completed using Milliput, Collage Technique, Acrylic Paint and some Brushwork... and wow did it turn out great! One feature about this piece that stands out for me is the eye and the mouth, those teeth fit soooo perfect on the face of the Munny, and how can you go wrong with Spawn. Great stuff once again man!

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MaiHiro x Fury Animals x Dragatomi PRESENT "Fury Planet” Preview Pictures...



Sacramento will never be the same because tomorrow, Saturday September 11, 2010 Dragatomi will be playing host to "Furry Planet" a group art show featuring the works of Fury Animals and Mai Hiro. What to expect from the show? Maihiro and Fury animals crossover projects, the upcoming unreleased Fury Animals prototype toy... a 12" Fury Bunny that is produced by Soda Workshop. Tons of new clothing like tees and hoodies, as well as lifestyle products like iPhone cases, Ninaja Spiki plush key chains and a lot more.


Not to mention new artwork by Fury Animals, Mai Hiro, as well as some work featuring Linda Le. Is that enough for you... I sure hope so :-) Be sure to head on out from 6pm-11pm and join in on the festivities, it will surely be a grand time! Hit the jump for more pictures...

Dragatomi
2317 J Street (Btwn 23rd and 24th St.)
Sacramento, CA 95816



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