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.
Holy smokes... another fantastic custom from Nico Deacosta comes our way as he shows off his custom Jouwe for the upcoming show at Toy Art Gallery on October 2nd, 2010 in Los Angeles, and wow is it impressive. I love the broken down look and feel of this custom titled "JTAG-001" the amazing texturing, the manipulation of spare parts and the integration into the Jouwe body is seamless... I can't stop staring, i mean check out the ink on the body, AMAZING! For more flicks of this hit the jump, and if you wanna see it in person, be sure to come on out to TAG!
I was wondering when Kidrobot was going to put this up, as the majority of the other colorways have already been seen! This exclusive HOT pink colorway of Frank Kozik’s "Dead Ché" bust is limited to only 50 pieces... oh and did I mention that chick dig pink... so buy it, and then pass it off on your significant other as a gift to them, and then thank me later! :-)
Mikie Graham aka Zombiemonkie from Blamo Toys shares with us today a neat little teaser of his Batman themed Gordo custom for Brent Nolasco and MPH's Gordo show, happening during NYCC. This pretty much speaks for itself and if the front of this figure looks as good as the back then we are all in for a treat! Great stuff Mikie!
[PRESS] After the overwhelming success of last year's Beyond Eden exhibition which drew over 5,000 people over the course of the weekend, the organizers are keeping the focus of the event on the new contemporary art movement. This genre of art has been building momentum and a patron base in Los Angeles for the past several decades and is finally starting to receive mainstream recognition from major institutions and publications the world over. Hit the jump for a full schedule of events, plus a list of all that are participating! Beyond Eden will showcase the works of over a half dozen galleries and will be held inside the beautiful confines of the historic Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery during the weekend of October 9th and 10th with an opening night celebration planned for Saturday, October 9th. Participating galleries include Carmichael Gallery, C.A.V.E. Gallery, Copro Gallery, Crewest, La Luz De Jesus, LeBasse Projects, and Thinkspace.
Beyond Eden will also feature the presentation of a lifetime achievement award to the one and only Robert Williams. In addition the event will also feature live painting demonstrations throughout the gallery alongside special installations from local street artist Shark Toof and Australian artistic duo Dabs Myla. Rounding out this event is a special showcase celebrating underground art event Cannibal Flower’s 10 Year Anniversary.
Founded in 1951, the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery is a historic 10,000 square foot facility located on the sprawling grounds of Olive Hill in the Barnsdall Art Park. The park overlooks the city of Los Angeles and is also home to the famous Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock House and Arts Complex. Under the Department of Cultural Affairs, the LAMAG is the premier city-run gallery that focuses on contemporary art, particularly the work of living Southern California artists.
Artists showing with each gallery during BEYON EDEN 2010: C.A.V.E. Gallery: Paul Chatem, Andy Haynes, John Park, Euth, Gosha Levochkin, Macsorro, Jason Hernandez, Jennifer Springman, Eatcho, Craww ------------------------------------------ CoproGallery: Anthony Ausgang, Becca, Luke Chueh, Mark Garro, Billy Norrby, Nouar, Kathie Olivas, Chris Peters, and Martin Wittfooth ------------------------------------------ Carmichael Gallery: Surprise installation (details TBA) ------------------------------------------ Crewest: Miguel Paredes, Man One, Else, Chaz Bojorquez, and PaperMonster ------------------------------------------ La Luz De Jesus: Damian Fulton, Karen Hsiao, Yumiko Kayukawa, Danni Shinya Luo, Nathan Ota, Robert Palacios, John Puglisi, Christopher Ulrich and others TBA ------------------------------------------ LeBasse Projects: Morgan Slade, Andrew Hem, and J. Shea + a special installation from Shark Toof ------------------------------------------ Thinkspace: Aaron Nagel, Brett Amory, Caia Koopman, Craig “Skibs” Barker, David MacDowell, Derek Gores, Jacub Gagnon, Jeff Ramirez, Kevin Titzer, Scott Radke, Stella Im Hultberg, Yosuke Ueno + a special installation from Dabs Myla ------------------------------------------
PLUS a special showcase celebrating underground art event Cannibal Flower’s 10 Year Anniversary featuring works from Kelly Berg, Young Chun, David Cooley, N.S. David, Joka, Mear One, Louie Metz, Michael Pukac, Gustavo Rimada, Brian Robertson, Van Saro, Erik Siador, Crystal Sylver, Win Wallace, and Jaime ‘Germs’ Zacarias alongside live painting demonstrations from John Park, Euth, Anthony Clarkson, and Michael Pukac
Presented by: Arrested Motion, Art Ltd., Artillery, Blik, Daily Dujour, Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts, Sour Harvest, and Visual Art Source
Location: LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027 www.beyondedenartfair.com
Schedule of events / viewing hours: Saturday, October 9th 6PM-11PM Opening Reception with live painting, a sponsored bar, a silent auction for LAMAG, & tunes from DJ Mr. NumberOnederful (Bitter:Sweet) & X-Point 8PM – special presentation of a lifetime achievement award to Robert Williams Admission is Free / Open to the Public
Sunday, October 10th 1PM-6PM Art viewing / Last chance to see the exhibition Admission is Free / Open to the Public
Posted up on Woe's site is the reveal of his awesome looking Dunny for Kidrobot's upcoming 2-Tone series release, and from the looks of it my suspicion was correct that these will drop this Thursday! His submission for the series is one of his Panda figures but this particular one comes with a sick accessory... a bamboo spear with fish on the end... soooo cool! Woe's also mentions that he will be dropping his AP's hopefully the day after the release so keep your ears and eyes open.
Marka27's "Minigods" are now immortalized on Arbor Collectives snowboards and skateboards as this awesome looking Day of the Dead Minigod Collaboration with Arbor Collective is available to purchase via the Arbor site HERE! It's really cool to see the crossover capabilities of vinyl artists and their cool characters, and now to see this figure come to life on a skateboard and snowboard is icing on the cake. Congrats Marka, and these look sweet!
We have been following the progress of Patricio Oliver's upcoming "Ruby" & "Argent" Paladin and their Beast figure... and now RAJE Toys has just released photos of the final figures which will be available at NYCC booth #2680. These seriously look sweet, and those colorways are smashing... and check out that "Argent" version as it has see through sapphire blue arms...WOW! Each one is limited to only 75 pieces each so if your looking at picking one up, be sure to get there early as a design like this will go quick!
You read it right folks, Aaron Martin aka Angry Woebots shared with us yesterday that he was one of the distinct few artists to be invited to design a classic Converse shoe, the almighty Chuck Taylor Hi-top, and i the style that has made him famous... you can now rock those iconic pandas on your feet wherever you go! He is also joined by Giovanni Estevez and Cody Hudson as they are part of the Converse (Paint the Town) RED Collection! All three upcoming designs will see a release via Converse First String accounts as well as Converse.com. Congrats goes out to Woes as this is HUGE, and the shoes look sick!
[PRESS] Week Two has begun, meaning a new chance to win one of the cool prize packages from Toy2R as we celebrate our 15th Anniversary! That's right - Toy2R continues with the biggest giveaways of the year with Week Two - and all you have to do is post a comment or picture about how you like Toy2R on the Toy2R USA Facebook Fan Page.
Join your fellow collectors, make some new friends and enter for a chance to score some cool FREE toys from one of the companies that started it all, Toy2R. Just log on and enter (Limit 5 entries per week will be accepted) between now and Sunday the 26th and get in on the chance to win some great FREE figures for the holidays - you could be everyone's new best friend.
Matthew Hawkins aka the Godfather of paper toys :-) just sent word that he has a shirt design up on RiptApparelfor only 24 hours. This design titled "Cluster Duck" features a cool 4 headed duck that Matt says "I was doodling with a Sharpie at work and was drawing a duck head when I heard someone yell "This place is such a Cluster F#*K!" So I drew on a couple of more heads and Cluster Duck was born." Which makes perfect sense now, hahaha. Head on over HERE now and pick this up... it's only $10, so why not ya know!?!?
Here's a quick look at another Designer Con giveaway from Mattyboombatty and Smash Tokyo Toys. This time he has hooked up with customizer MONSTERFORGE and made these custom SEISMIC ACE piloted Jumping Brains that show off just how versatile the pilots are and what platforms they can "pilot". These little guys would look hot inside Qees, Dunnys, Munnys, Jouwes etc. There will only be three custom brains given out on the day at the spankystokes.com booth, a Seismic Sally and a lot of custom ACE pilots and custom ACE minifigs. The other Seismic Sally and Son of Ace can be found being given away over at the Apex Distribution booth.
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