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.
Looking to save some cash, and pick up some great vinyl piece all in one fell swoop... well look no further because Urban Rascal is clearing out some old inventory to make room for the new as they are offering 25% off all items in their online store HERE. All you need to do is use the code CRAZYRASCAL during checkout. If that's not enough, they are also offering up a Buy1 - Get1 50% off on all blindboxes, just use the code BBOXSALE during checkout.
On a different, yet totally relevant note... UR is looking to start hooking up with designers to produce some toys so if your interested and have some strong designs contact them through their website HERE!
Posted last week HERE were the first teasers in a continuing string of goodness that artist Kevin Titzer shared with us, and today we have yet another rad video of a piece that will be unveiled at Kevin's solo show launching on May 24th - June 4th at Thinkspace Gallery titled "Ghost of a Chance". This dude has some serious talent... keep those eyes peeled for him and for even more visit his site HERE... stay tuned for the 4th promo in the coming weeks!
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We have been posting teasers of this new figure from Keithing for the past few months now, and today is the full reveal and release of "The Ox Warrior" by Keithing. This rad resin figure is the second of 12 Warriors from the "Myth Warriors" series, the Ox Warrior is the biggest guy in the whole series... and stands a good 3" taller than the previous Dragon Warrior... about 12" tall! Sculpted by Tony Montalvo, designed and hand painted by Keithing, this is a limited edition of 50 pieces, each one is signed and numbered at the bottom of the feet, and comes packed inside a custom made wooden box, with the "The Myth Warriors" logo burned in on the top... a true collectible! Head on over HERE now and pick one up for just $189!
Less than 3 weeks to go... as we continue to receive nuggets of visual goodness for the upcoming 'Hey Cavey Birthday Party' which is on May 26th from 7-10pm at Fleet River Bakery, Holborn, WC2A 3JF, London, United Kingdom! Today we are stoked to see a cool design by UK based artist Sneaky Raccoon as she, with the help of Holly aka A Little Stranger, turned her cute illustrated creature into a 3D plushform... and just from the teasers, this is coming along really nicely! Along with the above design there will be others from notables such as feature one-off custom Cavey's designed by notable artists such as: Jon Burgerman, Cris Rose, Jam Factory, Joe Napper, Lunabee, Jon Paul Kaiser, Triclops Studios, Doktor A., Matt "Lunartik" JOnes, Peskimo and Phil Corbett! As with all the custom Caveys, Sneaky Racoon's design will be for sale on eBay in the week leading up to the Party, with the auction finishing at the event itself!
We spotted the original release of the Brandt Peters X Ferg Squadt at the opening of Ferg's solo show at Rotofugi, where they sold out in a heartbeat... then the second release of their "Trouble Boy #45" [Scram] hit us fast and furious, now that's sold out as well... but hold on folks, there is still hope as just announced is the next in line for this epic collaboration "Trouble Boys #10" [HATCHET]. This 6" vinyl figure includes a 3 piece suit and tie, 2 axes, 2 sets of arms, 2 sets of lenses (black/amber), removable stove-pipe hat and helmet. Limited to only 250 pieces, these are set to retail for $85, which includes shipping, and are going to drop on Monday, May 9th at 12:00 noon - CST via the Squadt webstore HERE! Don't sleep on this release folks, it will sell out, and hot damn does this version look good!
We all knew... or at least I did, that Jason Freeny was not just a one-trick pony... and he shows off his skills this go around for the folks at MAD magazine as they have selected a handful of artists to customize vintage Spy-vs-Spy action figures to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Spy-vs-Spy... and Jason was one of those selected artists! This classic comic is a ton of fun, and Jason put a really fantastic spin on this particular piece... stellar work! The artworks will be on display at this years SDCC as well as published as a feature in an upcoming issue of Mad. If you wanna see more, check out the WIP photos and documentation over on Jason's Facebook page HERE!
Last we saw of this was the packaging teaser and now today we are getting the full reveal of Vannen designer watches "Tempus" timepiece created by the UK's own Godmachine. With every release that Vannen drops I am continually impressed with the overall look and feel of not only the watch, but the packaging as well... and this one strikes a certain chord in me that others have not! Call me sick, twisted, or whatever you like... I did the bones, skulls, guts and pretty much everything Godmachine creates so this watch totally tickles my fancy.
Titled "Tempus" this features original art designed by Godmachine specifically for the watch and has enough guts and bones to make the squeamish more squeamish :-) another cool aspect to the design is the crystal printed in clear matte ink with Godmachine's own iconography. "Tempus" is limited to 150 pieces and is set to retail tomorrow, May 5th via the Vannen online store HERE for $85 each. Also to mention... 10 of these watches (chases if you will) have been marked with a special silver ink overlay on the crystal... will you be the lucky one?
Toy Art Gallery is proud to present "New Toys for Melancholics", a solo show by Pop Surrealist sculptor and philosopher GABRIELS. Polished hand-crafted bronze, life-like glass eyes, and scores of tiny internal intricate elements and organs are just the beginning as you delve into GABRIELS embryonic sculptures. "New Toys for Melancholics” opens at 7pm on May 6th with Paolo Gabrielli in attendance. Show runs until April 30th. Click the jump for some more pics, but I had to choose from a bunch and it wasn't easy, so check out more pics on Gabriels' site here!
From the Artist: “Let it be clear: these are not sculptures, but toys and more precisely prototypes of Toys for Melancholics. They aspire to the industrial production on a large scale and to the indefinite propagation, in proportion to the planetary diffusion of the anguishastic-desperative Weltanschauung and of the consequent – very legitimate, although not absolutely incontrovertible – propensity to suicideness. In this sense, our Toys for Melancholics scrupulously respect all the standards of global melancholy quality in a petrified primeval landscape, addressing courageously to a public of adults, kiddies and lithopaedia.”
George and Ayleen of Toy Break are back again this week with special guest Chris from Retro Outlaw as they talk about Pirate Skull Pendant, Rippers, Beeman vs Toyer Kaiju, Shadowgirls, and much more! So, like they say... "Rip open a fudgesicle and join us for a Toy Break!"
This bad ass Mega Munny was done by Kill Taupe for the Meth + Hot Dogs 2 Show that premiered at LIFT in Detroit a few nights ago. Called "Mean Drunk" and done with acrylic and ink, this beast is full of color and plenty of details to satisfy! Fear not, it's available NOW through LIFT, so head on over and increase your debt to the government a little more.
From the Artist: "Surrounded by his hard partying Rabbit friends he constantly struggles between behaving and living a wild, hedonistic lifestyle. Hedonism usually wins."
So tell me, every time you walk into your house does it bother you when you look at those plain, blank, white light switch covers... well The Loyal Subjects have just the fix for you as they have teamed up with Tara McPherson to release a really cool designer light switch cover titled "Searching For Penguins" which is available HERE now for only $14!
TYOTOYS just sent up three entries for the Munnyworld Megacontest that's being judged all this month, and they are some incredibly creative pieces! You only see one custom up there? That's because the other two are up on the TYOTOYS site, so if you think this one is awesome then go and "like" the others.
Plastic City is the newest brand to hit the designer toy scene and they are excited to be a part of this growing world of art and toys. With a combined 15 years in the designer toy world they hope to help make pieces that reflect not only the art of the toy but the artist's intention for the design. They carefully picked the four artists that will represent their initial releases to showcase the wide variety within the designer toy world... with designs from Tristan Eaton, Jermaine Rogers, MCA, and Josh Taylor they plan on really bringing the art back into the art toy. They plan on releasing the first figures at SDCC in July and hope to have a full line up for the rest of 2011, with big things coming in 2012!
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