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.
Spotted at this past SDCC 2011, kaNO showed off his brand new, Kuso Vinyl produced 8″ Dragon King figure and today My Plastic Heart just announced that they will be releasing the "G.O.D." version of this figure at NYCC 2011! This figure is looking really nice and this particular colorway is based off of Bruce Lee’s character in the 1978 film The "Game of Death". The figure features the yellow jumpsuit and green baton from the movie and a Bolex handheld camera... and look at the hoodie pull strings, nunchucks?!?!? This is the first release of the limited edition figure with only 75 available at the myplasticheart booth #879 for $70... don't sleep!
I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a review copy of the new designer vinyl released from the Kidrobot Black line of figures, and was overall impressed with how cool it was! Titled "Lilitu", this figure was designed by Tara McPherson which had been teased HERE more than a year ago during a speaking engagement that Tara gave! This piece is based off her painting titled "Lilitu"done for the Dark Pop exhibition at Last Rites Gallery. Tara explains that the "painting is based on the Sumerian myth of the demon Lilitu. Representing chaos, seduction and ungodliness. She is a sexually frustrated and infertile female who behaves aggressively toward young men, her breasts are filled with poison not milk. In her every guise, Lilith has cast a spell on humankind." One thing to note about the figure is that Kidrobot did a really good capturing the essence of the painting in 3D form with this figure.
The figure itself came packaged in a closed box that is matte black wrapped with a gloss ribbon sleeve with foil stamping of the artist’s logo, and once the ribbon is removed the top part of the box lifts off revealing a nice glossy mural along with the figure! This figure sits 8" tall and is limited to just 200 pieces and is up for $250 right now HERE! It's cast in matte black vinyl (solid) with gloss highlights and an apricot color accent on the hair and eyes... which had some issues with cleanliness as the paint ran off in certain areas. The sculpt overall is awesome and the fact that the pool/puddle the figure is emerging from is a translucent colored smoky gray is rad, but there were a few issues with the sculpted hair... not sure if its because it was a review copy I got, but it seems like for $250 this should not be happening... but other than that the figure is boss and represents Tara's body of work superbly! Watch the video above to get an overall look at the packaging and the figure!
Last night, Los Angeles got a little taste of the good stuff, and by the good stuff I mean prime cut resin direct from the Super Sucklord himself as he took over Munky King on Melrose for the evening! Tons came out to witness Sucklord peddle his wares, and boy did he do it in style... which is apparent from that swagger/suit in the above photos that our friend Ryan Rescober snapped for us! Sucklord had an exclusive #WINNING PANEL Bootleg figure: (F*** you I'm Famous edition.) that featured the cover of his recent editorial in The Village Voice, plus tons of other miscellaneous random resin figures were pawned on unsuspecting victims as well... oh and look, kaNO stopped by to give his approval on what appears to be a new 'Suckadelic Suckpax' trading card! All in all it was a smashing turn out... but would you expect anyless from Sucklord?!?!
That's right folks... this October marks Cavey’s second Halloween and to celebrate Holly aka A little Stranger decided to create a special Halloween themed Cavey... and more specifically "Bat" Cavey! This little plush love nugget is limited to 50 numbered pieces and is made from silky black velour with tiny hand painted teeth and hand-cut felt wings. He is going to retail for $25 on October 13th HERE at 12pm PST! This guy can only be bought in the Cavey shop, and each comes with a Cavey carry bag and purple enamel badge... gotta love Halloween time just for releases like this... LOVE IT!!!
Another Friday... and another Super7 release as the folks over at the San Francisco based toy company continue to pump of vinyl goods for us all to partake in! First up is KaToPe's "Fantastic Phosphorescence" Drunk Seijin figure who is cast in Glow vinyl highlighted by Green, Metallic Blue, and Purple sprays... amazingly awesome, and only $35 each. Up next is a new Pocket Mummy Boy in the fan favorite "Skulletor" colorway who is cast in Blue vinyl accented by Dark Blue, Yellow, and Red sprays... get him for $25 each! Both will be up for grabs starting tomorrow Friday, October 7th at Noon PST at the Super7 Store and Online.
Artist Yosiell Lorenzo just announced that he will be releasing an 11" x 17" print based on an old saying "you all up in my kool-aid and don't know the flavor"... well I'm sure you are familiar with the saying, for those who are not, it pretty much means "all up in my business and don't know what's going on" it's limited to 30 pieces and will be up in his online shop HERE for only $12 a piece tomorrow Friday, October 6th at 11am PST! Oh, and if you all get off yer wallets and buy this print, he may start illustrating more 'phrases'... I say yeah!!!!
This year Steff Bomb did a collab with Erick Scarecrow of ESC Toys for NYCC 2011 and she created a set of super limited 9" handmade plush called "I think you're Soopa" which is based on Erick's "Soopa Coin Up Bros" vinyl video game cabinet that was released years ago. This is such a cool interpretation of Erick's figure and the really cool thing about this plush version is that they will retail for only $45!!! They are limited to just 15 pieces and Steff will be signing at booth #781 on Saturday the 15th from 3pm-4pm... so not only can you pick up the plush then, but you can meet the artist behind it... RAD!!!
Check out this new Felt toy titled "Mongus" designed and put together by artist Jack Kaminski aka 'Jack in The Box'! This Nintendo64 looking controller figure measures 9" wide by 6" high and has plastic eyes with a silicone fiber filled body! He will be available in the 4 different colors you see above and there will be 25 copies of each color for only $23 a pop! If these interest you, hit up his site HERE!
You have been hearing all about this show all over the internet and Los Angeles is in for a rude awakening tonight as Gallery1988 Melrose is opening thier doors to their most heinous exhibition to date... "The Butcher Kings" featuring over 80 pieces of art from both Alex Pardee and Skinner who lived together for 3 weeks in Skinner's underground laboratory concocting all the pieces for this show!
Today we are sharing with you some exclusive photos of the setup that photographer Ryan Rescober was able to snap up for SS.com... and for some reason all the photos of the pieces in this show turned out blurry... weird... guess you will just have to go to the show to see the pieces! As you can see both artists are hard at work (*cough*) setting up for this visual barrage, alsaving away on hanging all of these pieces which range in size, shape and color! If you are in the LA area, this is a must as both artist will be on hand to dazzle your senses!
Gallery1988 Melrose 7020 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90038
We just got word that artist Matthew Ryan Sharp and Ron Copeland have joined forces to take over the entire art space at HotPop Gallery in Milwaukee, WI which will feature a big installation show where both Ron and Ryan are really trying to create a environment that focouses on themes of desolation, decay, vintage advertisements, letterforms... almost like a post-apocalyptic blast from the carnival past! Titled "Up & Left" this show is set to open on Friday October 14th and will run until November 26th 2011... don't miss it!
Just announced over on the KRonikle is a brand new mini-series featuring the creeptastic cryptic world of artist Gary Baseman as he created his entire world of mythological creatures... all of which feature Toby, the protector of dreams, memories, and darkest secrets, commands a sect of 11 spirits and brethren – the Disciple, the Princess of Secrets, the Goddess of Dreams, the Knight of Good Fortune, and the Seven Sacred Magi: Compassion, Destiny, Freedom, Lust, Love, Trust, and Truth – a select group of 3" figures chosen to represent the impulses of man. There will be 2,500 cases available and the cool thing about this series is that if you buy a case, you get the entire series! These will be available October 20th at Kidrobot stores, kidrobot.com, and select retailers for $9.95 a blind box. This is pretty cool for Baseman fans, and I find it cool to see an entire fresh mini-series... the question is, are there 2,500 fans out there willing to snatch up a case?
MPH continues to roll out the goods for NYCC as they just announced an exclusive release of "Milton" a character designed by Oliver Hibert and originally seen in 2008 at the “Designs of the Year Show” at the London Design Museum! This figure is being produced by adFunture and standing at a whopping 9″ tall and 6″ in girth, this figure looks like just what the doctor ordered! I am really digging all the texture and bright vivid colors... solid work for sure! This figure will be available from the beginning of the convention at the myplasticheart booth #879 in an edition of 200...and at only $65 a pop, this is a must!
Here we go with some more teasers as the upcoming Gumpy Show quickly approaches! This second batch features some seriously cool customs from Ritzy P. (left) as she created an awesome looking character with her signature color pallet, and Jec Visual (right) with a super clean lined gold and black tri-eyed skull!
Also we are getting a look at the creature from the black lagoon or could it be Swamp Thing from artist Gary Ham (left) which is paired up with Leefifer's (right) classic 'VampireSmurf' figure. We also get a look at an original custom from Gumpy himself with his "Castro" which is teamed up with the furry creation I, SpankyStokes created for the show titled "GRUM-py Stroll"! The Gumpy show is going down this Saturday, October 8th from 7pm-11pm at Gunnzo in San Diego! Look for more pieces to pop up tomorrow!
It looks like Trampt is having a pretty amazing inaugural year at NYCC 2011 as they have teamed up with the folks from Extended Playz and Bonustoyz to display a few new products! First up is the previously mentioned new vinyl figure from Jon Knox as his "Cody" character will be up for viewing, and all three colorways will be there for you to ogle over :-)
Also, artist Ajee is making her way out to NYCC to preview her new vinyl piece from Extended Playz called "Kosplay" (previous posts HERE) and Trampt will be previewing all three colorways of that figure at their booth as well! 'Black & White' (shown above) along with the 'GID' and 'All Black' version slated to come out later next month. Ajee will be on hand at the booth for a signing, selling some new customs and possibly some prints.... pretty awesome stuff!!!! Be sure to stop by their booth #981 to see these two new products as well as a few other surprises :-) See you there!
It's finally time to release the last design of Buff Monster's cool plush series... and we might all just 'meow meow' a little, because it's a Cat Plush. This small feline measures 5.5" tall, is an edition of 200 pieces and will soon be available at your favorite toy store, and also on buffmonster.com this Friday 10/07/2011 at 10am PST for $18... get it!!!
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The figure itself came packaged in a closed box that is matte black wrapped with a gloss ribbon sleeve with foil stamping of the artist’s logo, and once the ribbon is removed the top part of the box lifts off revealing a nice glossy mural along with the figure! This figure sits 8" tall and is limited to just 200 pieces and is up for $250 right now HERE! It's cast in matte black vinyl (solid) with gloss highlights and an apricot color accent on the hair and eyes... which had some issues with cleanliness as the paint ran off in certain areas. The sculpt overall is awesome and the fact that the pool/puddle the figure is emerging from is a translucent colored smoky gray is rad, but there were a few issues with the sculpted hair... not sure if its because it was a review copy I got, but it seems like for $250 this should not be happening... but other than that the figure is boss and represents Tara's body of work superbly! Watch the video above to get an overall look at the packaging and the figure!
