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.
This incredible haunting piece was done by artist Laurie Lipton back in 2002, and since then has remained one of a kind... until now! Done in charcoal and pencil, Laurie's most infamous work is now available as a giclee print in a huge 24" x 34" format and limited to only 213 prints. They come signed and numbered and are available at The Loyal Subjects now for $199. This is such an incredible piece and a rare release as well so don't wait as they are sure to go quick!
So check this out, the folks over at Bling Squared - who hand sculpt toy and anime inspired glass charms - have always been huge fans of Camilla d'Errico's work... in fact they felt so strongly that she had influenced them that they sent her a unique hand crafted glass sculpture charm as a gift... and that's all it took (good business if you ask me). Camilla promptly emailed them and suggested the first collaboration - the Kuro in his 'Poodle' form.
The collaboration worked out amazingly - the Kuro design lent itself so well to glass and the techniques they had collected to make their own designs. So Bling Squared decided on a limited edition run of 250 pieces... and each one of these guys comes with a numbered and signed certificate of authenticity. Just check out that video above to really get some appreciation on how each one is made individually! The Kuro was such a hit that last year they teamed up again to create Camilla's Kuro 'Specter' figure... and who knows what might be next? It's cool to see these figures get love in other artist mediums, and if you dig what you see you can pick them up from Camilla's online store HERE or directly from Bling Squared HERE!
Paper-craft artist Christopher Bonnette just recently updated his website with some seriously awesome Halloween paper toys and gift boxes... which are FOR FREE to download and enjoy!!!! Honestly how does it get any better... gotta love paper-craft, and the fact that it's Halloween themed and such amazing quality, you just gotta download it!!! So head on over HERE now, get out your scissors and glue and get to work :-) Great stuff Christopher... and keep em' coming!
We showed off a little teaser of these figure HERE a little while back, and now we are getting more preview shots of the Rick Ros "Necklace Man" Plastic Cat, by Greg and Fake. These will be made available at NYCC in the Cultyard via booth #970, and they will come fully packaged for $10 a pop. Greg and Fake will also have t-shirts and original art for sale starting at $9, so swing by their booth if your heading out to the con and pick up some goods!
The Gumpy Show will take place at Gunnzo in San Diego TONIGHT October 8th at 7pm. The list of artists is packed full of talent, and the thing that sets this show apart from other shows is the concept of connecting the artist directly with the collector. What does that mean? It means no commission or gallery markup is placed on any of the pieces in the show. This ensures the pieces are priced reasonably and the artist gets all the money for their hard work and effort. Some other cool things included in the show will be a limited edition print done by Skinner that is free to the first 20 guests. Tabe barbeque featured on the food network will be serving up their Asian-Mexican fusion for our guests. DJ JoeMama will be keeping the party going with good music and for those 21+ there will be beer and wine.
This promises to be one of the biggest little shows that San Diego has seen in a while. The following is a list of the talent featured in the show, in addition to 50 Gomis customized by people all over the USA. And not only customs by Gumpy himself, but original artwork in some unique mediums: Frank Kozik, Beast Brothers, Skinner, J*Ryu, Nebulon 5, Marka27, NST, Saner, Pon, Ritzy Periwinkle, Dodgrr, SpankyStokes, Rhoby, Gary Ham, DrilOne, Leecifer, Task One, Andrew Bell, Paul Kaiju, Sketchbot, J.E.C., Shane Jessup, Ryan the Wheelbarrow, Sisterrez, 2bithack, BabyVtec, Gatchabert, J222, Scribe, Gumpy, Uncle, and Plastic Booty... and with a roster like that you know there is going to be some quality pieces! See you there!!! Source[Gumpy Press]
Super7 invades New York Comic Con @ the Javits Center from October 13-16, 2011 and they will have a ton of new products on hand at booth #688. First up is Josh Herbolsheimer's "Trio Of Terror" Rose Vampire DX which is cast in Orange vinyl with Brown, Blue and Red Sprays. Also includes a Black vinyl cape... $65 each. Next is a new "Vanilla Filled Oatmeal" Foster who is cast in Tan vinyl highlighted with Light Yellow, Brown and White sprays... $25 each! Also on tap is the debut of Geof Darrow and Frank Miller's legendary comic Big Guy And Rusty The Boy Robot, "Comic Ver" Taoking is cast in Yellow vinyl with Light Yellow, Brown and White Sprays... $95 each! Not to be left out is a new Le Turd by Le Merde's as this "Rockin' Out" Le Turd is cast in Beige vinyl with Green, Black, Blue and Red sprays for only $35 each. Last but not least is a delicious new "Midnight Craving" Patty Power by Arbito, who is cast in Pearl Dark Blue vinyl with Black, Pink, Light Blue and Silver sprays for $35 each. Woooooo, gonna be a rad show... be sure to follow em' on Twitter @super7store during NYCC for some live coverage!
Here we go with some more teasers as the upcoming Gumpy Show quickly approaches! This third batch features some seriously cool customs from Shane Jessup (left) as he created a bold blue, gold, red clean lined figure as his id paired up with Ryan the Wheelbarrow (right) who applied his ty_po treatment! We also see a custom fish bowl submerged figure by the Gumpy (left) himself and a creepy clawed figure from UNCLE (right).
Not to be outdone, some amazing sculptural skills are shown off as Jryu (left) turned his Gumpy into a ball-gagged Gimpy, and artist Jay222 (right) transformed his figure into on of his creepy monsters! A few other customs on display for this weekends show is the green drooling figure from The Beast Brothers (left) who is paired up with a salty scallywag created by Teodoru (right). 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!
Woah... the folks over at 64 Colors just put up in their online store a sweet surprise - 5 custom "Grim" Marshall vinyl figures - with each one being highly detailed hand-painted pieces of skeleton love! These are up now HERE for $125 each and they come with 3x1" surprise Halloween badges, and 1 surprise "Grim" mini print that measures 5"x7". Go now before these are gone!!!!
Artist and sculptor Bowo Baghaskara sent up this rad custom Bic Buddy and I'm loving the full package going on here! Tasked with policing the forests of the world, 'Zero9' stands atop his platform overlooking trees ready to protect with his rifle in hand. Hit up Bowo here if you are interested in this piece or a future commission, and check out Bowo's site for more awesome customs and artwork!
As stated before... Bob Conge of Plaseebo is a machine when it comes to pumping out new customs and he just announced that he will be releasing a special edition of his 'Night Gamer' figures in a brand new "TRON" colorway series.
The first 5 NGT figures will be available for purchase in the Cult Yard at the Tenacious Toys booth #876 where each of the figures measure 7" tall and are all a unique hand paint using metallic colors with glass eyes and dual motion-actvated color changing LED units that create an effect inspired by TRON! These will be $150 each... a great deal for some real Plaseebo action!
Week One of the Zombie Art Project (ZAP) is drawing to a close and series creator, Mikie Graham is excited to show off whats coming up. The second week of ZAP holds tons of gory surprises including removable weapons, zombie animals, and one very famous Cuban dictator! Figure pairs range from $30-$60 and come housed in their own 6" wooden coffin(left) - seen here for the first time! As you will notice from the weekly ZAP chart, week one has nearly sold out. So if you see a Zombie pair in week 2 that you must own, I suggest hitting up http://zombiemonkie.com/ as early in the morning as humanly possible!"
The Week 2 lineup is as follows... and just look at how cool they all are!!! October 9th: The Pimp and Harriet the Half Ho October 10th: Fidel and Batiste Soldier October 11th: Granny E. and Rex October 12th: Impaled Irving and Sickly Sue October 13th: Mountain Man Survivor October 14th: BIRDS! October 15th: The Satanist
Artist Aaron Crawford got together with Gaartdensity Gallery owner, and tattoo artist Jesse Vaughn, to put together a HUGE art show where he could get local artists to express their loves and fears of Halloween, no matter how absurd or weird the ideas may be. The show started with about 10 artists involved, and has grown to over 25 artists showing, with a wide array of mediums including drawing, painting, sculpture, and CANDY! This show is looking to be the biggest display of horror and fun this town has seen all year. Artists include: Aaron Crawford, Porkchop, Sydney Marie, Tena Aceto, Jay Jacobs, Brian Stewart, and a TON of other amazing people who are sure to either A: Terrify you and make you cover your eyes. or B: Make you vomit in your own mouth from fear of the nightmare they created in their medium... so if you're in the Georgia / South Carolina area, we hope to see you there!
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This promises to be one of the biggest little shows that San Diego has seen in a while. The following is a list of the talent featured in the show, in addition to 50 Gomis customized by people all over the USA. And not only customs by Gumpy himself, but original artwork in some unique mediums: Frank Kozik, Beast Brothers, Skinner, J*Ryu, Nebulon 5, Marka27, NST, Saner, Pon, Ritzy Periwinkle, Dodgrr, SpankyStokes, Rhoby, Gary Ham, DrilOne, Leecifer, Task One, Andrew Bell, Paul Kaiju, Sketchbot, J.E.C., Shane Jessup, Ryan the Wheelbarrow, Sisterrez, 2bithack, BabyVtec, Gatchabert, J222, Scribe, Gumpy, Uncle, and Plastic Booty... and with a roster like that you know there is going to be some quality pieces! See you there!!!
Week One of the Zombie Art Project (ZAP) is drawing to a close and series creator, Mikie Graham is excited to show off whats coming up. The second week of ZAP holds tons of gory surprises including removable weapons, zombie animals, and one very famous Cuban dictator! Figure pairs range from $30-$60 and come housed in their own 6" wooden coffin(left) - seen here for the first time! As you will notice from the weekly ZAP chart, week one has nearly sold out. So if you see a Zombie pair in week 2 that you must own, I suggest hitting up http://zombiemonkie.com/ as early in the morning as humanly possible!"
