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.
Last night, Friday, March 23rd 2012, Toy Art Gallery played host to Nathan Hamill and 3DRetro's "Bellicosity" show... and did it ever "launch" with style! I say launch because of Nathan's Bellicose Bunny figure that all the artists got ahold of is strapped to a rocket... and regardless of the figure itself being very defined and tough to work on, I would say that the show turned out pretty awesome! A ton of artists that were involved with the show came out to the opening last night, as well as a ton of notables in the designer toy/art scene! It was really great to see such a huge turnout for the show... and by the time 9pm rolled around, the gallery was PACKED, with fans of Nathan's "Bellicose Bunny" figure ohhhhhhh'ing and awwwwwww'ing over all the superbly designed customs! Some even posed for pictures with Nathan, like Julie B. above of Pretty in Plastic as she stood next to her meticulously constructed "IceCream Bunny" resin figures... soooo beautifully crafted!
It was really great to see all the different styles applied to Nathan's bunny... for strictly just applying paint to those who sculpted, most used the rocket, and some opted to not... shoot, Brandon Griffith even created one 100% from LEGOS... it was fantastic! That being said I think a big part of the diversity was because of the roster of artists from around the globe which included: A Little Stranger, Ardabus Rubber, Ayleen Gaspar, Blamo, Bob Conge, Brandon Griffith, Carson Catlin, Cris Rose, D-Lux, George Gaspar, Gris Grimly, J*Ryu, Jeremiah Ketner, Jermaine Rogers, Jester, Jon-Paul Kaiser, Julie B., Julie West, KMNDZ, Lash, Leecifer, Luke Chueh, Martin Hsu, Miss Mindy, Nebulon5, OsirisOrion, Peap, Ragnar, Rohby, Rsin, Scott Tolleson, Shojono Tomo, SpankyStokes, Steve Talkowski, Southerdrawl, TaskOne, Todd Robertson, Touma, Toybot Studios, ValleyDweller and many more! "Bellicosity" had an awesome opening, and the best part... there were plenty of red dots (sold) to go around! The show itself will be up until April 6th, so swing by and see all the great pieces in person... and check the store HERE to snag up the remaining customs! Hit the jump for more photos from this event.
The above image is for Ken Taylor's screenprints that Mondo released last year, but it seemed an apropos image to attach for the announcement of Mondo releasing the soundtrack to the classic Lucio Fulci film on a vinyl LP. The Beyond's score was by Fabio Frizzi, who is a horror film music legend (he did the composition of Fulci's Zombi 2, aka Zombie), and has been remastered for vinyl by experimental metal & noise guitarist James Plotkin. This record will come packaged in a gatefold sleeve designed by Mondo art director Rob Jones and limited to 1500 copies pressed on 180g vinyl, 500 of which will be on transparent turquoise instead of the standard black. Set to be released on May 22nd, this will be one to watch for!
Jeremy "MAD" Madl has been working on the above shown design, a platform called "Modern Hero," for a while… in fact, we posted some teaser pics months ago. And now it appears he's considering self-releasing the toy in — what sounds like — a professional rotocast vinyl run… but he needs your help and feedback:
So I recently posted up the design for a Modern Hero figure that's been under "reveiw" [sic] for a while. I'm basically tired of waiting and wanting to make a big push for the Modern Hero character/ brand this year. I had lots of feedback from the image, and a lot of suggestions to take it to Kickstarter. I'll be honest I'm on the fence about the whole KS concept, but am open to learning more about it. I guess I'm just looking to discuss the pro's & cons from collectors...
So MAD wants to know your opinion on using Kickstarter to finance the self-release of this figure. General discussion seems to be leaning towards there being a variety of colorways at different tier levels with various limitation amounts. How much would you pay for one of these guys? What should the various reward tiers be? Should this even be on Kickstarter? Want to join the conversation? It's happening right now over on TramptHERE, but you do have to Join Trampt in order to participate. Get on it, folks… I want to see Modern Hero come about!
The above picture isn't from Matt "Lunartik" JOnes's most current production design… it's actually a work-in-progress pic from back in 2009. Entitled the "Big Licker," fans of Lunartik's style were beginning to suspect this new platform was lost to the ages, until:
This "Big Licker Sneak Peek!" video certainly seems to show JOnes working on the same design as before. And this shouldn't be a surprise to fans; the character has been popping up in JOnes's artwork for a long while now (various art pieces from 2007 to 2012):
Oh yes, that's the long-awaited Aaron "Angry Woebots" Martin 'Gazer Bust' that we announced almost a month ago. Designed by Martin, it was sculpted by J★RYU with the help of Scribes Walk (*** UPDATE *** Scribes Walk actually helped find the castor, not help with sculpting) and then production was handled by Silent Stage Gallery. Based on the above picture, the beasts look to be 18" to 24" tall… (*** UPDATE *** The piece is 5.5" tall… which makes the top pic seem very strange to my eyes.)
…and there seem to be at least 20 of them made. Now when we first posted about this, these were listed as being made by Coachella but in this most recent update there is no mention of the music festival, rather there is the tease "What's in store for SDCC? #secrets." Don't worry, we're confused too…
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