Monthly Archives: August 2011
Real Life Junko Mizuno Character
August 30, 2011I caught this awesome cosplayer in a tweet from @junko_mizuno while she was in Canada last weekend for Fan Expo. This lovely fan is dressed as Nurse Chika, a Mizuno character who was made into a toy by Fewture in … Continue reading
Sucklord Could Be Bravo’s Next Great Artist
August 30, 2011This is excellent news: Our own resin-slinging, kitbashing, skirt-chasing Sucklord has a 1:14 chance at becoming Bravo’s “Next Great Artist”. As a contestant on Work of Art Season 2, he will compete in a series of art challenges until there’s just … Continue reading
5 Artists For Inflation
August 26, 2011At a time like this, artists are the last people to be in favor of economic inflation. Perhaps it’s just a coincidence, but it seems like quite a few artists are turning toward another, more fun, kind of inflation. Here … Continue reading
100 Tattoos Inspired by Toy Art
August 25, 2011Toy art collectors and tattoo enthusiasts share some common ground. Both enjoy art forms that exist at the fringes of mainstream art culture, both are willing to put their paychecks into their passion, and both the pursuit of designer toys … Continue reading
25 Junko Mizuno Tattoos
August 25, 2011As I’ve been researching toy art tattoos, one artist whose work I keep coming across is Junko Mizuno. The majority of tattoos aren’t taken from her toy art, but rather from her original manga, paintings and books. I think what … Continue reading
Chicago Man Collects Toy Art Tattoos
August 24, 2011Nathan Jurevicius isn’t a frequent tweeter, so when he tweeted a link to “Scarygirl as a tattoo pinup!” I clicked it. This was my introduction to Ron Hollatz, a Chicago man who has spent two years and over twenty-five tattoo … Continue reading
New Bigfoot Sculpt by Brin Berliner
August 23, 2011Check out the first “turnarounds” of Bigfoot‘s upcoming seated figure! You saw it in clay at Comic-Con; well here’s the big guy in rare hand-carved ivory resin. As the first official Bigfoot figure since his iconic chunk of vinyl with … Continue reading
Riot Girl by Colin Christian
August 23, 2011Colin Christian has been posting progress shots of his latest larger-than-life creation, Riot Girl, on twitter. Christian says the 6’10 fiberglass sculpture was just coincidental to the recent London riots. She’s headed to NY’s Opera Gallery. Really cool.
The Earth Without Art is Just Eh
August 22, 2011The “earth” without “art” is just “eh”. I dig this combination of wisdom and wordplay by Portland, Oregon’s, The Ink Society. It’s true, you know. Earth without art? I’d hate to think about it. (Just don’t throw your art in … Continue reading
Map of a Plastic Continent
August 22, 2011In October of 1940, Fortune magazine published this map of Synthetica: a new continent of plastics. Back then, plastics were an uncharted and exciting frontier. On this broad but synthetic continent of plastics, the countries march right out of the … Continue reading
