character design Archive
books
A decade after the debut of her trippy manga, Little Fluffy Gigolo PELU, Junko Mizuno did a signing outside Kinokuniya Books in San Francisco for the release of
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vinyl
I’ve been meaning to post these pictures from Gary Baseman‘s epic art installation at The Skirball in Los Angeles. Within the walls of the Jewish Cultural Center is, as the New
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Art
In about 24 hours, San Francisco-based artists, Doubleparlour [see studio visit/interview here], will be releasing 22 new hand-sculpted resin character toys. Each sculpture is a unique piece, finished with
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vinyl
Sticky Monster Lab is a multidisciplinary design agency from Seoul, Korea. They work in illustration, graphic design, animation, motion graphics and product design. All of those specializations come together as superb
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sculpture
I’ve been totally enamored with Jay Howell‘s Super Sculpey characters since he began revealing them on Instagram. Lucky for me, the Los Angeles-based artist debuted the new 3D work
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sculpture
Damien Poulain is a London-based graphic designer and art director. Impressed after an encounter with a “multitude of gods from oriental religions and the complex and obscure symbolism
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sculpture
There’s nothing grim about this reaper sculpture by Jay Howell. Howell has recently taken his stretchy characters into the third dimension, and they look great. Howell is probably
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product art
Dutch character design duo, Loulou and Tummie were invited to design two new series of bags for LeSportsac. Last Fall, they became LeSportsac’s Artist in Residence and created carryalls
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interviews
Toy Art Gallery in LA presents its biggest show yet. Tomorrow night, the Melrose Avenue showroom will be taken over by TAG’s life-size fiberglass editions. Gino Joukar, mega-collector
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prints
I’ve been loving on Dyna Moe’s Hipster Animals since, I dunno, uh, before people knew what Pinterest was. The NYC-based artist and comedian draws artisanal (that means “cool and
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