We'd like to thank ToysREvil for posting us up on his blog. Thank you Andy! <3
TOYSREVILs *I Like Toys* Blog: Cast In Plastic @ Domy Books (May 14)
Sunday, April 17, 2011
TOYSREVILs *I Like Toys* Blog: Cast In Plastic @ Domy Books (May 14)
We'd like to thank ToysREvil for posting us up on his blog. Thank you Andy! <3
TOYSREVILs *I Like Toys* Blog: Cast In Plastic @ Domy Books (May 14)
MeSmithy
Meet MeSmithy. Well known for her furry and unique stitched leather customs.
Megan first discovered vinyl when she came across a few boxes of Joe Ledbetter's Finders Keepers and instantly fell in love with the medium. While she likes to explore various mediums with her customs, including painting and fur application, her most unique is the stitched leather style. By using scrap leather from a clothing company she is able to help recycle and reduce waste while making one of a kind pieces of art.
You can find out more about MeSmithy at:
Thursday, April 14, 2011
NREAZON
NREAZON is an artist based out of Dallas, TX. She is well known for her use of brightly colored characters and 2D artwork.
Read more about NREAZON at:
NREAZON is a self taught artist. She has never stepped into an art or graphic design class before. For her, being an artist is more than just putting paint on a new canvas or toy. It's about reaching out to people and letting them know where she came from, telling hem about her life experiencs, and meeting great people along the way. Whether they are wearing one of her T-shirts or collecting one of her custom toys; she wants them to be knowledgeable about what NREAZON stands for. She now creates artwork full time for the world to enjoy.
No Rules-No Boundaries- No Regrets No Reason
(en-ree-zon) meaning: I have no reason for what I do. I do art because I love it.”
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Squink!
Coming in as our 22nd artist from the UK is Squink!
Raised in Dronfield in the United Kingdom, Squink! grew up on a diet of popcorn, candy, and Jayce and the wheeled warriors. Qualified as a graphic designer but also a keen painter from a very early age, he became a toy collector with the launch Of the Toy2R Qee, which eventually lead to customising everything he could get his hands on! A head filled with characters in need of being set free finally had an outlet. Heavily influenced by japanese culture and 80’s cartoons, he claims to put a little bit of his soul into each character he creates, giving them all a unique personality, fueled by coffee, good smelly cheese and shoegaze. Gathering inspiration from the toys and natural forms he surrounds himself with. Squink! has more recently branched out into canvas paintings, and also limited edition screen printed t-shirts.
Find out more about Squink! at:
All photos are (c) all rights reserved by Squink!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Luihz Unreal
Luihz Unreal is Cast In Plastics 21st artist.
Luihz Unreal is part of the new team of designers toys customizers in Brazil. Owner of a unique style and full of personality, his art is influenced by the manga universe, with touches of modernity and lots of sense of humor. His customs are characterized by the incredible deal and the absurd degree of precision in his lines, even in the smaller toys.
Find out more about Luihz Unreal at:
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Rocketboy
Our 20th artist of the show is Ryan McClure aka Rocketboy who resides in the Windy City of Chicago, IL.
Rocketboy has always been in loved with art since he was a child, but never pursued it as a career. He attended college and received a degree in Industrial Psychology. After college, he went on and pursued a career as a semi-achieved independent professional wrestler, where he traveled throughout the U.S., entering competitions. Shortly after a 10 year period in shows, wrestling events with the WWE and a few surgical operations, he decided to retire from the scene and return to his creative outlet with his paintbrush.
At the first introduction into the custom toy scene, Rocketboy fell in love instantly and was engrossed by all the talent surrounding him. Needless to say, once he picked up that paintbrush and tried out a blank of his own, he has never stopped. The custom toy scene is a huge part of his life. Never being professionally taught, he was constantly developing his skills and learning new tricks from other customizers on the scene. People like Fuller, Ashley Peterson, Mike Malo and many others were his mentors and gave him tips and techniques.
Rocketboy has been in a few galleries in Chicago, the CTU Project Bear show online and a Qee show in NYC. His inspirations come from comic books (since he is kind of a fanboy) and whatever else is going on in his life at the moment.
Check out Rocketboy at the following sites:
Friday, April 8, 2011
James Fuller
Our cutest, yet wicked designs comes from our 19th artist, James Fuller in Minnesota.
Fuller has been an artist his whole entire life. From drawing Spiderman on the bottom of his mother’s coffee table at the age of four, he has been working in the graphic design field as an adult ever since. His first introduction to the custom toy scene started back in 2008. Fuller happened to be in a store one day and ran across a Might Mugg that caught his attention. He believed it to be a Stormtropper, well it didn’t matter, it caught his attention and he had to have it anyways.
Fuller decided to search the internet for more mugg s and came across a website that showcased a variety of mugg that were painted on or customized. As an artist that was introduced to this new concept, he decided to try it out himself. From that day on, he was hooked. It had opened up a whole new world of customs he never knew existed. Fuller believes the people in the scene are so nice and supportive of one anthers work, which is why he still does it today. He has been customizing toys for over three years now and enjoys every minute of it. Fuller strives to make each piece better than the next, to continue to learn, and try new things.
You can check out Fuller's website at:
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