Archive for October, 2009

Sculpting With Monster Cutie

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 8:36 am by Jamie

This week we depart from traditional illustration to talk a little about customizing urban vinyl designer toys and making your own with some sculpting materials.


Behind the Scenes With Naoki Urasawa

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at 10:33 am by Jamie

Creator of such modern manga classics like Monster, 20th Century Boys, and Pluto, Naoki Urasawa is considered by many to be a modern master of Japanese Comics and the only person worthy to step in footsteps of the legendary Tezuka Osamu.  In this five-part documentary, we get to see how Urasawa brings his creations to [...]


Learn How to Cast Your Own Toys With Tesselate

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 6:06 pm by Jamie

To coincide with the upcoming release of his latest toy, Oakor, indy resin toy maker Tesselate put together a guide for making a two-part silicone mold to cast resin figures.


Artists Help the Homeless With Spare Paint

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 12:57 pm by Jamie

San Francisco based artists David Choong Lee and Brian Barneclo offer their artistic talents to paint eye-catching cardboard signs for two homeless men in this two-part video series, “Spare Paint.”


Known as the father of the “Superflat” movement in Japanese pop art, Takeshi Murakami has worked with fashion label Louis Vuitton.  We could spend hours upon hours dissecting Super Flat and still not “get it” so instead, let’s look at “Superflat First Love,” and animated short Murakami created to cellebrate his collaboration with Louis Vuitton.


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