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Patrick Francisco has been working with AlwaysSEEN.com towards an exclusive T-Shirt project and they are finally ready for release! The shirts are very limited in quantity (under 60) and women’s sizes are especially scarce. Grab yourself a shirt while you still have the chance to clothe yourself. Here are some words from AlwaysSEEN: “Artist Patrick Francisco has [...]
Continue reading...8. June 2009
You know that slice of trivia about how Usher finds it soothing to sort his M&Ms by color before a show? Yeah? Really? You do? Stay with me, I’m going to loop back to that. Toward the beginning of my time at ToyCyte, I was writing about Jon Burgerman A LOT. A toy here, a [...]
Continue reading...5. June 2009
Last night I could hardly sleep. Why you ask? well because today was the release of Chris Ryniak and Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi’s Big Muscamoot, part of Squibbles Ink Ink + Rotofugi’s Lake Monster series of vinyl toys. The colorway that dropped today was Lake Monster LM001B (aka “Seaweed”). Well to my disappointment by the [...]
Continue reading...4. June 2009
Arkiv Instant is the creation of Indonesian artist Rushhead, I have been following this project for quite some time and this toy release is a long time coming! Rushhead has teamed up with adFunture and now the long wait is finally over. adFunture will be producing the Arkiv Instant figure and is currently taking pre-orders [...]
Continue reading...13. May 2009
The blind box strikes again! Bryan Collins’ Beast Buddies raise an interesting question : are blind boxes really that bad when every piece you can potentially get is original and from an artist you dig? Either way, Mr. Collins’ is offering up an undisclosed number of custom 3” Dunny Beast Buddies, each with an original sketch, [...]
Continue reading...12. May 2009
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As something of a food-toy gourmand, I’m pleased to see that Erick Scarecrow’s recently-released Waffle Micci is getting a variation, and an adorably pink one at that. ESC-Toy is no stranger to dropping the paint variants month after month, so I’m curious to see what’s next. A ‘burnt’ colorway? Frozen? Blueberry? While I’ve never seen a [...]
Continue reading...5. May 2009
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Like a pulsating, wild brain emerging from its natural habitat amid the undergrowth of the Amazonian rain forest, OsirisOrion’s entry into the Multiple Personalities 2 arrives! Even without his usual hyper-textured surfaces and build-ups, OsirisOrion’s steady hand does a beautiful job capturing the same awesome intricacies. I still enjoy seeing the simple charm of a [...]
Continue reading...29. April 2009
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The m modern gallery in Palm Springs opened its Russ Meyer tribute show last weekend and an online gallery is up now for those of us who couldn’t make it. Above is Amanda Visell’s piece. Click here to see work by SHAG, Glenn Barr, BigToe (aka Tom Laura), Bwana Spoons, Dale Sizer, James Brunner, Jason [...]
Continue reading...24. April 2009
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“Color-blind” character artist Steve Rack dropped us a line to tell us about his latest endeavor, I Like Characters. ILikeCharacters.com is all about character art: for character lovers and character artists. The site currently features interviews with Treeson creator Bubi Au Yeung Mr Toast creator Dan Goodsell Speakerdog creator Ben the Illustrator along with a contest where the [...]
Continue reading...23. April 2009
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One of my personal favorite (and lovably local) adhesive art companies, Infectious, has just come out with new designs by Jon Burgerman and Buff Monster. I’ve already got Jon’s Lunar Park Infectious car art (so look out for a Honda Civic all temporary tatted up), but now we can also ensconce our smaller gadgets with [...]
Continue reading...16. April 2009
We last wrote about the designer toy scene in Poland for the Expo in January, but the lack of news since isn’t due to a lack of art. Photographer Abe Sapien has gotten involved with VinylCanvas, and hopes it will shine a spotlight on some of Poland’s finest. Here’s what the project is all about: Welcome [...]
Continue reading...14. April 2009
Leecifer has joined the unholy ranks of spectacular spooky custoMONDAY artists. His splattered signature is all over these dunnys and ghostland figures. Sure, you might be able to win one, but what are the odds of that? So get one now! These are only available at ToyCyte Store!
Continue reading...3. April 2009
Not to get all Perez Hilton on you, but if you want to look like Shia LaBeouf minus the bandage, banana and cola, we’ve got your back! The shirt on your back, that is! Alex Pardee is one of our favorite artists, and I’m so stoked that ToyCyte got his upcoming Walrus Rider in wearable [...]
Continue reading...3. April 2009
Readers of ToyCyte will know we have a deep appreciation for Alex Pardee. Perhaps best known for his savagely surreal, iconic painting, we are proud to call Alex a friend, and it helps that he is just one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. That is why it gives us great pleasure to announce our [...]
Continue reading...3. April 2009
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If you had any doubt that The Addams Family lacked current cultural relevance, I direct you to the fact that its theme song is a very popular ringtone indeed. I love these two paintings by Doktor A. Each is acrylic on wood in an antiqued resin frame measuring 6 x 8 inches for $420. Check [...]
Continue reading...3. April 2009
Upper Playground is giving away an Alex Pardee painting, “The Trap.” The painting is signed by Alex and at 6 feet by 4 feet, it is almost as tall (and with way more personality) as that NBA tool they had on last night’s episode of The Millionaire Matchmaker. You, too, can feel like a baller [...]
Continue reading...2. April 2009
Wow. Check this out. The last time we reported on a Takashi Murakami “action figure,” it came with a NSFW $15.2 million price tag. At a mere $1,500 these highly stylized inochi action figures ease up on your budget, while still keeping some of that sexual tension intact. Murakami originally created the figures for a [...]
Continue reading...25. March 2009
Aloha! Don’t expect to get lei’d, but be prepared to get rocked when On April 3rd, Low Life Gallery in Cleveland hosts its opening reception for the “Aloha From the Underworld” art gallery. Cleveland will be showcasing one of its most awesome artist, Ms. Phoebe Marie, and the Rotterdam, Netherlands’ Michelle Van Dijk! Phoebe Marie [...]
Continue reading...25. March 2009
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SKAFFS just sent us a head’s up that his art is now available as life-sized fabric wall adhesives from Big Wall Graphics. You can order Mai, Kia and Liana. Mai will run you $69 and you’ll get: One Medium Mai Graphic [...]
Continue reading...24. March 2009
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Need your daily fix of art and toys? Why not make your way down to Santa Monica on April 4th and “OVERDOSE.” The catchy title is for the upcoming group exhibition at the Copro Nason Gallery. Not only will HI*FRUCTOSE vol.11 be making its premiere, but there will also be signings by Attaboy, Joe Ledbetter, [...]
Continue reading...19. March 2009
SKWAK is back! Technically, he never went away. He's actually been pretty busy, and his current schedule includes new toys, new tees and a show. Johan of the French art blog Some Cool Stuff recently interviewed SKWAK. If you can read French, bookmark his site and read the entire interview here. Alas, I cannot read French. Luckily my mom is fluent and was happy to translate. Johan asked SKWAK excellent and thoughtful questions about his art, style, mind and world. SKWAK reports back onan 8-inch Dunny with Kidrobot (!), an upcoming mini-figures series with MINDstyle (!!), an American animation project (!!!) and maybe even some porn (???). So with props to Johan and my mom (who is now a SKWAK fan and too-kindly likened my habit of cramming pages with words to Skwak's style of "too much"), here's the latest news from the Maniac World.
Continue reading...19. March 2009
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At VTN, Jesse Hernandez showed me a trailer for Vinyl Addiction via his iPhone. Now, Episode 1 has hit the airwaves, and Jesse represents for the media (in a Bay Area T-shirt) when he interviews Marka27 about toys, culture, influences and collabos. Jesse spent over a year working on the show for MYXtv (“The only music [...]
Continue reading...18. March 2009
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Hooray for one of our own! Hot on the heels of the landmark Krunk show in Dubai comes this great bit of news from custoMONDAY alum and good friend, Jason Freeny. He has just taken top honors at the 2009 Dubai Lynx International Advertising Festival presented by Cannes Lions. The Dubai International Advertising Festival brings together [...]
Continue reading...13. March 2009
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Amanda Visell, Michelle Valigura and Joe Ledbetter will be involved in a group show entitled The Squirrels Made Me Do It at the Grass Hut in Portland next month. Amanda blogged that she’s excited to see Bwana Spoons and refers to her painting below as “doing a little something different for my bearded peeps in [...]
Continue reading...9. March 2009
The second weekend in April is really heating up for a select type of art geek. The same night that the Resin Collective kicks off in Phoenix and some Organ Donors show up in San Francisco, the m modern gallery in Palm Springs opens its Russ Meyer tribute show, HOSTED BY TURA SANTANA. It features [...]
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11. June 2009
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