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New Custom for Chinese New Year 2010 WIP
On 22, Jan 2010 | In Updates | By aw177
Hey all, thought this would be a ‘quick’ custom for the upcoming Chinese New Year 2010, however it’s turning out to be more complex than I originally thought! It got me a little overwhelmed, but I’m working through it and hope it turns out really nice! I hope to have it for sale on Chinese New Year, February 14! Here is a WIP shot:
Stay tuned!
New Custom for Chinese New Year 2010!
On 14, Jan 2010 | In Updates | By aw177
Well I’m currently working on a simple design for a quick custom toy for the upcoming Chinese New Year, the year of the tiger. This is significant for me since I was born in the year of the tiger! Design is not 100% finished yet, but once done, I will sell it off, not sure how much and how to sell it yet, that will be determined. Anyone interested, leave me some comments! Thanks!
Hope to have some pics up soon!
Most Wanted Messageboard Artist Series AP Dunny Sets!
On 07, Jan 2010 | In Updates | By aw177
Ok so after some frustration, I was finally able to finish 3 sets of my Most Wanted Messageboard Artist series dunny sets. 3 pre-buyers will be able to get a dunny, small wooden circular display base, and 4 buttons (1 done by board member ‘turdhole’ and 3 done by me: dragon face, “dragon” kanji and signed Most Wanted button).
Hope you like them and thank you for your support!!!
*UPDATE: 1/11/10*
Was waiting for Manny to ship me some Most Wanted boxes before I shipped these guys out to its new owners and got word that my package arrived today! But I won’t be home to get the package till Wednesday night, so all packages will be shipped out Thursday morning! Thanks for your patience!
Most Wanted Messageboard Artist Series AP Dunnys – ARGH!!!
On 04, Jan 2010 | In Updates | By aw177
I’m currently working on my 2nd Most Wanted Messageboard Artist Series AP dunnys and for some reason, I’m having a very difficult time w/ them. When I first produced the 10 original ones, after some trial and error, they came together pretty quickly and looked great. After a few months of non-decal production, I guess either I’m rusty or what not, but I just can’t get these damn decals to behave correctly!
Most people think using decals are probably easy, but they have no idea. You have to manipulate them to fit on a round surface like the dunny head and then soften and massage them into a great fit using decal solutions. I screwed up the first dunny and got more gold spray paint on my eyeglasses (which really pissed me off) and now they are just not behaving.
If I keep having problems like this, either I’ll just forget the whole thing or abandon and do these at a later time. My apologies in advance for anyone waiting to get one of my APs, but it’s just a complete hassle at this point.
Happy New Year!
On 01, Jan 2010 | In Thoughts | By aw177
Happy New Year to all my peeps out there who supported me and wishing you all the best of love, luck, health and happiness for the upcoming year!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
On 24, Dec 2009 | In Thoughts | By aw177
Just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope to have some new stuff to show everyone next year soon and wishing everyone a healthy and happy 2010! Peace peeps!
Most Wanted Messageboard Artist Series Have Shipped and Pulls Have Been Posted!
On 23, Dec 2009 | In Updates | By aw177
So the Most Wanted Messageboard Artist Series dunnys have shipped and pulls have been posted by those who ordered them! Go check out the fun here!
AW177 Custom Collection – Linh Pham!
On 18, Dec 2009 | In Updates | By aw177
Just a pic from a great brother of mine from Cali who supports my work and collects my customs! Thanks Linh for the support and for everything! Props!
“Army Samurai” Custom 8″x10″ Wood Painting Commission
I wrote this on my Flickr, but will add it to my blog as well.
“I met this cool kid named Gershwin while doing a sales transaction with him at ToyQube way back in the spring/summer time. He mentioned to me that he would be interested in getting some type of custom from me, but wasn’t sure what he wanted. Being that he just graduated high school, he didn’t have the funds for a custom toy, so he wanted a painting. He commissioned a painting of any of my artwork and due to other projects popping up, his commission was ‘kinda’ place on the back burner (sorry dude!). I recently learned that Gershwin joined the National Guard, so that he can make something of himself and earn enough money to go to college. What an inspiration he is to me, it’s not often you meet someone straight out of high school who is willing to do what it takes to make a better person of themselves! He leaves for boot camp early next year, so wanted to give him some inspiration before he goes…
Bear in mind doing paintings is not really my thing, but I tried to do the best I can. This painting is called “Army Samurai”, I tried to take elements from a soldier and combine it with the elements of a samurai.
Breakdown of the various elements:
– gas mask represents breathing clean air, exhaling whatever ills/troubles you and breathing in ‘clean’ life.
– Chinese opera mask to ward off evil and colored in USA colors of red, white and blue.
– demon decor on helmet also to ward off evil.
– yin yang represents balance.
– kanji symbols represent power (left one) and courage (right one).
– AK-47s represent go and kick some ass!
– Japanese rays represent…well just thought they would look cool!
I used paint markers, metallic flake paint and spray paint to create this 8″x10″ wood board painting.
Gershwin, I hope you like this painting and give you inspiration to do your best, be like swift, stealthy and honorable like the samurai, kick ass like the soldier and be all you can be! Enjoy bro!”
Most Wanted Messageboard Artist Series AW177 Artist Proofs – Info
On 17, Dec 2009 | In Updates | By aw177
I’ve been asked by a few members of the KR forum about buying some of my artist proof “Year of the Dragon” dunnys, however, according to the rules of the series, we are only allowed to produce 3 AP dunnys. Therefore, whoever messaged me when I mentioned this a few weeks ago, are on my list and the first 3 people will be asked if they want my AP. If one says no, then I’ll ask the next and so on.
Each AP will come w/ a small circular piece of art that I’m not sure what to do on it yet; pricing has yet to be determined as well.
I plan on making these early next year, as I have other commitments to attend to first, I want to wait till Manne sends them out to the buyers, as well as celebrating Xmas!
So keep up w/ my blog for more information! Thanks for all the support!