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AW177 “Eyes of the Dragon” Mystery Machine for the Tenacious Toys Candy-Coated Custom Show!
I was invited by Benny of Tenacious Toys to be a part of their first custom toy show, the Candy-Coated Custom Show. The show was held on April 21, 7-9pm at The London Candy Company, 1442 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10128.
AW177 x RAWRS Custom Dragon Lunar New Year Bitsumo!
A collaboration effort between AW177 (Allen Wen) and RAWRS (Dai Tran), this is a one-off custom Dragon Lunar New Year edition Bitsumo resin figure.
AW177 x SoSo Happy x Toy2R Custom MonQ – Mar10 Template
For those that are curious of my design process, this is the template that I designed and used to create my custom Qee.
AW177 x SoSo Happy x Toy2R Custom MonQ – Mar10
I was one of the lucky artists invited to customize an 8″ DIY Toy2R Qee in the fashion of the SoSo Happy (http://sosohappyonline.com) theme using my style/look.
The SoSo Happy folks will take the customized Qees on tour to different locations/conventions for display. There is also the potential opportunity to have some of these Qees made into production.
AW177 “Dragon Ninja” Custom Play Imaginative/Disney Mickey Mouse!
On 25, Feb 2012 | In Artwork, Client, Customs, Play Imaginative | By aw177
I was asked by Play Imaginative to custom one of their 6.5″ Mickey Mouse vinyl art figures. This piece will be displayed at shows by Disney/Play Imaginative and will be up on their website (http://www.playimaginative.com/disney_custom.html#page=page-1).
AW177 Custom Toys on Display/Sale at Kidrobot NY!
I visited Kidrobot NY today to drop off my custom art toys for them to display/sell. I met Lisa, who is the store manager of Kidrobot NY, who was very nice and friendly.
AW177 “Year of the Dragon 2012″ Custom 8” Kidrobot Dunny
I created a custom 8″ Kidrobot dunny, “Year of the Dragon 2012”, which celebrates Chinese New Year (January 23, 2012).
This custom dunny represents the dragon, the mightiest of all the Chinese zodiac signs, the supreme spiritual power, the most ancient mythological emblem of dominance and ambition.
Muttpop Tcho! Captain Biceps = Captain America?
In between my time from the aftermath of NYCC till now, I did work on a small custom toy, just for fun. I bought a Muttpop Tcho! Captain Biceps figure from ToyQube and painted him to resemble Captain America! This was not a serious project, just something to do for fun since I love Captain America!
AW177 “Dragon vs Tiger” Custom 16″ Toy2R Qee & “Circuit Death” T-Shirts for NYCC 2011
Benny of Tenacious Toys (http://www.tenacioustoys.com) was kind enough to give me a 16″ Toy2R Bear Qee to customize. This is my first time working on any platform larger than 8″, so this took a very long time and many many hours were put into it. I’m exhausted!!!
I wanted to combine into one toy the dragon vs. tiger theme, so I created the elements in radiant gold outlines and tried to keep it very simple. The Chinese characters say dragon vs. tiger and the ones by the leg says good luck. Also dragon vs. tiger can be represented by the yin and yang.
“Power of the Tiger” & “Dragon vs. Tiger” Custom Mini Qees at NYCC Toy2R/Tenacious Toys Booth #876!
Benny of Tenacious Toys (http://www.tenacioustoys.com) was kind enough to give me 3 Toy2R mini Qees to customize. Taking the Toy2R Monkey Qee to work on, I created a new Chinese tiger on the front and the words Power/Strength on the back. It has a monotone paint scheme of black, white and grey, but with a touch of bright red in it. I also coated it in a matte varnish, when I usually do all my custom toys in a gloss varnish.
“Dragon vs. Tiger” forms when you combine the “Rise of the Dragon” and “Power of the Tiger” mini Qees together!
Both will be on display/sale at New York Comic Con at the Toy2R/Tenacious Toys booth #876!
Some more larger pics can be viewed at my Flickr site: AW177 Flickr