Caveman, Liam Brazier 2011 Man Up Hangman Recently coming to our attention through his collaboration with Dissention Records for the ‘Scope: Art in the Mind’ exhibition at London’s Brick Lane Gallery, British born illustrator and animator, Liam Brazier, has built a strong reputation as one of the country’s hottest up-and-coming pop artists. Focusing on charactersContinue reading “Uncovered: The Art of Liam Brazier”
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Zombiemonkie’s Zombie Art Project
With Halloween just around the corner, up and coming toy designer / customer Mikie Graham of Zombiemonkie has recently unveiled his latest creation, The Zombie Art Project, set to run throughout October. Graham has painstakingly customised 65 different Playmobil figures to brain eating perfection, featuring “outbreak survivors, celebrity zombies, one playset, and enough humourus goreContinue reading “Zombiemonkie’s Zombie Art Project”
Lunartik’s Classic Cup Collection Series 1
Fresh off of the heels of his world encompassing Mini Tea Tour, and this month’s release of the latest series of ‘in a cup of tea’ figures (see below) the ever busy artist, Lunartik, is set to drop his new range of lovingly created cups, designed for holding the nation’s (and Lunartik’s!) favourite hot beverage.Continue reading “Lunartik’s Classic Cup Collection Series 1”
Hope Gallery Presents the Quick & Painful Flash Tattoo Tour
Fusing the talents of contemporary tattoo and illustration, the Hope Gallery’s latest project, entitled Quick and Painful, features a host of today’s most elite low brow artists presenting their own take on the art of tattoo flash. Used widely throughout the last century, and made famous by the likes of Sailor Jerry and Doc Forbes,Continue reading “Hope Gallery Presents the Quick & Painful Flash Tattoo Tour”
Kidrobot x Swatch Watch Project: Update
Previewed way back in June (TTFiles 15/06), Kidrobot’s highly anticipated collaboration with watch manufacturer Swatch has finally come to fruition. Featuring designs from 8 of the world’s most highly sought after illustrators, including Tru:Teknology Files favourites Frank Kozik, Joe Ledbetter and Gary Baseman, the watches (plus their Dunny counterparts) are available through Swatch at aroundContinue reading “Kidrobot x Swatch Watch Project: Update”
Custom Eyezon Kaiju by Max Toy’s Nagata for Heteromorphism + Toy Karma 3 Update
Not content on resting on the laurels of his hugely successful Toy Karma 3 exhibition which opened it’s doors last week (full update featured below), Max Nagata of Max Toys has just revealed his entry for the highly anticipated Heteromorphism show, set to drop this weekend (September 24th). In-line with his offering for Toy Karma,Continue reading “Custom Eyezon Kaiju by Max Toy’s Nagata for Heteromorphism + Toy Karma 3 Update”
Andreas Englund’s Ageing Superheroes
Originally hailing from Falun, Stockholm based artist Andreas Englund recently came to our attention through his latest series of paintings; featuring a fragile, ageing Punisher. Depicting the decreped superhero in a variety of seemingly mundane situations, Andreas’ new work questions the fragility of life, our attitudes towards older generations, and the vulnerability of even theContinue reading “Andreas Englund’s Ageing Superheroes”
Uncovered: The Beautiful World of Ashley Wood’s ThreeA Toys
Founded in 2008 by ThreeZero’s Kim Fung Wong and artist Ashley Wood, threeA have gone from strength to strength to become one of the world’s leading art toy manufacturers. Focusing on anime inspired 1/6th scale figures and post-apocalyptic robots, threeA’s attention to detail surpasses anything seen in the mass production toy industry thus far; fromContinue reading “Uncovered: The Beautiful World of Ashley Wood’s ThreeA Toys”
Bristol’s Street Art Revealed: feat. ‘See No Evil 2011’
Often heralded as the centre for UK street art, Bristol has been home to some of the UK’s leading graffiti artists including Inkie, 3D, and Banksy. With the art form’s legitimacy in the media ever increasing, local crew Team Love organised the ‘See No Evil’ block party, one of the world’s largest scale urban artContinue reading “Bristol’s Street Art Revealed: feat. ‘See No Evil 2011’”
The Old School Video Game Art Show @Gallery 1988: Update
With Gallery 1988’s latest exhibition at it’s Venice location drawing ever closer, we’ve decided to give a quick preview of some of the Old School Video Game Art Show’s entered pieces. Opening next Friday (September 16th), the show is set to feature pixelated 8-bit tributes from over 100 artists including Luke Ryan, Kim Herbst, DeadlySweetPlushes,Continue reading “The Old School Video Game Art Show @Gallery 1988: Update”
LEGO® Mini-figures on a Mission… to Outer Space
Launching at the beginning of last month, NASA’s Jupiter space probe, the Atlas V rocket, was secretly carrying a few unique stowaways. In a collaboration with Lego, three mini-figures were especially created and attached to the space craft for it’s five year journey to the fifth planet from the Sun. The toys, based on theContinue reading “LEGO® Mini-figures on a Mission… to Outer Space”
Garbage Pail Kids @Gallery 1988: Update
Previewed last week here at the Tru:Teknology Files, Gallery 1988 have finally opened their doors for the highly anticipated Garbage Pail Kids exhibition. Featuring interpretations of the brand’s infamous first series, from the likes of Buff Monster and Rhys Cooper (both pictured), the exhibition has now been revealed on-line through the gallery’s web page, withContinue reading “Garbage Pail Kids @Gallery 1988: Update”
Sillof’s Workshop: Re-imagining Your Childhood Since 1999
Whilst writing our recent feature on Peter Goral’s “Killer Bootlegs” and the newly emerging bootleg toy scene, we stumbled upon the amazing works of American modeller, Sillof. Although not a bootlegger in the same vein as Goral or the Sucklord, Sillof’s customs of well known iconic action figures (primarily from Kenner’s vintage Star Wars line)Continue reading “Sillof’s Workshop: Re-imagining Your Childhood Since 1999”
Chay Lin Su and Rika Lin’s “JumpFromPaper” 2D Handbags
Created by Taipei based duo, Chay Lin Su and Rika Lin, the JumpFromPaper project was set up to showcase the designers’ latest playful and innovative line of handbags. As the name suggests, the bags have one major visual hook- they look like they’ve been taken directly from the pair’s sketchbooks. One day, Chay and RikaContinue reading “Chay Lin Su and Rika Lin’s “JumpFromPaper” 2D Handbags”
Zim and Zou’s “Back to Basics” Retro Paper Craft
French graphic design house, Zim and Zou, have recently finished their highly anticipated Back to Basics project, a beautiful study of vintage technologies in paper-craft form. Featuring iconic designs from the 80’s era, the likes of the Polaroid camera, Gameboy, floppy disk, Walkman and NES controller have been faithfully re-created in the era’s bold andContinue reading “Zim and Zou’s “Back to Basics” Retro Paper Craft”
Toy Karma 3 @Rotofugi Gallery
Now in it’s third run, Toy Karma, in association with Max Nagata’s Max Toy Company, will be finally opening it’s doors at the Rotofugi gallery on September 10th. Celebrating the weird and wonderful world of Japanese Kaiju toys (made famous by the likes of Godzilla, Mothra and Ultraman in the 70’s), the exhibition has beenContinue reading “Toy Karma 3 @Rotofugi Gallery”
Peter Goral’s Killer Bootlegs
The bootleg toy industry has always been an area frowned upon by most collectors, with the results usually considered as cheap, shoddy knock-offs of our favourite figures created to fool us into parting with our hard earned cash. With the rise in popularity of the art toy scene, this stigma is slowly starting to change,Continue reading “Peter Goral’s Killer Bootlegs”
Childhood Items We Miss The Most @Gallery 1988
To celebrate their “Childhhood Items We Miss The Most” month this September, Gallery 1988’s Melrose and Venice locations will both be holding special exhibitions that any kid from the 80’s should hold close to their heart. Garbage Pail Kids Trading Card Art Show First off, 1988’s Melrose gallery will be launching the Garbage Pail KidsContinue reading “Childhood Items We Miss The Most @Gallery 1988”
Jesse Smith @Tattoo Jam 2011
Way back at the beginning of the month, the Tru:Teknology files staff were lucky enough to get the chance to visit one of the world’s largest tattoo conventions, Skin Deep’s Tattoo Jam 2011. Held at Doncaster’s prestigious racecourse, the 2 day show featured in-excess of 300 artists from around the world, giving the uninitiated theContinue reading “Jesse Smith @Tattoo Jam 2011”
Brain Evolution Show @Toy Art Gallery / Jason Freeny Reveal
Celebrating the recent release of the iconic ‘Jumping Brain’ in toy form, artist Emilio Garcia has collaborated with Toy Art Gallery to produce his first custom show, entitled Brain Evolution. Using the Toy2r produced Jumping Brain as a platform, over 40 top artists including Buff Monster, Bwana Spoons, Jason Freeny (featured below) and Boris HopekContinue reading “Brain Evolution Show @Toy Art Gallery / Jason Freeny Reveal”
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