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JON CHASE ‘GAG ME WITH A TOON 4′ WIP

Jon Chase has started to work on his ‘Gag Me With A Toon 4′ piece. It looks like Popeye is getting Jon’s signature air brush touch, I personally can’t wait to see the finished product!

-Travis

RSIN VINYL THOUGHTS 2 MARIO WIP

Rsin was nice enough to show us a little preview of his Vinyl Thoughts 2 custom Mario figure via his Facebook today. Let me just say I’m officially excited about this show after seeing this!

-Travis

BACK TO DAYLIGHT 7″ MUNNY BY LOS AGGE

Check out this custom 7″ Munny by the artist Los Agge. This guy can be purchased HERE if you would like to add it to your collection!

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-Travis

REVIEW: SKINNER ‘EVERY MAN IS MY ENEMY’

The other day I was lucky enough to find a copy of Skinner’s ‘Every Man Is My Enemy’ on my porch. For those of you that may not know who Skinner is below is a little piece from his about section on his site.

“Skinner is a self-taught artist from Sacramento, California who has meticulously crafted a balance of extraordinary mural work, mighty powerful wall to wall installations and a prolific commercial career. Influenced by 80’s pop culture, human struggle, myths and violence dungeons and dragons and the heavy metal gods, Skinner’s mind is one full of mayhem fueled by a calculated chaos.”

As for ‘Every Man is My Enemy’ it features much of Skinner’s work from the 2008-2011 time frame. This book includes gallery work, skate/snowboard designs, commercial work, and much much more. His awesome style is displayed inside a very nice hard cover and on very high quality thick paper. I really liked the quality of this book; Gingko Press did a really good job and produced really nice product.

What really works well with this book is how they used black backgrounds on a lot of the pages. The contrast between the background and Skinner’s art really helps the bright colors stand out on the page. Another thing I really liked about this book was the use of the metallic material for the title on the cover. (I’ve tried to showcase it below) This material and the bright colors will really make this book stand out either in the store or in your own collection. 

When looking through the pages of this book you can really appreciate the great amount of detail in Skinner’s work. It seems that almost every character has multiple layers. Whether it is the addition of clothing, veins, scales, or contrast there is always something that seems to be woven into his work. As I started to get pulled into the book I found myself looking deeper and deeper into each page.

Another nice feature is the addition of some of Skinners childhood drawings on inside both the front and rear covers.

If you are a fan of Skinner BUY THIS BOOK! If you have never heard of Skinner until now BUY THIS BOOK! This is a great collection for a fan that is looking to have a single place to view a lot of Skinner’s work. But, it is also a great place for anyone who is just learning about Skinner to really see a great overview of his stlye and different types of work.

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You can pick up your own copy HERE for $29.95. But, if you are near Dragatomi you should head over Saturday (Feb 25th) from 1-3pm to meet Skinner. He will be meeting with his fans signing copies of the book!

-Travis

JRYU INNER SANCTUM CUSTOM

 

As the newly crowned King of the Kidrobot Boards, JRYU has unveiled the design along with a closer look at what is inside the figure. A very awesome custom with yet another layer of depth when looking inside the head at the diorama.

 

-Ben

 

ANDROID BIG BOX SERIES

A lot of people have been asking about the mysterious Big Box Edition Android figures that have started showing up here and there! Andrew Bell was not directly in control of distribution of this edition, sofor a while it was just the waiting game of when they would arrive at stores.

This open (non-limited) edition features simple but fun designs in visible window boxes and was produced for large North American retailers (hopefully eventually in Europe as well!). They have started appearing in Urban Outfitters stores from LA to NY, and will soon arrive at other shops including FYE and Barnes & Noble. These are not part of the limited edition designer series or special editions.

No plans to have them on the DZ site for now.

 

-Ben

FRANK KOZIK ‘GIPPER’ BUST SLIVER COLORWAY

Frank Kozik just posted a photo of the sliver edition of the ‘Gipper’ Bust. This edition of 50 will be releasing soon on his web STORE.

-Travis

LUKE CHUEH OCEANIC AWARENESS COLLABORATION

This February, Luke Chueh contributed a painting to “Art On The Move”, a group art show and fundraiser in support of the Oceanic Awareness Collaboration. The mission of the OAC is the bring to light  the indiscriminate dumping of waste in our oceans.
For the show he created “The Mess”. On top of my usual acrylic and ink painting, I incorporated fishing line,  fishing hooks, and actual trash he found on the beach in Santa Monica.
“Art On The Move” was hosted by White Walls Gallery.

 

-Ben

JASON GALLO PRINT COMING SOON

Jason Gallo will be releasing the above print on the Fighting 4 Dreams web STORE. No information on size or price as of yet but we will keep you up to date as more info becomes available.

-Travis

NERVISWR3K 8″ DUNNY WIP

Check out these awesome WIP photos that Nerviswr3k posted via his Facebook. I’m excited to see where this project goes from here!

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-Travis

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