Working up digital illustrations, working out character designs, working on designer vinyl toys, resin toys, and art toys.
Shinbone produced a digital sculpt of MVH’s massive design, Krawluss. 14 inches tall, 2 heads, 1 bad attitude. Rapid-prototyped using a very nice SLA printer.
Produced by JINX! and designed by Madl and sculpted by Shinbone.
JC Rivera has designed a wonderfully personal version of the John Hancock Tower in Chicago. Shinbone sculpted the figure and produced the rapid-prototype.
Madl has produced a very limited run of black Modern Heroes in resin. Designed by Madl and sculpted by Shinbone.
You want to make a toy and you don’t know where to start? Simply put, have a strong original idea. It’s okay to be inspired, we’re all inspired by the fantastic work being made by the artists and designers that we love. But it’s harder…
Some “designer toys” are toys and some “designer toys” are decorative art. If you are making toys that are accessible to children under the age of 14, even if you didn’t intend that young of an audience, then yes, you are obligated by the laws…
Wandering Misfits… …made their debut at San Diego Comic Con. This 11 character blind-box set is from Cardboard Spaceship and is made up of collection of fantastic and fabulous characters designed by Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters from Circus Posterus. The Wandering Misfits series was…
I love “Celebrity X”, is it okay to make a Celebrity X toy? It’s great to have heroes and we all love this actor or that sports star or that other famous person who does that thing that is just so damn cool. In fact…
Just having a little fun around the studio. Poor Kaylown started out cute, but come on, the world is full of cute clowns, along with rather a lot of scary clowns and even a few nightmare-ish clowns. But wee and creepy? Not all that common.
Kaylown has had enough of the big top. He’s turned his back on circus life once and for all. He might be a creepy clown, some might even call him a scary clown, but he has a big heart.
Skull Boy by Shag is SOLD OUT! Congratulations to Squibbles Ink and Rotofugi and Shag! Thank you for letting us work on this wonderful piece with you.
A wonderfully designed DIY pinball machine. We’re producing this quarter-sucker in resin.
We are producing Scott Wetterschneider’s little guy, Crittersaurus. Part dinosaur, part kaiju, all cute. Here is an exploded view showing how he is articulated for casting.
Every step of the process of making a set of figures has options and choices that affect the cost. Possibly the best way to answer this question would be with a flowchart, but for now let’s pick one option and stick with it. Let’s consider…
Who likes monsters? Who wants to get their hands on a nice juicy, drippy, lumpy freak named Skullbee? If you’re curious about the magic behind the mischief, grab yourself this file and take a peek. If you’d like to play with the character, go right…
We’ve designed a cute little arcade machine. Perfect for hugging and customizing and reminding you of the good old days.
Designed to be a collectible vinyl toy, this small rhino is keeping it real.
Kathie Olivas has painted up a lovely set of Brandt’s Greeters for her show.
Here are the limited edition “Iggy” mascots. The good people at Instagram requested a small run to be used as internal gifts. He was designed by JC Rivera and sculpted by Scott Wetterschneider.
Designers who are planning a toy occasionally wonder whether to produce their figure in resin or vinyl. Both materials are being used to make wonderful and attractive figures. Here are brief overviews of the materials. More!