Wednesday 30 May 2012

CUSTOM DOODLE DUDES


   It's been a while since I put up some vinyl so I thought I'd get these posted up.. I've been working on a few different things lately,all will be revealed soon! These figure were called "Doodle Dudes".. I picked these up from The Works last week. They come blind boxed, all the bodies are the same, but there are a few different head shapes . I didn't like the leg to body area, so I sculpted them a pair of jeans.. The rectangle headed one I decided to make into a broken T.V., so did some minor work on top..
 


Both figures stand 7cm tall and have heads that can turn...They have just been added to my store too .. Mr.Greyface can be found HERE.. And the Telly Addict can be got from HERE.. Both are priced at £24.99 plus postage..
Thanks for looking, more stuff coming soon..

Thursday 17 May 2012

Bart Simpson custom graffiti cans and more!!

   I've been continuing to recycle and customise all my empty cans, and have probably already done about 150 this year, maybe more.You can check out what cans are available from my store HERE, there are always some new ones being added weekly.. UNFORTUNATELY I CAN ONLY POST WITHIN THE U.K..sorry!
   Prices vary depending on time spent.. I try and make them as cheap and affordable as possible, which has led to them being collected by a few people. and they make great gifts so I'm told!! ..In most cases, arms from other character sets can be swapped around, so the more you have, the more you can change your displays..
   Anyway, I thought I'd post up these Bart Simpson cans I finished off yesterday, but may aswell show you a few more while I'm at it..This is a one off set featuring a character of Bart Simpson,or someone that looks a bit like him,  all gown up.... He is up for grabs from my store HERE.. I can / do take requests for custom cans if you wanted a specific theme or character.. Mail me for info..

   Above is a set I painted for a customer to give to her boyfriend..I was asked to paint a character of Johnny Depp's character from the film  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas..
   Below is an order I had from a customer who wanted 74 cans to use as a table display for her son's party..All of them are hand drawn straight onto the can in paint markers, and they are all different!

Message me if you'd like any info for custom cans, or visit my store to get personalised name cans and to see what character sets are available..HERE..
Thanks for looking...

The New Dress - A Special Pleader graffiti custom

   "The New Dress" is my latest doctored painting, painted with acrylics over an old framed print.. This piece used to be called A Special Pleader and is quite a well known image.. (See below for how it used to look..)

    I painted out everything except the girl and her doll, and built up layers of my tags and throwups.. I wanted to make it look as though she had found a place where graffiti was, and had a go herself..She painted some hearts with some empty cans she found that were lying around.. It all ended in tears though as she got paint on her new dress, which her mom's not going to be happy about..
    
    This piece is available from my STORE, priced at £134.99 plus postage..

PRINTED VERSION...
Prints are available too, at a fraction of the price, in loads of sizes and finishes from HERE.. 

Friday 11 May 2012

Double Standards Rooz's - Art for a cure


Another Double Standards Rooz has just been added to my store...Complete with canvas and easel, this is an artistically vandalised one off custom, covered in my tags and Kidrobot scrawls..Painted with spraypaints and paint markers, he is priced at £27.99 plus postage.

ART FOR A CURE - fundraising art exhibition..

I painted this Double Standards Rooz to donate to http://mattiafagnonionlus.org/ , along with a few prints, to hopefully raise some money for a little boy called Mattia from Italy, who has Sandhoff Syndrome..

Below is a picture of that custom Rooz, along with some information about Mattia's situation..



..Here, in Italy, Mattia is the only one who suffers for Sandhoff Syndrome; so all is more difficult for us because we’re alone and it’s hard to get practical advices and to find some help from someone who know what is this disease and how to behave.Thanks to our researches, we met many families around the world and they helped us, giving us useful advices: their presence, even from afar, has been important in difficult moments. Sandhoff Syndrome and Tay-Sachs Sindrome, are metabolic illness: sick persons are subject to the absence of the main enzymes that facilitate the release of toxins, produced by brain cells; cells gradually become sick and they create imbalances in the child that become increasingly severe. In the first 8 / 9 months of age, the child show any problem; only from 10 months onwards the first signs start: alas! Sandhoff Syndrome is difficult to diagnose because only one case in a million suffer for this illness, and you can identify it only by a Prenatal genetic diagnosis.We started to notice something when Mattia was in his 6th months of life, because he was unable to crawl and sit up, all basic steps in the stages of development.
Since then, our ordeal began: worsening of vision made Mattia almost blind.Now Mattia is in his 27th months and his condition is worsening day by day, more and more: he’s not able to move, no more and only touch and hearing, among his senses, are functioning.
Since doctors have diagnosed the disease, after many suppositions of other illnesses not so serious, we are fighting against something bigger than us. Our struggle is not only against disease but also against the bureaucracy, since it is not easy to assert our rights and to receive from them the right support.
We turned Pain and Discomfort into Strength and Stubbornness: this is what we want to convey to the ones who live situations like ours, because, even though we are in 2010, disabled person are not respected as they should be.With our artistic past and a previous experience in public relations, we decided to exploit our capacity to bind and unite artists (and everyone who can help us) in one big group. We are looking for anyone who can help us with whatever available resource. Even the mere dissemination of our message is a great help.
The ultimate goal is a financial support for researches, to find a cure for Sandhoff syndrome.We would like to be an Italian and European landmark , together with "NTSAD", currently the only
association in the world applying itself to fight metabolic diseases and to aid families with similar problems.

If you can help in anyway, visit the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/MattiaAmfOnlusFagnoni or website http://mattiafagnonionlus.org/ to donate some art, to an exhibition with a good cause featuring loads of artists who have already donated works to help fight the cause..

Tuesday 8 May 2012

Cheech Wizard and the Maskedman


 I've always been a big BODE fan, Cheech has always been my favourite, so I introduced him to my masked man and they became best friends.So far I have only painted him on 3 canvases, this is the fourth..An original painting, painted onto a salvaged wooden board, in spraypaints and acrylics.. Measuring 70x50cm, this piece is ready to hang, and could even be framed...
This piece has just been added to my store..Priced at £69.99, or a near offer, take a look closer  here! 

Monday 7 May 2012

WU TANG HOODIES CUSTOM 2nd chamber remix..



   This is a handpainted custom Hoodies vinyl, designed by the creator of the Boondocks, Carl Jones..
After scoring 5 blanks a few weeks back, one of which I have kept to sculpt onto, this is the last one I had left after customizing the other 3..

The first was also a WuTang custom- which has been sold, followed by a DefJam and Hieroglyphics model - which are still available..

    I decided to make this another Wu custom as the last proved to be popular..
This is the 2nd chamber remix- keeping with the Wu theme, this guy has the Wu logo painted in a yellowy gold across his chest, and is signed by me on his rucksack..

He is for sale, a few people asked for first refusal if I made a next Wu custom.. I will give those people a chance to express an interest before posting him up for sale.. If you would like to make an offer, feel free to!

This post will be updated, if and when he goes up for sale..

Thanks for looking...




Double Standards - glossy vandalised Rooz custom


   I've just finished this custom, complete with mini canvas and easel, painted with spraypaints and paint markers, then triple coated with gloss lacquer, giving this an almost polished finish....
   This is the Double Standards Rooz, covered in tags and throwups, paint splats and drips - to some, the most un appealing side of graffiti.. When this gets put onto canvas, it looses some of its negative conotations and becomes more acceptable as art?.I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I just find it interesting...This will always confuse me, in a good way.. I have painted other customs before to illustrate this point - (the abandonned munny, derelict rooz, and the rusty rooz) and have a few more that are half finished, coming soon!

 
 This little dude has just been added to my store, if you like him, you can take a closer look HERE..