Recap: Big Trouble In Little China

The mural by Task1 welcomed me as I arrived.

Set up took less than a day, thanks to the help of Spanky, Lee, Task and Joanne.

I can't seem to say enough thank yous, so here we go. Thank you to all the artists who participated and took a risk to be in my first curated show. Thank you for everyone who came out and supported the show, the movie, the artists and the shop. It was an awesome experience and I couldn't have asked for a better show and opening night. As always, my deepest thanks to the Dragatomi's Joanne and Ray for their support and love.

All the artists did AMAZING work - totally blew me away! Some of the artwork are still available; please check them out here.

Much thanks to the participated artists that came through and hung out during the opening night: Task1, Leecifer, Spanky (all the way from San Diego!), J*Ryu (via FaceTime), Alex Pardee, Skinner, Rob Bowen, Dave Correia, Dan Fleres, Mark Nagata, Brad Isdrab, Lucien Shapiro, NART, Chris DeLeon, and Mikie Graham!

On Sunday, we got a chance to check out a mural that Skinner did for a local coffee shop in Sac. We were all speechless - it is too awesome for words!

Lastly, much thanks to all the blogs and bloggers for promoting the show! Thank you again to everyone's continued support!

Custom Collab with J*Ryu for ToysREvil

Since this is the holiday of giving and thanking, this collab piece is so appropriate with its timing. For those of you who know, Andy of Toysrevil, has been in the hospital for almost a month now from a stroke. He has always been generous with toy coverage and contributions to the art/toy world. Upon hearing the news, Cris Rose was kind enough to start pulling artists' contributions and donations together to raise funds for Andy's medical expenses. To do our part, this 8" Munny collab I did with J*Ryu will be for sale and the money will go towards the cause.

The piece debuted at DCon this past weekend. J*Ryu sculpted the oni mask on one side while I finished the rest of the sculpting and painted the whole piece.

(pictured below: unpainted/primed figure)

J*Ryu said he had a great time doing the piece and looks forward to many more collabs to come in the future. To be honest, when I received his sculpted oni mask, I was afraid that I would ruin the figure with anything else I tried to sculpt. I was relieve to have his approval once it was completed.

To donate or learn about the art work available for the cause, check out vinylhearts.com

To see more of J*Ryu's work (email: jryu AT designpimps DOT com), follow him or check it out here.