Showing posts with label monsters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monsters. Show all posts
Monday, May 23, 2011
Alex Pardee Awful Resilient Book
Still warm from the printers is the newest book from Alex Pardee, "Awful / Resilient." Open the cover and enter the incredible world of Pardee - inhabited by a disturbing menagerie of misfit monsters and improbable superheroes plucked from the very nightmares of childhood. Available now at the Upper Playground online store.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Real X Head Shop Peek Video
Shinto Gangu runs the coolest Kaiju/Vinyl shop in Tokyo...his fans stretch all over the world, with a very large following in North America. This quick video gives you an idea of how many colour variants are available for each specific toy design and why kaiju collecting will never die...
Visit the USA site HERE and the JAP site HERE...
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Visit the USA site HERE and the JAP site HERE...
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Restore Oni Figure
Now and then, a toy pops up that really blows my mind and this is one of them....an ONI demon designed by Abe Junnosuke of Restore. (The demon's face is covered by Buddhist scriptures which stops him from using his full power to kick your arse!) Abe started doing 3D sculpts of figures liek the Gremlins & Predator in 2004 and has now gotten into vinyl sculpts. His site has some wicked keychain-sized demonic/dark toys....
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Snake With Foot
Now that's some mad voodoo shit...
"Dean Qiongxiu, 66, said she discovered the reptile clinging to the wall of her bedroom with its talons in the middle of the night.
"I woke up and heard a strange scratching sound. I turned on the light and saw this monster working its way along the wall using his claw," said Mrs Duan of Suining, southwest China.
Mrs Duan said she was so scared she grabbed a shoe and beat the snake to death before preserving its body in a bottle of alcohol."
Props to Ana Maria Diaz for the find...
"I woke up and heard a strange scratching sound. I turned on the light and saw this monster working its way along the wall using his claw," said Mrs Duan of Suining, southwest China.
Mrs Duan said she was so scared she grabbed a shoe and beat the snake to death before preserving its body in a bottle of alcohol."
Props to Ana Maria Diaz for the find...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Buff Monster New Toy
Love the new toy, "The Destroyer" by Buff Monster. It’s inspired by one of Buff Monster’s paintings, the vinyl toy has four points of articulation and stands 14″ tall. There are only 399 editions produced.
This version was Buffmonster's web version where only 99 were produced!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Kris Kuksi Again
Kris Kuksi is still, hands down, one of my favourite contemporary artists. I think even HR Giger would be damn impressed to see Kuksi's dark sculptures. I've only seen one of them in the flesh (and that was a pretty small one!) and was happy, so I can't wait for him to do a proper show in the UK sometime....
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Alex Pardee Iphone App - Get It Now!!
I recently developed an iphone app with Alex Pardee.
Here is his blog post.
Wanna stare at bright colors and argue with your friends about what kind of drugs I'm on half the time when I paint? (hint: nothing). Tired of attempting to describe to your friends that you saw something online that looked like a giant pink retarded bubble monster getting strangled by a gremlin with anger issues but have no reference to show them? Wanna check out everything that's going on with my website and art but you're bored of the regular old browser on your phone or touch that was SO 2009? Want to be the coolest inmate on death row? (*this one applies only to people on death row, sorry). Well, now, THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT!
Yes, that is correct. I have begun my online mobile invasion. A few years ago I wanted to figure out a way to spread something fun to as many people as possible. After working with scientists on a way to evolve the herpes virus into a bullet that i could shoot into everyone at a party, along came iphone programmer and genius code writer JARRYD HALL, who convinced me that HERPES is also "So last year" and that if I really wanted to have fun, that I should start applying my art to mobile applications. Needless to say I tried to shoot him with my herpes gun for suggesting such a thing, but that's because I was confused. However, after a little convincing and hard work, Jarryd showed me what he could do, and a brilliant artistic relationship was born. Over the upcoming months, and hopefully long into the future, Jarryd Hall and I are going to be collaborating on some really fun art apps, games etc, all specifically designed with trans-media and the latest technology in mind.
That being said, I am extremely proud to announce that MY VERY FIRST OFFICIAL IPHONE APP IS NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD!!!
This first app is simply a gateway drug into what is to come in the future. This first app is a combination of many of my different worlds (art, film, blog, etc) all available in an iphone-friendly mobile browser. As an artist who also digs and searches and stares at other artists' creations on the internet, i often find it hard to navigate through art and find good versions that I can share with my friends or show them what I am talking about when I reference it. For this reason alone, Jarryd & I basically created a downloadable library of over 200 mobile-friendly versions of my art that you can view and share ANY TIME, whether you are ONLINE or OFFLINE! In addition to basically downloading 200 easily searchable and viewable images, the app also has live feeds of my blog, links to twitter, videos, an in-browser store (Zerofriends), a bio, and more to come hopefully a ways in the future. Additionally, this app was designed ENTIRELY by myself and Jarryd. Just the 2 of us:) Jarryd sacrificed a lot of time with all of the coding and support and this was a really good creative experience for the both of us.
So please take a moment to check out the app and if you feel generous, purchase it for a nice little $0.99 cents!
And just so you know our reasoning behind making the app a purchasable app instead of a free app, there are 2 main reasons. 1.) Because you are basically paying for 200 instant free wallpaper images for your phone that you can change as much as you want to, share with your friends even if you are OFFLINE, and which will update in the future with more images. and 2) because we are creating these apps for YOU as well as for ourselves and for our art. We are hoping to continue to expand our learning experience with creating the app into way more involved apps, like photo editing apps, downloadable comic book, games revolving around my art, and other interactive games. But we can not continue to explore this new way of experimenting with my art without your support. So thank you in advance, even for considering. Hope you enjoy it and I will keep you updated on our new app adventures!!
Direct link to view & purchase app
Thanks again for your support! Keep an eye out for some fun interactive apps in the future from Jarryd Hall and I!
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Here is his blog post.
Wanna stare at bright colors and argue with your friends about what kind of drugs I'm on half the time when I paint? (hint: nothing). Tired of attempting to describe to your friends that you saw something online that looked like a giant pink retarded bubble monster getting strangled by a gremlin with anger issues but have no reference to show them? Wanna check out everything that's going on with my website and art but you're bored of the regular old browser on your phone or touch that was SO 2009? Want to be the coolest inmate on death row? (*this one applies only to people on death row, sorry). Well, now, THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT!
Yes, that is correct. I have begun my online mobile invasion. A few years ago I wanted to figure out a way to spread something fun to as many people as possible. After working with scientists on a way to evolve the herpes virus into a bullet that i could shoot into everyone at a party, along came iphone programmer and genius code writer JARRYD HALL, who convinced me that HERPES is also "So last year" and that if I really wanted to have fun, that I should start applying my art to mobile applications. Needless to say I tried to shoot him with my herpes gun for suggesting such a thing, but that's because I was confused. However, after a little convincing and hard work, Jarryd showed me what he could do, and a brilliant artistic relationship was born. Over the upcoming months, and hopefully long into the future, Jarryd Hall and I are going to be collaborating on some really fun art apps, games etc, all specifically designed with trans-media and the latest technology in mind.
That being said, I am extremely proud to announce that MY VERY FIRST OFFICIAL IPHONE APP IS NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD!!!
This first app is simply a gateway drug into what is to come in the future. This first app is a combination of many of my different worlds (art, film, blog, etc) all available in an iphone-friendly mobile browser. As an artist who also digs and searches and stares at other artists' creations on the internet, i often find it hard to navigate through art and find good versions that I can share with my friends or show them what I am talking about when I reference it. For this reason alone, Jarryd & I basically created a downloadable library of over 200 mobile-friendly versions of my art that you can view and share ANY TIME, whether you are ONLINE or OFFLINE! In addition to basically downloading 200 easily searchable and viewable images, the app also has live feeds of my blog, links to twitter, videos, an in-browser store (Zerofriends), a bio, and more to come hopefully a ways in the future. Additionally, this app was designed ENTIRELY by myself and Jarryd. Just the 2 of us:) Jarryd sacrificed a lot of time with all of the coding and support and this was a really good creative experience for the both of us.
So please take a moment to check out the app and if you feel generous, purchase it for a nice little $0.99 cents!
And just so you know our reasoning behind making the app a purchasable app instead of a free app, there are 2 main reasons. 1.) Because you are basically paying for 200 instant free wallpaper images for your phone that you can change as much as you want to, share with your friends even if you are OFFLINE, and which will update in the future with more images. and 2) because we are creating these apps for YOU as well as for ourselves and for our art. We are hoping to continue to expand our learning experience with creating the app into way more involved apps, like photo editing apps, downloadable comic book, games revolving around my art, and other interactive games. But we can not continue to explore this new way of experimenting with my art without your support. So thank you in advance, even for considering. Hope you enjoy it and I will keep you updated on our new app adventures!!
Direct link to view & purchase app
Thanks again for your support! Keep an eye out for some fun interactive apps in the future from Jarryd Hall and I!
VIA
Mutant Dokurocks Blind Bag Edition
According to Toybotstudios, this is a RealxHead collaboration with Skull Toys known as Mutant Dokurocks. It came blind bag style in two different variations and looks so good! Another 'I want' for my neverending list...
Friday, October 8, 2010
Alex Pardee New T-Shirts
ESPV fave, Alex Pardee has just released a set of four monstrous tee designs with Upper Playground.
You can get them from HERE
You can get them from HERE
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Gojin Ishihara Book Art
Gojin Ishihara is a Japanese artist who specialised in macabre, scary and downright disturbed imagery for mainly childrens books in Japan during the 70's and 80's. If I was a child seeing this, I think that this artist would have given me nightmares for years to come! His illustrations are both grotesque & fascinating and had me actually thinking of trying to buy some of the publications he has worked on...
Check out Pinktentacle's post to see even more pages from his various publications...[VIA]
Kappa (river imp), Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters, 1972
Jorōgumo (lit. "whore spider"), Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters, 1972
Tenjō-sagari (ceiling dweller), Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters, 1972
Burning Hell (Illustrated Book of Hell, 1975)
Demons of the Orient (The Complete Book of Demons, 1974)
Kaiketsu Lion-Maru (sonosheet book, 1972)
Kaiketsu Lion-Maru (sonosheet book, 1972)
The secretary who spied for 18 years (from Spy Wars)
Check out Pinktentacle's post to see even more pages from his various publications...[VIA]
Friday, August 6, 2010
Skinner - This Fear You May Know - White Walls Gallery SF
Skinner has a show at White Walls Aug 14 - Sep 4
Check out the great interview with Skinner on the White Walls Blog
Check out the great interview with Skinner on the White Walls Blog
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Godmachine Illuminati New Print
Super-monster/evil/scary/amazing & feared artist, Godmachine has another great print for sale. It's got 4 colours. 18 x 24 inches Limited: only 90 availableOnly $25 / £17 Signed and numbered. (Thats damn cheap!!)
Monday, July 12, 2010
Alien Vs Ninja
This is the awesome trailer for Sushi Typhoon's new indie flick from Japan: "Alien vs Ninja" Bring on the blood spurts, Ninja graphics and crap dialogue...
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London Grimey Weekend
Had a mad weekend not doing much....here's a couple pics that I snapped along the way.
WTF kind of name for a building is that?
Managed to catch a pretty bad FAIL off my BMX yesterday. My peg gouged out my shin, exposing the bone, meaning I had to go to hospital and miss the first bit of the World Cup Finals...
7 stitches for a lazy nibble on the BMX! What did we learn from this kids? Wear Shin Pads!!!
Helped my friend to move house & this is now his new next door neighbour! Love the gaffa tape statement....Good Luck with your new abode Jerome & be sure to make friends with the Devil!
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