Tuesday 29 March 2016

CUSTOM MASH UP GRAFFITI TOY PARTS SCULPTURES

New in the store this week is this gang of unique custom mashups made with recycled toy parts, found objects and modelling clay.. Each one is a unique hand painted character with no articulation, all freestyled sculpts with no plans to what they might be, until they've been made..These latest four new models all have wires connecting their hearts to their heads and they are all available individually from my Bigcartel store, priced between £20 and £25 each.. Check them out below or click the links to view them in more detail in store..

This guy, 'From The Heart' sprays whatever he feels and it all comes from deep inside.. Standing 3 inches tall this grimy looking dude has clearly been busy getting up and isn't ready to stop yet.

'Don't Think Feeel' was cobbled together and ended up in a weird Bruce Lee looking stance so that's how I painted him. Trained in the art of fighting without fighting, this guy gets up faster than the eyes can see and makes it look easy.. Must be all the training and zen like focus he's acquired over the years..

 This guilty pirate looking vandal 'Me Heartys' has sailed the seven seas for no reason other than to write his name in places people might see it..

The guilty looking 3.5 inch tall 'Just Done It' , is wearing his favorite Nike swoosh top and now balling in the store after getting up around town.

FROM BIRMINGHAM TO SAO PAULO WITH LOVE! BRUM SPIRIT x SOME CITIES x CAOS ARTES x HOAKSER

 Last week I painted this piece for our friends in Brazil to be shown at CaosArte festival in Sao Paulo at the end of the month. With this years Brum Spirit festival around the corner, CaosArte and Brum Spirit have teamed up to exchange cultural coolness and we decided to incorporate our city's skyline as a backdrop for the word SAO PAULO. In response, an artist from Sao Paulo will be doing something similar with the word Birmingham appearing somewhere in the city..How cool is that!!

Painted in just over 2 hours from start to finish,this piece was freestyled as darkness fell over Digbeth.. Despite painting this spot in the daytime before, the land has recently been bought and just after I blacked out the boards a car park security guy asked that I stopped as "graffiti is no longer tolerated here"..After he left and went home later that evening, what we set out to do was achieved and this is the end result.. To document the process I made a short video of this piece coming together which is now up on my YouTube channel.. The following day Some Cities went and took some really nice shots ( better than my one above) to capture the piece in it's surroundings to be shown at the festival with my video.. Big thanks to Brum Spirit for getting me involved and biggupps to all our friends in Brazil..Hope you like it and enjoy the festival..





Monday 21 March 2016

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED.. CUSTOM RESIN GRAFFITI FIGURE


Another SkreenFace resin custom got finished up over the weekend.. Cast in four parts with magnets inside, this guy has articulation in his arms and head, also the wire can also be held in different positions which is fed through a hole in his hand..
Equipped with his can of 94 and an attitude to start a revolution, this 6 inch tall chunk of resin is a one of a kind piece which is now available from the store, along with a few other versions of this character..

Sunday 20 March 2016

CHOKLOTZ THE GOOFY EASTER BUNNY BEAR DUNNY CUSTOM


Standing 4 inches tall, CHOKLOTZ the goofy easter bear bunny is a confused creature.. All he knows is he likes chocolates, and lots of them...
This one of a kind resin cast creation is a mash up of a Dunny and my own sculpted character, DribbleLips the bear.. With some facial features sculpted on, he was then hand painted with acrylics before sealing with lacquer. Now available from the store, head over to my Bigcartel to take a closer look..

Thursday 17 March 2016

VANDALFACE GUILTY GRAFFITI FIGURE


VandalFace is looking guiltier than ever before with this new painted version on a custom made base. Standing around 6.5cm tall, cast in resin, except for his nozzle which be taken off and positioned at any angle.. Hand painted with acrylics and sealed with clear lacquer, this little dude is a unique custom ready to take some space up somewhere..Head over to the store if you want to pick this custom up...

FLURO GLOSSED MASKEDMAN RESIN CUSTOMS


These two resin versions of a character who's been with me for well over a decade are now available in the store... Standing just under 4.5 inches tall, cast from an original sculpt, these neon glossy versions have been spray painted and given several glossy clear coats to leave them with a smooth shiny finish.. Every version of this character satisfies me differently, whether it's a painting on a wall or a scribble in a book.. For some reason I just like to see this guy out there.. No two of this resin figure have ever been the same, and these two are no exception.. You can see more of this guy and my other resin creations in the portfolio section of my site.. If you want to snag one of these, head over to my Bigcartel store to take a closer look..

MUNNY GRIP WITH THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE..



This little custom "MunnyGrip" was made with recycled toy parts, sculpted together and hand painted with acrylics.. Standing 2.5 inches tall, this grimy little object with a golden handshake and the arm of a kidrobot munny is now available from the store, along with a few other similar kit bashed creations..

Sunday 13 March 2016

PLAYING WITH FIRE..DOCTORED PRINT PAINTING


This week some time was spent pushing paint over an old recycled print by an unknown artist.. This doctored piece "Playing With Fire" now has someone who looks a bit like me creating a metal wildstyle HOAKS sculpture in his workshop, with a Maskedman poster hanging in the background  After thinking about what to do with the original image for a while, one day I noticed that the shape of the letter A was kind of already in the original print so that's where the paint started. Trying to match the colors and tones of the original old print was the biggest challenge aswell as keeping the paint wet enough to blend the colors but not too wet that it warps the paper..Something that was learnt the hard way on a previous project..

Pictured above is the image before it was doctored / vandalized, for better or for worse.. It's behind glass in this picture so the colors may be a little different to the progress shots below..After having it sitting around for a while and thinking about different ideas and ways to tackle it, the other day it just started to happen..

The first line in the A that already existed and the first few panels go down..All the paint was applied with no sketch marks or plan, and the colors were mostly mixed on the surface of the print while they were wet enough to work with..


Starting to take shape as all the letters get worked out and worked on in a weird order..The H is still wet and in it's first layer of paint at this point. Once it's dry, wetting it can pull the paint back off, so it's mostly dry mixing paint on the surface in thin layers to continue adding more rust, highlights shadows and details to the metal work after this point..

Like a few other of my doctored paintings and PreGraffalites there's sometimes a self portrait involved using an existing character from the piece.. This one was pretty easy but if we're being honest he's a little short.. 

So far every google search of what name the artists signature might say has come up with nothing..The original print was or is number 76/750 and signed..It's now number one of one.of 750..
I'd like to find out more about this print, the artist and the man in the picture, so if you've got any information or have seen this print before please let me know...

The Maskedman also made his way into the painting in the form of a print hanging in the background, along with some other small details and tags. The mount was also the original but looked the wrong kind of old, so it was painted and customized with washes of acrylics and spray paint, into a rusty burnt one of a kind frame.


After several hours of carefully placed paint, it's now finished and for sale from the canvas and prints section of my Bigcartel store..

POST UPDATE!!

After writing this blog post I was contacted by someone who owns a couple of my doctored paintings with information about the original piece.. The artists name is Phil Hobbs and he is primarily a water color artist from Yorkshire.. The title of the piece I worked on is called The Blacksmith and was painted at Benson's forge.... It's really cool to know a little about the piece and where it came from..Big thanks to DJSpydee for the info and support.. You can check out more of Phil Hobbs work on his website here.. http://www.plhobbs.co.uk/ 

Wednesday 9 March 2016

WU TANG VANDALFACE RESIN GRAFFITI FIGURE

The VandalFace saga continues with a few new customs rockin WuTang sweatshirts which are now available from my Bigcartel store.. As always, each one is a unique hand painted custom supplied in a clear baggy with laminated header..Priced at £12 each plus postage, head over to the store to take a closer look..