January 21, 2011

you’ve got everything now

Whirlwind of activity and new things since last I posted. To start off, Halloween was a blast as usual, me continuing to mine the deepest depths of my imagination to find ever-more obscure costumes. This time out I went for a homemade (second year in a row) kaiju/Ultraman fiend, Alien Zarab. 

Mine was a little more Oaksterdam-Ninja:

…but I like to think I did him justice. Didn’t have time/money for the big alien chestsuit, so I made do with a puffy jacket (Oaktown style) under long underwear-purchased at of course-SuperLongs. Mask was silver-painted foamcore and fun foam and some old acrylic I had around the shed.

On to the big news. I am designing toys for the folks at Wild Planet in SF. Having a blast. I am tired all the time, but loving it. My mind gets stretched in so many directions on a near-daily basis and my personal fetishes/deviances/obsessions come to play in things I draw and present. 

Other big news. Carter is printed and about 75% of the way there. After this I am going to do some toys that have no articulation and don’t come apart. Holy crap this has been an engineering nightmare. But look at these 3D prints!