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Mark Khaisman’s Tape Art

Written by Myra on August 31, 2008 – 3:14 pm -

Mark Khaisman is a mixed media artist who works with translucent brown tape. He works with layering tape over each other to darken the colors for his pieces. The final product looks pretty mesmerizing, especially when places behind lights.

Here are some samples of his work:

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Threadless Update

Written by Myra on August 30, 2008 – 2:52 pm -

NOTE: The coupon lovesthreadless no longer works!

Also, there is a back to school sale going on at Threadless for fans The active coupons on regular items don’t work on sales products (don’t be greedy now), but you can try them on nonsale items.

  The most active ones up to date are:

Most Recent Coupons (Working)
facebookcoupon: $3 off
digg3prize: $3 off
couponitdotcom: $3 off
From the lovesthreadless fan blog.

Also, don’t forget to check out what type of t-shirts are being printed on. They’re printed on Threadless t-shirts, American Apparel & Fruit of the Loom T-shirts for older prints.

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Treeson Vinyl Figure

Written by Myra on August 30, 2008 – 2:26 pm -

Treeson is the creation of Bubi Au Yeung, an illustrator from Hong Kong. Treeson is about a type of creature that has been raised by forest trees. A boy, Ren discovers Treeson and they both form a bond.

Treeson has been made into a web comic, vinyl figure and book! For the vinyl figures, there are currently 4 different types of Treeson toys. They vary from Treeson, Firefly Treeson, Urban Treeson and Baby Treeson. All of these figures have been manufactured by Crazy Label.

There are also a lot of fans on Flickr who posts up their Treeson photographs. Here’s a really cute one that I found:

From Andy Woo

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Web 2.0 Pixel Art Concept from Eboy

Written by Myra on August 29, 2008 – 3:06 am -

If you know about the web 2.0 trend, then you know what these buildings are all about (From Eboy)

If you’re not familiar with isometric pixel art, then you might not have heard about them. They’re quite popular in the pixel art community and have also released a series of vinyl figures at KidRobot. You might have heard about their Peecol series. Check out their site/blog for more cool stuff!

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Dunny Photography!

Written by Myra on August 25, 2008 – 4:56 pm -

I came across these set of dunny photographs on flickr from p!ng. Check them out:

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Top Dunny Designs

Written by Myra on August 25, 2008 – 4:39 pm -

Here is a gallery of Dunnys (in no particular) of selected Top Designs Dunny’s from the blog:

 You can check out the whole Dunny collection gallery at KidRobot

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Vinyl Figures and the Mainstream Market

Written by Myra on August 21, 2008 – 9:21 pm -

What do you think about the Simpson Vinyls from Kid Robot? I have much respect for the Simpsons, but personally, vinyl figures? Is that right? They don’t look that bad, but I have a feeling that they are just trying to commercialize their cartoon show. Maybe the mixtures between the mainstream cartoon and the more somewhat underground vinyl figures are making me a tad uneasy.

If other mainstream cartoons, even popular musicians start trying to cash into these vinyl figures, won’t it dilute the whole industry a bit? Vinyl figures would start profiting more, but what about the value? Non-exsistent? There is simply no value if vinyl figures are produced solely for making money. What about the artists that are currently releasing vinyl figures for the love of it? Would they be pushed out of being able to release these vinyl figures because the masses would prefer something else?

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Do You Remember Totoro?

Written by Myra on August 21, 2008 – 9:12 pm -

Totoro, the 1988 Japanese animated film. The movie evokes some sort of nostalgia…

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Unique Jewelry from Etsy

Written by Myra on August 21, 2008 – 9:07 pm -

Since I’m taking a short break, why not check out Etsy? Here are a couple of cool (not your typical) jewelry that I found from an Etsy seller, melaniefavreau (a Montreal based jeweler).

Mmmm… Fresh!
Moustache!!!
When does it expire?

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Meomi Designs

Written by Myra on August 11, 2008 – 11:22 pm -

Check out meomi, a design/illustration team by Vicki Wond & Michael Murphy. They work together on client projects as well as their own personal projects, releasing vinyl figures, pins, art prints and more at their own little online store

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