My goal throughout this series has been to shine some light on a scene that is both important to me, and I think, the rest of the world. It is through the emotions portrayed in their work that we catch a glimpse of something better than the current times around us. One area not [...]
Continue reading...Finally got some pins made to promote the site and it’s sister design site. Tamey from Dead End Girls made them up for me, and did a great job. If you want one drop me a message on here or email me mike at battlemouth.com supplies are limited but awesome. You [...]
Continue reading...This next artist has quickly become one of my favorites. Phoneticontrol is based in San Francisco and has been rocking the costal art scene for quite some time. His work reaches me on a completely different level than our previous battle-artists. His classic combinations of art and electronics make for some of the most [...]
Continue reading...As far as the designer toy scene goes there are countless manufacturers and toys to browse. Once you have spent a couple months looking through all the different glorious toys out there, you may discover that there is an equally large world of customized toys! One such artist jumping the ladder by leaps and [...]
Continue reading...Jeremiah Ketner (Small and Round) is a master. For me (and probablly most) art is about emotion. Across all mediums, the emotions I take away from a song, or painting, or drawing, or sculpture is what makes it fantastic or horrible. This is also the reason that I have so much trouble picking “favorite” [...]
Continue reading...I remember when I was growing up in my conservative christian elementary school (a tale for another time), they never took art very seriously. Our art teacher changed every year, and the only [...]
Continue reading...This is of course a continuation of my series started at www.battlemouth.com and as I said in Part 1 this time we will be talking about some of my favorite places to hook up with some disigner/urban vinyl! My wife has a habbit of calling them “toys” and why TECHNICALLY they might be “toys” [...]
Continue reading...Over on the Kid Robot forums they have finally officially announced the Series 5 Dunny’s. With the list of artists they’ve got contributing to this series I’m pretty excited. I’ll keep you filled in on any additional info about the series. For now here is the official press release. Start the countdown, [...]
Continue reading...D’Oh! They’re vinyl! We’ve teamed up with Matt Groening to bring your favorite Springfield citizens to vinyl in our biggest mini series yet. From Homer to Bart to Sideshow Bob these 3-inch icons can be yours for just $7.95 each. 24 characters in all, including 3 chases! Eeeexcellent… The new mini figure set from [...]
Continue reading...Ashley Wood is an Australian Artist and a personal favorite of mine.
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4. June 2009