Author Archives: Bard

Donut Man Disco

Donut Man Disco

Donut Man is a character I created mostly to try my hand at rigging a character in Maya. He's fully rigged for animation now, so I tend to use him for every test project I do. I was initially just testing the Fisheye camera function, … Read More

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SSD vs. Hard drive in a Mac Pro

To get a little more speed out of my Mac Pro from 2006, I decided to upgrade my system harddrive to a Corsair 128 GB SSD Performance disk. I had heard that SSD drives could boost system performance by quite a great deal, and wanted … Read More

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KARVT x HelloBard Macbook skin

KARVT just released my artist series Macbook Skin. Laser etched onto authentic fine quality wood, ready to attach to your Mac for $50.

Deinos for Sale

Deinos available for sale!

Deinos is now ready and available for sale at http://deinos.hellobard.com/

Skulliphant BUD in stores now

It seems like my Skulliphant BUD toy has been released to the world's designer toy stores. Like the excellent Rotofugi: Skulliphant BUD at Rotofugi I even found them on ebay: Ebay auction for Skulliphant BUDs Awesome ^--^

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Making of Fukuko

Fukoko is a creature that brings good luck from Japanese mythology. So here we are, a quick 3B pencil drawing of the little guy. I then boot up Maya! After a little work, the cube I started out with, is starting to take shape. There … Read More

Skulliphant BOTM

A box of 50 Skulliphant Bud of the Month from JAMUNGO! just arrived! This is my first production toy that will be sold around the world. Edition of 800 normal colors and 200 clear. Really happy with these, they look so great!

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Spotify Invites

I've got a bunch of Spotify Invites up for grabs, so feel free to use one or give it to a friend: New invites: SkMkqiz5PeMqAkFp eZHLEy8sPkN7Vt3u ZXJdGwFHfJ7uy7YL mumwJe6KTLzAz4LC tjDqCsawcTnUatW4 GcgtHtqyeM54MP2j 3LWZ3Ak7Ug5EJLMt fi9zV9yn3ZnjR38m HYS3R2KXE3eViLC4 FfptxXc8qCgNRxRG 3CNDV8JBXFbRqqhy dPhzNghhRZfuwjZ2 XGjEGUi2FEkBzDgN Bkyu3kmB7DCaLSa2 XweaXNHNibzjjb8B xSLh8iKu9d7BdnCX PVYmSLgDRVnSUpMz H2zbTVR6T8jqMqH4 muVJek7mWaBPThnj

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Donut Man

Heeee's the doooonut maaaan and he likes to daaaance - daaaance - daaaaaaance! See it here: Donut Man Director's Cut from Bard Vandal on Vimeo.

The Birth of Deinos Exhibition, NYC

'The Birth of Deinos' is my solo show in New York City, on the 15-19th July at Ouchi Gallery in collaboration with Shadow Plastic. The five first Deinos figures will be sold here along with a selection of giclèe canvases and prints. If you'd like … Read More

Deinos Done!

The end is here. They are done. The first 5 have been painted and are now ready for the exhibition in New York. 5 color ways and a run of 5 toys per figure. There is a high chance of there being less than that … Read More

Deinos Brothers

  Deinos Bros., originally uploaded by Bard Vandal. The first complete casting of Deinos! The project is going quite well so far, there are some problems with air bubbles in the resin and the first body cast did not get enough resin at the top … Read More