Bard Vandal Blog http://blog.hellobard.com Bard's Tales of squidding, piratetry, illustration and design (and monkeys) Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:33:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Deinos available for sale! http://blog.hellobard.com/2010/01/14/deinos-available-for-sale/ http://blog.hellobard.com/2010/01/14/deinos-available-for-sale/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:33:47 +0000 admin http://blog.hellobard.com/?p=200

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

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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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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 we go, modelling nearly done.

And here we are with the UV-mapping and texturing done. Next up, animation!

Finished and animated, ready for my new portfolio site :)

]]> http://blog.hellobard.com/2010/01/03/making-of/feed/ 0 Skulliphant BOTM http://blog.hellobard.com/2009/09/23/skulliphant-botm/ http://blog.hellobard.com/2009/09/23/skulliphant-botm/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:59:17 +0000 admin http://blog.hellobard.com/?p=181 Skulliphant BOTM

A box of 50 Skulliphant Bud of the Month from JAMUNGO! 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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I’ve got a bunch of Spotify Invites up for grabs, so feel free to use one or give it to a friend:

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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.

]]> http://blog.hellobard.com/2009/08/19/donut-man/feed/ 1 The Birth of Deinos Exhibition, NYC http://blog.hellobard.com/2009/07/04/the-birth-of-deinos-exhibition-nyc/ http://blog.hellobard.com/2009/07/04/the-birth-of-deinos-exhibition-nyc/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:29:37 +0000 admin http://blog.hellobard.com/2009/07/04/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 to get ahold of a Deinos toy, this will be the only chance for the next two months.

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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 in each run due to the ridiculous amount of work involved in casting, prepping and painting Deinos.

Launch party and solo exhibition “The Birth of Deinos” by Bard Vandal at Gallery Ouchi from the 14th to 17th of July. More details very soon. Sign up to the mailinglist to get it first! This exhibition (and potential the next one) is the ONLY place where Deinos will be sold for the next couple of months. Price $125 dollars.

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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 of the feet, so it’s come out somewhat hollow. I may have a solution for this and will be giving it a try again this weekend. Hopefully it will be fruitful… I’m coming to the conclusion that I simply cannot get 100% perfection in my figures, and that this is the nature of not having professional resources and doing everything at home. This is an art toy, so it will have imprints from the process and the artist on them. It’s a unique toy in that regard, it’s not factory perfect. And that’s fine.

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Deinos first cast, originally uploaded by Bard Vandal.

The first head cast came out pretty good, second cast was 97% perfect. Now on to the body…

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