Monkey Business.

A quick one. These monkeys were deemed too scary for a child's cake, and had to be replaced with cuter monkeys. I think they are plenty cute, but what do I know?

Another Finished Prototype!

Say "Hello" to Pus, the newest Krustiez prototype! I just finished sculpting him up and am posting the finished photos now, as you can see.







I've hit kind of a snag in production, as I'm currently awaiting delivery of a pressure pot so I can make better castings of these guys, and deliver the nicest looking finished product. Until that arrives, all I can do is sculpt and work on fixing up the blog and putting together a website (not a lot, right?). In the meantime, let me know what you think, and be sure to follow us here at Mr. Ralph's Monster Gallery, post links on your facebook or whatever, and tell all your friends. I am shameless, I know.

Real Quick.

Process. Tell you more later.

Inspirado!

I thought I'd talk about inspiration for a moment.  I remember a lot of toys in my youth being geared toward grossing kids out.  Or, more often than not, giving kids the illusion that, by playing with certain toys they would be given the intoxicating power to gross out their friends, families, teachers, and girls!  I was totally conned by this, back in the day, and looking back, I'm not sure why. In any case, I have fond memories of toys like "Fearsome Flush" (a possessed toilet from the Ghostbusters action figure line) and some of the Aaahh, Real Monsters, figures.  The gross exaggeration of features and warping of anatomy of certain toys has always stuck with me. I'm really excited to try my hand at making the kind of toys I used to love.

Here are a few examples of the kind of thing that kick-started

Germs!
http://www.dorkdimension.com/2006/08/toy-tribute-germs-by-worlds-of-wonder.html

Madballs
http://www.madballs.com/home.action

http://www.collectorsquest.com/collectible/7321/scarfer

http://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure.php?FID=7310&figure=fearsomeflush

and maybe most importantly, Boglins. I always wanted one of these as a kid, but never had one.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/449.html

Some more 2-D.

Here's a little bit of ink n' gouache, since I was unable to share my action figure progress today. I am really glad I started getting my brush back in the inkwell again. Check it out! Any thoughts?

Next Batter!

So, I was hit by some car troubles today and was therefore unable to get to la Casa de los Padrinos, where a lot of my mold-making stuff still lives. This means I'll have to wait until tomorrow before I can cast Vin. Instead, here's a peek at who's up next.



This one's name is Purswillion Schweinebaron Von Dusseldorf (or something like that), or "Pus" for short. He's the wildly self-destructive type, and Vin's best friend He's always up for whatever, but rarely has ideas of his own. At least, not good ones. He has a thing for eating toothbrushes, and will drink anything you hand him.

Any thoughts?

The genesis of Vin

Here's the first sketch of Vin, based on an older doodle in my current sketchbook.