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SIMKINS SEPTEMBER! Free figure with order over $50
September 1, 2008
It's Simkins September!
Our "Ausgang August" was so successful that we figured we'd
continue the trend for another month with "Simkins
September"!!!
All through September we will be including a FREE Vivisect
Playset Greg "Craola" Simkins figure (that's the Scurvy
Nevil figure) with any order over $50!
Here's a little bit about Craola- a really talented 2D
artist who's work checking out in depth:
Greg Simkins, aka "Craola", is a prolific 2D artist who
works in sketch, graffiti, acrylic and other 2D media.
In perusing his artwork, I am struck by the breathtaking
detail and the trippy subject matter. However, what most
impresses me, as someone who got his degree at school
learning how to critique other people's artwork, is the
finish of his pieces. By that I mean each individual piece
has a feeling of completion. This is something I always
struggled with myself in my own art- when is this piece
finished? Does is need a background or some other small
element that will make me feel that it's done?
In particular, Craola's sketches (in the Sketches section
of his website http://www.imscared.com/ ) are simple,
beautifully detailed, and satisfyingly finished. I am
jealous. He clearly knows what he's doing. One of my
favorite elements of this section, if you click on all of
the thumbnails to blow the images up, is that he seems to
be either using found pieces of imperfect paper, with tears
and chunks missing and sometimes stickers??? incorporated
into the piece, or else he's working in a bit of collage
into his sketches. (See sketches 156, 157, 161, 162, 168)
In either case, it works alarmingly well. His characters do
not live on the pages, they are coming OUT of the pages.
I am not even going to get into his grafs, they're just
nuts. What can I say? He's a master. His graf work is
unlike anything I've seen, far more detailed and weird than
the mindless repetitive block & bubble letters we see here
in NYC.
Most importantly, from our perspective, is Craola's
contribution to the designer toy scene. Simkins has
collaborated with Upper Playground, Kidrobot, Super Rad and
Strangeco to produce designer toys. We expect to see lots
more from him in this department.
- Benny, Tenacious Toys
Craola's website: http://www.imscared.com/
Craola's MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/craola
About the Vivisect Playset project:
STRANGEco presents a brand new multi-artist mini figure
series, based on an annual art show hosted by Gallery 1988
and curated by Luke Chueh!
The Vivisect Playset thematically focuses on the dissection
and reconstruction of animals to demonstrate human emotion,
and 7 artists that particpate regularly in the annual show
have devised an incredible range of original character
designs. The series features designs by Anthony Ausgang,
Luke Chueh, Thomas Han, Peter Gronquist, Joe Ledbetter,
Greg Simkins, Amanda Visell - plus a special collaborative
design by Joe Ledbetter and Greg Simkins.
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