Archive for the ‘Art’ Category
Friday, August 6th, 2010
We love Gloomy Bear but we feel sorry for poor Pitty getting beaten all the time. If we could have any pet (real or not) it would probably have to be something like a big chubby bread bug from the game Pikmin. They are so cute and very friendly plus they very good at collecting all sorts of treasure. Below is a picture we found of a lego Breadbug we thought was awesome. Check out this Flickr for more Lego Pikmin characters.http://www.flickr.com/photos/39134527@N04/with/3772962722/
If you want to win these Gloomy bear goodies just tell us what you would have as a pet. Remember it can be anything you want!
Enter by leaving a comment.
This competition ends sunday 15th August.
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010
This week we found Russian based artist Zutto and just had to share. For more cute art check out – http://zuttoworld.com/
Tags: Artist, cute, zutto world
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Whilst checking on one of our favourite blogs – Supercutekawaii we stumbled upon an Etsy shop called Fantastic Toys. Everything in their shop is cute and if your are into paper craft your gonna love it! They specialize in handmade soft toys and printable paper crafts.
I am in love with the little cake houses. You can lift off the roof and use it to stash yummy things.
Check out their cute shop here – http://www.etsy.com/shop/FantasticToys?ga_search_query=fantastic+toys&ga_search_type=seller_usernames
Tags: etsy, fantastic toys, handmade plush, paper craft
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Friday, July 16th, 2010
We just found Pinkytoast on Etsy and have fallen in Love. We do not know much at all about this artist but absolutely adore her work. You can find original art, prints and painted dolls in her Etsy shop – http://www.etsy.com/shop/pinkytoast
Tags: art, dolls, pinky toast, prints
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
If you are in Glasgow any time until the 25th of July we think you should check out The Co-Laboratory at the Recoat Gallery.
The show focuses on work produced through collaboration and features work by Aitch and Saddo, Alto Contraste, Microbo and Bo130, Peskimo, Syrkus and Rekor, The London Police, Vinnie Nylon and Motel7 and named TADO.
Tags: tado
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Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Get a load of these amazing felt creations by the Felt Mistress. We are loving her awesome style and would love to live in a world full of characters like these.
Head on over to her blog to check out more of her work - http://feltmistress.blogspot.com/
Unfortunately you cannot purchase any of her plush but if you go over to her store – http://feltmistress.bigcartel.com/ you will be able to pick up a set of 4 Felt Mistress glossy postcards featuring Sgt Felty’s, Herzog, Brunhilde and Little Geoff and the Bea(s)tniks.
Go get some and post them to your friends .
Tags: felt mistress, Plush, toy
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Here at Chicki we have been going crazy over paper toys. One of our favourite sites would have to be Dolly Oblong for her paper totem project.
Dolly Oblong is a crafty designer who creates cute quirky characters in all shapes and sizes, preferably while drinking tea and munching away cookies. The colourful world of Dolly Oblong is 100% handmade out of plush, paper and occasional bits of vinyl.
Go check out her site here – http://dollyoblong.blogspot.com/
We also got our copy of the book – We Are Paper Toy’s a few weeks ago and recommend it to everyone. It even comes with a disk full of super duper paper toys to create!
Tags: dolly oblong, paper totem, paper toys, we are paper toys
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
I came across Nay-Chan’s work whilst browsing Deviant art a few weeks back and was amazed at how beautiful it was. Here is a bit about the artist -
★Interests
Drawing.Comics.Animation.
★Favourite moviesNightmareBeforeChristmas.TankGirl.EdwardScissorhands.RequiemForADream.
MoulinRouge.KillBill.AliceInWonderland.SpiritedAway.Sakuran.
★Favourite band or musician
DirEnGrey.EmilieSimon.EmilieAutumn.GwenStefani.DresdenDolls.MindlessSelfIndulgence.
ShiinaRingo.PierreLapointe.PlasticTree.
★Favourite artists
AudreyKawasaki.JamieHewlett.RangeMurata.ClaireWendling.Loish.
JunkoMizuno.Barbucci&Canepa.HyungTaeKim.
★Tools of the Trade
PhotoshopCS4.Paper.WacomIntuos4{Large}
If you would like to view more of her work go check out Valerie’s Deviant Art Gallery -
http://nay-chan.deviantart.com/gallery/
Tags: Artist, Nay-Chan, Valerie Bastille
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Astro Boy (鉄腕アトム Tetsuwan Atomu, lit. “Mighty Atom”) is a Japanese manga series and television program first broadcast in Japan from 1963 to 1966. The story follows the adventures of a fictional robot named Astro Boy and a selection of other characters along the way.
Astro Boy is the first Japanese television series that embodied the aesthetic that later became known as anime. It originated as a manga comic series started in 1951 by Osamu Tezuka, who is known as the “god of manga”. For a time Astro Boy enjoyed a level of popularity in Japan equivalent to Disney’s Mickey Mouse.
Bob Kessel has created a print combining ANIME ( Astroboy ) and KAIDAN (Japanese ghost story) a genre of Japanese wood block prints. This kind of chicanery is what you come to expect from Bob Kessel, like his picture combining HELLO KITTY with EDVARD MUNCH’S “THE SCREAM”.
The print titled, “ASTRO BOY KAIDAN” is available as a signed and numbered limited edition print. Contact Bob Kessel for pricing and availability.
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
We just received the news regarding a great new book all about the best of Kawaii! We can’t wait to get our copy in July and highly recommend it.
Not sure where it’s gonna be available here in the UK t but as soon as we hear we will let u guys know.
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