tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66168109997180297292024-03-04T01:15:34.886-08:00Squid Kids InkNatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739921074381154360noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616810999718029729.post-87182448788707875432018-07-04T11:29:00.000-07:002018-07-14T12:13:28.189-07:00EXTRA LIFE REVEALS!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
This post will show all 12 figures from the Extra Life Series. I'll update it each day until they are all revealed.</div>
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My buddy @llexileon was learning game coding a couple years back, and he actually made a Space Invaders style game with my Squib artwork. That's pretty much why this label exists. It also ties into the Squib skateboard that @finessebrand made for me. </div>
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This figure only exists due to a happy accident. It was originally one of the Ultra Rare figures in Series 2 as a silver P800 figure. For some reason, the factory included these gold labels with all the other Limited Edition labels. Andy Poon did the art work, and you can follow him on Instagram @andypoondesign.<br />
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Way back when I was doing Mini 10-Doh! Series 1, SpankyStokes suggested I contact @hydrosevenfour to do a label. I love his art and his work ethic. This is his 3rd Mini 10-Doh! label. One was a limited edition figure, and the other was in Series2. This label was an option for Series2, but I chose the Snow Owl instead. It's not exactly "family friendly", so you might want to display it up high.<br />
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I made these labels during the Loot Crate production run. I used to take a blank grey Mini 10-Doh! with me while traveling and take photos of them. New York City, Hong Kong, Death Valley, and New Zealand are some of the places I did this. I also made specific labels like this for NY, HK, and SD, but I'm not sure if those will ever be released.<br />
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I've known Jerome Lu almost a decade. We used to work at the same toy company and I was even his boss for a short period of time. We also used to share booths at conventions, and he had a figure in Mini 10-Doh! Series 1. We just never found a good time to release this figure, so the time is now. You can follow Jerome @jromonkey on Instagram and check out his work at www.hyperactivemonkey.com<br />
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I haven't made too many Glow in the Dark figures and haven't had a lot of lady designers do artwork for 10-Doh! figures. This one just so happens to checks both of those boxes. Cat Sze did the art for Hong Ly, the creator of Tofu Girls. You can keep up with them at https://www.facebook.com/tofugirls and @tofu_girls on Instagram.<br />
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This label was first seen as a Grey label in the DIY Mini 10-Doh! Series. I also posted an image of this Red guy years ago, along with a Black and a Blue version. Those probably will never be released though. Mini 10-Doh! figures can't hold a lot of things, but they can hold a business card. So, you can use this guy as a name plate and a single business card holder. Ha.</div>
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This figure really shouldn't exist. I had another gold figure all labeled up, because the factory printed a gold version on accident. Buuut, I jumped the gun, and the timing of this release didn't mesh with the artists timing for his own projects. Oops. So, Linda Panda (my wife) stepped up and cranked this beauty out at the last minute. This Series has had quite the journey. Ha. You can follow her @lindapanda on Instagram.<br />
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Spanky Stokes (@spankystokes) supports our little slice of the Toy Industry as much as anyone else out there, and has been a huge supporter of my stuff from the beginning. Alex Rivera (@playfulgorilla) did the illustration and we originally release this as a black figure at Dcon way back when. So, this label is truly getting a second chance.<br />
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This guy was originally an Ultra Rare gold figure in Mini 10-Doh! Series 2. It's based on the question mark block from classic Mario games and little bit of Brad Pitt from Se7en. Now he's a platinum mystery box, so pricey.<br />
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Way back in 2013 I did a Design-A-Label contest for Mini 10-Doh! Series 2. There were 70 entries by 49 artists. Crazy! There were tons of great entries and this one by Reno Msad (@renomsad on Instagram) was one of my favorites. I had it printed to be a Limited Edition figure, but once again, I could never find a good time to release it. It's great to have it be part of this Series. Maybe I'll have to see if there is something I can do with some of those other entries. Ha.</div>
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Obviously, a homage to Mario Boo characters, but Simpsons fans will appreciate his name a bit more. This is a brand new figure designed specifically for this Series. He is replacing the mini version of my 10-Tris! figure. I forgot that the factory only sent me the back labels of 10-Tris!, so I had to come up with another replacement figure. I'd never done a transparent label and wasn't sure if it would look good. Luckily it did and now we have a transparent figure, instead of another grey figure.</div>
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So, there they are. 12 new figures that got a second chance in the Extra Life Series. Hopefully, people enjoyed seeing them revealed and appreciate the insight into the series creation. They'll debut at SDCC 2018 booth #5150. They are extremely limited compared to previous series, so get them while you can.</div>
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Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739921074381154360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616810999718029729.post-48655814113569493762018-07-03T13:26:00.001-07:002018-07-03T13:26:20.555-07:00MINI 10-DOH! EXTRA LIFE SERIES<div style="text-align: center;">
So this is the "kinda big announcement" I was talking about. It's a new series of Mini 10-Doh! figures. WOOHOO! It's not really Series 3, because it doesn't really follow the same formula that I used in Series 1&2. I don't plan on going back that formula, so maybe this is Series 3. Ha.</div>
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This is a very honest explanation of how this Series came to be. I'm not one for hype or spinning the story to sucker people into buying my stuff. This time around I'm folding all the boxes, applying all the labels, it's not easy being a one man assembly line. Ha! I hope you like the figures and appreciate the stories behind them.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Making toys is expensive, and it can take years to see a return on your investment. Especially, when the money that trickles in slowly, goes to paying monthly bills. I could have done another Kickstarter, but they take a lot of time & effort. I want my next Kickstarter to be for a new figure, not just a new Series. This Series was only possible because I had a bunch of extra blank figures and wide variety of extra labels. I just needed a way to tie them all together.</span></div>
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These figures were never intended to be in a Series. Most of these labels were printed during the production runs of Series 1&2. They were intended to be Limited Edition figures, but for various reasons, the labels sat in a drawer for years. </div>
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You might be wondering what's different about this Series. There are 3 major changes in this Series.</div>
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PACKAGING SIZE</div>
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I decided to use the Limited Edition packaging proportions, but as a blind box. This reduces the amount of packaging required, which reduces cost and waste. Woohoo!</div>
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QUANTITY PER CASEPACK</div>
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Mini 10-Doh! Series 1, 2, and DIY all had 20 figures in each casepack. The Extra Life Series only has 12 different designs in total, compared to 16 in previous Series. This is partially due to the amount of labels I had to work with, but it also leads into the last change. </div>
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I eliminated the rarity scheme completely. If you buy a casepack of 12, you'll get the complete set. No commons, no uncommons, no rares, and no ultra (your never gonna complete your collection, unless you buy it on eBay) rares. There's only one of each figure in a casepack. </div>
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This guy kinda had to be the 1st to be revealed, because I used the graphic for the packaging. On the right you get a hint at the figures that will be announced over the next 11 days.</div>
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Like I mentioned, this isn't Series 3, but it still needed a name. I wanted it to have a name that hinted at the reason it exists. This is essentially a second chance for these figures, and I felt that "Extra Life" fit pretty well. A couple of them you may have seen before in some form, but most of them have never been seen. One was a happy accident, and there are to 2 that were created specifically for this Series.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Another side effect of this being an unintentional series, is that almost half of the designs were done by me. Usually, I only have 1-3 designs out of 16, but I only had so many labels on hand. People will either love, hate, or not care about this. I just thought I'd explain why it is the way it is. </span></div>
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These guys are ready for SDCC...pretty much. Ha. There are bound to be a ton more people out there that will recognize him after seeing Infinity War. Hopefully they sell well. </div>
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I've been a fan of Thanos and Silver Surfer since back in the early 90's when the Infinity Guantlet was 1st introduced. I definitely don't buy every figure. I buy the ones I really like, and the ones I can afford. Ha.</div>
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The one on the left was a test print I did at home. I wasn't sure if I could get good metallic labels printed, but they turned out great. </div>
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This is the final version. Applying the labels has been very difficult. Any imperfection on the surface or even a spec of dust can cause an ugly bubble. I've done my best to make them the best they can be.</div>
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It's always great to have finished stacks of figures. I'm essentially a one man assembly line and doing anything 100 times takes a bit of time. Podcasts and music make it much more tolerable.</div>
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Apparently, life got busy. I got married, helped make another human, and recently had to deal with some minor health issues. Soooo, here's the 1st of several announcements that I'll be posting over the next couple of weeks.<br />
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I can't believe it's been 7 years since these figures debuted. There were a couple minor issues that bugged me about the packaging, so I finally got around to fixing them.</div>
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On the left is the new packaging and on the right is the old one. Like I mentioned, I was never completely happy with the packaging. It was a bit too small, so the hands and feet made it bulge out a bit. It opened from the sides which made it easier to bulge and deform, and it was glossy. Booourns.</div>
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So, this is a bit of a refresh for the Large 10-Doh! figures, which is long over due. The factory that produced these figures did a great job for the most part. Unfortunately, some labels were poorly applied, which was really annoying.</div>
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The other issue was that they continually mismatched the hands and feet. This has been such a pain. It's not like they made more lefts than rights, they were just careless. I estimate the mismatch rate could be as high as 20%. It's also been expensive to send out a replacement hand or foot to the customers that got a duplicate part.</div>
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Now, I have stacks of these new pretty non-shiny boxes, and it will be a long so process to swap them out and fix all the mismatches. Fun times ahead. Woohoo!<br />
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Of course, I didn't have to put more money into an old product. Buuuut, I have to double check all the hands and feet anyway. I figured that updating the packaging would differentiate the figures that are good to sell, and it might help me sleep better at night. Ha.</div>
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SDCC 2015 starts in 2 days and I can't believe I have so much new stuff. Even more unbelievable is that everything showed up in time. So here are the main Debuts and Exclusives for SDCC 2015.</div>
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These are zapper keychains that I made a couple months back. I'm finally gonna sell them at SDCC. They're "Made in the USA" Woot. Always happy when I can say that. These were even made locally in the LA area and go for 5 bucks each..</div>
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I submitted my Mech Cyclone and Cyber Demon art for the Capcom Fighting Tribute book. Still can't believe they included both illustrations. If you buy one, I'd be happy to mess it up with my signature. Ha. </div>
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This figure only exists because I submitted art for the Capcom Fighting Tribute book. The guys over at Udon like my 10-Doh! figures and wanted to collaborate on something. They got Chamba to do the art and is guy is the result. Hopefully, it's just the beginning, and we'll do more collaborations in the future. It's limited to 100 units and goes for 20 bucks, so get them while you can.</div>
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I've collected playing cards for decades. I love playing card games, or even just shuffling cards. So, this is my favorite new item I'm debuting. I don't know if other people want to buy playing cards, but I usually just make stuff I want anyway. I'm kinda selfish like that. They're 10 bucks each or 3 for 25.</div>
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This guy is the main exclusive for SDCC 2015. I made 300 of them, so there's a chance I'll have some left over after the Con. They're only 20 buck and I never know what's gonna sellout or even sell at all. He is the 1st new production figure that I've done in a long time, so don't miss out on him.</div>
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I have a couple other small things I'll add on later tonight. They involve sketches and such. </div>
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I hope to see lots of friendly face this year. We'll be at booth #5051 this year. Stop by if you can.</div>
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<br />Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739921074381154360noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616810999718029729.post-34910600267303661052015-07-03T21:25:00.001-07:002015-07-03T21:25:49.330-07:00STUD SQUIB JOKER SDCC 2015 EXCLUSIVE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I drew Stud and the other Ante Ups figures way back in 2008. I modeled the bodies digitally in Rhino. I made some large resin figures back then, but never sold them. I decided to develop 10-Doh! and So Analog 1st, so these guys took a back seat for a long time. </div>
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In 2013 I finally got around to reworking Stud, Craps, and Short Stack. Mana Studios and I produced 10 Preview sets of all 3 figures for Dcon 2013. The wonderful folks at Designer Con also let me do the artwork for that years program. I took that opportunity to "officially" announce Ante ups.</div>
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A big project fell through earlier this year, so I decided to finally make Stud happen. At the top are some of the comments I made about the Engineering Model from the factory. I made some other comments using my Rhino file as reference. This figure had a very quick turn around time, probably too quick.</div>
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Manufacturing is very expensive, so I try to divide up the large MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity) into smaller amounts by using different colors. Soooooo, that means you'll be seeing these other colored backs at some point soon.</div>
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This is one of the 1st mockups I sent to the factory to get a cost estimate. They mainly need to figure out how much the deco would cost, but I also wanted to make a Comic Con exclusive that tied into comics in some way. The SDCC version ended up having more colors and a more complex design. Of course, that means it ended up being more expensive. </div>
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It didn't take too long before I thought about doing a Joker card that used The Joker colors. A white Squib worked as the white face, and used red splatter to represent the grin. Then, I used green and purple splatters to hint at the hair color and suit color. This shows the progression of the art from sketchbook, scan, print, clean up, oops forgot details, vector, to full color. Am I efficient? Probably not.</div>
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I had originally planned to use this Joker card in the real deck of playing cards. Unfortunately, once I finished all of the art for the deck, this art didn't match very well. So, I designed new Jokers for the playing cards. It just makes this guy even more exclusive to SDCC. Right?</div>
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I originally showed this guy off online, just to see if people would like it. I wasn't even sure if I could get it done in time. The response was positive, so I got busy trying to make it happen. The factory did a great job, even with a couple bumps along the way. I had to call in a couple of favors to get them shipped in time, but they arrived safely. I still can't believe it. Ha.</div>
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It feels great to finally get another figure out there, other than a new version of 10-Doh!. Now, people just need to buy them, Ha. They'll only be 20 bucks at our booth #5051 at San Diego Comic Con July 8th-12th. I hope they sell out, because SDCC is crazy expensive and it would be nice to actually make it worth our time. I'll put any extras up on <a href="http://squidkidsink.bigcartel.com/">http://squidkidsink.bigcartel.com</a> after the con.</div>
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I've been wanting to design a deck of playing cards for years and years. I mainly grew up playing War, Slap Jack, Poker, and Black Jack. Now I mostly play Egyptian Rat Screw, Hell, and Bush Hog Rummy at family reunions and the occasional game night. I've also been collecting playing cards while on vacations throughout my life. I finally got around to making my own. Woot!</div>
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I'm not sure why the 1st Ante Ups card deck also became a Squibs Deck, but it did. These are the rough sketches for the card back and the suits.</div>
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Designing the suits to be unique, but still easily recognizable was more difficult than expected. I wanted the cards to be more than just a decorative deck. I play a lot of games that require fast reaction times, so they needed to be instantly recognizable.</div>
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I probably could have found a font that would have work well enough, but I like doing things the slow painful way most of the time. I sketched up all these on graph paper, then scanned them in. I tried making it a functioning font, but that's trickier than expected. I couldn't figure out how to get the kerning right, but I didn't need to type an essay. Someday I'll be able to type an essay in my awesome Sharpie written words. Ha.</div>
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This is the refined Squib that I went with, but he still went through a lot of digital revisions. I also wanted the back to look similar to traditional Bicycle and Hoyle playing cards. Red, Blue, and Black are common card back colors, so I wanted to make some of each. You'll notice that I ended up using a darker Red and a lighter Blue for the final art.</div>
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The face cards were by far the most work. I sketched these out in January, but stopped shortly after. After I flipped the art, I realized that I left out a ton of details in the sketches. It was a daunting amount of work, and took me a long time to get started again. I only recently finished it all and it took way longer than expected. </div>
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I wanted to try and keep all the traditional elements for each card. The characters had to face the right way, hold the right weapon, be in profile or front facing, and of course commit suicide when appropriate. It took forever to fill in all the designs. Originally, the only Squib was supposed to be on the King of Clubs. As I worked on the art, the deck became more of a Squib deck than I had planned.</div>
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I had never printed a deck of cards before, but this is the basic info I sent to a couple place for quoting. There were a couple false starts and plenty of wasted time, but that's bound to happen on a new project. I ended up using a place in Texas that was able to match China pricing and even delivered ahead of schedule. It's so nice to be able to make something domestically for a change.</div>
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The shipment arrived on a nice mini pallet that we'll either turn into a table or have a nice fire at the beach one night. It's crazy how heavy a bunch of card decks can be, but that's the same for most paper goods.</div>
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The printer was also able to send me some uncut sheets that I requested. I'm gonna frame some for myself, and might make a couple available for sale. </div>
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I'm still amazed that I was able to finish 52 unique cards, 2 jokers, and 2 extra cards. Not to mention the back design and packaging design. </div>
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These will be available 1st at San Diego Comic Con 2015. We'll be at booth #5051, so stop by if you can. I also hope to have another special item available for the folks that buy the 3 for $25 deal. </div>
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Oki is the 1st toy produced by Squid Kids Ink that isn't my original design. The guys at Robotoki had a rough digital model, but I re-sculpted it Rhino. It was just easier to do that, than to make production comments and have them change their model. </div>
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Here he is mostly cleaned up. Cleaning up a perfect sphere is much more difficult than you want it to be. </div>
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The body goes through all the same steps, until you have a mini army of Oki's.</div>
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The packaging was designed to line up well next to another Oki. He also sits a bit lower, so he's lookin up at you like a puppy. Aaaawww. </div>
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Oki is a super simple figure, but I like him a lot. I'm anxious to see if people will customize him or just leave him as he is. </div>
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Robert Bowling has been kind enough to have been buyin my stuff since the debut of 10-Doh! at Designer Con 2010. He asked for my help to produce this figure and I'm really happy with the results. I'll have some available at Booth #1548 during WonderCon 2015. They'll also be available online and in stores sometime after that.</div>
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The guys form Loot Crate approached me at WonderCon 2014. This is a "little behind the scenes" of this project.</div>
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This is essentially a brand new Mini 10-Doh! figure. New hands, new shoes, and they include an accessory for the 1st time ever. This image shows how some of things changed throughout development.</div>
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Here are the mockups I did to show Loot Crate what I was thinking of doing. I wanted the labels that I created to be based on Zapper games. The Gumshoe/Bladerunner got replaced with Drx. Who, and the Gold one hadn't been thought of yet.</div>
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We also decided to do some new packaging. It's based on the original 7in 10-Doh! figure packaging. I'll probably continue to use this shape for future Mini 10-Doh! figures.</div>
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I made one trip to China to do final approvals for this project. I'm never there during actual production, so I always ask the factory to send me some photos. These images were amazing to me. Sooooooo many pieces. Ha. </div>
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Here are a just a few of the steps in the process like assembly, applying labels, and packing. It's always cool for me to see progress shots of my products.</div>
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Most people aren't aware, but there's been huge delays importing stuff for a variety of reasons. My stuff got delayed and flagged for a US customs inspection. The image on the right shows all of the products in January's Rewind Crate. Due to the delay, it has a red "X" where a Mini 10-Doh! should be. It was crazy stressful, but it all worked out.</div>
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This was by far the largest project I've ever done for one of my own products. It was crazy to see all of these boxes in person at the Loot Crate warehouse. </div>
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This label was done by my good friend Chito Arellano, aka @kwestone on Instagram. I have a ton of his work hanging up at home and I wanted other people to see it as well. He's obviously a fan of rabbits and Back to the Future.</div>
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If you couldn't tell, this is a mashup of Wild Gunman and Mars Attacks. This one is probably my favorite.</div>
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I wanted Loot Crate to design a couple of the labels as well. They know their fans well and I would have never done a Dr. Who mashup. I've just never got into the show, but I do like Dr. Mario. Ha.</div>
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Firefly is one of my favorite shows of all time, and almost everyone owned Duck Hunt. It wasn't easy to make Serenity all pixelated, but I think most people get it.</div>
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The Fifth Element is a polarizing movie. Some people love it, others hate it. I happen to love it and when I looked at the Hogan's Alley label, all I could see was a Mangalore from The Fifth Element.</div>
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I left the gold design up to Loot Crate. I've already designed at least 3 gold 10-Doh! figures, and nothing popped into my brain right away. It's a great fit, even though there are 2 BTTF designs in the assortment. You can never have too much BTTF. Ha.</div>
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I also subscribe to Loot Crate. This was only my 3rd time receiving one, but I thought it would be cool to open it up on a Toy Brief with my friends at Toy Break. You can watch it here. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpLfZFrG80o">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpLfZFrG80o</a></div>
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It's been a crazy experience working with Loot Crate and getting these figures made. Overall, the response has been very positive. Of course, there are always people that don't quite understand what I do or why I do it, buuuuut who cares. I like what I do, and I plan on doing it as long as I can.</div>
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I started doing daily sketches half way through Inktober/Botober in October 2013. I was mainly doing Botober considering I only drew robots, Ha. I always draw in ink, so using pens for Inktober isn't much of a challenge. I can't remember the last time I used a pencil. It had to be back in school, so 10 years ago. </div>
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I would have loved to have a consistent set of sketchbooks, but it was simply impossible. I love the small brown sketchbooks in the picture. Unfortunately, the manufacturer completely changed their paper quality at some point. It's now super smooth and has a fake texture. I'll never use them again, boo. </div>
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I used a range of pens through out the past year. My stock pile of my "old" favorite Jimnie Light pens ran dry, but I moved on. I currently use Tul pens, which are completely different and unforgiving. Sharpies are also fun to use. I really like the range you get out of them as the die.</div>
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These are essentially the 1st and last batches of Squib sketches for now. I started with the 4x4 recap image, because that's how the Botober sketches worked out. I quickly changed to a 3x3 recap, because I thought over 2 weeks between recaps was way too long. It has bugged me this whole time, and you'll see why in the images below.</div>
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In addition to the daily sketches I tried doing some ink paintings on some scroll paper I bought on a trip while in China. I've never been a painter, and ink is even more unforgiving than paint. It's such a hard medium to control, even if I wanted them to look sloppy. Ugh.</div>
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I decided to participate in March of Robots to help support Dacosta's Kickstarter for his March of Robots book. These are the 31 sketches I did, but part of me wishes I hadn't. Only because I later realized I really wanted to reach 365 Squib sketches, and this ate into that total by 31 sketches.</div>
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After March of Robots I wanted to see a group shot of all my sketches so far. This is really a 4x4 square of the batches of 9 sketches. Of course the 1st batch of 16 Squibs throws off the perfect 12x12 square look, but I couldn't leave them out. I did leave out the 1st 16 robots though.</div>
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This is a 5x5 of the Squib batches of 9 sketches. I only wanted to include Squibs in this square, but it took a long time to be able to do it. You have to add 9 batches of 9 to increase from a 4x4 to a 5x5 square. That ends up being 81 sketches, or almost 3 months. Yikes. </div>
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I have this thing with numbers. I want them to line up, or work out, or make sense, or something. I didn't really plan out this year long challenge of daily sketches at all. I just wanted to be able to complete it. At some point that changed, like I mentioned. I passed 1 year, but I only had 316 Squibs. I didn't have the desire to do an additional 49 sketches. I kept sketching to reach 365 Squibs, but 365 wouldn't make a perfect square anyway. So I created this 18x18 square of my 324 Squib sketches. I arranged them chronologically from left to right, then top to bottom. It allowed me to rearrange that 1st batch of 16. It also satisfies my weird numbers thing, even if it leaves out the robots, ink paintings, and a couple at the end.</div>
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This year has flown by and it's great to be able to reminisce through these sketches. Some people wish I would have done some more variety, other just Squibs. Buuut, that wasn't what I wanted to do. I did want to start telling more about the Squib story, but that didn't really work out. It's tough when most of these sketches were done late at night, just before passing out. I do plan on starting a new weekly challenge in January with almost daily teasers. We'll see how that goes, Ha. </div>
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I first talked to Frank Kozik about doing a new version of his Smash the State 10-Doh! figure last November at Dcon. This image shows how it changed over time. The middle image is the one I showed him for approval.</div>
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We agreed to do 50 figures total. It doesn't sound like a lot, but doing anything 50 times is very tedious. Especially when you have to do 50 different things 50 times. Unpacking and repacking is just one of several things that I didn't take into consideration when planning this project. Little things like that add up quick and take more time than expected.</div>
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I never made any large black 10-Doh! figures, so I had to paint all of them. I don't have a paint booth set up yet, so my back porch had to suffice. </div>
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I originally tried doing a 3D printed mask, but you can see the results were fuzzy and problematic. Unfortunately, I still have to pay for that mask. It's all part of the trial and error that goes into each project.</div>
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Carlos East of The Beast Brothers was kind enough to help out by creating these masks for me. I picked out all the eyes, X's, and stubble, while he painted them all. He totally saved my butt on this one.</div>
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I thought a real pixelated cigarette would be a great accessory to match the label. I did this model in Rhino and I Photoshopped the colors in for the mockup.</div>
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Mana Studios did the output, molding, and castings. I had to trim, mask, and paint all 50 cigarettes.</div>
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I was originally planning on drilling a hole in the body and using the peg on the cigarette to secure it. Carlos recommended that I use magnets. It was great advice, but a lot more work. I ended up drilling all of the cigarettes and bodies, then gluing in the magnets. It wasn't easy, but the results were well worth it.</div>
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This shows the mockup next to the 1st finished sample, and I'm really happy with the results.</div>
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These debuted at SDCC 2014 and sold pretty well. It's not a cheap figure and hopefully this blog helps explain why. I have some that are signed by Frank, so order soon to get those ones.</div>
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One of the great things about having this blog is that I get to explain things a bit more than on the Kickstarter page. Of course, sometimes I should probably keep my mouth shut. Ha. So, sit back and read some info on why these pledge levels are the way the are. WARNING: The truth isn't always fun, exciting, or what you want to hear, but it's the truth.</div>
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I have a love hate relationship with Kickstarter. It's an amazing platform for raising money, but it's also a ton of work that starts way earlier and ends much later than the ulcer inducing month that most campaigns run. </div>
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I personally like getting backer rewards that remind me of my contribution to a project. That's why I used the "Funded with Kickstarter" for the keychain. So, why's a keychain cost 15 bucks? Well, just like everything else that's ever been made, it costs money. These are die cast metal keychains that are made in the Los Angeles area. It takes time and money to digitally model, output, clean up, mold, cast in resin, remold, cast in metal, clean up again, attach keyring, package, and ship. That's a lot of step to get to a simple keychain, that is really meant to raise money for the Mega-Bit figures.</div>
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Why do a blank figure? Because this is an "officially licensed" project, I'm not allowed to do parody or artist labels. It's completely understandable that Sega wants to promote their classic games with their own classic art. Blank figures still give people the chance to create their own interpretations of classic games or create a brand new game label.</div>
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Why do a white one? There weren't any white Genesis cartridges, but the majority of DIY figures come in white. It's a good base color to start with for customizing, even though you should still primer it. It also gives you a chance to put white arms and legs on a black figure, or vice versa.</div>
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I wanted to offer a version that would fit in with the all the Mini 10-Doh! Kickstarter figures out there. Sega was nice enough to let me do this, even though it's not a classic game. Of course, I also had to change the Sega Genesis logo, but that's fine by me.</div>
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Why does this have "NOT FOR RESALE" on it? The Sonic game that came bundled with the Genesis console came with a "NOT FOR RESALE" sticker on it. I originally wanted to have this version and a retail version of Sonic available during the Kickstarter, but Sega thought it was too Sonic heavy, and I agree. The regular version of Sonic will be available at retail, and the "NOT FOR RESALE" will only be available during this Kickstarter campaign.</div>
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I only played the original Shinobi in the arcade, but that came out on the Sega Master System, so we had to go with the sequel. Still an awesome classic game.</div>
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My personal favorite. My dad, brother, and I spent a ton of time playing this in arcades.</div>
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My 2nd favorite game, but so tough. This game was a quarter thief in the arcade. </div>
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These 25th Anniversary versions are VUM (Vacuum Metalized) figures, that means they are super shiny. It's an additional expensive process, but looks great. They'll also have metallic labels and will only be available during the Kickstarter campaign.</div>
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To me, this is the "Flagship" version of Mega-Bit. We're creating this product to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Sega Genesis. Most people will gravitate towards their favorite classic game, but this represents the project as a whole, to me. </div>
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Like I mentioned before, I like things that remind me of my contribution to a Kickstarter. This guy is green solely because that is part of Kickstarter's color scheme. </div>
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Why silver? Cuz the guy is in a white ninja outfit, and shiny white is silver.</div>
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Why Gold? Uuuuummmm? This one is pretty obvious, like Sonic.</div>
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Why Red? Well I thought the red could represent blood, or the fire that happens during the transformation scenes in the game.</div>
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Here's the best way to get all the classic black versions of Mega-Bit. You can also add any one of these to any other pledge level.</div>
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This is the cheapest way to get all of the 25th anniversary versions of Mega-Bit. You can add the XXV Mega-Bit to any pledge, but all of the others have a strict limit, so you have to pledge for them individually.</div>
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A lot of people don't understand why these figures are so expensive, so I thought I'd give a little insight on that subject. </div>
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Just like the Keychains, these figures take a lot of time and money to make. I modeled the figures, paid for output, clean up, molding, and casting resin out of my own pocket. All of that time, money, and effort has to be spent before I can even launch the Kickstarter. </div>
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Working with Sega has been a challenge. They are a huge corporation, and I'm one single person. They have their processes and procedures, I don't. After one failed attempt and a really long dead period, we were able to agree on the basic terms for the project. Meaning, I only get to make the figures if the Kickstarter is successful, and I don't have to pay the royalty until after it's been successfully funded. </div>
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Unfortunately, that "dead period" ate away a big chunk of 2014 (the Genesis 25th Anniversary), so I had to empty my checking account to pay for the tooling to get started in China right away. I felt that was the only way to be able to get this project done in time. A huge risk on my part, but I have to look at this whole project as an opportunity and not a risk.</div>
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Some people wonder why the figures cost so much and why I need so much money to fund the project. The 30K goal will only pay for the tooling, the royalty, production, ocean freight shipping, and shipping rewards. It doesn't cover any of my time, effort, or the prototyping expenses. I also hope to reach some stretch goals to improve the figures even further. </div>
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I've said enough for now, except Thank You to everyone that has already contributed. Thanks for supporting the project and please keep telling people about it.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">This was our 6th time exhibiting at Anime Expo in Los Angeles Convention Center. AX was the 1st con we ever exhibited at. I'm not sure why we chose that one 1st, but we did and this year will be our last year.</span><br />
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It always takes place over 4th of July weekend, which is good and bad. Most people get a 4 day weekend, so that's more time for them to enjoy the con. Unfortunately, it also means we haven't had a nice 4th of July weekend in 6 years. We're already looking forward to relaxing next year.</div>
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I finally launched my Mega-Bit Kickstarter campaign on setup day of AX. Doing both was hectic, but it was a good chance to show off the prototypes and explain the project to people. You can check it out here and hopefully back it. </div>
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For years AX was one of our best shows, but last year it took a heavy dip and this year wasn't much better. It's sad to choose not to do a local show, but I think it's probably for the best. I'll definitely miss the friendly faces and long term supporters. Hopefully we'll still see most of you at Wondercon, SDCC, and Dcon. Maybe we'll return once I'm able to develop Squibs more. The crowd seems a bit young to really appreciate what I'm trying to do with So Analog. </div>
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WonderCon 2014 is over and done with and these were the new products I debuted at the show. I don't like calling things exclusives when I know I'll be selling them elsewhere, if they don't sell out at the show. I'll be putting the remaining items up for sale soon.</div>
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I didn't get to walk around the show much. So, these were the highlights of the show for me and they happened right at my booth. The kind folks over at Autodesk gave me a free copy of SketchBook Pro 6, and I can't wait to try it out. It's awesome when a young kid spends his money on a toy based on a console that was long dead before he was even born. Then, to top it off, he gets an Ultra Rare figure. Woohoo! @danialfleres also had is buddy drop of some original art for a trade. So nice.</div>
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I wish I could say WonderCon was an amazing show, or even a great show for me. WonderCon is the type of show where the vast majority of people don't know I exist. They have no clue who I am, or that I am the guy making the stuff that I'm trying sell. Building awareness and getting more eyes on my stuff is a major reason for doing conventions. But, there is no way I'd be able to continue doing cons, if it wasn't for all of the repeat buyers and supporters that stop by my booth at every show I do. I might not know all of your names, but seeing those friendly and familiar faces make a rough show less rough. I can't thank you all enough.</div>
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I've been planning on doing these keychains for years, and I finally got around to it. Once again, I had Mana Studios do the output from my digital Rhino files. Due to the small size, I'm finally able to start making some of the other So Analog figures. Atar-1, Atar-2, and Atar-3 are all based on different Atari 2600 cartridges.</div>
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These are the resin figures next to the raw Pewter samples. I like having samples from all the stages of production, if possible.</div>
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This was my 1st metal project and they're all made in Los Angeles. It was great being able to see the molds and how the whole process is done.</div>
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We switched from Pewter to Zinc. It's a cheaper metal, but also lighter and much more durable. I definitely didn't want the rings breaking easily.</div>
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I needed some form of packaging that worked with all 6 designs, and this is what I came up with.</div>
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I had to punch 2 holes and cut a line in-between them for every card back. It took a while, but bagging them also took way longer than expected. </div>
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These will be debuting at my booth #1145 at WonderCon 2014 starting on Friday April 18-20 in Anaheim CA. They'll be 10 bucks each. I'll have a few complete sets of Gloss and Matte available. So, you can get all 6 designs for 50 bucks. </div>
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The Squib and Squib Kid resin figures have long been sold out. For years I've been wanting to revise the Squib sculpts to look more like the way I draw Squibs. They've evolved over the last 5 or so years and I wanted to have a more cohesive look overall.</div>
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These control drawings were the 1st step in the redesign. I didn't finish the Squib Kid, because I just wanted to get started on the sculpting. </div>
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I was hoping to sculpt the figure traditionally and thought I could use an existing Squib head as a starting point. Unfortunately, there was no way that would work. The changes were too significant. Another major factor is time. Having a digital sculpt that can be scaled and manipulated easily is very valuable. Traditional sculpture has become a luxury for me, it's simply inefficient.</div>
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Rhino is still the main program I use for digital sculpting. It works great for So Analog bodies and mechanical stuff, but not organic shapes. I was pretty happy with this head, but it still needed some refinement. </div>
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The neck is a simple friction fit ball joint. The range of movement isn't a lot, but it is enough to get him a bit more personality.</div>
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This was what I provided for revisions and explained that he's supposed to be more like the image at the top of this post, and less like the original resin figure. I wanted him to be asymmetrical and have more gesture, not just be a standard DIY pose.</div>
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I sat down with the my friends at Mana and really worked through the thing with them. I'm pretty sure that's called Micro Managing, ha. The top was the 1st pass on the Squib base. The bottom shows the revisions we made. The legs got much bigger in the process. </div>
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The Squib Kid body was pretty tricky. Lots of tough transitions and weird angles for the arms. It took a while to get it the way I wanted it. The black dots were for testing eye location. The concave surface is very tricky and does a lot of weird things from different angles. We had to reduce the concavity of the eyes in order for him to not look too crossed eyed and other prevent other weird things.</div>
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That hole in the eye was a misprint. We tried fixing it, but ended up reprinting the head. Weird stuff like that can happen during printing.</div>
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Some primer, then molding. That light grey guy on the bottom right is the 1st casting.</div>
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It took me a long time to post the 1st images of these guys. I'm sure I'll do DIY versions if I go to production with these guys. For now they'll be limited edition resin runs. I started with the blue version because he's going to be one of the main characters in the Squibs story. I hope to show more of that at SDCC this year. </div>
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I've only done 10 Squibs and 10 Squib Kids for the 1st run. The 2 extras are Artist Proofs. Painting and assembly took a lot longer than expected. Hopefully, I can reduce that amount of work for future releases.</div>
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Each Squib Kid comes with 2 pencils that I used while I was school. They've been sitting around for 10 years, so I figured it was time to use them.</div>
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These guys are cast in blue by Mana Studios and hand painted by me. </div>
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I'm really happy with how this sculpt turned out. It cost a pretty penny, but I have to pay until I get on Zbrush. </div>
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With and without pencils. This is the 1st sample I painted. His pencils have changed since this photo was taken.</div>
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The 1st chance to buy these guys will be at Wondercon booth #1145 in Anaheim, CA starting April 18th. Squibs will be $40 and Squib Kids will be $75. Or you could buy them both for $100. If I have some left over, they'll be up on www.squidkidsink.bigcartel right after Wondercon.</div>
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So, here's a little behind the scenes of what could have been and why it's not gonna happen.</div>
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I don't always sketch out So Analog figures before sculpting them in Rhino. I use a real cartridge as reference a go from there. This was the 1st pass and pretty close to the final. The arm location was the only real change I made. I wanted the 10-Doh! arms to be interchangeable, so I also needed to adjust some of the geometry.</div>
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At SDCC 2013 a lady from Sega America approached me and we discussed doing a So Analog figure for Genesis's 25th Anniversary at SDCC 2014. Of course that was very exciting for me. We discussed doing a Kickstarter to get the funding and these are some of the concepts I mocked up shortly after.</div>
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It seems that all submissions had to go through both US and Japan approvals. This image shows a couple of the compromises that had to happen for this project. <b>1st</b>, I mocked up Sonic using contemporary eyes, they wanted to use "Classic" Sonic eyes. Totally understandable. <b>2nd</b>, I knew I'd have to raise a huge amount of money for new steel molds, so I wanted to just reuse the arms and legs from 10-Doh!. Then have new arms and legs as a Stretch Goal. <b>3rd</b>, Japan totally rejected these designs, so I would have only been able to make Sonic figures with "Official" label art. Either they hated it, or it conflicted with their other licensing agreements. Sonic is their baby, so I'm sure they have lots of restrictions on usage, but still disappointing. </div>
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Altered Beast was a quarter thief in the arcade, but it was a no brainer to do as a figure. The figure on the bottom would have been a Black Chrome Kickstarter exclusive. </div>
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The obvious choice was always Sonic. The Blue Chrome version might have been an SDCC 2014 Exclusive. I was also going to be allowed to do Sonic 2 and 3 in the future. </div>
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I wanted both of these to be Kickstarter Exclusives. They have the "NOT FOR SALE" on the label, just like the games you got with the Genesis system. It would have been a good way to differentiate Kickstarter figures from regular Sonic figures. </div>
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Then, the week of D-Con I heard back that the original deal of doing a Kickstarter, then paying the royalty wasn't possible. That means they wanted their money up front and I'd lose it, if the project didn't get funded. </div>
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I told them, that I'd still show them at D-con to see how much people reacted. And people loved them, but that didn't change the fact that I don't have the cash up front. </div>
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Soooo, it pretty much died there. I couldn't bring myself to risk that up front money, or borrow the money. I'd rather put that towards other projects that I have full control over. I didn't quit my great paying job to do more licensed product. I didn't do 10-Doh! to hopefully get the Nintendo license. I make these figures because I love my memories of them. The parody is what I like about them. If I wanted the "official" art, I'd buy the actual game.</div>
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It's also a great way for me to work with a ton of artists and help get their art and brands out there more. I really didn't want to have to submit their art for "Licensor Approval". </div>
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I really didn't like that they changed the deal or might have wanted approvals over all artwork. But I don't have any hard feelings. They have their company policies and the way they want to do business. This project just wasn't meant to be.</div>
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I'm still only 1 guy making toys and I'd much rather focus on what I really want to do. It would have taken over my life and delayed other projects. Of course, I may be kicking myself later for missing an opportunity, but for now it feels like the right choice. </div>
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I wanted to do something different this year for Black Friday. It's always a struggle to heavily discount the products I spent a lot of time and money to make. So, I'll heavily discount the stuff that factory messed up and I couldn't justify charging full price for.</div>
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<b>Why were these figures "rejected"?</b> Well, some are pretty apparent, others are pretty minor. The factory I used didn't always pay enough attention while applying the labels. Some have bubbles, some have creases, or even both. Either way, I didn't like the way they looked, so they got sent to the reject bin.<br />
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I obviously have quite a few that I thought were too messed up to sell at full retail. The wrinkles on this Knock Out!! label are about as bad as it gets, but still unacceptable. </div>
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<b>Why sell rejected figures?</b> Well, only the labels are ugly, and there's a great Blank 10-Doh! under that messed up label. It will take a little work and some adhesive remover, but it's not terrible.<br />
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<b>Why are they random?</b> It's just easier that way. I don't want to deal with requests for certain designs. You'll get what you get. If you order multiples, I'll make sure you don't get any duplicates. Not that duplicates matter, if you're gonna remove the labels anyway.<br />
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<b>Will I get a gold one?</b> Maybe, maybe not. The golds are more problematic. Adhesive remover might also remove the gold color. You might not care that the label is a little messed up, so instead you just got a really cheap gold figure.<br />
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<b>Do they come with arms and legs? </b>Of course, these are complete figures, just with poorly applied labels.<br />
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<b>What's the price?</b> $20 each. That's 15 bucks off retail and 30 bucks off, if you get a Gold. Puls shipping, of course.<br />
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This deal will be available from midnight to midnight on Black Friday on www.squidkidsink.bigcartel.com Also, stay tuned for some Cyber Monday deals. Not sure what they'll be, but there will be something. </div>
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Ante Ups has been in development limbo for over 5 years. The original models were in scale with my 7" 10-Doh! figures. Here are the original sketches from Jan 08 and photos of the resin figures that were never released.</div>
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Craps was supposed to use the arms and legs or A-Drive, but I haven't been able to afford to produce A-Drive yet. So, I need to make sure that 10-Doh!'s arms and legs will work with Craps' body.</div>
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Short Stack also got the short end of the stick. I wanted him and B-Side to have the same arms and legs, but you've heard that story already. Ha.</div>
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Thankfully, I've found my original set and the some extra castings. I've decided to sell some of the castings at Dcon this year, but I don't know for how much or how many will be available. Right now I can't find the arms and legs, so I might have to use 10-Doh! arms and legs for them. All future releases will be made from new models and molds.</div>
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Last year I was lucky enough to be giving the opportunity to do the back cover for the Dcon 2012 program. I must have done an ok job, because they offered me the front cover shortly after the show. Of course I waited till the last minute to do this one. Oooops. Here's some of the stages of development.</div>
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The sketch on the left was done on a Cintiq, then printed and cleaned up on copy paper with a pen. The sketch on the right is a rework of the middle clean version. I didn't want this illustration to be super clean like last years back cover, so I went back in and put some life back into it.</div>
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This cover was a challenge for me. I was pretty happy with what I did last year, but I didn't want to do a complete retread of last years concept. The 2 images on the left we too boring and just showing off the new characters. To me, Dcon is about artists creating stuff, and I still wanted that represented in the illustration.</div>
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Here's the final, but it still has the bleed on it. So, the actual printed program won't have such a thick ink border. It's also missing my signature. Is it better than last years?? Maybe, maybe not, but I still like it. </div>
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Everyone that attends Dcon 2013 should get one, so you can't complain about that price. I'm also doing 10 Preview Editions of the each Ante Ups figure, but those might be pricey. Stop by booth #332 at the Pasadena Convention Center Nov 9th and 10th and say "hi". I'll be on my best behavior, so I should say "howdy" back. </div>
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Way back at WonderCon in March, I was in the middle of the Mini 10-Doh! Series2 Kickstarter and was still trying to plan out the rest of the year. I knew I needed to do some more Limited Edition Mini 10-Doh! figures down the road. SpankyStokes stopped by the booth like he always does, and this is the result of our conversation.</div>
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Spanky teamed up with Playful Gorilla and they came up with the Forest Stroll Lord Mini 10-Doh!.</div>
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We split the 40 figures, so we'll each have them at our booths. I doubt there will be any left after the show, but if there are, we'll be selling them online as well. </div>
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Don't miss out on this or all the other great stuff at Designer Con Nov 9th and 10th at the Pasadena Convention Center.</div>
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Check out more of their stuff at <a href="http://www.spankystokes.com/">www.spankystokes.com</a> and <a href="http://www.playfulgorilla.storenvy.com/">www.playfulgorilla.storenvy.com</a></div>
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This terrible character might not be the only reason that I'm no longer a huge Star Wars fan, but he is a major contributor. I wasn't really planning on being a part of this show, but once I thought about it, I couldn't resist showing my disdain for the existence of this character. </div>
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This was the original sketch I did in my sketch book. Pen and ink like usual. I had a loose idea of what I wanted to do, but it wouldn't fit on the page.</div>
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These are the 3 teaser images i put up on Instagram a while back.</div>
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Here is a scan of the final illustration. Of course I modified some things while inking. It's a bit chaotic, but I'm pretty happy with the it overall.</div>
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You can see and buy this heartfelt homage to Jar Jar at Dcon in Pasadena on Nov 9th and 10th. Here's more info about the show. Tons of great artists involved.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">DKE Toys presents “The 99 Deaths of Jar Jar”<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">DKE Toys presents “The 99 Deaths of Jar Jar”, a group art show featuring 99 artists. Each artist was asked to submit a black and white, pen and ink illustration on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper and chose one way to maim, torture, and/or kill our least favorite Gungan.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;">64 Colors - A Little Stranger - Doktor A. - akirophoto - Ardabus Rubber - Asaad - Atila - Jason Atomic - Super Cooper Berella - Bigfoot - Joemm Blanche of CBNC - Botsch - Jon Burgerman - Candy - Nate Carle - Luke Chueh - Nicholas Dewey - Luis Diaz - Mike Egan - Dez Einswell - Brent Engstrom - Gus Fink - Frédéric Fleury - Brian Flynn - Steve (Go Hero) Forde - Free Humanity - Renee French - Gregg Gibbs - Darren Goldman - Dan Goodsell - Grenadier Stinny - James Hakola - Gary Ham - Nathan Hamill - Joshua Herbolsheimer - Jesse Hernandez - Francisco Herrera - Kerry Horvath - I Heart Guts - Jay222 - Jeremyville - JSalvador - kaNO - KiLL! - Sun-Min Kim + David Horvath - Scott Kinnebrew - Jim Koch - Frank Kozik - Wade Lageose - L'amour Supreme - Leecifer - LiLJAPAN - Abe Lincoln Jr. - Andy Linke - Jerome Lu - Madtwiinz - Jim Mahfood aka Food One - Man One - Manly Art - Randy Martinez - Mauricio Tubesteak - El Maz - MCA - William Luke Miller - Miso - Nate Mitchell Squid Kids Ink - Nick the Ring - Brent Nolasco - Mitch O'Connell - Odio - olive47 - Jordan Owen - Virva Peikko - Ritzy Periwinkle - The Pizz - Playful Gorilla - PodgyPanda - Poulin Eurlegg - Dave Pressler - Ted Rall - Rob Reger - Renone - Jermaine Rogers - D. Ross "scribe" - Johnny Ryan - Phil Ryan - Dave Savage - Nick Sawyers - SERBAN - Skinner - Bwana Spoons - Scott Tolleson - Triclops Studio - Tracy Tubera - twerps! - Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca - valleyDweller - Denise Vasquez - Scott Wilkowski - Neil Winn - David Zajdman</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jar Jar Binks was contacted for comment about the event and noted about the show, “Why meesa so hated?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jar Jar Binks and all related intellectual property is copyright and/or registered to Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. But who would really want to own the rights to Jar Jar anyway. Go step in poo doo.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Rumor has it that there may or may not be a corresponding collectable program (er.. crappy zine.. er..something) but that remains to be seen. Show up for more details…<u></u><u></u></div>
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<br />Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739921074381154360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616810999718029729.post-46656727781373096522013-04-03T14:01:00.001-07:002013-04-03T14:01:35.566-07:00MINI 10-DOH! SERIES2 COMPLETE SET UNVEILED<div style="text-align: center;">
well, if you haven't heard, i have a Kickstarter Campaign goin on right now. i unveiled 1 figure per day over the 1st 16 days of the campaign. there are 4 common, 4 uncommon, 4 rare, 4 ultra rare. there's still time to contribute and get the Kickstarter Exclusive figures, so please don't hesitate.</div>
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<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/185624469/mini-10-doh-series2">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/185624469/mini-10-doh-series2</a></div>
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so, it finally happened. i finally managed to sit in front of a camera and get a video done for this project. thanks to Chito "Kwestone" Arellano for putting up with my fear and hatred of cameras and speaking. ha.</div>
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so here are the pledge levels. </div>
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Kickstarter My Heart is a combination of a few things. obviously, i used the Kickstarter colors, but the heart is a nod to the Energy Meter Heart from Zelda, and whole idea is a play on Motley Crue's song Kickstart My Heart. yes, i used to listen to Motley Crue way back when.</div>
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the black version, ooohh.</div>
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the Gold version. ooooh, with metallic label. oooooooooohhhhh!</div>
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this is a brand new version of Mini 10-Doh!, but without labels, instead they have a insert with graphics printed on both sides. 2 of the Ultra Rare figures in Series2 will be similar to this bad boy. </div>
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the combo pack for people that don't like black or gold figures, but you get a sketch and a clear one. woohoo!</div>
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the best way to get all of the exclusives. and a blind box of course.</div>
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the easiest way to get a complete set of Series2. it's pretty difficult to get a complete set as blind purchases. relieve that stress by jumping in at this level. this set will only be available through Kickstarter, so grab one while you can.</div>
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so, these are completely Kickstarter Exclusives. these will never be available any other way. so, if no one orders them, they'll never be made. boohoo. don't let that happen. ha.</div>
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the main prize here is the 1st Shot. these were the 1st Mini 10-Doh! figures ever made. they are what i looked at and made revisions. they are missing all legal markings (cuz those are add at the end of tooling), the surfaces aren't polished or refined, and the inside doesn't have the friction fit pegs that hold the top together. what all that means is that they are extremely rare and can be made again. i only made 2 available and 1 is already spoken for. </div>
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this is the same Giant Sized figure. a whopping 29.5" tall. but now you can choose from any of the other 11 label designs from Series2. you also get a complete set of Series2 and all 5 KS Exclusives.</div>
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so much stuff and you get to design a label. if you just have a money tree and don't want to design the label, i'll do the art based on your art direction. what a compromise, right?</div>
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there you have it. things are off to a great start and hopefully they continue to go that way.</div>
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Kickstarter has some new guidelines that kept me from offering a couple of pledge levels that were really fun. i wanted to offer full case packs, but that wasn't allowed. i'll see if i can make them available as add-ons. the others were high dollar but cool. i'll try to figure out away to make them available. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">head over to </span><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/185624469/mini-10-doh-series2" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #062531; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://www.kickstarter.com/<wbr></wbr>projects/185624469/mini-10-<wbr></wbr>doh-series2</a><span style="text-align: center;"> to pledge and don't forget to spread the word.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">if we exceed the goal, i have some great Stretch Goals planned. i hope those get unveiled and reached. but for now let's focus on the main goal. woohoo!</span></div>
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Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739921074381154360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616810999718029729.post-89158865426484945112013-02-12T23:50:00.002-08:002013-02-13T09:04:59.782-08:00AND THE WINNER IS..........lots to read.<div style="text-align: center;">
soooooo, after pondering over the 70 entries for the last 12 days, i've finally made a decision. it was incredibly difficult and there were a bunch of entries that could have easily won. here are some of the major determining factors as to how the winner was chosen.</div>
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<b>Series2 Artists:</b> i asked 11 artists to be a part of Mini 10-Doh! Series2 and they had the same Jan 31st deadline to deliver their label art. just like the contest participants, they had almost complete freedom for the label. this presented a couple problems, like when 2 artists wanted to do a label based on the same game. it was solved by first come first served, but i couldn't communicate that to the contest participants. i felt it was best to let the contest run it's course and any similar or duplicate game entries would be second in line to any of the labels created by the designated artists for Series2. </div>
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so, i had to wait and see all of the art for Series2 before choosing a winner. even though there is one label i'm still waiting on. anyway, the winner had to fit in the series, but too much. </div>
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<b>Color:</b> it really boiled down to color for some of them. if i already had a heavy white label in the mix, all white label entries weren't likely to win. i know that might suck for those that chose white, but i couldn't tell them to not use white. i didn't know what colors the artists would be using. there also ended up being a lot of black labels from both artist and contest entries. so, a lot of great classic looking labels weren't chosen because there will be plenty of classic styled labels already in Series2.</div>
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<b>Content:</b> others weren't selected because the subject matter was too similar. i didn't want to have a series full of a certain animal. so, if one of the artists used a specific animal, all entries with that same animal probably wouldn't be selected.</div>
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<b>Decision:</b> the final decision was mine, but i did ask some friends for their top 5 and then discussed them further once i showed them the rest of Series2 as a whole. like i said, there were at least a good 10-15 entries that had a solid chance at winning. </div>
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AND THE WINNER IS.........</div>
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<b>Zonbey Kong</b> was designed by Riccardo Bucchioni. it's not heavy on black or white. and none of the other artists chose to do zombie gorillas, so no overlap there. but seriously, it's funny and well illustrated. it will also be easily recognizable for lots of people. i have no idea who Riccardo Bucchioni is, but i soon will and so will some other folks out there.<br />
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<b>UPDATE:</b> check out more of Riccardo's work at <a href="http://www.riccardobucchioni.com/" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">http://www.riccardobucchioni.com</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/riccardobucchioniart" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">https://www.facebook.com/riccardobucchioniart</a><br />
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i was incredibly tough to choose the winner. i'm amazed at all of the great entries, so i want to try and do some other stuff with the entries. below are some ideas on how to do that. </div>
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<b>Series3:</b> i may select a couple of the entries to be part of Series3, but i have to get through Series2 first. </div>
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<b>Limited Edition Mini 10-Dohs:</b> i'm planning at least 2 Limited Edition figures using the art from the contest. i've already contacted those 2 artists, but i'll reveal those later. </div>
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<b>Kickstarter:</b> i'm trying to set up a Kickstarter project to fund Series2. counter to popular belief, i'm not made of monies. this may also give me a chance to produce other So Analog characters like A-Drive and B-Side, but again, i have to focus on Series2 first. so, stay tuned. i may also open voting for backers to select other contest entries to be made into Limited Editions Mini 10-Doh! figures.</div>
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<b>Everyone is a winner, kinda.</b> i'm also working on having a Custom Mini 10-Doh! art show where i can show off all 70 designs. it's in the very early stages of planning, so i'll post more once anything gets solidified. </div>
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i'm sure there was a better way to run the contest, but i'm just one guy trying to make some toys that also help other artists get their stuff seen by more people. i'd like to do another contest at some point, but it will be probably being more specific or something. i learned a lot during this little adventure.</div>
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i really want to thank everyone that took the time to read this, but more importantly, thanks to everyone that took the time to enter. the quantity and quality of the submissions was impressive. i truly appreciate the support. </div>
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