A hardcover edition of the Star Wars: New Essential Guide to Characters has recently hit bookstores. Originally published by Lucasbooks in 2002, featuring over 100 full-color illustrations.
A few excerpts:
[Book Photo: Minh]
Raise your fist & scream Guillermo Del Toro hounds...Official news has been posted, Austin, Texas art & collectible boutique Mondo & cinema drafthouse Alamo conjured up a new series of high-end posters featuring the directed works of Del Toro.
The inaugural artist/director collaboration release, vampire sequel Blade II (2002) has been released today, Dec. 2. Please take a look at the poster, variant edition & detail pics below. It's been a complete honor & pleasure.
Regular edition is a 6 Color Serigraph / 1 Gold Metallic Ink on
Metallic Pewter Paper 92 Cover Stock sized @ 24"x36". Limited to 175.
Variant edition (Blue Red tones) is a 6 Color Serigraph on Pewter Paper Stock
sized 24"x36". Limited to 75.
Below, rendering and print details:
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Printed @ Monolith Press
HELLBENT Silk Screen Art print. 18"x24", 4-Color, Heavy 130 weight paper and signed and numbered edition of 57.
SAFE INSIDE Silk Screen Art print. 18"x24", 4-Color, Metallic silver ink, Heavy 130 weight paper and signed and numbered edition of 79.
GigPoster Subhumans(UK), Criminal Damage and Conquest for Death. 18x24 inches, 3-Color Silk-Screen. Signed and numbered edition of 54.
$35.00 each. Shipped with Insurance and Delivery confirmation. Printed at Monolith Press Emeryville, CA.
Available in the store @ mikesutfin.com [Will combine shipping on multiple print orders inquire @ admin@mikesutfin.com]
As declared earlier, several collaborations with ICON are moving along in various stages of development. The 1st helmet project Apocalypse just hit the asphalt, check'r out|
Somewhere in Japan an Icon cohort is adhering the graphic to an actual bike. Below, a look at the process. [Stay tuned for completion photos]
|Finally, a cropped view of final art. Ink on Bristol & Digital Finish.
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Here is second piece of artwork created for the Green Label Sound website. Pretty extreme, eh? No, not really...|
|Green Label Sound Web 'Hats' [Part 1 of 2]
Several updates coming soon. Thanx.
The MadBattleMan Dusk Edition SDCC 2k10 would not have been possible without help from these amazing people: Reckless Toy Crew, Toy Tokyo, Pushead, Bigshot Toyworks, Toybot Studios, Rich J., Chris K. & anyone who made their way to the convention to pick up the toy or gave support in anyway. Mega-thanx to following bloggers for the online coverage: Toybot Studios, Kaiju Chronicle, Vinyl Pulse, Toysrevil, SpankyStokes, Land of Frost & of course THEE JHateball over at Mishka.
A small number of Dusk MadBattleMan figures will soon be stomping around the Toy Tokyo 10th anniversary.
The first MAD BATTLE MAN colorway DUSK premieres at SDCC 2010! Limited to 60 pieces, it will ONLY be available at the TOY TOKYO booth #5437 (G) starting Weds night July 21. $98|
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|RECKLESS TOYS!
Photo by Toybot Studios
Harvey Pekar, a great and creative person passed away today.
|A Comic book writer, filing clerk, music & literary critic. I dressed as Harvey for Halloween once.
Mtn. Dew Projects continue! Check out the original artwork created for the Green Label Sound website.|
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|Find the bass clef? Check back later for a second update.
Unveiled today, a complete view of the RECKLESS TOYS x MIKE SUTFIN SDCC 2k10 Exclusive MAD BATTLE MAN Dusk colorway. Behold, the factory painted sample |
| Additional pics & info over at Toybot Studios & RECKLESS TOYS
WoW Trading Card Game illustration Dr. Boom! featured in the Official World of Warcraft magazine. Vol. 1 Issue 02 |
|More Warcraft updates coming soon.
The SDCC exclusive rears it's ugly head in this third
puzzle piece of the original handpaint colorway|
|The factory paint sample has arrived! First shots will
premiere tomorrow, July 1st at Toybot Studios
RECKLESS TOYS
Several collaborations with ICON MOTOSPORTS underway! After viewing an Alliance motorcycle helmet sample, one could easily say they are pushing the industry limits of graphic application technology. Sharp stuff! Below an in-progress preview of selected inked artwork|
|First release scheduled for August 2k10. Thank you
An additional MAD BATTLE MAN sneak-peek puzzle piece|
|More previews of the SDCC 'Dusk' colorway coming soon!
RECKLESS TOYS
Chief Officers at MISHKA have given the go-ahead to post a preview of our collaboration coming down the pike!!|
|Super Fun. Thank you.
Out of the vault! A sneak peek at the upcoming MAD BATTLE MAN 'Dusk' production colorway for SDCC. Physical samples & step by step painting instruction manuals were created to assist the manufacturing process overseas. Below, a cross section view of the original hand-colored figure sent to the factory| 
|Next week: Sneak peek Part 2 - Stay tuned. Thank you.
RECKLESS TOYS
More pics and info over at Toybot Studios & Kaiju Chronicle
An equivalent fist of gratitude: Reckless Toys, Pushead, Toybot Studios, Kaiju Chronicle and Bigshot Toyworks.
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