REAL BOMBING

For all you sickoes that vandalizm and graffiti art check out TKO destroying the West Coast all the way down to Mexico..

TAPOUT 60

Today was a good day, we delivered the collaboration car Tap Out / Sanctioned promo vehicle to Tap Out. Its a 1960 convertible Impala candy painted and pin stripped by Steve Deman interior by Top Stitch and hand built and designed at Skid Row Motors in down town LA, Murals by Mister Cartoon AKA the kid AKA Mister nobody AKA Dad. He also designed the 22 inch staggered 2 piece wheels. This car has air bags that makes it lay close to the floor, the bags are powered by universal air. This Car is a frame off restoration with a chrome under carriage and candy painted undies. Disk breaks help slow down the 348 motor and the 700 R transmission, this car has big beat in the trunk powered by Rokford Fosgate, Later on we will show you the details of the murals and interior plus its first official photo shoot.

FANTASY FACTORY

Yesterday I went on a local field trip to Rob Dyrdek's "Fantasy Factory" to see my friend Drama to hand deliver his Cartoon edition Metro PCS. I got the grand tour and the place looked bigger than the one I seen on t.v. The new season sounds like its going to be the shit.. Thanks to the Fantasy Factory for the hospitality.
Check out the one of a kind Righteous Kill Poster.

Bil Baird 2: The Sound of Music

These are great to draw from- the big, blocky shapes really help you to see the form and perspective.

Bil Baird

I picked up an old vhs tape at Goodwill recently called "Davey Jones' Locker", featuring Bil Baird's marionettes and I can't believe how awesome the designs of the puppets are. They look like they were designed by Roy Nelson and Vernon Grant, which may not be a coincidence since Baird attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts around the same time as both and they clearly share a similar design sensibility.
I couldn't find any clips online and because It's a vhs tape I can't make any frame grabs, but I'm attaching a few Baird images found online (there isn't much) to hopefully motivate you to check out more.
I wish the current cgi movies had this variety in design. I can't figure out why all the girls in cgi movies have the exact same round head- the girls in Bolt, Monsters vs Aliens, and Cloudy Meatballs all seem like the same design, and the neck never attaches to the head right. Maybe it's a limitation of the technology, because the best character designers in the world worked on those movies.
You can buy a dvd of some of Baird's early films here. I recommend it highly.
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DOWNTOWN L.A. ARTWALK

Come thru and pick up your limited edition can from UpperPlayGround x MTN
This Thursday at the Downtown LA Artwalk..

UPPERPLAYGROUND X MTN

Mr. Cartoon x MTN x UP from MR. PERFECT on Vimeo.

Check out this video from when we went out to S.F (Lower Haight) for a signing at UpperPlayground to promote my Limited Edition Spray Can with MTN and UP...