RIP Munny stickers

Yesterday marked the 23rd custom Munny sticker in a row of an attempt to make more than 70 and auction them each day on eBay. For more than three weeks I've diligently created a new, hand drawn design on a blank Munny sticker and listed them for opening bids of $1.00 or $5.00 depending on size. I did this in an attempt to get some affordable art out there to anyone who was interested in these Munny stickers but the resulting information has come back that very few of you are interested. Some of the auctions have ended with zero bids and many have ended at just $1.00 and since I'm investing about 1.5 hours on each one plus time to package and ship, that's just not something I can sustain any longer. I'm not sure if it's because people are reluctant to bid on eBay or if the Munny craze is over, but when people are paying more for prints on Etsy than for originals on eBay, it really says something. So, I am canceling the custom Munny sticker challenge and getting back to creating fresh originals from scratch; no blank Munny outline involved.

In other news, tomorrow will be my first appearance in 2014 at Riverside Arts Market in Jacksonville, FL and in two weeks it's Megacon! If you're in Florida I hope to see you at one of these events. God bless!

Bryan

Tattoo Cat Trikky Sticker

Among the blank Munny stickers I am customizing right now, there are a few in the lesser known Kidrobot designs such as this Trikky sticker. When I sat in front of the blank cat-like outline I just had to turn it into something with a tattoo style complete with cherry blossoms. If you would like to adopt this little pet, she's being auctioned on eBay here ~ http://www.ebay.com/usr/bryancollins_art

Have fun bidding!
~Bryan

Munny Sticker Update: Please Read!

Bid on this one at http://r.ebay.com/aUKnoq


Bid on this one at http://r.ebay.com/SpkXMu

Upon reaching the 15th custom sticker in my attempt to draw more than 70 of them, I have run out of the smaller 3"x3.75" blanks stickers and have moved up to the 4"x4.75" sticker. It's only an inch larger on each side, but with almost nine square inches of extra space, the actual area I am drawing on is almost double the size of the smaller stickers. Because of this I am starting the new opening bids at $5.00, which is still an astronomically low price for an original, one-of-a-kind drawing so get your bids in now at http://www.ebay.com/usr/bryancollins_art

Below is the first of the larger stickers:


Bid on this one at http://r.ebay.com/Rk5od9

Bryan

Custom Munny Stickers 7, 8, and 9

I've made it to day nine! Here are the three latest custom Munny stickers in my attempt to make more than 70 of these after finding a stack of blanks in my studio. If you'd like to place a bid on one, they start at just one dollar in my eBay store at http://www.ebay.com/usr/bryancollins_art





Have fun bidding!
~Bryan

Custom Munny Stickers 4, 5, and 6

I'm still going strong with drawing a custom Munny sticker each day until I run out of them. I never really know what I want to come up with when I sit down with these blank Munny stickers, so the themes are turning out to be a little eclectic, but that's what keeps things fun.





Each of these original stickers are being auctioned in my ebay store and bidding starts at just $1 so place your bid at http://www.ebay.com/usr/bryancollins_art

Enjoy!
Bryan

Custom Munny Sticker 3

Since I'm nursing a broken rib or two right now, I thought about incorporating a ribcage into today's Munny sticker. You can bid on this original drawing now along with a few others at http://www.ebay.com/usr/bryancollins_art

Have fun bidding!
Bryan

More Custom Toys 2013

Summer is pretty much coming to an end and it's been a great season of comic conventions, gallery shows, and fun commissioned pieces. Here is a round-up of some of the customs I've done in the past couple of months.


Wall-E custom Android. Resin and acrylic on vinyl. This was a commission, so it's sold.


Incredible Hulk custom Dunny. Acrylic on vinyl. This one is available in my Etsy Shop.


Red Monster custom Android. Acrylic on vinyl. This too was a commission, so it's also sold.


Beauty and the Beast custom Dunny pair. Resin and acrylic on vinyl. These are available individually blind-boxed HERE.


Octobox custom Dunny. Acrylic on vinyl and available in my Etsy Shop.


Cowboy Penguin custom Dunny. Resin and acrylic on vinyl. Another commissioned piece who already has a home.

I have more custom figures in progress as well as a number of illustrations and paintings, so I will get back to working on those and post them up as they are completed. God bless you, and enjoy the remainder of summer!

Bryan

Passive Aggressive Munny

Good vs. Evil has been the conundrum debated among theologians, philosophers, and laymen alike since the beginning of mankind. I was commissioned to create a custom mini-Munny based on this theme, and produced this creature I am calling "Passive Aggressive". You may notice that there is some minor sculpt work on this one. I've only sculpted on three custom figures up till now, but I am beginning to slowly integrate more 3D elements into my customs. If you are interested in commissioning a unique figure, contact me HERE.

12 Custom Monster Dunnys

This dozen custom Dunny set was commissioned by one collector who turned me loose on a monster theme. He also sent me three bags of whole bean coffee to help keep me fueled in the creative process. If you would like to talk about a commission for yourself or a friend, send an email to bryancollinsart@gmail.com or check out my SHOP to see what pieces are currently available.

God bless,
Bryan Collins / Color Chemist

Custom KR Mascots

Available November 21st, 2012 at 5pm est - These three custom Kidrobot Mascot Bots are part of the Mascot Battle blind box series curated by Don P and Sekure D. These are my first custom KR Bots and are painted with acrylics. The series is comprised of "team old" from the first KR Mascot series (Good vs Evil), and "team new" who are joining in for this second series of customs. Bots are blind-boxed when you order, but you may choose if you want a pull from team old or team new. If you want a shot at one of the three above, grab from team new. All the possibilities of custom bots are sampled at http://www.battleofthemascots.bigcartel.com/

The artists on Team NEW are JAR, Color Chemist, Nugglife, RunDMB, Charles Rodriguez, MaloApril, Squink!, Wheelbarrow, El Hooligan, and Stuart Witter.

The artists on Team OLD are Sekure D, Matcandraw, Hugh Rose, Fuller, Alex Break, Don P, Nikejerk, Loz Hausofboz, JFury, and Jc Rivera.

Bots are priced at $70 each and pre-orders have already snatched up 30 of the 50 custom pieces, so only 20 will be available when the public link opens at 5pm est on November 21st so don't dally.

Grab them while you can at http://www.battleofthemascots.bigcartel.com/

Foomi Sea Monster

 

This Sea Monster is the first Kidrobot Foomi I've had the pleasure of customizing. I was given the request of creating a multi-eyed sea creature on the Foomi figure. He stands a little over four inches tall and was painted with acrylics. If you are interested in having me customize a figure for you, please email me at bryancollinsart@gmail.com or see the easy-order customs in my Etsy Shop.

God bless,

Bryan Collins / Color Chemist

Custom Raffy Available

"Sparkle Stripe" is the first piece I've created on the Kidrobot Raffy platform. It was made for a custom toy exhibit at the Jarvis Rockwell Gallery in North Adams, MA. Part baby giraffe, part psychedelic pony, this whimsical beast is painted with metallic and pearl acrylics and measures approximately 4.5"x5".

This piece is now available in my Etsy shop.

God bless,

Bryan Collin

Red Leopard Saber Tooth Dunny

Since February 2009, every custom toy I have made has either been a blind-Box (Beast Buddies), a commissioned piece, or for a particular exhibit. For the first time in over three years, I am releasing this single custom Dunny available July 9th, 2012 at 5pm EST through my Etsy shop.

The Dunny will come as seen in the photo, with it's own "Color Chemist" box, three pin-back buttons, and a sticker. This is the only piece I plan to make under these circumstances for a while since I still have commissions and exhibits on my plate. I had actually started this piece last year and put it on the back burner. In order to clean up some unfinished projects, I got up extra early a few days in a row and got this piece finished.

Remember to check www.bryancollins.etsy.com at 5pm EST on July 9th, 2012 to grab this piece.

God bless,
Bryan "Color Chemist" Collins

Steampunk Sheriff Dunny

For this commission I was asked to create anything I wanted as long at it was on the Chuckboy Cyborg Dunny platform. I had only worked on this platform once before when I made the seafaring Scuba Dunny. A month ago I beat the PS3 game Rage and have since been wanting to do a steampunk themed custom. When I was striping and priming the Chuckboy cyborg it hit me that this was the perfect platform to take in a steampunk direction. I had a blast creating this little sci-fi western sheriff and hope to do more in this theme soon.

You can order custom Dunny figures at www.bryancollins.etsy.com or email me to discuss something specific - info[at]bryancollinsgallery.com

God bless,
Bryan

Kidrobot Sketch Session at Urban Outfitters

On April 14th I was granted the pleasure of being Kidrobot's featured artist for a one-night sketch session at Urban Outfitters. I got to meet some great collectors, fans, Kidrobot staff, and Urban Outfitters employees. In about 2.5 hours I doodled on more than 30 Munnyworld figures and had an awesome time.









Thank you to everyone who let me doodle a Munny for you, and special thanks to Kidrobot and Urban Outfitters for hosting this event. I hope to do it again soon!

God bless,

Bryan A. Collins

www.bacstudio.com
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Kidrobot / Urban Outfitters Sketch Session

I will be sketching on a variety of Kidrobot Munny figures at Urban Outfitters in Boulder, CO on April 14th from 6-8pm. The sketching is FREE if you pick up a Munny while at Urban Outfitters. Check out the lineup to see what other artists may be near you. Hope to see all my Colorado people in Boulder!

Urban Outfitters
934 Pearl Street
Boulder, CO 80302
(303) 247-0828

God bless,

Bryan A. Collins

www.bacstudio.com
Twitter - @useeverycolor
Facebook - www.facebook.com/bryancollinsart

Aquatic Chuckboy Dunny

There's nothing that warms my heart like when someone receives a piece of work from me and then asks for another. That was the case with this custom Chuckboy Dunny. The collector who commissioned it had previously received his Ocean-Life set of customs. He liked the eye on the octopus Dunny and let me run with that. The above photos show what I came up with after letting my mind journey to the deep for a bit. Hope you like it.

Title: Aquatic Chuckboy Dunny
Artist: Bryan A. Collins (2011)
Medium: Acrylic on 3" vinyl
Status: Sold


God bless,

Bryan Collins

http://www.useeverycolor.com
Twitter - @useeverycolor
Facebook - www.facebook.com/bryancollinsart

Lionfish Munny

I just finished up this custom lionfish Munny as a commission for a collector. My love for all things aquatic made this an especially fun piece to do. If you are interested in having a piece customized just for you, please email bryan@bacstudio.com with your idea and we will get something going for you.





Title: Lionfish Munny
Artist: Bryan A. Collins (2011)
Medium: Acrylic on 4" vinyl Mini-Munny
Status: Sold

God bless,

Bryan A. Collins

www.bacstudio.com
Twitter - @useeverycolor
Facebook - www.facebook.com/bryancollinsart

Beast Buddies Mini Munny

My series of 100 custom Dunnys called Beast Buddies was a surprising success, and randomly packed into the 100 blind-boxes were 16 golden tickets. One of those tickets awarded it's collector with a free custom monster Mini Munny. The ticket was found and the custom Munny you see above was the prize.

My goal with this piece was to give a generally encompassing idea of what the Beast Buddies series was all about. Trying to create one piece that represents 100 pieces was a challenge and essentially impossible, so I focused on creating a multi-eyed monster that would fit in well with the concept that spread throughout the diverse span of customs that were all created as Beast Buddies.

Like all of the Beast Buddies, this pieces was painted with acrylics on vinyl. If you would like to inquire about having a piece commissioned for your collection, please email bryan@bacstudio.com to begin discussing your ideas.

Comments welcomed!

God bless,

Bryan A. Collins

www.bacstudio.com
Twitter - @useeverycolor
Facebook - www.facebook.com/bryancollinsart

2011 Prophetic Assumptions

New Years' resolutions tend to be a prelude to disappointment for most folks. We come up with a list of goals, many of them too grandiose to ever achieve, then by mid to late January we are depressed and wallowing in our failure and hoping that the next year will get here soon so we can start over. I'm going to skip that.



Instead I am just going to make some prophetic assumptions of what 2011 will bring forth in me and my work. I add assumptions after the word prophetic because if they don't come true I will be labeled a false prophet and there were times in which people were killed for holding that label.

Now, even though I just took a shot at list making, I will still make one here but again we will remember these are not resolutions. These are projects that are either already in motion or are likely to happen during the course of 2011. If they do not manifest, you are free to give me a hard time about them but I will be exempt from public hanging or being stoned to death because prophetic assumptions are not prophesies per se.

1) Finish the "Proof of Faith" book - I began putting together a book mid 2009 and many projects and life circumstances kept pushing it to the back burner. It is to the point now that I have scrapped the whole thing and will be starting again from scratch. The book will be a collection of select works from 2006 to 2010 and will also feature a few pieces from my teenage years. I am writing about the inspiration behind certain paintings and illustrations, as well as telling the story of the journey that brought me to art as a career and an obsession.

The book will be released through Blurb and available two ways. You can get it as a print-on-demand, meaning you order one through Blurb and they will print and mail it to you. Or, I will have copies at my studio which will be signed and come with an exclusive limited edition print. These will be available in my Etsy shop and at BigCartel and can be personalized if you wish.



2) Make more (and BIGGER) paintings and drawings - The bulk of 2010 was entirely consumed by the series of 100 Beast Buddies which recently sold out. Due to this enormous project, I had little time to work on 2D pieces. I have a few paintings that were begun more than a year ago which I intend to finish and I have many new pieces swimming around in my head that need to get born (all babies want to get born).

Furthermore, up to this point, 24"x36" is the largest painting I have ever created. I want to move beyond and create my largest work-to-date. I intend to at least begin this piece this year. I have not settled on an exact size, just larger than 24"x36".

3) Set up a new permanent studio - My wife and I are in the process of buying a house and when this happens, I will be setting up a permanent studio. From there I plan to do some live painting from my Stickam broadcast channel. You can sign up and friend me on Stickam and when I am broadcasting you can tune in and out and check in on paintings and drawings in progress.



Once settled in to the new studio, I hope to get back into occasionally posting video blogs on my Youtube channel. Some fast-motion drawing sequence videos are going to be made as well. With these I will film drawings being created from start to finish, then post a video of the entire process shown in fast motion. That should be fun.

4) Release new sets of customs - With the Beast Buddies finished, I will be releasing new smaller sets and individual custom pieces. Some will be Dunnys but I plan to create on more Teddy Troops, Munny and mini-Munny, and some works already in progress including a Giver, a Muscamoot, and a Bambaboss. I will be going much lighter on the customs for 2011 as I give time to the 2D projects mentioned above so I am not sure when these projects will be finished. Having said this, if you would like a custom toy created specifically for you please email bryan@bacstudio.com to chat with me about it.



I'm sure that I could add about 96 more endeavors to this list but I won't. These are the projects I wish to share at this time. There are a couple of other adventures I really want to mention but I have been sworn to secrecy and cannot confirm or deny any information about these clandestine operations at this time. I will leave you with that and may your 2011 be blessed and pure.



Bryan A. Collins

www.bacstudio.com
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