The custoMONDAY Project
Every other Monday on ToyCyte, I spotlight an emerging artist. Each profile includes an interview, comprehensive photos, links to the artists’ online imprints and a contest where the artist gives away a customized art toy or original creation to a lucky fan. The figures are all exclusively created for the custoMONDAY Project, and not to be immodest, but some of them are worth several hundred dollars.
I work to promote each artist during their two-week “residence” by reaching out to other blogs and fan forums. The artists who have been a part of custoMONDAY are truly tomorrow’s art stars. Some have been tapped to make production figures for Chinese and Japanese toy companies, one saw his figure auctioned in London, one caught the attention of Kanye West, and others regularly sell out in stores and shows.
Click here to read more about The custoMONDAY Project.
Click here to view the entire archive of all custoMONDAY artists.
Click here to view the website of graphic artist Jason Babler, designer of the custoMONDAY logo.
The custoMONDAY project brings significant attention to artists. A couple examples of custoMONDAY creations below are followed by the viral re-blogging of one of our biggest success stories.
custoMONDAY creation by Mike Slobot
custoMONDAY creation by OsirisOrion
custoMONDAY creation by MONSTREHERO
ABOVE: custoMONDAY creation by Dustin Cantrell
BELOW: Dustin’s custoMONDAY goes viral.
