Tanya Davis at Art Show Vinyl Thoughts 6

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Austin-based Artist Tanya Davis has been invited to participate for the Third Year in a Row!

Dallas- Thursday, Sept. 17 marks the Sixth Annual Vinyl Thoughts Art Show group exhibition. This show brings together some of the best local, national and international custom toy art in the world for just one night. The theme for all participating artists is “Cinematic.”  Vinyl art toys custom-made for this event will be on display and for sale from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. at The Quixotic World in Deep Ellum, Dallas. Free Admission, plus free drinks, giveaways and raffles.

 Creatures for Kids will have a silent auction of custom art pieces benefiting Children at Risk.org at this show. Davis has donated various figurines to be auctioned to help raise needed funds and awareness for the organization. Children at Risk is a Texas-based non-profit that focuses on using the tools of advocacy, collaboration, awareness, and research to provide a better future for kids.

“Tanya Davis Art is busy creating phantasmagorical Steampunk artwork and sculpture.” - THE STEAMPUNK WORLD’S FAIR

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Davis is a multi-medium visual artist specializing in figurines. Over the past three years, Davis has customized vinyl forms made by Munnyworld, LittleHouseDesigns, Google’s Android and others. Each figurine by Tanya Davis is shaped and detailed by hand. She uses acrylic paints and mica powder pigments to add color to her work with which she creates a brilliant metallic effect. The pieces are finished with glaze that protects and enhances the details. People sometimes request paintings or high-quality marker drawings based on the figurine characters she has created and vice versa. Davis welcomes commission work.

“Stop in and check out the amazingly detailed pieces she’s got on display!” – Monkey See Monkey Do! Shop on South Congress, Austin, TX.

For more information about Tanya Davis and her artwork you can visit her website: TanyaDavisArt.com or email her at tanyadavisart@gmail.com.

Charlie Chaplin, Metropolis Robot and Felix the Cat getting ready for Dallas.
Come out and see the final reveal at the show.

Official Press Release for Devil Duck Blind-Box Series Debut

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Zukie Time!

The Zukie

To start the new year off I tried a new vinyl platform,The Zukie. It was created by Alison Perez. She has a store at Storenvy that offers the blanks and some other great art. 

I had been watching her work with the Zukies on Instagram and had been wanting to try one out. They are about 4 inches tall and consist of the body and head. 

I bought two and then had to figure out what to do with them. They seemed perfect for a bear don't you think? Me too. I started playing around with the idea (at work) and came up with The Duke.  
  

          

Meet The Duke, my first new character of the year. I imagine him to be a wealthy Panda that is an inventor and adventurer. As for his name I am leaning towards Sebastian. I am working on a larger sketch with him piloting some sort of airship, but I have no idea how that is going to turn out. 

It's time for the big Reveal!

The Vinyl Thoughts Show in Dallas went well. I did not get to go but I was able to follow it via Instagram. There were so many awesome looking figures. One of the most popular was a Munny Miley Cyrus at the MTV awards. I don't know who made it, but it is pretty awesome. I was able to see that the author title was B.O.G. I haven't been able to find anything else out about them.  To see more pictures from the show you can click HERE.

My First Super Hero/Heroine

This is Aya. She is from the Green Lantern Animated Series that was briefly on the Cartoon Network. It was an awesome show, but it only had one season. 

She is the Artificial Intelligence that helps Hal Jordan save the universe and all that jazz. She quickly became one of my favorite characters. I won't ruin it for you but her story is very good. It isn't ground breaking, but engaging and well done. 

I decided that she would be the perfect character for my first superhero Munny. I used a 4" doll. I had to cut off the ears first because they would stick out too far. They would have looked very odd and way too big for the head. I drew the face so that I could shape the helmet in the right place. 

Busy Busy and Now my Hands Hurt...A Lot

Clay is tough on the hands. It doesn't always seem like it at the time, but later when you have stopped kneading and rolling and smoothing you realize, Damn my hands HURT! 

So that is where I am today. Three days no sculpting. I won't lie; it has been hard not to move on to the next project. But I will give my hands a full 7 days then back to work. For now I am just sketching.

This month I finished 7 droids and a custom order duck.  Most of my WIP pictures have either Dr. Pepper or Grey's Anatomy in the background, sometimes both. I THINK you can actually see a bit of blue from some scrubs there at the corner of the screen. 

I watch that show a lot. Mainly because I don't have to play attention too closely. I just tune in for the good bits. You may be wondering, 'Well why don't you listen to music  then?' 

Sometimes I do, but I tend to day dream to music, so I end up just sitting at my desk staring into space. 

FINALLY...

I completed my first combination of Munny and Steampunk'd duck last night. I am quite happy with how it came out. They will be going to their new home soon. 

I definitely learned many things that I would and would not do next time. I am already toying with a different idea. BUT, that must wait. 
Time to make this month's androids. I have a couple of new ideas that I think I will try out. 

Here are the pictures of the completed 'Professor and Duck.'

Jerry's Had a Show

Munny Show at Jerry's

Earlier this month one of my favorite art stores decided to have a Munny Art Show. The store is called Jerry's Artarama and it is a super cool place for many of your art needs. 

They just recently began selling the Munny Vinyl Figures by Kidrobot, which is really great because then I can use a Groupon to get some there. 

Anyway, lets get back to the show. I took my Steampunk'd Trikky, mainly because it was the only one I had and there was no time to make another. 

It was loads of fun. I was able to see more great 
custom work and meet some interesting people. 

Three days after the show this piece sold. There is talk that the Munny Show may become a seasonal event. They are toying with a dinosaur theme. I am okay with that, but I think I would prefer have it open to see what people come up with. Plus my current idea won't fit with the dinosaur theme. 

Check out the work from the other artists at the Jerry's Artarama Facebook Page. 

YO!

YO!

 I tend to work on several projects at a time. One of the bigger ones at the moment has to do with these little guys. Well, they really aren't THAT little. They measure 7" tall. They are a vinyl blank that was created by LittlehouseDesigns , and they are call the YO!

How did I get into these? Well, it all started with Instagram. 

Back in February of this year, 2013, I decided to join Instagram and start posting WIP (work in progress) pictures of my art. LittleHouseDesigns began following me and liked my work on the vinyls and my own Steampunk Buddy creations. 

They offered me a chance to customize four of the YOs for their 'Blind Box' sale at the upcoming Designer Con in California.