Toy designs

Have I shown you these characters yet? This blog is getting too unwieldy, I don't know what I've posted. I designed these for FaceParty. I love the plushes. The box for the inflatable versions were only about 15 cm to give you an idea of the size. Here's a more detailed post about the blow ups.

Plush bulldog

Here are some plush designs and samples we made up that sadly never made it to the real world.

As usual I teamed up with my regular cuddly (toy) cohort A Little Stranger to design the plush's pattern and as usual she did an amazing job.

These are the final character sketches. You can see a final adjustment with a slight change to the dog's jowls to make them rounder. And below is what Holly created from those.

Calamari Cavey

It's always a treat to hook up with one of my favourite cohorts, Holly from A Little Stranger. You must have heard about her amazing guinea pig plushies, Hey Cavey by now. Well it's been a year since Hey Cavey has been around and to celebrate she's putting on a show in Holborn at the Fleet River Bakery on Thursday. There are some super unique cavies at this show designed by me and other top notch artists such as Peskimo, Lunartik, Jam Factory and other movers & shakers which have all been realised by Holly and given the cuddly treatment at which she excels. Here's what I came up with for the show:

My offering is a Calamari Cavey terror of the deep. I love how she's done the tentacles - adorable. This abomination of nature could be yours so get over to Ebay and get bidding now. It's a one of a kind collectors edition that can only skyrocket in value. Get yourselves over to the show on Thursday and I'll see you there for cake. Deets below:

The Rush for Plush

When I was working for Faceparty a few years back I designed some characters for their chat room. We were hoping to merchandise them and even got as far as making some plush prototypes, but sadly it was not to be thanks to the financially turbulent times we live in. Here, for your viewing pleasure they are though: The Freeak, Porkenstein and Teddies. The other plush character was Clubby the Seal Pup (the avenging spirit of clubbed seals everywhere) but I can't seem to find an illustration of him. It took a while to get them looking right in their cuddly forms, but I am very pleased with the result. Maybe one day they'll see the light of day again.