Art of Bruce Whistlecraft

Right so what have I been doing lately….

Spent a splendid weekend in London recently. Stayed with the lovely Silver AJ and Andy who we just dont see enough of any more..
Did some shopping. Bumped into Jonathan Ross (literally) he nearly knocked me over in his enthusiastic dash towards the huge HelterSkelter in Selfridges… dint even say sorry… do you know he is Orange in real life…. Hmmm orange skin in a violet suit.. Nice!
Later We ran into Richard Taylor and a bunch of WETA fellows. I had a brief chat with Mr. Taylor and gave him my card as, well, you never know.(If anyone from WETA is reading this…. yes I would love to work with you guys. And I married a New Zealander so there should be no trouble with permits and stuff either…..) Then we realised Alan Lee was signing books so That was another nice surprise. Bryony had the good fortune of picking up a copy of Faries which had already been signed by Brian Froud so she was able to get the full set…
We then went to the 2000AD Zarjaz show for which I did this piece.

Met some friends. Had a drink which was free but horrible..but free. Met some people I talk to in Forums but have not met before in the real world.. Looked at the amazing art. Pics here :
http://forums.kidrobot.com/viewtopic.php?t=13989&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

Since then have seen some movies.. Narnia… Hmmmmm! Not bad but has some of the worst blue/green screen work I have ever seen. All the Weta stuff was top notch though..
And Kong which truly is magnificent. Lots of lovely little tips of the hat to the original and some nice references to other stuff like Brain Dead… A truly great re-make. Spot on…. go see it it’s a blast.

This last week i have been locked away making a splendiferous Xmas gift for my wife. I will post pics after Xmas as its a surprise.. I will be reshuffling the website too then as its quite out of date now.

This ia my contribution to the Zarjaz show now open in London.
Its a mash of 57 artists, each doing their own interpretation of a classic 2000AD character.
Running in Shorts Gardens between 7 dials and Niel street London until mid January.
See details in an earlier entry.. ( http://www.livejournal.com/users/doktor_a/28685.html )

There is a discussion and pictures of the show here http://forums.kidrobot.com/viewtopic.php?t=13989

Get down if you can.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelll!

Recently I have been locked away in my studio working feverishly on my Nemesis piece for the ZARJAZ show in London (see earlier post for details). But thats in the post now so moving on to casting more PODLINGS which are now available to buy again from the Podling site store. I have also been sorting out another PODLING shop exclusive. This time a Brass edidion for a USA based online toy store.. More info later..
Also I have been working on my next toy line. It has four figures with a fifth secret figure which I am not quite sure how to wheel out yet. Anyway they are all going very well and will be announced in the next few weeks and be available for sale before Xmas.

Also I have just done a custom “Cr8tive Peeples” toy for a prize in Vinyl Pulse’s 100,000 visitor competition.
And it looks like I will be doing a custom Munny toy for a show in the USA to raise dosh to help Huck Gee (again see earlier post for Huck’s story).
Also I have to sort a piece of art for an upcoming book on Digital Horror Art.

I think thats all I have on right now.
Though I have the urge to do some new Poddy painting.

Been to the cinema a few times of late.Saw :
Corpse Bride.
Beautiful and perfectly animated but left me a little empty. Not got the joy of NB4Xmas.
Brother Grimm .
Very good. Splendidly enjoyable romp in a classic Gilliam style. Only marginally let down by some shockingly bad effects shots.
Harry Potter 4.
Very enjoyable but a bit rushed and seemed cut oddly. Voldemort was splendid. Dont know why they kept calling Petr Petigrew, Wormtail.. Someone explain please (I have not read, and dont intend to read the books).

Hi guys…
Your chance to own.. Original, one of a kind, hand done, Acrylic PODDY paintings…

On the Spookypop site NOW!
( http://www.spookypop.com )
(In the BUY section…. Under ART…..)

I have got a couple of PODDY paintings back from a gallery which is sadly closing down.. So they are up in the BUY section too at a lower price than previously (as there is now no gallery cut to pay…)

I have been asked to participate in another show in London in December..
And this one is a pretty big deal..

Check it!

Oh yes!
I used to love 2000AD back in the day…
Go on guess which character I am doing?

Customised Poddy figures available from My Plastic Heart in New York.

There is a bit of coverage about my PODLING toy show opening last Thursday just here http://www.vinylpulse.com/2005/10/podling_show_pi.html#more

It was a really friendly evening with some great people including Miranda, Nick, Neil and Doug from Clutter, Matt (Lunartik) Jones, Wrd-One, the Tri-Clops trio, Jon Bergerman, Sichi (Hand on fire) in attendance. Playlounge’s small shop was crammed to bursting on this unusually hot October day, with customers having to fight their way through to purchase their Podlings. Much fooling was done anecdotes swapped and Podlings doodled on. After the show the crowd decanted to a nearby pub and continued to natter about all things toy and art related.

Show Pods are on the website now

http://www.spookypop.com/PODLING

It runs to the end of NOVEMBER…..

ARE YOU LOOKING AT MY PODLING?

PODLING is a new 100% handmade platform toy.

The PODLING custom show opens this Thursday (27th) at Playlounge in London.
Doktor A (The PODLING’s creator) an a collection of the artists who contributed pieces for the show will be at Playlounge between 5pm and 7pm Thursday.

The show will then run until the end of November, so there is plenty of time to pop along and check the little fellows out. Most of the show pieces will be for sale and there will also be white blanks and special Playlounge edition, polished ‘Metal’ PODLINGS available.

For a full list of artists taking part and images of the show pieces (which will be posted once the show is open) visit the PODLING website ( address below ). You can also download PODLING templates from the website and submit your own design for inclusion in the gallery.

http://www.playlounge.co.uk
http://www.spookypop.com/PODLING

The Gwins have arrived..
The livingroom is currently covered in tiny penguins!

That’s right my first production art-toy has landed….

Nasty little fellow isnt he..
He is one of a range of different penguins in October Toy’s new release “GWINS” Based on the Linux logo, different artists from around the world have ‘re-mixed’ the basic figure in their own style.

Mine is called “Hard to swallow”.
You can buy him signed and dated from the BUY section of my website NOW.

Also there is a limited signed and numbered “EXTRA GORE” edition (like the one in the photo) which has been splattered with more of the red stuff… The boxes have been hit too.

So go on, get yourself a little bit of Doktor A toy history……

http://www.spookypop.com

http://www.gwinarmy.com