toy industry Tag

19 Sep

Posted at 08:09h in Toy Design

Play Illustration, a portfolio website for artists in the toy and game industries, recently held their 2011 International Art Competition which I entered. I'm pleased to announce that they've given me a Silver Award (second place) in the category of Concept Art for Toy or Children's Product.     I found out on my birthday, which makes it extra-nice news. It's definitely more...

05 Aug

Posted at 01:57h in Character Design, Just for Fun, Toy Design

[youtube_sc url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9USEtUDgydw" title="Who%20really%20created%20He-Man?"] As a freelance toy designer this looks fascinating to me. It's a trailer for Toy Masters, an upcoming documentary about a long-running dispute over who should get the credit for creating He-Man and the whole Masters Of The Universe juggernaut. It's clearly a low-budget effort but judging from the trailer there will be a good mixture of conflict,...