Robbie uses masking tape, brushes and acrylic gouache to bring the EL DIABLO resin toys to life. He came up with the idea to mask off the eyes before I primed the DIABLO's all black to take advantage of the solid white resin it was cast in underneath. Another case of if it's already there why not use it to our advantage. He also uses the same paints he works with on all of his paintings to paint on the actual toys - how cool is that! Jared Deal does it the same way with all the painted Vladimir toys we make. Artist's truly doing their thing with their toys...can't beat that. Next up - packaging!!!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
How we do it - Part # 4 - Painting with Robbie...
Robbie uses masking tape, brushes and acrylic gouache to bring the EL DIABLO resin toys to life. He came up with the idea to mask off the eyes before I primed the DIABLO's all black to take advantage of the solid white resin it was cast in underneath. Another case of if it's already there why not use it to our advantage. He also uses the same paints he works with on all of his paintings to paint on the actual toys - how cool is that! Jared Deal does it the same way with all the painted Vladimir toys we make. Artist's truly doing their thing with their toys...can't beat that. Next up - packaging!!!
