NIkejerk (Jared Cain) Verified Artist Portfolio

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Location: Atlanta, GA
Official: flickr.com
Twitter: @nikejerk

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Custom "Raaar!" Show at The Clutter GalleryOpening Saturday, August 10th from 6-9pm

The Dynamite Rex 6" vinyl Raaar! - Artists Series is still coming...eventually. If the wait is as painful for you as it is for me, there's a temporary reprieve on the horizon. The Custom “Raaar!” Show opens on... [ read more ]

Posted: over 10 years ago
Categories: Articles

Featured Artists You Should Get to KnowParra, Nikejerk, Brian Ewing, Stella Im Hultberg

Artist of the week? More like artist of the two to three weeks - am I right?! Doesn't quite have the same ring to it, though, does it? Well here they are in all their glory, four incredible makers that you should know.... [ read more ]

Posted: about 11 years ago
Categories: Articles

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Update on our book 'Deconstructing Designer Toy'Potentially looking for new publisher to speed up release date

For those people unfamiliar with what I'm talking about, back in November I made a newspost calling for artists to participate in an upcoming book we wanted to produce titled 'Deconstructing Designer Toys'. In this book, toy customizers would submit some of their work, and then as part of the submission they would describe the process for one of their pieces ... triumphs, difficulties, etc. Hopefully, making this a bit more than a typical toys/portfolio book with pretty pictures. We put the book together in about 6-7 weeks from start to finish, in order to hit a July 2012/SDCC release date. Well, it looks like our release date is around early 2013 so we're trying to explore our options.... [ read more ]

Posted: about 12 years ago
Categories: Hype

Who is the Most Wanted?Details on the forthcoming Dunny - Most Wanted Series 3

The Most Wanted series was born on the ]Kidrobot message boards. The project was the brainchild of Tim Munz, Igor Ventura, and Manny Rivas, and in 2009 the Most Wanted Series 1 brought together some of the most talked about customizers on the Kidrobot board in one blindboxed collection. Comprised of limited run custom Dunny figures, the series was an instant success, garnering many accolades for their quality and professional packaging. Early last year saw Most Wanted Series 2 meet with similar demand. And now they're back with Series 3.... [ read more ]