MUNNY MUNTH WINNER! x2!

the results are in! check out the munny munth contest winners here.

so after stalking the contest for 2 weeks straight, i woke up to a nice surprise this morning.  tim and i checked out the winners and were beyond excited that betso won the grand prize.  his customs are amazing and we loved his entry. super psyched to see/get his dunny design in the new series. after scrolling down we came to my snail garth under the "looks least like a munny" category! yeah!  judged by jeff staple, he said "The character and story line are really defined. You would never guess it started off as a MUNNY."  i'm proud of my garth, especially after the long exhausting hours slaving to finish him in time, so i'm happy to see him be noticed.

i hadn't even considered my armadillo mr grubtini to win anything, but to my surprise, amanda visell judged and chose him for the "best animal" category, one of several categories not previously advertised during the contest.  this is really exciting to me just because she's been my favorite artist since i started collecting vinyl toys, and probably was the reason i even started collecting.  amanda said "I loved loved this category! Everybody did such a great job. The armadillo kicks ass, so much detail the character pops through."  hell yeah!  i have a lot of respect and admiration for her, so it's pretty awesome to have her say that.

so winning two categories is fantastic, and i'm going to continue gloating until i annoy everyone.  weee!

mr. grubtini process

you've seen the clay process of mr grubtini, now here's part of the painting process. painted him in pieces.  the vest i painted last, and i originally painted it with an orange bowtie, pinstripes, pockets, and buttons.  i finished, snapped on the head and arms and was utterly disappointed.  i had spent a huge amount of time on the vest so i flat out refused to redo it and felt ungodly upset. that lasted about 15 minutes before i started painting again. tried pink and loved it

all painted pre-accessories

 all painted, with accessories!

i was going to post the process before the result but i got too excited and posted him first.  i entered the munny contest ("like" mine!), and to my disappointment, my entry pictures cut off his feet/tail.  trying to fix it. i'm pretty psyched to have my munny looked at by the celebrity judges panel... even more excited for my second munny (still in progress). i don't know if mine fits into any categories to win, but i'm still of course going into this hoping to win, but not even remotely expecting to. there are some pretty fabulous entries. however, in my mind, he's the best. but how could he not be to me, knowing all the time, energy, and passion put into it. to prefer someone else's is seriously like pushing out your first newborn and wanting to take home your neighbor's baby.  

mr. grubtini!

mr. grubtini is all done! i'm excited and i think he is very handsome.  i love him and i hope you do too. his monocle is a magnifying glass, i was hoping for some distortion but it ended up just looking like normal glass once against him. fine by me, i'm just happy it worked out and i was able to make it and attach it to him exactly how i had planned.  sweet delicious grub martinis.. grubtini.. mmm..

i submitted him to the contest, but i don't really fit in any categories, so we'll see how that goes. i'm way past having a chance for "most likes" but it would still be cool to have some people "like" it.. some people, such as you. please go here and "like" mr grubtini! http://sites.kidrobot.com/munnymunth/entries.php


 i have another one in progress, hopefully he'll be done in time.  come back tomorrow to see some process shots/info of mr. grubtini and more lovey dovey thoughts about how much i adore him

munny munth!

munny contest for munny munth! i've entered munny customizing contests before, but this is the biggest of the biggest.  there are tons of categories to win for, plus random other prizes. however! the grand prize is to design a dunny in 2011's dunny series. that is amazing. not to mention the celebrity judges are some amazing artists and toy designers, including my favorite amanda visell.  so whether or not winning is my intention, the whole idea of this and how big it seems to be is pretty damn awesome.  just to have these artists seeing my work is great, and i'm psyched to see who's chosen for the dunny series (MEEE...or hopefully a flat-out "nobody," a talented nobody.. because that would make it worthwhile)  i finished sculpting mr. grunbtini and now i just need to paint him and finish up his accessories.  he's pretty fantastic, but what kind of mother doesn't think her newborn is fantastic? judge as you will. but check out process/progress!

update 2:30 pm: i came up with an idea tday for another munny. i got excited and started before even really thinking about it. so we'll see how that goes and if i finish in time for the contest... 6 days