Conceptual artist and cartoon decomposer Jason Freeny recently did an interview where he shows how he dissects his creations. The hand-crafted sculptures and illustrations of characters of My little Pony’s, Yoshi from Super Mario Brothers, Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty, Gummi Bears and Balloon Hot Dogs. He simply wants to give life to the inside of a vinyl toy. His sculptures and drawing seem a bit morbid to the naked eyes but the craftsmanship is right on point. Read more about his work in the interview below. Freeny is definitely an artist to keep eye on.

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Check out the latest Disney’s Pixar PixArt Knick Knack toy concepts design contest inspired by Disney’s Vinylmation and Kidrobot’s Dunny/Munny lines. Artist gets a chance to creating mock toys outlines for possible future toy production. The contest started October 31, 2011 and had a great response with an abundance of ideas featuring character conceptual art by Pixar fans. This month they have featured their 3rd wave in the series 1 of toy designs. The way the contest works is you contact Knick Knack design group with your idea they then send you details on submission along with an Illustrator/Photoshop template to start your design on and then you get to let you’re juices flow.

illy coffee and Galleria illy presented yesterday at the The Betsy hotel in Miami Beach, Florida “Timbaland Presents BollyDoll” by Amrita Sen a 26 piece exhibit of colorful and articulate BollyDoll illustrations, light boxes, scarves along with a musical collaboration with BollyWood Timbaland. The show combined classical Indian traditions with modern multimedia pop art.

Disney Fine Arts Collectors Editions has been a leader in the art publishing industry for over 20 years offering hand-signed and numbered fine artwork by some of the world’s most popular artists. The most recent artist added to their roster is Mark Swanson. Swanson’s paintings and drawings are known for their brilliant color, graceful shapes, and lush tropical splendor. Swanson was also the one who helped in creating the layouts and backgrounds for Steven Spielberg’s “An American Tale” and George Lucas’s “Land Before Time”.

The limited edition set of Mark Swanson art work includes:
Size: 10 x 42 | Giclée on Canvas | Edition of 195
“Magic Lagoon”

Size: 12 x 31 | Giclée on Canvas | Edition of 195
“Mickey’s Favorite Girl”

Size: 31 x 12 | Giclée on Canvas | Edition of 195
“Secret Garden”

Size: 31 x 12 | Giclée on Canvas | Edition of 195
“The Caressing Forest”

This amazing conceptual design by artist Hong-kue Lee gives light to one of the most iconic character in the world Mickey Mouse. The Mickey Mouse Light Bulb is just a concept design not for sale yet but a great idea and thought we would share since it’s Mickey’s birthday!

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The Art of Pixar: The Complete Colorscripts and Select Art From 25 Years of Animation is a 300+ page “Art of Pixar” available in bookstores nationwide and though Amazon. The book is a collaboration between animation historian Amid Amidi also known as Cartoon Brew and John Lasseter director and the chief creative officer at Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios.The book focuses strongly on the art work so there is not much text other than comments from John Lasseter comparing the styles of art work from the different artist featured, each artist has a their own way of story telling through art.

The LEGO’s comes together…The 8-foot-tall, 100-pound fiberglass statue Lego Man discovered on the Siesta Key Beach in Florida, October 26, 2011 wearing a shirt saying “NO REAL THAN YOU ARE” with the name “Ego Leonard” written on the back. This was all part of an anonymous Dutch artist’s Ego Leonard experiment. Also known as Dutch guerrilla artist Leon Keer who happens to be one of the artist in Sarasota this week participating in the city’s annual chalk festival.

Ego’s website also includes photos and videos of the Lego Man’s adventures around the world a project that has been going on since 2007.

Thanks to LA Times for cracking the case!