My Little Arpie is back after more than a year in hiding. He will be the next release in the shop. There will be at least 2 color variants – clear and pink. I may do one more color for good measure. He might be here as soon as the end of the week, maybe next week. Be sure to sign up for the mailing list if you want proper notification of the release!
One of my major reasons for updating hellobrute.com was so that I could show some more in-progress documentation of the work I do. Because just about everything is done from start to finish in my Portland studio, I have the liberty of sharing progress along the way. I’m working on a bunch of new things and thought I would share a couple of images.
The sculpt on the left is one of the first pieces of my upcoming peg-jointed figures. If you scroll down a couple posts, you can see the accompanying head. These figures are going to stand around 10 inches tall which will make them bigger than Danny and Brute who are around 9 inches tall. I really love large figures, and I’m excited to push forward with larger pieces.
The figure on the right is the base for a new miniature(ish) figure. I’ve had a lot of requests for more of Kristopher (my last 6″ resin figure), so I am working on making some similar characters that are about the same size. This little guy is around 5″ tall. I’m doing my best to have some toys that are more affordable to the average collector, as well as trying to keep some things in stock in the store.
These are both clay sculpts and I haven’t made the molds yet, so anything could happen. Cross your fingers that everything goes well and both of these guys can see the light of day!
I have finally finished (mostly) updating the design and backend functionality of hellobrute.com. I probably have an unhealthy obsession with working on it, but it’s my baby, what can I say. I’ve fixed some minor issues from the previous version, so everything should run a bit better. My Big Cartel shop has a matching new scheme, and has much much more robust coding to go along with it. If you find any bugs, I would appreciate hearing about it.
Note to RSS subscribers: If you subscribe to Hello, Brute news, there is a new official feed URL ( hellobrute.com/blog/feed ). You should be seeing full posts with all images in your reader from now on. I would recommend updating your feed URL to the new one to be sure you don’t miss anything. If you don’t want to, the old URL should work okay.
“Brute Jonny” blog RSS subscribers: If you subscribe to my personal blog, you will continue to get all of the Hello, Brute updates. You don’t need to update anything.
Mailing list subscribers: Nothing has changed. You are still on the list and will hear from me when the next toy is ready!
If you have any other concerns, or just want to say hi, send me an e-mail! Thank you again to everyone for the continued support! Several new toys are in the works!
xox,
Jon Knox
Since I’m further behind schedule than I anticipated on these, I think it’s only fair to keep everyone updated and assured that I’ve been constantly working on Danny version 2. As you can see, they’re very near completion. I promise I’m working hard!
Hi folks, just wanted to let those of you who ordered Danny v2 (via the mailing list) know that they are still in the works. I’m working on them every day, but making toys takes time and I wanna be sure that the same amount of love goes into each one. I’m expecting to finish early next week and then have them in the mail shortly after. While things are drying, I’ve been working on a new version of the Hello, Brute website, as well as making new molds for new toys. More details and photos of new stuff to follow quite soon, so be sure to check back. <3
The back of the head of a familiar face.
Check out this awesome version of Jeffrey painted up all purdy by Makkinoso!
Since this project is probably a decent way off from being finished, I thought I would post this for extra motivation to keep working on it. This is my first peg-jointed resin figure I’m working on. He probably looks a bit similar to Danny and Brute Toy in pictures, but there is more detail in the sculpting and the proportions are different. The plan is to have removable/interchangeable head and arms. His body is almost finished as well. He will be 9″ tall. No name until the first one is painted. Wish me luck, lots of new techniques to experiment with on this one.
He came and went. This is the version of Danny offered to everyone who’s signed up for my newsletter. Each box is hand drawn. Sales ended at midnight tonight. Thank you so very much to everyone who was able to grab one! They will be shipping over the next few weeks!
Here is a look at the toys that will be on display at the Unbridled Lambency exhibition at Double Punch in San Francisco. I will also have a handful of pencil drawings on display as well. If you’re there in person, you can buy both issues of my new zine Boy Germs and pinback buttons at the merch table. Show opens August 15th, reception at 7pm. Please contact Double Punch with sales inquiries. Check out the flyer here.
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