Digital sculpting of figure, masks, articulation, and weapons for the designer vinyl “Squadt” figure series by artist Clay Ferguson, better known as “Ferg”, and produced by Playge. The Squadt project is a collaborative effort between Ferg as a designer and Threezero as a manufacturer.
This little guy is another character designed to be an urban vinyl style collectible toy. This is a digital illustration rendered to preview how an artist’s paint design would look when the figure is manufactured.
Sad Ukelele Dog was sculpted by Scott Wetterschneider and designed by Shinbone’s very talented associate, Matheus Muniz. Muniz is an imaginative and energetic character designer who we love working with.
Designed to be a collectible vinyl toy, this small rhino is keeping it real.
How long does it take to make a run of vinyl toys? Short answer… a very long time. Let’s break it down and take a look at each stage, keeping in mind that the “design and ideation” portions are flexible, while the factory production portions…
You are a designer and you want to make a toy. You are a game developer and you want to make a toy. You are a fine artist, a children’s book illustrator, a graffiti artist, a musician, and you want to make a toy. Shinbone…
Seeker is Jeff Soto’s wandering creature. Sculpted digitally then printed using rapid prototyping and reproduced in vinyl. This character, based on the work of the well known contemporary fine artist, has been sculpted in order to be produced as a limited run gallery multiple –…
We’re working with John “Spanky” Stokes to upgrade his hairy little mascot “Stroll”.
We’ve designed a cute little arcade machine. Perfect for hugging and customizing and reminding you of the good old days.
I love “Celebrity X”, is it okay to make a Celebrity X toy? It’s great to have heroes and we all love this actor or that sports star or that other famous person who does that thing that is just so damn cool. In fact…
This articulated vinyl figure of DJ Shadow’s mascot was sculpted using digital tools, mostly 3ds Max with a touch of ZBrush. The digital model was printed using rapid-protyping technology and reproduced as a collectible vinyl toy. Sculpts such as this one can be produced in…
The “Misfortunate Travelers” resin statue was designed by artists Chris Ryniak and Jonathan Bergeron for their exhibition at the Yves Laroche Galerie d’Art in Montreal. A few statues are still available at the Shinbone Shop.
Anyone who plays the popular video game “Minecraft” will immediately recognize this little guy. The talented designer Jeremy Madl asked us to sculpt this vinyl figure. Produced by Jinx and available now.
We are producing Scott Wetterschneider’s little guy, Crittersaurus. Part dinosaur, part kaiju, all cute. Here is an exploded view showing how he is articulated for casting.
Just having a little fun around the studio. Poor Kaylown started out cute, but come on, the world is full of cute clowns, along with rather a lot of scary clowns and even a few nightmare-ish clowns. But wee and creepy? Not all that common.
Sad Ukelele Dog was sculpted by Scott Wetterschneider and designed by Shinbone’s very talented associate, Matheus Muniz. Muniz is an imaginative and energetic character designer who we love working with.
If you love a cute little robot then this painting will electrify your cold mechanical heart. This is a reconstruction of an earlier album cover that was made for the Austin indie band Midori Umi. Fully modeled and rendered using unspeakably sophisticated 3d tools, this…
Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi have just announced their second toy by Shag, the rather debonair Skull Boy. Joe Somers sculpted the lovely vehicle, and Shinbone sculpted the thirsty, boney fellow. This is a render of the digital sculpt that Scott put together for the recent…
A wonderfully designed DIY pinball machine. We’re producing this quarter-sucker in resin.
Kaylown has had enough of the big top. He’s turned his back on circus life once and for all. He might be a creepy clown, some might even call him a scary clown, but he has a big heart.