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Plastic Chapel…

December 13th, 2012

I had to chance to participate in another vinyl show this past November, this one being at the Plastic Chapel in Denver, Colorado. The show’s name was The Dunny Show, in which artists were asked to submit 3″ Dunnys.

Coming off just completing my series of Creatures and Companions, I decided I wanted my Dunnys for this show to be similar in style, but to give them a different color scheme and add to irises and pupils to these rather than the veiny blanks the others had. I started off with a set of three since I didn’t know if I would finish them in time for the show.

Césped

Bug

Marsh

But I finished in plenty of time, so I sculpted four more and decided to try a different take on the eyes, and decided to go with black rather than white.

Frost

Flame

Cielo

Earth

After seeing them as a group and noticing the organic/elemental feel to them, I named them Bug, Césped, Cielo, Earth, Flame, Frost, and Marsh. Depending on if or how many sell at the show, the rest will eventually be available at my storenvy site.

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Night Terrors…

December 9th, 2012

This past October, I had the honor of being included in the inaugural series of Matt Anderson’s Night Terror Owl custom series. The Night Terror Owl is a resin sculpt based off the 3″ Dunny Platform by Matt Anderson. After designing this figure, he asked if any artists would be interested in customizing a Night Terror to be part of a series release, so I jumped at the chance. The series of 24 was eventually released at New York Comic Con, and was bought as a complete set by one collector! Because of the popularity and with all pieces ending up in the hands of one person, expect to see more custom Night Terror Owls. I am not sure if there will be a second artist series, but I know Matt has asked Rsin, Osiris Orion, and myself to do a few more customs on this Night Terror base. So be on the look out in 2013 to see more of this coming out. See below for some images of my Night Terror.

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Androids Three…

August 2nd, 2012

Android group alarment

I was recently commissioned to create three new custom pieces, with the base being the DIY vinyl Android platform The only stipulation given was that the future owner wanted all three to be different and to include some sculpted elements to it. I had already started work on a transparent green android, but had not planned on sculpting on it. With a little brainstorming came up with this:

Greenskull android alarment

Once ol greenie was completed, I focused my efforts on the next two androids. I knew that these two would have much more sculpting involved. I decided to use these two pieces as a warmup for my upcoming Creatures and Companions series of customs, which rely on the use of heavy textures and a biological influence. From this direction came Mouth and Goldskull (see below)

Mouth android alarment

Goldskull android alarment

As always, if you too are interested in a commissioned custom or any type of artwork, I can be contacted via comments here, my Facebook page, Facebook fan page, Storenvy site, or via email (alarment @ gmail . com).

What others are saying about the Androids Three…

ToysREvil

DunnyAddicts.com (in Dutch!)

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Creatures and Companions (WIP)

August 1st, 2012

Here are some work-in-progess (WIP) shots of an upcoming series of figures I have been working on for some time. I have decided to call the series Creatures and Companions. This series is made up of the following:

Eleven custom 3″ Dunnys – The Creatures

Seven custom Funkeys and Four custom original sculpts (underlying base of vinyl Android head or Munny accessory) – The Companions

One custom Mini Munny

One custom 2.5″ Mini Qee

Creatures Dunnys Munny Qee alarment (WIP)

The series will be offered in eleven individual pairings, one Dunny and one Companion. Each set will be offered blind boxed, with two lucky people finding a “golden ticket” in their sets. One ticket will be redeemable for the custom Qee while the other will be for the Mini Munny.

Companions funkeys androids vinyl alarment (WIP)

To follow the progress of this upcoming series, follow my instagram (@alarment), twitter (@alarment), and my Facebook pages: Allan and the alarment fan page.

What others are saying about the Creatures and Companions…

SpankyStokes.com

ToysREvil

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The Provocateurs (Zukie Vs The World)

July 21st, 2012

I had the honor of being invited by Ms. Zukie (Alison Perez) to participate in the Zukie Vs. The World show. The Zukie is Alison’s new do-it-yourself (DIY) vinyl platform, and for this show many very talented artists (and then me) were asked to take the Zukie and put our own spin on it. This will be the second time that I will have something on display at ToyTokyo’s TTUnderground this year (the other being my custom Outer Space Men).

Zukie Vs. The World flier

The following event details were taken from TTUnderground’s site.

Zukie vs the World

A custom DIY event featuring Zukie

GROUP EXHIBITION

Opening Reception:

July 27th – 29th, 2011; 6pm-10pm

Exhibit Run:

July 27th – 29th, 2011; 2pm-7pm

Zukie’s are HERE!

SHHHH, Zukies don’t chatter a word!

They speak heart to heart and soul to soul! Expressing thoughts and emotions from their hearts in puffy bubbles bursting from their tiny bodies. Projecting colors and images by the energy they embody.

Zukies are so CHUBBY! They’re ready to burst from all the love they contain!

The DIY Zukie is a New Blank Vinyl Base for Artist to customize something new, fresh and CHUBBY!!

TTUnderground is located on 91 2nd Avenue – Lower Level, in the East Village of Manhattan. It was created by Toy Tokyo – The Ultimate Toy Store Experience. Visit the toy store at 91 Second Avenue, New York, NY or call 212-673-5424 for more information.

Zukie Vs The World flier

Here is the listing of the artists involved (again honored to be among them).

Zukie Vs The World Artist list flier

So… here is my submission for the Zukie Vs. The World show, The Provocateurs. If any of you happen to be in NYC during the time that this show runs, I highly recommend you stopping by and checking out all of the awesome Zukies! If you can’t make it, you can also follow along with the fun at the Zukie Vs The World Facebook event page.

The Provocateurs – Zukie (front) alarment

The Provocateurs – Zukie (back) by alarment

What others are saying about The Provocateurs…

SpankyStokes.com

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Tainted and birthday sale…

April 9th, 2012

I just finished two new pieces, “Tainted (1 and 2)”. They are custom 3″ Android vinyl toys. This was my first foray into customizing the toy representation of Google’s Android mascot, and I’m pleased with how they came out. I guess I was not the only one, because they both sold before I even had the chance to edit proper pics of them. Stay tuned, I am working on lots of stuff, including some more custom ThreeA figures, some Funkeys, and a series or two of 3″ Dunnys, all of which will be hitting my online store:

http://alarment.storenvy.com/

Speaking of online store, in honor of this being my birthday month, I am offering a special discount till the end of the April. So when you check out at my online store, just use the following discount code

bday15

to receive 15% off the listed price of any item!

So here they are, “Tainted (1 and 2)”…

alarment tainted android toys

and what others are saying…

toysrevil.blogspot.com

spankystokes.com

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so behind… (La Belleza, Outer Space Men, M’Ickey)

March 9th, 2012

I really hate doing this, lumping together several different works into one post. I keep finding that I forget to update here with each new project completed. Bad updater…

If you want more real-time artwork updates, come be my friend or be a fan on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/alarment

http://www.facebook.com/alarment.com.art

Anyways.. it has been a busy 2012 so far for me art-wise. Three shows in three months, and for each of these shows only a couple weeks (or less) to prepare a piece for each.

I already posted about the first show, Kickflip (see here). Originally, I was going to submit two pieces, but already found a buyer for one of the decks, so it didn’t make it to the show.

This skateboard deck is titled “La Belleza”.

alarment La Belleza

I then found out about another show that was happening in February that I wanted to participate in. The show is called Toypocalypse 2: Futuretro and was held at the TT Underground Showroom in NYC.

Found out about this show very late, and after getting my hands on some Outer Space Men, I had about a week to get them done.

For some images from the show, click here.

alarment outer space men group

And again, found out about another showcaswe (Play Imaginative x Disney) very late in the game. After seeing what my fellow customizes where doing with this blank Mickey, I knew I wanted to be part of this as well.

So I came up with M’Ickey

alarment m’ickey

As always, to see more images, please visit my ART GALLERY and thanks for looking!

To see what others had to say about M’Ickey:

www.spankystokes.com

plasticandplush.com

urbanvinyldaily.com

tenacious-toys.blogspot.com

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La Tristeza

January 5th, 2012

Right before the end of the year, I got back into a painting mood. This mood change was prompted by the deadline of an upcoming show.

The show I was working toward is Kickflip at the Rendition Gallery in Fort Collins, CO. The theme of the show as told by Rendition Gallery “An art exhibit themed on skateboards and shoes. Paintings, drawings, mixed media, and photography will be on display. Lots of hand painted skateboard decks will grace our walls.”

A few years ago I had ordered some blank decks, but the opportunity to work on them had never arisen before. I stared worked on two decks, and regularly posted work-in-progress shots to my Facebook pages (Allan’s page and Alarment.com’s page) and got lots of positive feedback. So much so that one of the decks sold before being completed while a third was commission in a similar style by an artist friend. So I only ended up competing one skateboard deck to be included in the show. It is titled La Tristeza, and can be seen below. I will post more images of the other decks when they are done. Again, my Facebook pages are the best way to follow my progress on uncompleted works.

The show opens Friday, January 6 and runs to January 27. If you are in the area, stop by and see my deck along with the works of many other talented artists.

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Winter Sale…

November 28th, 2011

Just in time for the holidays (and the tail end of Cyber Monday, ha) I am having a sale at my online store!

alarment.storenvy.com

Just use the code: allan20

at the checkout page to receive 20% off any and all items in my store. So go ahead and treat yourself to that one piece you have been eyeballing, or surprise a friend with collectable art!

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