NRB Relic & Evilos Disney D23 Expo Event Page

The NRB Relic & Evilos Disney D23 Expo Event page is now up and EVERYONE is INVITED..!! Come join us on the event page to see event news, custom artwork, custom Vinylmations, Collector Vinyl display bags, giveaways and so much more. Even if you can't go come join the event page and see all the fun event news and artwork that will be posted on the event page.

We are so excited and hope to see you there.
https://www.facebook.com/events/506532052740943/

Spotlight On: Evilos' P. Sherman

 

Evilos emailed us this great custom and we asked for more info. So in his own words, here is Evilos...

"These are my two of a kind customs for the "Custom Artist Project" headed up by Rust This World. The project consists of 12 well known custom artists in the Vinylmation custom world. Each artist has been tasked with creating a custom themed around the world of Pixar movies. My custom named "P.Sherman 42 Wallaby Way" is themed around "Finding Nemo". The main blue custom is one of my "Domed" customs that portrays the part in the movie when Nemo "Touches the Butt" and is taken by P.Sherman (The Dentist). Mr.Shermans' scuba mask is left behind with the address "P.Sherman 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney NSW", giving Nemo's father Marlin the only clue to finding his captured son.

Since this is a Blind Box Series, the dome would not fit in a normal box. So I had to think of a way to keep it consistent with the rest of the customs being offered with the series. So I created the Green figure with the address written in the style portrayed in the movie. Collectors will open their blind boxes, hopefully find the green figure, then contact me to redeem the dome. Both domes have been created so there will be no waiting on their end.

There will be a total of 24 figures (could be more) to this Custom Pixar Series. I will be offering up two of these sets, so the odd's are 1:12 in pulling my custom from this amazing series.

For more info please join the "Custom Artist Project" Facebook group:
facebook.com/groups/396556160406799/"
-Evilos

Episode 100 Flowers and Fairies

Ep. 100 Flowers and Fairies In the 100th episode we discuss the 2013 Walt Disney World calendar that reveals the line up for the 2013 series vinyls. We also talk about the new Mickey Platform CYO with artist Evilos. We of course have the latest release dates. And we have your voice mails in the Mystery Mail Bag.

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Evilos Auctions a Custom Tribute to Veterans

Flying Ace Mickey

"Pearl Harbor Tribute Piece"

9" Custom by Evilos

There are all kinds of things that have inspired me as an artist, non so much as Aviation. With my family background in the subject its been a staple of my life. Both my grandfathers served in WW2 & I have made many tribute pieces in the past on the subject. Today being the 71th Anniversary of the event I have released this custom.

I've put a lot of detail into this one piece. Some of the items include, full bomber jacket with hat and goggles, miniature newspaper from December 7th 1941, replica WW2 sliver sweetheart pilots wings & vintage brass Army Air corps wings that are attached to the hat and pocket of jacket. Also using my airbrush to make customs skulls in the ears and back of the jacket. I've been studying under the master airbrush artist Gerald Mendez and hope to be using the airbrush in a more consistent level in 2013.

I hope all the fans can enjoy it. Its up for sale on the Facebook Group "Bid Wars", the auction ends Monday December 10th.

Thank you to all the men and women who are in the service and to all the past veterans who have served.

Evilos

Bid Wars URL: (you must request to join the closed group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/V.E.BidWars/

Evilos to be at Designer Con

Designer Con is a convention that incorporates everything in the world of design including apparel, plush, printing, sculpture, designer toys, and art ranging from fine to urban. At this year's event in California, Evilos will once again have a ton of customs and figures for sale. Including the 12" Mickey In Carbonite which will be on display and available for purchase a few weeks from now.

Jedi Mickey will be among the many well known customs on display and for sale by Evilos. 5" Mickey In Carbonites will be $50 and Mickey in Carbonite Jr's will sell for $20.

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His DCON Exclusive will be an Alien Pin (No.7) that will be $15 and limited to 100 Signed and Numbered pieces.

Some of the Blind Bags Series 3 customs will be on display as well. Disney Store Artists Gerald Mendez, Erique Pita & Nacho Rodriguez are also scheduled to be guests at the event.

Visit http://evilos.com for more info on Evilos.

Designer Con General Info:

Pasadena California
Saturday November 3rd
9am - 6pm
Tickets are $5 Online and $7 at the door.
Evilos Booth #428 (See Map)

Spotlight On: Custom Artist Project Sidekickz Artist Evilos

The Custom Artist Project is a group of 11 of the best custom Vinylmation artists in the world who have come together to make their own blind box series. Series 1 is called “Sidekickz” and is a mix of different Disney sidekicks from films or TV. It will be released on October 6th. Each day leading up to the release, we will spotlight a different artist from the series. Today we spotlight custom artist Evilos.

Hometown:
Burbank, California. Home of Disney Studios!

Website:
http://evilos.com

What Disney Sidekick did you choose?
Lefou (Beauty & The Beast)

Why did you choose that sidekick?
Its my daughters favorite movie. I've grown to love this movie, the songs and the characters. Lefou was a must for me!

Favorite Disney Movie?
WALL-E hands down!

Favorite Disney Theme Park Attraction?
At the moment Soarin' Over California!

Favorite aspect of working on the Mickey shaped canvas?
Anything you can imagine in your minds eye, you can translate it to the form. Old Mold or New Mold, it does not matter. Now go out and create!


More info on the Custom Artist Project:

Website: http://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtistProject/

How to purchase: The price of one blind box is $65, including shipping within the US. We’re looking into international shipping right now, but it will probably be another $5-10 if it works out.Paypal is going to be the accepted payment. It is limited to one household per blind box.

What you get: You will get one blind box (yes, I’m actually making boxes) with one of 24 different figures. Some figures come with accessories. You will also get 11 different cards, 1 from each artist.

Episode 089 Squares

Ep. 089 Squares We are now a week removed from all the announcments at Mickey's Circus. So this week we go more in-depth about our opinions on the upcoming sets and our personal highs and lows from the previews.

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Spotlight On: Evilos's Blind Bag Series 3

Evilos's popular Blind Bag Series is back for a third series! We recently talked to Evilos about what to expect and how and when you can purchase your blind bag.

Destination Vinylmation: What is the Blind Bag Series all about?
Evilos: First, thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk about my latest project! It's sites like yours that bring content most collectors would never get to read about to the Vinylmation community.

The Blind Bag Series is all about creativity, excitement and mystery! Creativity in the way of one of a kind customs by 21 artists from all walks of life. The artists were more than happy to donate customs to the project and tasked to create holiday themed customs for series three. The customs that have been sent in have blown me away.  Artists have really raised the bar this series.  I'm very proud to have them as a part of Blind Bags Series 3. We will be having a "Best Of Show" event that fans will vote on their favorite custom of the series. The winner will receive a Custom Evilos Trophy proclaiming that artist, "Blind Bags Artist of the Year".

Artists will also be entered into their own separate raffle to win great prizes like figures and gift cards, just like we did last year, to say thanks for being a part of this project. The greatest joy for me is to give exposure to these great artists that may never get a unique spotlight to display their talents on this level. Blind Bags provides that outlet to them and many commissions have come out of being a part of my series.

Excitement is brought about in the way of cool prizes and side inserts like "The Puzzle Challenge", which collectors will be challenged to complete a 12 piece puzzle. Each Blind Bags Series 3 box will contain one puzzle piece. There will be a total of 8 complete puzzles.  All the complete puzzles will have the same image making it possible to complete with some effort. Collectors will have the challenging task of collecting all twelve pieces to redeem a prize through buying, selling and trading for pieces. The first collector to send in a complete puzzle will win an Urban 1 complete set with cards. There will be seven other prizes for each completed puzzle sent in including 9" one of a kind customs and other prizes such as gift cards to the Disney Store.

The mystery of not knowing what each box may contain in terms of figures and prizes makes Blind Bags even more exciting. There will be cool inserts from my personal collection like Park 1's, Chasers, Variants and other various figures from retired series. There will be many great one of a kind customs including:  9" customs from John Ward, Javier Soto, Evilos & Gerald Mendez. Blind Bags Series 3 offers a fan something very unique to this hobby, which at this time has not been offered anywhere else. It's truly the dream product for any Vinylmation fan!

DV: What can people expect from BB3?
Evilos: Each box will have 5 figures, which will include 1 Custom & 4 Random Figures, One puzzle piece, One promo pack of artist business cards that may contain other "Prizes" such as pins or gift cards. What will you get?

DV: How much does a blind bag cost?
Evilos: Price: $100 (USA) Shipping Included

DV: How and when can people purchase a bag?
Evilos: Boxes will be sold Friday September 21st @ 9am (PST)/ 12noon (EST) on the Blind Bags 3 website. There will be a strict limit of two boxes per address. These will sell out fast!

Website: http://evilos.com/Evilos/BB3.html

Artists:
Gerald Mendez
Javier Soto
NRB Relic ‎(Nanette Simard Belgen)
Gemma Steib
Cesilie Keller
Mark J Hoffmann
Dillia Gregory
Jenny Grinsell
Howie Green
Ken Rogers
John Ward
Aaralyn Montgomery
Ben Hudson
Cesar Diaz
Celeste Villanueva
Mark Johhson
Roger Evetts
Dylan Pommer
Panoboard Customs
Jerry Sinner
Josh Edwards
Evilos (Christopher Avalos)

You can find more info about Evilos at evilos.com and view and purchase his work at his eBay store.

Spotlight On: Evilos' UP and Topiary Customs

Recently we received an email with two special pieces Evilos has been working on. We asked him a little about each piece and this is what he said...

"I made this for the VMK custom swap. Its a 3" figure painted sky blue and with airbrushed clouds. The house and balloons is made from a block of wood painted to look like the house. (Next Limited versions LE10 will have a JR. in place of the painted wood block). The wood block example is just a one off for the swap.

All placed together in a glass dome with wooden base. This "look" will be a staple of mine over the next few years, glass domes. I have plans on doing 9" custom dioramas in glass domes also.

I've made a Topiary version for Blind Bags Two LE10 and a One of a kind "Balloon Kid' version for the epilepsy charity Art From the Heart held at the UCLA campus, that sold in a silent auction.

I found out about the "Art From The Heart" event through my artist buddy Mike Peraza (Art Director for the Little Mermaid). The event would be one night where Disney Artists would talk about Epilepsy, have a Disney panel where they would talk about the movies they worked on and donate art to raise money for Epilepsy. The roster of Disney Animators was amazing. From Mike Peraza, Rob Minkoff (Director of Lion King), Ruben Procopio (Famed Disney Sculptor) and many more. There was also a good amount of Disney artists not in attendance who donated art like Larry Nikolai (Art Director for The Little Mermaid Ride and Disney Pin Designer) and plus many more.

I asked if I could be apart of this event and represent Vinylmation. He was very excited and added me to the artist list. I quickly began work on my two customs for the silent auction. One being a Purple Candy 9" Custom that would be signed by all the Disney panelist and a one of a kind Topiary entitled "From the Heart" where a little child holds a Red Mickey Balloon against a Purple/Green Mickey Topiary.

The event was a huge success, we raised awareness of Epilepsy. Both my Vinylmations sold at the silent auction to the biggest vinylmation collector in the world, Gabriel Luna.

The panelists talked for a couple hours about all the great times they had working on The Black Cauldron, Little Mermaid, Lion King and many more. It was very surreal to be grouped in with such Disney legends."
-Evilos

Congrats on the great work Evilos! If you'd like to find out more about the things mentioned in this post check out the following websites.

Face Book "Art From The Heart" Page, lots of info here.
facebook.com/artfromthehART

Evilos' Webpage
evilos.com

Evilos' Ebay Store:
ebay.com/sch/eojcollector/m.html

A Closer Look... The Cheshire Cat

Since the Park #1 Series of Vinylmations was released on December 19, 2008, over one thousand designs have been introduced in just three and a half years! During this period of time there have only been a select number of Disney characters that have surfaced multiple times. In this first article I will focus in on one of the most popular Disney characters of all time, the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland. AND you will have the opportunity to vote for your favorite design!
Did You Know? Alice in Wonderland was originally a children’s story written by Lewis Carroll, which was first published in 1865. Walt Disney made it into a full-length animated movie in 1951. The Cheshire Cat has already appeared in four Vinylmation series (the Bakery Series; Alice in Wonderland Series, appearing individually and as a set; Japan’s Romantic Treats Series; and Furry Friends Series, in which it was the chaser) There are a total of six different 3” Cheshire Cat Vinylmations. It has also appeared in the Juniors Series #2, Funko Pop! Series #3, Pairs 2 Junior Series, and twice as a Vinylmation pin. The following is a picture display of each of these figures, the Disney artists who created them, and their release date in chronological order. Later in this article, you will hear from artists who have chosen the Cheshire Cat for their own Vinylmation custom work and their inspiration for the unique designs.
Juniors Series #2 (& pin) Artists: Maria Clapsis & Tom Scott Released: June 2010
		Bakery Set Artist: Susan Foy Released: June 2011
Alice in Wonderland Series (& pin) Artist: Tom Scott Released: November 2011
		Romantic Treats Series Artist: Alex Sanso Released: December 2011
Funko Pop! Series #3 Released: January 2012
		Furry Friends Series - Chaser Artist: Enrique Pita Released: February 2012
Alice in Wonderland Set Artist: Tom Scott Released: April 2012
		Pairs 2 Junior Series Artist: Maria Clapsis Released: April 2012

Which Cheshire Cat is your favorite?

Jr. Series 2

Bakery

Alice in Wonderland

Romantic Treats

Funko Pop!

Furry Friends

Alice LE Set

Pairs 2 Jr.

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Custom Cheshire Cat Vinylmations:

Custom Artist: Christopher Avilos aka "Evilos"

Cheshire Cat is one of those iconic characters in the Disney universe and I said to myself I cannot wait to make a custom Vinylmation of this character. So when I was working on the Movie Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland (2010), I was introduced to the new style Cheshire Cat and instantly fell in love with the character all over again. The first custom I made was the 3" figure in the new Grey/Turquoise color scheme, it took me a few versions to really lock down the look I was seeking. 

Then I created the 9" custom figure because personally I prefer the larger canvas to work on, first versions had very solid colors, and later versions were painted to give the illusion of fur. Disney also asked me to create a custom for the 2011 D23 Convention; the theme was Alice In Wonderland. So I jumped all over the Cheshire Cat theme again creating an iconic scene in diorama form. The scene was when Alice was first introduced to Cheshire Cat in the tree. The piece was later sold to a private collector at the event.

See more of Chris’ work at: http://evilosart.blogspot.com/

Custom Artist: Justin Marshall

I have always had a love for Alice in Wonderland. In fact I yearn to think that a place does exist. I have seen so many renderings of Cheshire Cat but if you watch the film and it's landscapes, it has Mary Blair's signature written all over it. 

Fulfilling a vinyl with solely the cat just didn't work for me and I wanted to pay homage to Blair by using those abstract leaves and shadowed tree he appears in. A lot of time went into studying the film frame by frame to get what I wanted. The tree is textured and has a particular look of bark that I hope Blair would approve.

See more of Justin’s work at: https://www.facebook.com/justinchad82

Custom Artist: Alex Sanso

While I was working on the Romantic Treats series for Japan, I was asked if I wanted to create a custom for the 2011 D23 Convention; the theme was Alice in Wonderland, for the film's 60th anniversary.  Cheshire is one of my favorite Alice characters, and at the time I was also working on two Alice-based paintings for the Disney Gallery: a Cheshire and a Mad Hatter. 

Cheshire was all around me, so of course I decided on Cheshire for the custom! I was surprised at how challenging it really was to paint directly on the figure, with its slick surface and all its curves, but I had a great time with it.

See more of Alex’s work at: www.artopiacreative.com

Custom Artist: Heather Kattelman

In the 1951 Disney animated film, Alice in Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat is depicted as an intelligent yet mischievous character that sometimes helps Alice and sometimes gets her into trouble.  This is the Cheshire I have always loved and of course has that, oh so recognizable grin!  When I decided to create this little guy, I wanted to bring the original Cheshire look to the Vinylmation form.  

At the time, we had not really seen many official Disney Cheshire releases (only the Series 1 Junior) so when I had the request for this design, I was excited to get started!  There are so many fun things to do with the Cheshire Cat as he is a wonderful creature - I don't know if there will ever be too many designs of this cuddly little fellow.

See more of Heather’s work at: https://www.facebook.com/VinylmationCustomations

Other Custom Cheshire Cats by Unknown Artists:

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Do you know who the artists are?

Do you know of any other Cheshire Cat custom design?

Evilos' Avator (Not the blue kind)

We got a chance to sit down with Evilos and ask him about this great creation. Here is what he said:

DV: What inspired you to create Aviator Mickey?

Evilos: My latest creation, "Aviator Mickey" was mostly inspired by the movie Red Tails, a movie loosely based on the famous Tuskegee Airmen fighter group from World War Two. I wanted to pay some sort of tribute to them and both my grandfathers who also fought in the great war. Mickey being such an iconic image and Walt Disney's involvement with the conflict also made it a complete package for me as an artist. Its truly a personal piece inside and out. I made 12 of these Mickey’s because I knew the interest with collectors would be so high that just one would not satisfy demand for such a personal historic work of art. Most are already sold out with collectors looking to get their special number out of 12.

DV: Tell us a little about the clothing accessories. Was the jacket custom made for a 9" Vinylmation? Can the goggles come down over Mickey's eyes?
E: First I would like to say the accessories are the most significant part to these Aviator Mickey’s. Each piece has an authentic WW2 circa 1941-1945 sweetheart wings pin shown on Mickey’s left jacket pocket. Also each will have replica brass Army Airmen Propeller wings attached to the Right pocket and Right flap of the flight helmet. I really love to bring a simple design, yet meaningful details to each one of my customs. Mickey comes with a Bomber Jacket, White Scarf, Flight Helmet and working Goggles that can be placed over Mickey’s eyes when he's ready to take the pilot seat (See photo). Everything used was pre-existing but modified to work with the 9" Vinylmation. I'm very happy how this one came out, I’m sure my grandfathers who laid down their lives for our country would feel the same.

DV: Where can people go to see a catalog of your work?
E: Anyone interested in my work can follow me on Twitter @EvilosArt Thank you!