Dunny:It's fried sweet potato! And the ‘black’ ones aren't really black! It's actually deep purple! What's with the scared faces?! It's good stuff! I won't poison you guys! Sheesh!
In college I participated in a fundraiser that had us create custom pieces to auction off. This was how I became aware of Kidrobot's DIY Munny's; all the participants got one. I made Alien, and without any knowledge or collaboration, someone else made Predator. I'm pretty sure one person ended up getting both.
Anyway, this project ultimately inspired me to make my Little Dudes that I've made and sold at art shows over the years.
I currently have a handful on my Etsy currently that are looking for homes - https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1383134834/little-dudes
The World Dunny (middle), Nature Dunny (left & right) - Dunny Arcane Divination Lost Cards Series
by Kidrobot
Taken by nuo2x2 with Canon EOS 4000D
celebrating Earth Hour 2023, which is happening today, March 25th 2023 for this year! long story short, it’s a worldwide movement encouraging everyone on the planet to turn off any non essential light tonight, usually around 08:00 to 10:00 PM, as a symbol of our commitment to our beloved planet… the event itself held annually every last Saturday of March, which is today!!!
personally speaking, I love Earth Hour… a time for me, even a whole night for me personally to observe silent and darkness a bit.. it’s not only a way for us to conserve energy or just turning off the light for an hour or so, but to me personally a time when I can enjoy the night sky once again while all of us dim our light…
In honor of the 11th anniversary of my very first Hello Kitty-themed (group) art show (featuring the super talented Misha, Bunnyman and others), we are making available a limited edition run of "HELLO BATTLE, KITTY ROYALE" at the new Danconia Gallery.
The original exhibit started off as un-official but soon morphed into an Official SANRIO event hosted at Little Tokyo's HOLD UP ART (2nd street, Downtown LA).
There wasn't too much time to prep but I did my best to come up with some fun selections. As I was obsessed with Mori Chack's Gloomy Bear at the time and had seen a Japanese cross-over of Kitty + Gloomy, thought it might be fun to add Astro and a few other pink-ish characters for a giant Pinksploitation Ketchup x Sriracha spectacular.
Misha's work sandwiched between two Danconia's
The UltraMOD art features Astro Boy going head to head against a giant Kitty-Gloomy-cosplayer with our main bear in the background. It's Pop-Surreal dream within a dream featuring Frankenberry, The Pink Panther, Gloomy-themed Dunny, Uran Chan (Astro's sister), various iterations of Hello Kitty-inspired characters, ukiyo-e styled wave patterns and adorned with an imaginary set of Nintendo's classic Hanafuda cards—stylized with Kitty-chan plus cancelled Cathy too!
The paint splatters had a fun cake icing sort of vibe and mashed up well with the ketchup (not-blood) designs.