Hey guys! It’s a New Year! And here is my very first custom of 2019! For the first time I am taking part in the annual Yeti show over at the Mothership Toy Gallery! It’s a show I’ve wanted to take part in before, but since I generally am super busy during the first months of every new year to get ready for ToyCon UK, I just haven’t had the time. Not that I’m NOT busy this year, no I’m probably busier than ever before. But after some persuasion I said yes! Hahaha! So here he is, Yossi Yeti, my contribution for the “World War Yeti” show on the 26th of January, 2019!

I don’t work on Munny’s very often. In fact I’ve only made three so far in my Toy Designer career. It was nice to go back to a DIY platform and a simple shape. I didn’t do anything like it last year and even though working on well sculpted toys is a treat. It can sometimes be very hard to imagine your own original sculpt on top of them. So this was easy peasy! I just jumped straight in there and started sculpting.

Something I’ve stopped doing recently, is sketching before sculpting. I find it very liberating to just start putting chunks of clay on the toy and see where it takes me. I obviously have an idea of what I want things to look like, in my head. But I now let my fingers and tools guide me and I let them create what they want. Planning things too thoroughly makes me unhappy, and so I have stopped. Sculpting has become such a big part of my life and it now feels like a dance more than anything else.

I’ve also started playing around with varnishes. It is hard to show on photos but I have used gloss varnish around his nose and mouth as well as the inside of the the eyelids. I think it’s a nice touch that you might not expect. A little surprise, if you at all pick it up hahaha! I guess I am working on getting more “realism” in to my pieces even if they are as far away from reality as you can get.

…..and texture! I didn’t use to like texture…. But with the increased intricacy of my sculptwork I feel that texture and colour variants are becoming more and more important. So I tried some dry-brushing on the horns. I’ve never really used it before, but I think it came out pretty nice, and I will probably continue to use it in the future.

There he is anyway, Yossi Yet! And you will be able to get your hands on him on the 26th of January by either visiting Mothership Toy Gallery at 223 W. Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19123, USA or through the online sales over at Martian Toys.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Yossi Yeti - 7" Custom Kidrobot Munny