NEW Castleforte site now online

Please visit my new castleforte.com site for loads of new work 

and other fun stuff.

Urban Paper show wrap up

The show was a huge success! Truly wonderful, with so many great people who were all just blown away by the sheer awesomeness of the many fantastic paper toy creations on display. 

Thank you to all who came and added to the incredible energy that made it so much fun. And thanks to Matt Hawkins for putting together such a cool book, and for putting together the show. And thanks to all of the artists who contributed to the show, to Wonhee, Jessica & Stella at Mobius, Rich Kim for spinning some amazing tunes, to Scott Schaller and his class, 

to Meg and Judy, and to Spanky Stokes and Muana of spankystokes.com.

And thanks to anyone I missed, and to everyone of you who support the paper toy movement and who have helped also make NicePapertoys.com such a huge success as well. We hit 1000 members on the same day as the show! Sweet!

Tons of pics added here.

And more pics added here. 

And if you are on FaceBook, there is lot's more stuff here.

And check out SpaknyStokes.com to see some more info, pics and videos from the show.

Viva La Paper!

~Brian

The Resin Collective show pics!

Check out the pics from the Resin Collective Show at Red Hot Robot!

More pics available on Flickr!

Urban Paper book launch show

I will be in a group papertoy show for the release of Matt Hawkins' new book, Urban Paper (see the post below for more on that). The show will be at Mobius Gallery on Saturday, May 2nd at 7 p.m. It's sure to be a good time, so if you are in the area, stop on by. Hope to see you there.

Urban Paper book is out now!

Rock'n Matt Hawkins' papertoy book, "Urban Paper" is available now!

It features 25 of us papertoy artists and one each of our custom papertoy templates,

that you can cut out and build. We will be having a book release/group papertoy show

at Mobius in Los Angeles, on Saturday, May 2nd. Come on by, it should be fun.

You can get the book right now on Amazon.com! Enjoy!

Papertoy & Pop-Out Show!

I am proud to be a part of this wonderful, up coming group show,

on April 18th at Pink Hobo - Geek Art Gallery in Minneapolis!

If you are anywhere near, be sure to pop on in, it's sure to be a good time.

Check out Marko Zubak's new pdf magazine called II Love. You can get it at yebomaycu.com. In the first issue, you can read about yours truly, Marshall Alexander, and 3 Eyed Bear, check out projects from Matt Hawkins and Harlancore, get free exclusive papertoys and more! Congratulations Marko. Best of luck with your new mag! Enjoy!

Been taking a break!

To those of you who visit my blog on occasion, I must apologize for my very limited updates as of late. I have been taking a much needed break, while at the same time keeping extremely busy with other things. I will be popping in from time to time to mention anything worth mentioning. At least until I am finished with my current, top secret projects, at which time I will return with more creative goodness, madness, or crap. Whatever. I hope you will still be around to see whatever that may be. :)

The Resin Collective Show

If you are in Phoenix in April, be sure to check out the Resin Collective show at Red Hot Robot.

One of my Wack & Blite resins will be in the show, as well as quite a few others from my wonderful sculpter, Julie B at Pretty In Plastic, as well as many more resins by others.

It's sure to be a red hot show!

VTN Exclusive NEON WACK Revealed

Introducing the special, limited edition, Tribalnots colorway, The Neon Wack Pack!

These are very limited, VTN (Vinyl Toy Network) show exclusive, hand painted, resin sculpts, of my Tribalnot characters, known as Wack & Blite.

These neon colored beauties, sculpted and painted by Julie B of Pretty In Plastic, are limited to a series of only 6 figures. Each one stands about 11 inches tall with the arms up. Each comes on it's own base, in a special, handmade package. It also comes with a very limited, 9.5x13" archival print, which are limited to only 10. Each print and figure is signed and numbered.

There are only 4 left, and they are available now, at the NiceBunny Shop.
Better hurry if you want one.

Check out some more pics from the VTN show, HERE!

Limited Wack & Blite Toys @ VTN

Be sure to visit NiceBunny and Pretty In Plastic next weekend at the Vinyl Toy Network Show, for Limited Wack & Blite toys in a special secret series colorway. We'll have six for sale, and they come with a print and special packaging, too. Price TBD.

So remember, that's VTN, Dec. 6-7 at the Pasadena Convention Center.

(This is not the special colorway pictured below)

Urban Paper The Movie

URBAN PAPER - is the upcoming book of papertoys and the artists who make them, put together by Matt Hawkins and being released by HOW Publications. This is a video from the dvd that will be included with the book, which is tentatively scheduled for an April 2009-release. Enjoy!



Urban Paper the Movie from Studio N8 on Vimeo.

Next show at Gnosis Gallery in Indianapolis

Please come join me at me and local Indy artist Derek Walker for our show in Indianapolis, August 1st - 28th. Opening reception Friday, August 1st, 6pm - midnight.

Check out the flier for more details. Hope to see you there!

*NEW* Freedom Fighter HedKase by Migrante

Check out the newest HedKase papertoy in the HedKase Artist Series...
"Freedom Fighter" by Migrante! Nice work, Memo!

Some new papertoys

Here are a few experiments that I thought you might like to see.

NiceBunny meets e440

I did this custom version of the wonderful e440 papertoy.
Thanks Ring.

NiceBunny show wrap up

Thanks to everyone who came out to the show! It was really a blast.

Congratulation to Robin R., the winner of the Candy Apple Red Wack toy! We raised $300 for the kids at Oakland Children's Hospital & AASK, so they can get some new art supplies.

And a big thanks to Wonhee & Sarah Lee & the wonderful staff of Mobius, to Rich Kim for spinning such amazing sounds, and taking some great photos, to my awesome wife, Linda, for her support and for shooting the party, to my friends Joy & Porscha for helping me in promoting the show, and to my good friend Brian Green, for help in writing the Tribalnots stories.

I will post the new illustrations up soon, for all to see.
You can see most of the illustrations as prints, (available for purchase) at the NiceBunny shop!

And be sure to check out the pics from the show:

Photo Set 1

Photo Set 2

Enjoy!

Swinging Spunkees

THE SHOW IS TOMORROW!!! I hope you're planning on coming by to check out all the new great stuff. This is the last day of character introductions, and with that, I'd like to introduce you to the Swinging Spunkees who are featured in many of the new illustrations I'll be rolling out at Mobius tomorrow. Come by and check them out!!
MOBIUS
3300 W. 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA

SWINGING SPUNKEES:
They are the most amazing of creatures that start life really tiny, barely bigger than a Wammberry. If they can survive all the predators that want to make a snack of them, they will eventually grow into Giant Sea Spunkees. Gentle as a baby in either form, they live to swing, from anything and everything. Nonstop. They only sleep and eat once a week to recharge and then it's back to swinging. They are rarely seen outside their native land of Awanaki and are considered the rarest of pets.

WIN an EXCLUSIVE Wack & Blite Custom Toy!

All proceeds will go to the kids at Children's Hospital and ASSK (Aid to Adoption of Special Kids)
You must be present at the show this Saturday, June 21st to buy a ticket and win.
Hope to see you all there!

NEW Furrschnickens HedKase Papertoys!

Introducing tow of the Furrschnickens, "Big Daddy" & "Lil Buddy",
from my new series "Wack & Blite"




















Check out all of the new illustrations and toys at the NiceBunny "Wack & Bite" Art Show on June 21st at MOBIUS.

Furrschnickens

So now that you've met the Tribalnots, allow me to introduce you to some of the other creatures that dwell in their world: The Furrshnickens. These guys are simply awesome and are featured in a number of the new illustrations that will be available at Saturday's show. Hopefully you can make it by Mobius to check out all my new stuff and enjoy some great music and a cocktail or two.

Mobius
3300 W. 6th St
Los Angeles, CA 90020

FURRSCHNICKENS:
These furry beasts are the most organized, cultured and domesticated beings in the land of Gallamarell. They strive for enlightenment, advancement and tranquility. Which means they pretty much have all the same problems we do… minus electricty and technology and stuff.

Introducing Blite, King of the Black Tribalnots

So now that you have an idea of who + what the Tribalnots are, I want to introduce you to the Kings: Wack + Blite. Well actually, you got to meet Wack yesterday as an intro to the tribe. These guys are really the stars of the show and you'll have a chance to check out the vinyl toy, paper toys and brand new illustrations featuring them.

Don't forget to stop by Mobius on Saturday to check out a bunch of new toys and illustrations, and of course, to get acquainted with the Kings

Mobius
3300 W. 6th St
Los Angeles, CA 90020

WACK (you saw his picture yesterday):
The King of the White Tribalnots is kind to a fault, tireless in his altruism and driven to defend his fellow Nots with a manic psychosis. Simply, Wack is the nicest Not you’ll ever meet and loves to spend his time cooking, especially baking or riding the Eternal Wave out on Lake Kakatittienottie.

His passion for Wammberries is legendary and has led to his nickname “The stoned King,” which might be part of the reason he’s just so nice…

BLITE:

The King of the Black Tribalnots is loud, obnoxious, foul mouthed, egomanical and tough enough to back it up. Blite loves hunting, especially big game like the Straight Horned Sneerbeast, fishing for goldfinned Plinnies, and is a raving lunatic for playing Zootball. He loves chocolate gluttoncake and hot tea, and of course, his two daughters.

Introducing the Tribalnots!

Hopefully you're getting excited about the show (I know I am), and the first chance to get up close and personal with a whole new set of creatures: The Tribalnots.


The Tribalnots are wild, fanged and clawed jungle dwellers from the land of Wammbodia. The White Tribalnots and the Black Tribalnots are just inverted versions of each other – they’re just too busy hating each other to notice. As a general rule, Tribalnots are vegetarians but once a month, they’re overcome by a primal bloodlust and major fights occur between the two tribes. The rest of the time, Tribalnots are quite peaceful, spending their time half stoned on Wammberries, enjoying climbing, swinging and poetry… oddly enough.


Come meet the whole tribe this Saturday at Mobius!
WACK + BLITE
New illustrations + toys by Brian Castelforte (the creator of NiceBunny)
Saturday, June 21 at 7pm
Mobius
3300 W.
6th St
Los Angeles, CA 90020

WACK + THE TRIBALNOTS

New NiceBunny paper toys!!!

From the new series "Wack & Blite"

Get them here!!

Check out all of the new illustrations and toys at the NiceBunny "Wack & Bite" Art Show on June 21st at MOBIUS.

Limited, Pre-release "Wack & Blite" Prints & more!

So I have 10 special "Wack & Blite" goodie bundles now available from my online shop.
There are 2 different bundles, 5 of each.
Each bundle includes:

1 limited pre-release, signed & numbered, 13x9.5" print.
1 EXCLUSIVE, signesd, 5x7" mini-print
2 Wack & Blite papertoys
2 Wack & Blite stickers
1 Wack & Blite 1.5" button

Get yours now!