Space Junk Destroyer Sneak Peak from Bad Applez Inc

Here's an updated sculpted peek at Osiris Orion's "Space Junk Destroyer" sculpted by NeMo [Last posted here]. THis will be the first release from "Bad Applez Inc." (a new NYC-based company set-up by these two gentlemen). Expect more awesomeness to come!

About Nemo's New Sculpt

Artist Orion Osiris met up with Mike NEMO Mendez the other day for him to check out his Space Junk Destroyer sculpt, which you can see the video capture of posted here (will post final shots when they are done, to be fair), while NEMO showed him his new sculpt he is working on … and it looks awesome, period. A madhouse reflection of an intense mouse on speed-crack waiting for his crushed-skull

Superhero-Sunday: The Joker by NEMO

We've posted earlier about NEMO's HULK Spraycan sculpt, and mentioned the Joker sculpt displayed alongside it as seen at San Diego Comic Con in 2008 (pic above courtesy of Steve Talkowski). And now we've discovered a little something about NEMO and his affinity with the arch-nemesis of the Batman … he has loads of Joker artwork and sculpts!A Hero is defined by his villains and the Joker is a

Superhero-Sunday: Iron Man Homage Painting by NEMO

So what's the story of the above Iron Man painting where he is smoking a dooby? I am a huge fan of John Romita Jr and seeing this homage was a trip! We went straight to the artists' mouth for the reason of being, and Mike "NEMO" Mendez tells it straight:NEMO: "i recently did a IRON MAN painting for a show that got CANCELED at the last minute, the show was called "MADE IN AMERIJUANA" lol was

Superhero-Sunday: HULK Spraycan Art by NEMO

"Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry. I will sprayyour face so full of pain you will babyweep, when you get me angry!"And while the words might be fictional from my fetid mind, this stunning sculpt by NEMO is far from fiction - and is a haunting reality that ANYTHING turns to geek-gold in the hands of Mike NEMO Mendez. This, I am sure you can see with your own eyes, is not "

Custom-Feature: GUUMON by NEMO for "It Came From the East" @ FOE (May 13-launch)

The above is the GUUMON form (in pink) before it got NEMO-fied, and below is the stunning result of his awesomeness, with the head-design done in magic sculpt clay. Absolutely breathtakingly-cool, to say the very least! This custom (along with the previously posted ones from Bob Conge of Plaseebo) is done for the "Guumon: It Came From the East" show for FOE Store and Gallery in Northampton, as

Custom-Feature: HareMongus by NEMO (@ Toy Street)

A very fitting festive offering which "hopped" it's way to Toy Strreet Friday last was Mike "NEMO Mendez's custom HareMongous! Made by NEMO to celebrate Easter (what a sweet-heart) - it found a cool scheduled spot at Tenacious Toys' table and nestled there for grabs by interested folks. The helmeted critter is seen in the hands of it's creator in the shot below - "live" from TOYSTREET! (Snap

TIKISTEIN by Mike NEMO Mendez

"TIKISTEIN" by Mike "Nemo" Mendez is 11 inches of wood carving, soon to be available at TenaciousToys.com, and these are the snaps to tantalize you with. Get ready to get loud!

GoD TiKi Carving #6 By Nemo

Posted here is the "Nemo GoD TiKi Carving #6" and unfortunately at the time of this post, is SOLD out from Tenacious Toys (who is currently solely carrying custom products from Nemo). Standing 6 inches tall, this figure is sculpted from Balsa Foam, and seems to be part of a bigger scheme to come!Mike "Nemo" Mendez: "These tiki carving studies are prototypes for when I get to doing much bigger

Custom Works on TOYSREVIL (Feb/23/2011)

Tesselate-Sam be on a Dunny-roll! Next one-of-one edition custom up for sale is CHIP ~ available for £20 via http://tesselate.bigcartel.com from Feb 25th @ 6pm (London time) onwards. For more snaps of Chip, check out Sam's Flickr.Prague-based creator Alexander Gürlich takes a break over making his Fshizzy figure and makes a new figure over a Bub blank from Kidrobot, resulting in one of the more

Custom Works on TOYSREVIL (Feb/4/2011)

64Colors lists two custom hand-paints on their online shop featuring "Wood Nymph" the 8-inch tall Munny (US$325) and "Wish Raffy 01" the 4.25-inch Mini Raffy (US$275). Don't expect them to hang around the shop for long. Gorgeous work, as always!Currently for sale at missmonster.bigcartel.com is a one-of-a-kind hand-painted Mini-Munny from MissMonster, and it is indeed quite breathe taking. And

Jasper & Noodles by Osiris Orion x Happy Panda Toys @ New York Comic Con 2010 (Cultyard Booth 2878)

Making it's prototype debut at the New York Comic Con [tagged] is Osiris Orion's JASPER & NOODLES figure, produced by Happy Panda Toys! Shown on display right next to his custom 8" Oil Slick Ripple (by Sket-One / US$75 per / blogged), I can only assume "Noodles" is the duder slinking out of Jasper's belly! Wicked-awesome sculpt by NEMO!More info on the figure when I get it, meanwhile, CLICK THRU

NEMO for Art Hustle Trading Cards (Series 1)

Mike "NEMO" Mendez ~ sculptor, painter, toy-designer and now, "Art Hustler" shares with us a peek behind his work done for his involvement with the Art Hustle Trading Card Series [blogged]."The Art Hustle is a set of artist and art-based trading cards produced by The Cardhacks and manufactured in the USA by SideKick Media. The set is very much a collaborative effort with artists, and exhibits an

Custom-Showcase: NEMO for Power Art for Power Art Mr Power Custom Show @ ToyQube (May 21-June 1)

"Pray to Mantuss"! exclaims artist and sculptor-extraordinaire Mike Mendez aka NEMO, of his contribution to the POWER ARTS FOR POWER UPS Mr Power Custom Show @ ToyQube [event-blogged] which saw a launch May 21st (and exhibits thru June 1st). CLICK THRU to have a look at this astounding piece of art, with a delish sci-fi vibe, both with the figure-form, as well as the LED-light emission shining

Event-Video for Bic Buddy Show @ Zakka (April 9) / Custom Bic-Buddy by NEMO

Moving next from Los Angeles, The Bic Buddy Show launched April 9th @ Zakka in New York, and Robert Ingellis (aka Osiris Orion) and Mike Mendez (aka NEMO) were on hand to video-tape the proceedings, and now shares them with us! How cool are these guys?As an added "bonus", here's NEMO's custom-Bic Buddy for the show:[More event images via Marka27's FB-album]

Custom-Showcase: Icarus Custom Sketchbot by NEMO

CLICK THRU for a slideshow-look at Mike Mendez aka NEMO's custom-Sketchbot completed for the recently launched Sketchbot Custom Show @ myplasticheartNYC [tagged] and explode into the stratosphere and soar along with ICARUS, a mythology-inspired mecha-creation ~ which is an interesting departure from Mike's recent visceral-styled monster-creations, which shows the range and diversity of an artist,

NEMO for Multiversal @ Art Basel Miami 2009

NEMO for Multiversal group show [blogged] @ Art Basel Miami 2009 [tagged] ~ featuring custom "MUnny" sculpture and sketch paintings (Click on image below to peep artworks in full).

WZA Sculpt by NEMO for Wizard Sleeve Toys @ DesignerCon (Nov 21)

Michael Mendez aka NEMO drops yummy snaps of his new sculpt for Wizard Sleeve Toys. Standing 8 inches tall, WZA is based on concept and design by Paul Beresniewics of Thunderdog Studio (for WST) and will be available as a short limited run of resin castings before the vinyl release. WZA will debut at the coming DesignerCon @ the Pasadena Convention Centre November 21st.CLICK THRU for a closer

Coverage for The Rollie Custom Show @ All The Right (Oct 30)

custom rollie artshow nyc from nemo mendez on Vimeo.The Rollie Custom Show curated by NEMO and Benny of Tenacious Toys ~ which featured over 40 customs based on a 99-cent roll-on deodorant bottle platform and was on show at All The Right in Corona, Queens circa October 30th [tagged] ~ quite a brill notion of recycling a mundane everyday product unto a piece of art, IMHO ~ CLICK THRU for a

Toy Kreeper by NEMO for Concrete Immortalz

Peep this custom sculpt by Michael Mendez aka NEMO done for Concrete Immortalz (Booth 311) on display for NY Apple Con. CLICK THRU to peep still pics of The Toy Kreeper!