Bic Plastics will release their Bic Buddy mini figures this August featuring thirteen artist designs. So far we’ve brought you first looks at six of the Series One designs. Today we’re revealing three more (shown above, l to r) from Bic Buddy Creator Marka27, Ritzy Periwinkle and MAD.
The Bic Buddy series makes use of accessories to add flair to the platform’s shape. We’ve already seen this used to good effect with the wings used in several designs. Now we get the first look at the cape accessory seen here on Marka’s luchador design.
The Bic Buddy minis will drop this August with distribution by DKE Toys (USA) and Pixie (Taiwan).
Ritzy Periwinkle, aka Marisa Estrada, is a Los Angeles designer/artist with deep roots in the urban art and music culture. The name Ritzy Periwinkle, a pseudonym that started among her and her crew, stems from “Maritza” (the way her birth name was originally supposed to be spelled) and the Crayola color,“Periwinkle”. She grew up in San Diego’s border town of South Bay where she describes being on the periphery of the periphery.
A first generation Mexican-American, she holds strong ties to her Latina identity. Her relationship to her community, however, is what ultimately shaped her consciousness as a woman of color. The South Bay was a hostile and chaotic environment to which she was constantly in opposition. Her way of countering her troubled situation was to turn to the cultures that spoke of her reality: Hip Hop and Soul. Also disenchanted by mainstream culture’s excess and fictitious portrayal of a content country, Ritzy found that Hip Hop, especially, supplied adose of truth. Tight beats and poetic lyrics fueled her artistic creativity and became a means of escape from the negativity.
MAD
I've been professionally illustrating and designing toys for over 13 years. Over my career I've worked with clients such as Kidrobot, Mattel, YUM Brands, Pepsi, Scion, Wild Planet, NFL, Upper Deck, Playmates Toys, Makita and IDT Entertainment on a variety of todays hottest and largest brands. Collaborating on many projects ranging from promotions to packaging, character design to retail and premium toys. Aside from my commercial projects, I've worked non-stop on my own licensed toy lines and brands under the MAD Toy Design label for the past 7 years. My first production figure line called the MAD*L™ has been one of the hottest brands on the market since it first released in 2004 and continues to fly off the shelves globally with each new release. I try to keep a full arsenal of new products in development at all times… ranging from toys, tee's, prints, and more.
Marka27
Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez is a prolific graffiti writer/artist/designer who is never confined to one medium. His graffiti has been seen in high profile galleries throughout the east and west coast and has shown along side artist such as Futura and Sam Flores. His street murals/ graffiti have been published in several life style magazines and books, including:Graffit Planet, Burning New York, and Graffiti L.A.. Marka27 made his mark with his original “Audio Canvas” paintings with built in speakers, also his large speaker installations with legendary hiphop icons painted on the speaker boxes. Marka27 also stays close to his graffiti roots and for over 15 yrs still continues to paint street murals through out the U.S.
Marka27's designer vinyl toy projects are also an important creative outlet and a unique platform for his designs. His current projects include "MINGODS", "BIC BUDDY" and "KILLA INSTINCT".
