MADE in REDHOOK – Art Show and Opening

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 | Contemporary Art, Tonky Graphic Design | No Comments

Lucky Gallery, Luis Blackaller
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Tonight Tonight,

Some of my work is in a group show called “Made in Redhook.”
The opening is tonight Sat, May 22 |  7-10PM

Lucky Gallery is located in Red Hook
176 Richards Street, Brooklyn, NY. 11231
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In fact, all day is the Redhook area studio tour. So why not make it a day-long adventure?

http://www.brooklynstudiotours.com/

Come on by for free wine and mind blowing art.

-Tonky

Miniature New York City – NY Lotto Commercial Shoot

Monday, March 29th, 2010 | Pop Culture Notions, The American Diorama, Tonky Graphic Design | No Comments

Have a gander at some pics from a set for a New York Lotto commercial for which I performed some design work.

Shown above is the spot’s NYC based production designer Julian Laverdiere towering in front of the Met Life Building and Grand Central Station.

I aided Julian in the creation of various generic and landmark buildings. My role was to run around to photograph various NYC sites and to grind away in Photoshop to create large-scale printable facades that would be assembled and detailed by Brooklyn Model Works.

The experience was so compelling that I bought a Mega Million ticket and …. LOST

Enjoy.

-Tonky

CREDITS:

Director- NE-O
Production Designer: Julian Laverdiere
Production Co.- SKUNK
Agency- DDB

-Tonky

Visit Tonky Designs @ NYIGF Winter Market 2010 ( Jan 31 – Feb 4 )

Monday, January 25th, 2010 | Events & Openings, Tonky Graphic Design, Tonky Limited Editions | No Comments

Hello all,

We will be exhibiting our wall stickers, limited editions, and custom design services next week at the NYIGF (New York International Gift Fair).

The fair will serve as a launch platform for a number of never-seen-before new products and designs and hope you will consider stopping by to have a look

Tonky Designs can be found at booth #3901 in the “Accent on Design” section.

If you plan on attending, we would love to meet you so please RSVP by Jan 30 to receive free goodies ($35 Value) as thanks for your support and attention.

Please email us: info [at] TonkyDesigns.com with RSVP in the subject line.

See you there,
-Tonky

Bathtub Stickies For the Young [ At Heart ] – Goldfish, Rubber Duckies, Sharks, and MORE

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 | Tonky Graphic Design, Tonky Limited Editions | No Comments

Hello,

Here is some new stuff to looks at, this time for the kiddies (or the young at heart). Stickers for your bathtub!

We are trying to keep prices down as low as possible for the holidays, so enjoy!
(Also note: FREE Shipping.)

-Tonky

Rubber Ducky Bathtub Stickies – 12-Pack – $24

Goldfish Bathtub Stickies - 12-Pack – $24

Variety Pack Bathtub Stickies – 8-Pack – $34

More coming soon.

Health Care Propaganda: Public Option Please

Friday, October 30th, 2009 | Pop Culture Notions, Power & Politics, Tonky Graphic Design, Tonky Limited Editions | No Comments

Just wrapped up some health care advocacy propaganda for PublicOptionPlease.com. I designed these in the spirit of those great WPA posters advocating everything from worker safety to supporting the war effort.

The contest winner gets a cold $1000 and national distribution. The contest is being judged by Arianna Huffington, Margaret Cho, Aaron Rose, Jesse Dylan, Robbie Conal, Marshall Ganz, and Arlene Holt Baker

Hopefully they like the work!

I am selling an extremely limited edition of each design.
20″ by 30″ – Archival Ink Jet Prints
$50 ea. ( framed – $105 )
<CLICK HERE>

Every penny of profit gets donated to PublicOptionPlease.com. So feel comfortable voting with your wallets.

Click the thumbnails to see larger images:

-Tonky

6 Year Old UFO Pilot Found Hiding in Box – HOAX ?

Thursday, October 15th, 2009 | Pop Culture Notions, Tonky Graphic Design | No Comments

Well,

All is well that ends well. Apparently 6 year old Falcon Heane has been found alive hiding in a box in the Heane family attic. When the craft landed and he wasn’t inside I was afraid he had fallen to his demise – however after NYtimes.com commenter nerds calculated the lift/buoyancy of a balloon that size, it was clear it couldn’t lift a whole kid.

It remains to be seen whether the youngster released the family’s experimental craft and hid out of shame or whether his weird parents stashed him away as part of a staged hoax to get publicity. Apparently the couple appeared on the reality TV Show “Wife Swap.”

Anyhow isn’t it amazing how desaturating the news footage dates the images and evokes Roswell and UFO imagery?

One thing can be for sure, little Falcon Heane’s game of hide and seek likely cost the world MILLIONS of hours of lost productivity as we watched the event unfold LIVE. I like seeing this sort of harmless spectacle rather than violence.

I for one have been honing my SketchUp skills and decided waste a couple of hours modeling the craft in 3D.

I might make a poster commemorating the drama.

-Tonky

NYC Sewer Cover – Wall Graphic

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 | Tonky Graphic Design, Tonky Limited Editions | No Comments

Team,

Something new, an NYC Sewer Cover Wall Sticker. Like all of our Wall Graphics, this can be applied to any flat (clean) (dry) surface. Could look cool in a bathtub.

Yes, some might call it a “manhole” but that is a gender biased term and also possibly construed by a vulgar mind as R-rated.

-Tonky