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TTP Repartee: Newest Thumbtack Press Artist Amy DeVoogd

Thursday, April 25th, 2013 | By: Ben

Amy DeVoogd, Bicycle Chicago-based illustrator Amy DeVoogd‘s work is all over the place, from newspapers and magazines to product packaging, advertising campaigns, and more. We’re thrilled to be working with her to offer high-quality prints on Thumbtack Press and her initial offering here shows why: Cities, fashion, bikes, bags, couples, energy, design, style – it’s city [...]


TTP Repartee With David Cooper

Friday, March 8th, 2013 | By: Ben

  David Cooper, It Must Be Love  One of the first things people notice when they see David Cooper’s work for the first time is the elongated figures that populate all his work, from basketball backboards to giant murals to canvases to ping pong paddles to illustrations to the prints of his work that just went [...]


TTP Repartee With Xiau-Fong Wee Part 2!

Thursday, February 21st, 2013 | By: Ben

  Xiau-Fong Wee, Ruff!   California artist Xiau-Fong Wee is the newest artist whose work we’re proud to offer on Thumbtack Press. Her initial collection is comprised of pieces from her Crinkle series, which as she explains in the chat below, “Is an ever growing army of animals armed with guns, wearing glasses, ready to conquer the world!” The [...]


TTP Repartee with Xiau-Fong Wee Part 1!

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013 | By: Ben

  Xiau-Fong Wee, Mrrra! California artist Xiau-Fong Wee is the newest artist whose work we’re proud to offer on Thumbtack Press. Her initial collection is comprised of pieces from her Crinkle series, which as she explains in the chat below, “Is an ever growing army of animals armed with guns, wearing glasses, ready to conquer the world!” [...]


TTP Repartee With Jasper Rietman Part 2

Thursday, September 20th, 2012 | By: Ben

  Jasper Rietman, Site 5 Thumbtack Press’s newest artist Jasper Rietman is an emerging illustrator from the Netherlands. Although his witty, beautifully drawn illustrations and comics are gaining a groundswell of recognition around the world, his approach still surprises people with its hilarity, inventiveness, and style. We chatted over GChat for a bit last week and talked about [...]


TTP Repartee With Brian McCarty Part II

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 | By: Ben

  Brian McCarty, Primeval Love Welcome to Part II of our chat with iconic toy photographer//newest TTPer Brian McCarty. If you missed Part I you can catch it here. And make sure to see Brian’s TTP collection here. In part II, we talk about Brian’s WAR-TOYS project, an imbroglio in Croatia, poor old Frogger, and more.   Thumbtack [...]


TTP Repartee With Brian McCarty Part I

Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 | By: Ben

  Brian McCarty, Free Range Furilla To borrow a photojournalist term, newest TTP artist Brian McCarty is embedded within the vinyl/art toy movement. Few others have the access, experience, and perspective he has, and whether it’s his respected stance within the art toy movement or his understanding of toys’ significance as sociocultural and aesthetic signposts – [...]


TTP Repartee With Mike Egan

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 | By: Ben

  Mike Egan, Murder Pittsburger/Pittsburghian Mike Egan, the newest TTP artist, has an unmissable style. Like the piece above, his works are packed with motifs of death, and many have an expressive skeletal figure or figures front and center. Mike was kind enough to take a few minutes last week to talk to us about his [...]


TTP Repartee With Raudiel Sañudo

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 | By: Ben

Raudiel Sañudo, Oops! In this feature, we post our chats with TTP artists. The idea is to give an inside look at the artists, their personalities, and the way they think or talk about their own work. Last week, we chatted with Raudiel Sañudo about California, Wisconsin, his new works, Soot the little monster carbon [...]