Category Archives: painting

Tokyo Cat Fight ! Mark Nagata customs

Posted on June 30, 2014 by toykarma

Here’s some better pics of the customs I painted and/or sculpted that will be offered at the Tokyo Cat Fight show July 5th-6th, 2014 at the Design Festa building, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan 😉 Using Monster Kolor paints with Aves Apoxie … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Cat Fight Show !!!

Posted on June 28, 2014 by toykarma

I’ll be in Japan for this fantastic Kaiju Cat themed show ! Will post my customs for the show in the next few days … ! Meow !

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HELLBOY 20th Anniversary show at Hero Complex Gallery curated by Chogrin

Posted on April 16, 2014 by toykarma

Excited and honored to amongst a wealth of super talented artists in this upcoming tribute show to Hellboy. Its an official show backed by both Hellboy creator, Mike Mignola and Dark Horse Comics being held at Hero Complex Gallery, and … Continue reading →

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Japanese Toys ! Talk and Tour at SFO

Posted on April 10, 2014 by toykarma

Thanks to the Japan Society of Northern California and SFO Museum, you can buy tickets to see the Japanese Toys ! exhibit plus attend a talk about Japanese Toys ! The event is April 22nd, 2014. Full details and how … Continue reading →

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Interview with artist Candie Bolton

Posted on March 5, 2014 by toykarma

Over the years I’ve had the pleasure of helping upcoming artists and toy makers along the way. As I get older, I think I get more pleasure from helping artists or at least pointing them in the right direction 😉 … Continue reading →

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Tsuburaya 50th Anniversary Ultraman art by Mark Nagata

Posted on June 29, 2013 by toykarma

I’ve had to keep this under wraps for a few months now, but now I can reveal this painting ! In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Tsuburaya Productions there will be an on going, multi year show that will … Continue reading →

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Max Toy Company UpDates

Posted on May 24, 2013 by toykarma

Some quick updates with stuff coming up in shows … First up is this one off custom of Kaiju Negora or Devil Cat Negora … my homage for the Go Nagai tribute show at Q Pop gallery. The show opens … Continue reading →

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Kaiju Painting Process Mark Nagata Max Toy Company

Posted on May 3, 2013 by toykarma

It’s been awhile since I posted my art process so here are two recent examples. The first is an acrylic painting on canvas for the new Kaiju Eyezon figure coming out in June. AS you can see in the last … Continue reading →

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Max Toy Kaiju updates !!

Posted on January 14, 2013 by toykarma

Phew … it’s the new year and I’ve not had time to update this blog so today is a bunch of stuff .. most of it you can see on my toy web site, http://www.maxtoyco.com 😉 First up we just … Continue reading →

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Kaiju Eyezon 5th Anniversary show

Posted on October 30, 2012 by toykarma

I’ll be posting a series of blogs leading up to the Eyezon Anniversary show this Saturday at Double Punch store & gallery in San Francisco. I’ll be there along with Mecha artist Todd Robertson and artist Will Long ( if … Continue reading →

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