Andrew Bell

Setting up at Gallery 1988 Originally uploaded by dead zebra, inc.We’re here in (finally) sunny LA setting up for the opening Tuesday!Good times!

“the crown prince consults”24″x36” , acrylic on canvasHere’s a full-painting preview of a piece from my upcoming show. ONE WEEK TO GO! Whew..Burning Desire opens March 4th, 7-10pm at Gallery1988 LABE THERE or I will get upset and cry in public.

So, these little guys are finally out! They are currently available at ToyQube as a blind box (you don’t know which one you’re getting), and will be at other toy retailers in coming weeks. A few online shops like myplasticheart will likely sell open boxes so you know exactly what you get, but where’s the … Continue reading

Whew it’s a bit of a mess in here. I’ve got a bunch of paintings going on at once, a few drawings, some side work, some toy design.. everything is piled on top of everything else, and it is all due yesterday. Hooray!Have a safe and happy holiday, may you not get into any serious … Continue reading

Puzzles are fun! Many thanks to Chris for making this such an awesome collaborative project! Click the pic for more.

I was digging around my old computer for a file when I came across this pic of my desk at Nickelodeon from about 6 years ago. This, my friends, is the birthplace of the Creatures in my Head!I started drawing them in 2002 every time that stupid mac in the picture would crash (often). Then … Continue reading

While my friends were partying up in Canada, I decided to take a few days to relax out in Colorado. After missing our first flight courtesy of the NYC MTA and the E train, we eventually made it to Denver about 7 hours later than planned. I’d never been out there before, but it was … Continue reading

Hey looks like my work has made its way into a museum! A proper one too, not the “museum” that the one guy down the street was running out of his truck. The show, entitled “Beyond Ultraman”, focuses on the vinyl art toy movement and is showing at the Pasadena Museum of California Art through … Continue reading

I posted this over to my newsletter the other day, but thought I would post it over here as well for those of you who are casual LJ stalkers or non-subscribers. ToyQube, producers of the Lotus Kanser figure released last month, are putting out a series of blind-boxed “mini” figures towards the end of November/early … Continue reading

Looks like my host changed servers, I never get those notices.  I’m waiting for the DNS info to propagate across the net so the sites should be back in 12-36 hours or so. Sorry about that!

Here’s a small detail shot from a wall mural I painted part of yesterday at The Showroom NYC gallery. The show features about 100 custom versions of a Bart Simpson figure done up by some really talented artists. I didn’t have time to do a figure myself, so i made up for it by drawing … Continue reading

I’m no dirty philatelist, but I found this while cleaning up around the studio a bit and I thought it was pretty neat. I think my father sent it to me from a business trip he took… although it’s also possible that I got really messed up on drugs, flew to Qatar, and mailed it … Continue reading