In case you’ve missed me going on and on about this, the 2nd series of my vinyl toy ‘Droplet’ has their own launch party this weekend, which I’ve been hard at work organising over the last few weeks!
Well, I could not have imagined the launch would go off this this much of a bang, I was genuinely blown away and overwhelmed with the reception! There was a queue snaking up Park Street at the start of the night and then when we opened at 6pm my initial stock of 226 Droplets sold out in just 58 minutes!
People seemed to love the showcase of custom Droplets that were in the gallery downstairs and that was chocca too, a very orderly in/out queue formed which was smashing to see!
The hand-made cupcakes from the lovely Cakeology ladies didn’t last long at all, neither did the smoothies, flavoured water or bottles of beer - which is always good to see! The giant blank Droplet and animation projection / realtime twitter feed also seemed to go down well too :)
I cannot thank everybody enough for their hard work and support, from Louis and all at Fifty Fifty to every single customiser who kindly gave me their time to create something fanastic. There’s a long list of people who helped me out, I’m eternally grateful to them all!
There’s lots of photo’s floating around the interwebs now, which is very exciting to see! You should definitely check out Rick Nunn’s photo blog as well as Doc18’s snaps of the customs plus the Flickr photo group seems to be growing and growing with people’s photo’s each day, be sure to add yours!
I’ve still got lots and lots to post about from the evening, but i think that’s enough for now, be sure to click the image to check out Rick’s photos!
The Droplets are now available online from Crazylabel’s store, why not grab some!?
Once again, a huge thank you to everyone involved in making the event what it was and thanks to everyone who attented the night, I’m honestly blown away by your support, i thank you :)

In case you’ve missed me going on and on about this, the 2nd series of my vinyl toy ‘Droplet’ has their own launch party this weekend, which I’ve been hard at work organising over the last few weeks!

Well, I could not have imagined the launch would go off this this much of a bang, I was genuinely blown away and overwhelmed with the reception! There was a queue snaking up Park Street at the start of the night and then when we opened at 6pm my initial stock of 226 Droplets sold out in just 58 minutes!

People seemed to love the showcase of custom Droplets that were in the gallery downstairs and that was chocca too, a very orderly in/out queue formed which was smashing to see!

The hand-made cupcakes from the lovely Cakeology ladies didn’t last long at all, neither did the smoothies, flavoured water or bottles of beer - which is always good to see! The giant blank Droplet and animation projection / realtime twitter feed also seemed to go down well too :)

I cannot thank everybody enough for their hard work and support, from Louis and all at Fifty Fifty to every single customiser who kindly gave me their time to create something fanastic. There’s a long list of people who helped me out, I’m eternally grateful to them all!

There’s lots of photo’s floating around the interwebs now, which is very exciting to see! You should definitely check out Rick Nunn’s photo blog as well as Doc18’s snaps of the customs plus the Flickr photo group seems to be growing and growing with people’s photo’s each day, be sure to add yours!

I’ve still got lots and lots to post about from the evening, but i think that’s enough for now, be sure to click the image to check out Rick’s photos!

The Droplets are now available online from Crazylabel’s store, why not grab some!?

Once again, a huge thank you to everyone involved in making the event what it was and thanks to everyone who attented the night, I’m honestly blown away by your support, i thank you :)



Hello everyone!
So then, it’s really happening - the Droplet launch night is just a couple of days away! Things are going really well on the organisation front, i’m overwhelmed with how many talented people are involved in the whole affair and humbled by how much fantastic help i’ve received in every way, I’m eternally grateful for it!
That means that I think there’s only hell of a good night to be had on Saturday, I hope you’ll all enjoy it as much as I’ve enjoyed putting it all together!
There’s just a few final things I wanted to let you know about that might be useful to know…
GOODIE BAGS—————-
There’s 50 goodie bags ready and waiting for the first 50 purchases of a Droplet toy, t-shirt or tote bag!
They’re full of goodies from myself and other artists like stickers, badges and postcards, as well as an iphone skin from Hotskins and a 10% voucher for fantasybazaar.com online toy store!
Oh yes, maybe a Delme vinyl toy and a Crazylabel bubblefun keyring in some of the lucky ones too!
It’s first come first served on the goodie bags so the early worms will get the goodies! Because the store is open as usual until 6pm when we take over, i’m going to ask if folk queuing for the Droplets / goodie bags wouldn’t mind queuing outside until 6pm, that’d be ace - I hope y’all wont mind!
5050 STAYING OPEN————————-
Fifty Fifty will be open as normal too whilst the event is one, so if any of the sneakers, clothing or skateboards take your fancy then you can purchase as normal - the staff of Fifty will be more than happy to help!
NOT ONE FLOOR, BUT TWO———————————
The night will be split over 2 floors! The Droplet toys, t-shirts and tote bags will be for sale in the Shop part of Fifty Fifty on street level and the showcase of the customised Droplets will be on display in the gallery part of Fifty, which you get to by popping down the steps outside the store, you can’t miss it!
DROPLET ‘MEAL DEAL’ PRICE———————————
I’m going to have a ‘meal deal’ price on the night, meaning you can get a Droplet blindboxed toy, t-shirt and tote bag for just £20!
On their own, the Droplets are £5, the t-shirts will be £10 and the tote bags will be £10 too! Unfortunately, because of how we need to work it, it’ll be cash only! There’s a whole host of HSBC Cashpoints 30 seconds down the road from Fifty though, thank you for your understanding!
CAR PARKING & LOCATION——————————-
If you’re coming by Car then there’s a car park just 30 seconds from Fifty. It’s called ‘Trenchard Car Park’ and here’s a google maps link to it [/tinyurl.com/yb3teey].
I’ve also compiled a google map with lots of spots and things happening in Bristol plus the location of the venue [tinyurl.com/ya3n24v]
That’s it from me, don’t forget it’s this Saturday 6th Feb, starting at 6pm at Fifty Fifty store at the bottom of Park Street here in Bristol
Hope to see you there and thank you!
~ Gav
Droplet microsite
Launch Flyer

Hello everyone!

So then, it’s really happening - the Droplet launch night is just a couple of days away! Things are going really well on the organisation front, i’m overwhelmed with how many talented people are involved in the whole affair and humbled by how much fantastic help i’ve received in every way, I’m eternally grateful for it!

That means that I think there’s only hell of a good night to be had on Saturday, I hope you’ll all enjoy it as much as I’ve enjoyed putting it all together!

There’s just a few final things I wanted to let you know about that might be useful to know…

GOODIE BAGS
—————-

There’s 50 goodie bags ready and waiting for the first 50 purchases of a Droplet toy, t-shirt or tote bag!

They’re full of goodies from myself and other artists like stickers, badges and postcards, as well as an iphone skin from Hotskins and a 10% voucher for fantasybazaar.com online toy store!

Oh yes, maybe a Delme vinyl toy and a Crazylabel bubblefun keyring in some of the lucky ones too!

It’s first come first served on the goodie bags so the early worms will get the goodies! Because the store is open as usual until 6pm when we take over, i’m going to ask if folk queuing for the Droplets / goodie bags wouldn’t mind queuing outside until 6pm, that’d be ace - I hope y’all wont mind!

5050 STAYING OPEN
————————-

Fifty Fifty will be open as normal too whilst the event is one, so if any of the sneakers, clothing or skateboards take your fancy then you can purchase as normal - the staff of Fifty will be more than happy to help!

NOT ONE FLOOR, BUT TWO
———————————

The night will be split over 2 floors! The Droplet toys, t-shirts and tote bags will be for sale in the Shop part of Fifty Fifty on street level and the showcase of the customised Droplets will be on display in the gallery part of Fifty, which you get to by popping down the steps outside the store, you can’t miss it!

DROPLET ‘MEAL DEAL’ PRICE
———————————

I’m going to have a ‘meal deal’ price on the night, meaning you can get a Droplet blindboxed toy, t-shirt and tote bag for just £20!

On their own, the Droplets are £5, the t-shirts will be £10 and the tote bags will be £10 too! Unfortunately, because of how we need to work it, it’ll be cash only! There’s a whole host of HSBC Cashpoints 30 seconds down the road from Fifty though, thank you for your understanding!

CAR PARKING & LOCATION
——————————-

If you’re coming by Car then there’s a car park just 30 seconds from Fifty. It’s called ‘Trenchard Car Park’ and here’s a google maps link to it [/tinyurl.com/yb3teey].

I’ve also compiled a google map with lots of spots and things happening in Bristol plus the location of the venue [tinyurl.com/ya3n24v]

That’s it from me, don’t forget it’s this Saturday 6th Feb, starting at 6pm at Fifty Fifty store at the bottom of Park Street here in Bristol

Hope to see you there and thank you!

~ Gav

Droplet microsite

Launch Flyer



The big day is getting closer, just 4 days to go! The postman delivered these beauties today, 50 JamFactory x Crazylabel Toe Bags, which are exclusive to the launch night!
They’ll be available along with the toys and the t-shirts (which are currently at the printers) on the night! I’m going to offer a ‘meal deal’ too, with a Droplet toy, t-shirt & tote bag for just £20 (Instead of £25), so be sure to come on down to the launch night to get your hands on them!
If that doesn’t float your boat, then why not come along to check out the showcase of fantastic customs from a whole heap of super-talented artists! It’s all happening this coming Saturday 6th February at Fifty Fifty Store / Gallery here in Bristol! It kicks off at 6pm and goes on until 9. Be there or be square!

The big day is getting closer, just 4 days to go! The postman delivered these beauties today, 50 JamFactory x Crazylabel Toe Bags, which are exclusive to the launch night!

They’ll be available along with the toys and the t-shirts (which are currently at the printers) on the night! I’m going to offer a ‘meal deal’ too, with a Droplet toy, t-shirt & tote bag for just £20 (Instead of £25), so be sure to come on down to the launch night to get your hands on them!

If that doesn’t float your boat, then why not come along to check out the showcase of fantastic customs from a whole heap of super-talented artists! It’s all happening this coming Saturday 6th February at Fifty Fifty Store / Gallery here in Bristol! It kicks off at 6pm and goes on until 9. Be there or be square!




The awesome Mr Benjamin Reid aka Nouveller has created these fantastic 48px Droplet icons featuring both Series 1 and Series 2 designs!
Visit Bens blog to download the icon pack and why not adopt it as your twitter icon, we have!

The awesome Mr Benjamin Reid aka Nouveller has created these fantastic 48px Droplet icons featuring both Series 1 and Series 2 designs!

Visit Bens blog to download the icon pack and why not adopt it as your twitter icon, we have!



Oh my days… it’s actually happening. I arrived at work to see 2 of these boxes marked ‘Droplet Series 2’ waiting for me! They contain the first batch of Droplets, ready for the launch night on the 6th Feb! It was also the first time I got my hands on the fully finished thing, so it was super exciting to finally hold the lil’ fellas in my hand!
I also saw 2 things, the 2 final pieces of the launch night puzzle that really are the icing on the cake! One of them is a screengrab of a Droplet game(!!!) my good friend Rich Davey is working on and the other… well, I’m keeping that secret, you’re just going to have to come to the night to find out!
Click here to see the launch flyer and click here for the Facebook event! Hopfully see you on the 6th :)

Oh my days… it’s actually happening. I arrived at work to see 2 of these boxes marked ‘Droplet Series 2’ waiting for me! They contain the first batch of Droplets, ready for the launch night on the 6th Feb! It was also the first time I got my hands on the fully finished thing, so it was super exciting to finally hold the lil’ fellas in my hand!

I also saw 2 things, the 2 final pieces of the launch night puzzle that really are the icing on the cake! One of them is a screengrab of a Droplet game(!!!) my good friend Rich Davey is working on and the other… well, I’m keeping that secret, you’re just going to have to come to the night to find out!

Click here to see the launch flyer and click here for the Facebook event! Hopfully see you on the 6th :)



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The wonderful Sundeep Toor has created this special Droplet Series 2 animation especially to celebrate the launch, which happens 2 weeks today!

A big thank you to Sundeep for taking her time to create this, the support is very muchly appreciated!


I was so stoked to wake up to a Flickr comment telling me to check out 3mins 32secs into this video, which I did with much excitement. It turns out that a poster I designed featuring Dessa’s lyric is featured in a video interview behind the woman herself!
If you haven’t heard it, then I suggest you go and listen to Dessa’s new album ‘A Badly Broken Code’ because it’s all sorts of awesome!

I was so stoked to wake up to a Flickr comment telling me to check out 3mins 32secs into this video, which I did with much excitement. It turns out that a poster I designed featuring Dessa’s lyric is featured in a video interview behind the woman herself!

If you haven’t heard it, then I suggest you go and listen to Dessa’s new album ‘A Badly Broken Code’ because it’s all sorts of awesome!



There’s nothing better than seeing your hard work in printed form, so I was very stoked when a box of lovelies arrived from the awesome Ripe Digital this week!
I pushed my luck and asked Rik if I could have gloss laminate, a spot orange AND rounded corners - he came back with a big fat obama-esque “yes I can”
And so here they are, in all their shiny glory, doing their job of being bright & bold, grabbing peoples attention, telling them to come along to Fifty Fifty on the 6th February for the Launch of Droplet Series 2!
Preparation is going really well, with just over 2 weeks to go, it’s all happening! The customs are starting to come back from the artists and they’re looking incredible, the actual toys themselves are ready to be sent over for the launch swell as a limited edition t-shirt and tote bag!
If that’s not enough, there’s even going to be some hand-baked Droplet cupcakes to snack on whilst you’re feasting your eyes on all the pretties plus 50 goodie bags for the first 50 purchases, so the early birds will get get the goodies!
For more info here’s the facebook event with all the details!
www.jam-factory.com/droplet

There’s nothing better than seeing your hard work in printed form, so I was very stoked when a box of lovelies arrived from the awesome Ripe Digital this week!

I pushed my luck and asked Rik if I could have gloss laminate, a spot orange AND rounded corners - he came back with a big fat obama-esque “yes I can”

And so here they are, in all their shiny glory, doing their job of being bright & bold, grabbing peoples attention, telling them to come along to Fifty Fifty on the 6th February for the Launch of Droplet Series 2!

Preparation is going really well, with just over 2 weeks to go, it’s all happening! The customs are starting to come back from the artists and they’re looking incredible, the actual toys themselves are ready to be sent over for the launch swell as a limited edition t-shirt and tote bag!

If that’s not enough, there’s even going to be some hand-baked Droplet cupcakes to snack on whilst you’re feasting your eyes on all the pretties plus 50 goodie bags for the first 50 purchases, so the early birds will get get the goodies!

For more info here’s the facebook event with all the details!

www.jam-factory.com/droplet



Thank you to Gavin for having faith in me and f**k you for showing me the other peoples work, its amazing
- Godmachine’s summery on his Droplet customising experience! Check out his step by step blog of his customising process and the fantastic finished thing!


This is my illustration of a selection of stats from Aardman Digital’s year of 2009!
From the work to the whimsical, it’s full of numbers related to our year! It was a lot of fun doing this, always a pleasure to design big numbers and silly illustrations!
Best viewed large!

This is my illustration of a selection of stats from Aardman Digital’s year of 2009!

From the work to the whimsical, it’s full of numbers related to our year! It was a lot of fun doing this, always a pleasure to design big numbers and silly illustrations!

Best viewed large!



Here it is, my finished design for the Droplet Series 2 launch flyer!
Preparation is in full swing now, with my ‘to do’ list getting longer by the day! It’s getting super exciting, I hope you can make it down to the night. Please do take the flyer and pass it around digitally, you can click it for a much higher res!

Here it is, my finished design for the Droplet Series 2 launch flyer!

Preparation is in full swing now, with my ‘to do’ list getting longer by the day! It’s getting super exciting, I hope you can make it down to the night. Please do take the flyer and pass it around digitally, you can click it for a much higher res!



The blank Droplets have pretty much all been sent out to my fantastic list of customizers now, so I await the magic they’re going to create with their customs! The preparation for the launch is going well, lots & lots to do but I’m powering through my huge todo list with every spare minute i have! As well as the launch of the toys themselves & the gallery of customs there will also be a limited run of t-shirts & tote bags plus drinks provided by a very famous and lovely drinks brand! Stay tuned to the Facebook page for more news and don’t forget, put 6th Feb in your diary for the launch night!!

The blank Droplets have pretty much all been sent out to my fantastic list of customizers now, so I await the magic they’re going to create with their customs! The preparation for the launch is going well, lots & lots to do but I’m powering through my huge todo list with every spare minute i have! As well as the launch of the toys themselves & the gallery of customs there will also be a limited run of t-shirts & tote bags plus drinks provided by a very famous and lovely drinks brand! Stay tuned to the Facebook page for more news and don’t forget, put 6th Feb in your diary for the launch night!!



I’m very very very happy to finally show you these, the finished Series 2 Droplets, complete with their individual ‘inner monsters’ poking from their heads (not to mention the lo’ gents glorious crown - he’s the chase figure, going to be a tricky one to find)!
I’m hard at work preparing for the launch of these little fellas, which is happening at the Fifty Fifty Gallery on Park Street here in Bristol on Saturday 6th February! which will kick-off from 6.00 - 9.00pm. If you’re making a visit to Bristol for the launch then this Travelodge is super close by and I’ve compiled a google map with the launch location, hotel, shops, food, sights etc
I’ve re-designed the Droplet microsite to have all the information on the launch too and links to the facebook event, flickr group etc etc, have a peep here!
Andy, the man behind Crazylabel and the man who’s made Droplet possible has also revamped his Crazylabel website too, which you can peep at crazylabel.com
I hope you like above and hope to see you at the launch too!! Happy new year!

I’m very very very happy to finally show you these, the finished Series 2 Droplets, complete with their individual ‘inner monsters’ poking from their heads (not to mention the lo’ gents glorious crown - he’s the chase figure, going to be a tricky one to find)!

I’m hard at work preparing for the launch of these little fellas, which is happening at the Fifty Fifty Gallery on Park Street here in Bristol on Saturday 6th February! which will kick-off from 6.00 - 9.00pm. If you’re making a visit to Bristol for the launch then this Travelodge is super close by and I’ve compiled a google map with the launch location, hotel, shops, food, sights etc

I’ve re-designed the Droplet microsite to have all the information on the launch too and links to the facebook event, flickr group etc etc, have a peep here!

Andy, the man behind Crazylabel and the man who’s made Droplet possible has also revamped his Crazylabel website too, which you can peep at crazylabel.com

I hope you like above and hope to see you at the launch too!! Happy new year!