Vinyl Toys

Toy Design & Packaging

MY ROLE 3D Modeler/Designer

SKILLS 3D Modeling Layout Typography

PROJECT TYPE Self Initiated Project

I have designed several vinyl toys over the years, the first being Puck - the Little Painter.

In 2019, had the opportunity to learn basic 3D modeling from a coworker. As an illustrator and character designer, I was excited by the challenge of bringing my signature dokkaebi goblin character to life. Dokkaebi, or dokebi, are mischievous goblin creatures from Korean folklore that can often be found playing pranks on humans. My illustrations are a modern take on the creature and I wanted my model to reflect that.

Although I designed several versions of my dokkaebi (see 3D characters), Puck - Little Painter was ultimately the model that became my vinyl toy. The name is a reference to the fairy in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream who, like the dokkaebi, is known for being mischievous. I was very fortunate to partner with Strange Cat Toys and together we have created a number of variations of Puck.

Below: Puck - Little Painter Final Render

Round 1

Tenacious Toys & OG Red - limited to 100pcs

Spearmint & Yellow Jacket - limited to 100pcs

Round 2

Toy Galleria Exclusive Edition - limited to 100pcs

Packaging

For the first round of packaging I designed a header card. As the popularity of the toy grew, we decided to switch to a blister package to provide a more secure container for shipping. I took this opportunity to redesign the logo focusing on an organic type-face.

logo exploration

Thrasher Goblin

Our second round of toys introduced this skater dokkaebi. Each one of these vinyl toys stands 8” tall, comes with a unique sticker pack to customize their skate decks and was limited to 100pcs.

Below: Dokebi Thrasher Final Render

Tenacious Toys Edition - limited to 100pcs

Best Friends

Inspired by our Calvin and Hobbes sticker collaboration, Chris RWK and I produced a vinyl toy with Strange Cat Toys. Best Friends is a resin toy that stands 7” tall and 8” long. We produced a very limited run of 200pcs.

Zen Goblin

My first collaboration with Maryland based artist 5thTurtle. I designed 3D molded the character in Nomad Sculpt and he brought it to life. For this toy we wanted it to feel like a jade figure. Each one was hand made and therefore slightly unique. They were released at Five Points Fest 2023 in New York. Each one of these toys stands 4” tall and was limited to 18pcs.

3D printed prototype used to make the molds

Rustic Gold Edition for solo show at Abstract Denver 2023. Limited to 3 pieces

Rustic Red Edition for Clutter Gallery’s “They Came From Planet Rainbow Sparkles VIII”

Sad Goblin

This was my submission for 7sketches’ “Project Panda - A Sad Panda Custom Gallery Show” in 2024. Artists were given 7sketches’ classic Sad Panda vinyl figure to customize. This project was my first time sculpting by hand.

Images below were pulled from collector’s Instagram