DeeTen
Biography
I’m a LA based artist that customizes toys as a hobby and for the love of making something with my hands in a digitally oriented world. My work is influenced by the 1920′s era as well as modern toy art and their artists. Some other influences include art, deco, space westerns, urban cities and drag queens. I mainly work with vinyl toys, acrylic, sculpey clay, and other various materials I find can be of use. I find each custom can be approached differently while still maintaining my style. Each piece evolves as I start making them and they never go 100% according to plan which means a better piece in the end. I figured, I love so many styles, why not create one that mixes them all. Customizing is part of my life now. I love the toy community and plan to be a major artist within it one day.
Designed Toy Releases
These are toys designed by DeeTen.
Toy Series Participation
These are toys that DeeTen has lent his design skills to.
Customs
These are one-off, or very limited, pieces.
- Sleepwalker - custom for Lucid Dream, 2015
- Lil Buddha - custom for the Lil Buddha Show, 2015
- Doublethink - custom for Dichotomy, 2015
- Dunny - 8" "Keeper of Secrets" custom for DTA Dunny Show, 2015
- Munny - 7" "Obsidian Guardian" for the Custom Show, 2014
- Qee - "Autonomous Amplifier" Bunee Qee for Art Without Borders, 2014
- Munny - "Atlantean Guard" custom for Back to School MunnyWorld Show, 2014
- Autopsy Zombie Staple Baby - custom for The Crawling Dead, 2014
- Alien Argus - "The Goon" for the Christmas Kaiju Group Show, 2014
- Marty the Magician - "Mr Tinsel" for the Christmas Kaiju Group Show, 2014
- Crossbones Zombie - "The Ice King" for the Christmas Kaiju Group Show, 2014
- Paw - "Atlantean Smasher" custom, 2014
- Munny - "The Guardian Bot, Circa 1886" for Art Without Borders, 2013
- Munny - "Jade Mountain Guardian" for Vinyl Thoughts 4, 2013
- Billy - "The Deep Sea Caretaker" custom for Blamo 5th Annual Custom Show, 2013
- Paw - "The Anubian Crusher, Circa 1886" custom, 2013
- Dunny - 3" "Lost Idol", 5 pieces, DCon, 2013
- Two Faced Hazel - custom for the Two-Faced Show, 2012
- Ghost Girl - "Betty Boop 2.0" for Vinyl Thoughts 3, 2012
Images
8" DTA Dunny
Lost Idol Dunny
Obsidian Guardian Munny
Atlantean Guard Munny
Jade Mountain Guardian Munny
for Art without Borders'13
for Art without Borders'14
Atlantean Smasher Paw
The Anubian Crusher Paw
The Goon for Xmas Kaiju Show
Mr Tinsel for Xmas Kaiju Show
The Ice King for Xmas Kaiju Show
Betty Boop Ghost Girl
The Deep Sea Caretaker Billy
