Ardabus Rubber

Biography

Born in a small town in Maine, I spent most of my childhood watching my Mother paint colorful characters for a series of childrens books and playing on a farm. I moved to Southern California when i was 13 and have since melded the simple life of my early years with the harsh environment that I live in now. In my canvas' and custom toys, I take the ideas of freeness and color from the abstract side of art and combine it with interstellar graffiti-like textures and cartoonish madness to create a unique and interesting style.

I have been painting for over 10 years in a mostly private capacity, but recently started branching out and trying to get my foot in the door, so to speak. Currently, I spend all of my time painting and trying to grow as an artist, always looking to find new platforms of vinyl that would be appropriate for my style and experimenting with new techniques, as well as trying to find a gallery or forum to show my work.

I've had no formal training, and I firmly believe that teachers can turn creativity into commercialism, so I taught myself how to paint from constant review of my many Salvador Dali and Ralph Steadman books, as well as countless hours (and gallons of wasted paint) experimenting with different mediums, colors and techniques.

Designed Toy Releases

These are toys designed by Ardabus.

Toy Series Participation

These are toys that Ardabus has lent their design skills to.

Dunny - 3" "Ruck" Dunny 2013, 2013

Customs

These are one-off, or very limited, toys.

Bohna Skully - custom for the Bohna Skully Custom Show, 2015
Doublethink - custom for Dichotomy, 2015
Piece(s) for Art Without Borders, 2014
Wandering Misfits - "The Watcher" custom, DCon exclusive, 2014
Aleppin Sane - "One of Us", DCon, 2014
Piece(s) for The Art of Love, 2014
Piece(s) for Art Without Borders, 2013
Fonzo - custom for Fonzo Loves California, 2013
Piece(s) for Game On, 2013
"Jar9" for 99 Deaths of Jar Jar, 2013
Pollen Kaiser - custom for the 2013 Anniversary Custom Show, 2013
RAAR! - custom for The Custom Raaar! Show, 2013
Fonzo - 6" "A Pernicious Mongoloid" custom for Fonzo Love NY, 2013
Android - customs for the Dragatomi SDCC Edition Custom Android Blind Box Series, 2012
Lil'g Mini Boombox - custom for the Boombox-tastic Custom Show, 2012
Playsam custom for The Playsam 500, 2012
Piece(s) for Kozik, 2012
Dunny - 3" "Rapture" custom, commission, 2012
Dunny - 3" "Trainwreck" custom, commission, 2012
Dunny - 3" "Euphoria" custom, commission, 2012
Bellicose Bunny - "Fancy Blast: I'm Insane and It's Cold..." custom for Bellicosity, 2012
Qee - 8" custom for the So So Happy Custom Qee Show, 2012
Dunny - 3" "Hypoxia" customs, 3 pieces, 2012
Steven the Bat - "Petulance" custom, 2011
Dunny - 3" "Petulance" custom, 2011
Dunny - 8" "The Spastic Zoomorph" custom, 2011
Dunny - 3" "The Spastic Zoomorph" customs, 4 pieces, 2011
Dunny - 3" "Sketch Dunnys - Phase 1", 6 pieces, 2011
Dunny - 3" "As Above, So Below" custom, 2011
Dunny - 20" "Thermal Equilibrium and The Light Declines" custom, 2011
Dunny - 3" "The Neon Imposters", 10 pieces (each different), 2011
Qee - 5" "Breakfast in Pakistan" CTU Project Bear custom, 2011
Labbit - 5" "Raul, Postmaster of Haste" custom, 2011
Miao - 8" "Temporal Fred" custom, 2011
Dunny - 3" "The Circus is Burning" custom for The Almighty Dunny Show, 2010
Qee - "The Orchestrated Smear" custom for 15th Anniversary DIY Qee Celebration, 2010
Chaos Monkey - 7" "The Grand Guignol" custom, 2010
Labbit - 1.5" "Amalgam Labbits", 3 pieces, 2010
Dunny - 3" "Pumpkinhead" custom, 2009
Kaniza - 5" "Orgo the Ringmaster" custom, 2009