Tristan Eaton
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Biography
Born in Los Angeles in 1978, Tristan Eaton began pursuing street art as a teenager, painting everything from billboards to dumpsters in the urban landscape of wherever he lived, including London, England and Detroit, Michigan. Eaton then moved to New York City to study at the School of Visual Arts, but conveniently dropped out to pursue commercial projects. Since then, Eaton has been the Director of Toy Design for the infamous Kidrobot, held a teaching position at The Parsons School of Art and Design and recently formed THUNDERDOG, his very own toy brand & Creative Agency, based in D.U.M.B.O., Brooklyn.
Eaton is currently represented by the prestigious Central Illustration Agency in Europe, and Bernstein & Andriulli in the USA, where he is regularly commissioned by NIKE, Def Jam Records, Chevy Impala and Rolling Stone Magazine. Eaton keeps his more personal Fine Art on a different radar, exhibiting in galleries such as the New York's FUSE Gallery, Detroit's C-POP Gallery and Tokyo's Gallery LELE.
Designed Toy Releases
These are toys both designed by Tristan.
- Dunny - with Paul Budnitz
- Munny - with Paul Budnitz
- Skumbo
- Subservient Chicken
- Your Momma
- Thundermutt
- SPUD
- The X-Boy
- Billy Bananas
- Runts
- Thinkwell
- Dinki
- B-Bot
Toy Series Participation
These are toys Tristan has lent his design skills to.
- Dunny - 5" "New Money Metal - Rose Gold", 2020
- Bearbrick - 100% Artist Pack, for DesignerCon, 2019
- Dunny - 5" "New Money Metal", 2019
- Dunny - 8" "Gold King", Kidrobot 10 Year Anniversary Edition, 2012
- Madl - Lift Gallery Detroit Exclusive, 500 pieces, 2008
- Dunny - 8" Tag Team Black, with 3" Fatcap, 2008
- Dunny - 8" Tag Team Pink, with 3" Fatcap, 2008
- Canti - 12" Artist Series 2, Rainmaker, 2007
- Canti - 12" Artist Series 2, Thundermaker, 2007
- Qee - 8" Blue Zulu Cat, 2006
- Dunny - 3" Series 3 Crash Test Dunny, 2006
- Dunny - 3" Series 2, Brown Bear, 2005
- Dunny - 3" Series 2, Muscle, 2005
- Dunny - 20" El Dunny Loco, 2005
- Kidrobot Figure - 7" 07 El Robo Loco, Orange, 333 pieces, 2005
- Kidrobot Figure - 7" 07 El Robo Loco, Blue, 333 pieces, 2005
- Kidrobot Figure - 7" 07 El Robo Loco, SDCC '05 Purple, 333 pieces, 2005
- Kidrobot Figure - 7" 05 Kidbomber Broadway, 999 pieces, 2005
- Kidrobot Figure - 7" 05 Kidbomber Shinjuku, 100 pieces, 2005
- Dunny - 3" Series 1, Red Skull, 2004
- Dunny - 3" Series 1, Black Ice Cream, 2004
- Dunny - 3" Series 1, Chase Silver King, 2004
- Dunny - 3" Series 1, Chase Gold King, 2004
- Dunny - 8" El Robo Loco Blue, 2004
- Dunny - 8" El Robo Loco Orange, 2004
- Dunny - 8" Voodoo Swamp Brown, 2004
- Dunny - 8" Voodoo Swamp Black, 2004
- Kidrobot Figure - 7" 01 Brooklyn, 333 pieces, 2004
- Kidrobot Figure - 7" 02 San Francisco, 333 pieces, 2004
- Kidrobot Figure - 7" 03 Robo Diablo, 333 pieces, 2004
- Kidrobot Figure - 7" 04 GID Halloween, 111 pieces, 2004
- Qee - 2.5" Brooklyn Series 2, Mexik Dog Qee, 2004
- Qee - 2.5" Brooklyn Series 2, Zulu Cat, Blue, 2003
- Qee - 2.5" Brooklyn Series 1, Zulu Cat, Brown, 2003
- Qee - 2.5" Brooklyn Series 1, Race 23, 2003
- Qee - 2.5" Brooklyn Series 1, Bomb Bear, 2003
Customs
These are one-off toys by Tristan.
- Piece(s) for Touma and Friends, 2012
- Card for The Art Hustle 3, 2012
- Playsam custom for The Playsam 500, 2012
- Stitch - "Planet Stitch" custom, 2011
- Sharky - 36" custom for Getting Big, 2011
- Piece(s) for New Moon : Interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac, 2010
- Buff Monster Series - Custom for The Monster Within show, 2010
- Bic Buddies - 8" Custom for the Buddy Custom Show, 2010
- Munny - Mega Munny "Forest Munny" for the Munnyworld Toy Exhibition, 2009
- Piece for Family Tradition, 2009
- Vadar Helmet for the The Vadar Project, 2009
- Station Wagon - custom for the Filth Wagon Show, 2009
- Mad L - 10" custom for the MadL Citizens show, 2008
- Sharky - custom for ToyQube's 4th Anniversary Show, 2008
- Pieces for Thunderdog Collective UK, 2007
- Qee - 10" DIY Bart Qee for the DIY Bart Qee World Tour, 2007
- Piece for The Beast Within, 2007
- Action Man Custom for Action Man 40 40, 2006
- Custom long board for Decked Out, 2006
- Piece(s) for Back in the Day, 2006
- Piece(s) for The Chubby Bunny Show, 2006
- Munny - custom for Munny Show LA, 2005
- Circus Punks - custom for 100 Circus Punks Rule NYC, 2005
- MadL - 20" custom for MadL Show 2k5, 2005
- Dunny - 20" custom for The Dunny Show 2004, 2004
Images
Production Pieces
Brooklyn, Kidrobot 01
San Francisco, Kidrobot 02
Diablo, Kidrobot 03
Halloween (GID), Kidrobot 04
KidBomber, Kidrobot 05
KidBomber (Shinjuku), Kidrobot 05
El Robo Loco(blue), Kidrobot 07
El Robo Loco(orange), Kidrobot 07
El Robo Loco(purple), Kidrobot 07
8" Voodoo Swamp Dunny
8" Voodoo Jungle Dunny
20" El Robo Loco
8" El Robo Loco Dunny
SDCC 8" El Robo Loco
8" Tag Team Black Dunny
8" Tag Team Pink Dunny
8" Gold King Dunny
Dunny S1 Red Skull
Dunny S1 Black Ice Cream
Dunny S1 Gold King
Dunny S1 Silver King
Dunny S2 Muscle
Dunny S2 Brown Bear
Dunny S3 Crash Test
5" New Money Metal Dunny
5" New Money Rose Gold Dunny
Canti Rainmaker
Canti Thundermaker
8" Qee - Zulu Cat
Qee - Zulu Cat Blue
Qee - Zulu Cat Brown
Qee - Bomb Bear
Qee - Race 23
Qee - MexIk
MADL Lift Detroit Excl.
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Customs
Dunny 2004 Custom
Forest Mega Munny Custom
Planet Stitch Custom
36" Sharky Custom
Filth Wagon Custom
Bart Qee Custom
for The Vader Project
for 100 Circus Punks
