The artist Kaws I have just recently discovered, thanks to my boyfriend. Before, I never had an artist I looked to for inspiration. The artist Kaws catches my eyes with the character that he creates and what he is able to do with it.
Collaborations
Cartoon Style
Artistic figurines
Kaws has done many different collaborations. The ones I find most interesting are the ones that are connected to children’s’ cartoons. When I first took a look at Kaws I take this as a more mature artist, because of the X’s on the eyes. Although since his figure has those huge shoes and gloves, it can easily adapt to a children’s’ cartoon.
The cartoon style of Kaws I fell in love with right away. I am a huge fan of the hands as well as the shoes. Since the character is so simple it can adopt to almost any style of design.
For being an artist I would assume that the general merchandise would be paintings or even clothes. I think that action figures are an interesting take on merchandise. This form of merchandise I feel targets all different age groups. Kids could see this as a toy while adults may see this as a collectable figure.