Dan Leo

Born in Eighty-Four, I found my passion in art at an early age. dan image Uncontrollably doodling my way through the schooling system I went on to study Animation and Graphic design. I now spend my time perusing all things creative regardless of it being digital, hand painted, 3D or outside for the world to see. I like them all. Most of my work is centred around an organic, fictitious world where the grotesque sits content along side beauty. I try to produce pieces that are clean, bold and colourful. The aim is to create works that look as if they were created using vector software but have been painted by hand. Inspiration can come from anywhere and anything, however I owe a lot to the cartoons and comic books of the early nineties as these where the things that led me in this direction. The Dude is the first plattform by UK toy comany Dudebox. Dudebox Plus is a section of Dudebox where everyone can be a part of the creative community. It acts as a curated gallery of customised Dudes and artist original works. If you have purchased a Do It Yourself Dude and have turned it into a piece of amazing art we would love to see it! You can email images to us at diy@dudebox.com for consideration to be included and sold via the Dudebox Plus department in the Dudebox Store. Dudebox launched their new range of vinyl toy collectible on May 10th at the Village Underground, London.