Space Freak

Bryan Collins has been a full-time artist and author since 2006. His work has been featured/acknowledged by First Coast Living, Juxtapoz, Game Informer, Flash Magazine, Gnarly Magazine, Kat Von D, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Norman Rockwell's son Jarvis, and many others. He's an Air Force veteran, former tattoo artist, adventurer, and musician. Bryan is self taught in art and takes inspiration from the ocean, folklore, animals, pop culture, and his faith. The Teddy Troops had been around in the streets for a while before they also turned into a 3D vinyl toy in 2004. First of all Flying Förtress started in 2002 to get up with his chrome Trooper icon. Trying to use an easier readable illustrative symbol instead of doing the classic coded graffiti letters and tags that he had been doing before since 1989. Together with the chrome pieces there have stickers also been seen around in the streets since 2002. Handpainted or silkscreend ones with a hand-drawn finish on "free" post stickers and series of offset printed stickers.