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Designer - Con Customs Preview

2009-11-07T16:03:00.001-08:00

Here's a sneak peak at a few customs that we will be having at our Designer-Con Booth on November 21st :

4 customs designed by SENSE

Here are two customs designed by RSIN

There are more customs from a few more artists that we are expecting. I'll be updating pictures as soon as they become available.

Rear Naked Choke Preview Udate

2009-11-06T19:25:00.000-08:00

Here are more images of what's to come for Patrick Francisco's solo exhibit - "Rear Naked Choke". With a scheduled opening reception for Saturday, Novemeber 14th at 7 pm. As we near the event, more pictures will be posted up as they become available.

Fat Cat Miao - Dead Ed. by Amanda Visell , Dragatomi Exclusive

2009-11-04T20:58:00.000-08:00

I wanted to share with you all, our exclusive figure to be released at Designer Con - The Fat Cat Miao (Dead Edition) by Amanda Visell. This piece is limited to 100 pieces. In addition, Amanda will be signing at our booth as well.

As an added bonus, each person who purchases this figure, will be given a raffle ticket and entered in a drawing to win a mystery prize made by Amanda. The Drawing will take place at the end of the year at our store.

I'll be updating you more as we get closer on other exclusives we'll be bringing to our booth.

-Joanne-

"Rear Naked Choke" Preview

2009-10-28T14:53:00.001-07:00

Here's a preview of what's in store for Patrick Francisco's "Rear Naked Choke" Show. I'll be posting up more pictures of artwork as it becomes available.

Dr. Sketchy's Roadshow comes to Dragatomi

2009-10-28T12:25:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to let you all know that we will be hosting Dr. Sketchy's Roadshow on Thursday Nov. 12th @ 7 p.m.

This sounds like it would be a real fun event.

Here's a little information on Dr. Sketchy's:

Dr. Sketchy's is the little Brooklyn event that became a movement. Founded in 2005 by artist Molly Crabapple, Dr. Sketchy's asked a simple question. Why can't drawing naked people be sexy? The answer is... it can.

Dr. Sketchy’s branches have popped up in nearly 100 cities internationally, but there’s still a whole lot of world out there, so the cast and crew of Dr. Sketchy’s Los Angeles is hitting the asphalt to bring Dr. Sketchy’s Roadshow to your town. Yes, I’m talking to you, sir... right there.

From November 2nd through November 14th, Dr. Sketchy’s Roadshow will be presenting 13 alternative figure drawing sessions in 13 California cities from Costa Mesa to Sacramento. The schedule can be found at www.drsketchyroadshow.com

Artist and art voyeurs need only bring a $10 donation and their favorite drawing supplies. Dr. Sketchy’s and the Roadshow’s art-centric host venues will provide everything else (top notch models, refreshments, casual networking opportunities, and an all around good time).

Join Danni Doll, Mysterious Max and Ringleader Bob for a couple hours of creative inspiration and social spectacle as Baby Tattoo Books presents Dr. Sketchy’s Roadshow in your town. Yes, sir, again... I’m talking to you. Come to draw, or come to watch; either way, you should come. Space at each venue is limited, so don't be late.

Rear Naked Choke

2009-10-26T15:43:00.000-07:00

Dragatomi is pleased to present “Rear Naked Choke,” a solo exhibition of new works by Patrick Francisco, a New York artist known as much for his promotional antics as for his painterly approach to canvas and vinyl toys.

Like the jiu jitsu maneuver, “Rear Naked Choke” is a roguish attack on the senses. Francisco shows the moody simian characters he’s become known for, but adds new explorations that are stylistically rooted in the former. Predominantly muted color schemes give way to a bolder alter ego that at once reveals the odd—even whimsical—dimensions of the sinister. He has created, according to illustrator Jarrod Gecek, “an amazing little world of chimps with a disdain for public decency.”

“Rear Naked Choke” features paintings, drawings, resin sculptures, and customized toys. Though spanning themes through different media, all pieces are bound together by the same intense grittiness of a tightly applied rear naked choke.

ABOUT PATRICK FRANCISCO

Patrick Francisco is known for bold brush work and innovative methods of promoting his art to the public. He has staged scavenger hunts of his custom painted toys in New York City and, with the help of blogger "Spanky" Stokes, in San Diego. Francisco has shown at a number of galleries, including C. Emerson Fine Arts (St. Petersburg, Florida), Agni Gallery (New York City), and 1:AM Gallery (San Francisco). Francisco received his BFA from SUNY FIT in New York City, and can be often found drawing in Spring Studio SoHo.

We will have a 2nd Saturday Opening and anticipate a great turnout. The show will run from Nov. 14th until Dec. 5th. Opening reception will be on November 14th at 7 p.m. Patrick will also be in attendance for the opening.

Second Saturday Art Walk Featured Artist

2009-10-07T14:03:00.000-07:00

Hello.

With Second Saturday approaching on October 10th I would like to introduce our featured Artist of the month - MR. FUEL.

Here are a few of the pictures of the artwork that will be featured at our store and available for purchase online. They are all pen & Ink on wood. You really need to see them to truly appreciate it's beauty.

So, if you can make by this Saturday, please do so and show some support for MR. FUEL.

Shop Wars Voting Time - Drilone's Toyer From Hell

2009-09-29T18:25:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone!

Just an update on Shop Wars that was Hosted by Delicious Drips and 1:AM Gallery SF last Friday.

Many local businesses entered and were given a blank Toy2R 8″ Qee as their canvas. Each participant customized their blank for the showcase voting exhibition, held on Friday September 25th at 1:AM gallery.

The event was great and helped raise money for Project Open Hand. There was also a 16" Blank Qee for everyone to customize while at the show.

The participating businesses were : Jake Diamond, Sidewalk Collective, Jay222 Toys, Sacred Tattoo, Bayfitted, Dragatomi, Secession Art and Gallery, Kidrobot, Neon Monster, FTW Tattoo, Precita Eyes Mural Arts, Delicious Drips, 1AM Gallery, Mary Beth Art, Painted Lady, Roschelle Buenaflur, Ryan Holt Design, and Infectious.

Drilone represented Dragatomi and did an awesome job on his "Toyer From Hell" custom figure.

Please show your support for Drilone and Dragatomi by voting at Delicious Drips.

View more pics on our Flickr.

We want to thank you in advance for all of your votes :)

Thanks everyone!

-joanne-

Shop Wars

2009-09-16T13:20:00.000-07:00

Hey Everybody! Just wanted to let you know that Dragatomi is entered in Shop Wars. A Charitable event by Delicious Drips and 1AM Gallery in San Francisco.

Shop Wars is a business-to-business custom toy contest that will allow some of the shops in the Bay Area to show off their custom toys which represent their stores. So, when I was invited to do this, I was stoked! The only problem was that I'm not an artist. So I quickly remedied that by calling our good friend Drilone and asked if he would be willing to represent our store for us. And, when he agreed, I entered the contest.

For those of you that will be in the area, stop by 1AM Gallery on Sept. 25th at 6pm to see the custom toy designed by Drilone for Dragatomi.

-joanne-

Dunny Series 2009 Pre-Release and Trading Party Update

2009-09-14T13:41:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I know this is a little late, but still I would like to tell you all about our KidRobot Dunny Series 2009 Trading Party we had on Sept. 9th.

The event started promptly at 6 p.m. and we were greeted with a crowd that was ready for their new dunny series. We had a fun filled evening with raffle drawings through out the night which gave everyone a chance to win prizes from, tee shirts, blind boxes, headphonies and skate decks!

A BIG "Thank you" goes out to everyone who came through that evening.

I know leave you with a few pictures. More pictures of the event can be seen on our flickr.

-joanne-

SALE SALE SALE

2009-09-03T16:50:00.001-07:00

I don't know what I was thinking?!?! I just put a bunch of items on sale.
Happy Shopping Everyone!

-Joanne-

Kidrobot Dunny Series 2009 Trading Party & Pre-Release at Dragatomi

2009-08-21T18:20:00.000-07:00

Dragatomi will be part of the new Kidrobot Dunny Series 2009 Trading Party and Pre-Release Locations. The event is to take place on Wednesday, September 9 , from 6 - 8 pm at our store location. We will have a night filled with a chance to trade with fellow dunny collectors, chances to win prizes and overall just have a great time! So please be sure to stop by.

-joanne-

Mai Hiro X Dragatomi - Grand Opening Reception and Game of Death Spiki Figure Release

2009-08-11T16:10:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone! I wanted to inform you that since we opened our doors back in May, we've never really formally had a "Grand Opening" so.... what better way to hold our opening event than to release our "Game of Death" exclusive Spiki figure by Nakanari and hold a Game of Death theme art show.

The G.O.D. Spiki figure is limited to 100 pieces and will retail for $75.00.

The art show will run from August 29th - Sept. 29th and will feature new works from the Mai Hiro Team (Nakanari and Soujohn). The collaborative event will also feature work from Dave ‘Outtamymind’ Quiles, Jure Gavran, and Rotobox.

The Opening Reception will be on August 29th from 7 - 10 pm at our store located at : 2317 J Street, Sacramento CA 95816.

If you'll be in the area, please stop by.

-Joanne-

Goodie Bag Giveaway!!

2009-08-07T08:29:00.000-07:00

Wanna know how to get a FREE Dragatomi Goodie Bag?.... Easy! Just be one of the First 10 (Ten) people in line to have their Dragatomi exclusive "Big Army Man" figure signed by Frank Kozik. Told ya it was easy!

For more information about the signing or figure, visit the previous post.

Thanks everyone! See you all tomorrow!

-Joanne-

Dragatomi X Kozik : Big Army Man Signing

2009-08-03T14:04:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you know that Kozik will be in store this Saturday August 8, from 6-8 pm for our exclusive figure release signing. This figure is approx. 18" Tall is limited to 50 pcs. We just opened one up for display / picture purposes and it is an amazing piece. It comes with interchangeable hands so he can be holding either a grenade or a rubber chicken :)

This day also happens to be our 2nd Saturday Art Walk for our area. If any of you have been keeping up with our twitter, 2nd Saturdays are usually a really fun day for us! So... if you're in the area, please stop by.

-Joanne-

2009 SDCC

2009-07-31T19:10:00.000-07:00

This year both Agent_R and I attended the 2009 SDCC and let me tell you….. we had a blast! For those of you that follow us on twitter, I hope you found that my tweets were quite entertaining. :) As we were pretty entertained ourselves.

We arrived just in time to attend the Preview night and saw what this year’s Comic-Con had to offer. If you’ve never attended Comic-Con before, it’s pretty overwhelming to see so many cool things under one roof. Lots of people dressed in Star Wars costumes, and dressed up as video game characters , and comic book heroes, and some I couldn’t really identify. Really, I think other than on Halloween, this is just another time you can wear pretty much any costume and not get questioned as to why you are in a costume.

But, people dressed up in costumes is not all that Comic-Con had to offer. This event brings some of the coolest exclusives only available there.

I do have to say though, that with all the awesomeness around us, the best part was getting to see and hangout with everyone. Many of whom we hadn’t seen for a long time, and some whom we just met and had a great time with. :)

Oh…. before I forget, I would like to give some shout outs: To “Vectar the Intolerable ” for hanging out with us and showing us a great evening. Also to Erick Scarecrow, George Gaspar and Spanky Stokes for rocking our "Run Dragatomi" Tee. And to: j*ryu, babyvtec, Stylust, rottierook, Deanomeano, Duherica, Immasuperstar, Julie West, Lou Pimentel, Drilone, Jenny, Kel, kaNO, Jesse Hernandez, Marka27, Buff Monster, Ketih Poon, Tony Nakanari, Spencer Ong, Jure Gavran, Kuso Vinyl, DKE Toys, Strangeco, Toy Qube, October Toys, and Kidrobot - Thanks guys! Was truly really fun, can't wait until next year!

I’ll leave you all to view all the pictures we took, please visit our flickr to view them all.

with Spencer and Lou

Helping out at the October Toys Booth

George Rocking our Tee

Erick Scarecrow Rocking our Tee

Julie West playing with green slime :)

Lou playing tattoo parlor with us :)

With "Vectar the Intolerable"

Second Saturday Tee Shirt Release Today

2009-07-11T13:41:00.000-07:00

***UPDATE***
Now Available!!
"Major League Dragatomi"

Well..... Being that it is Second Saturday today, we will be releasing another exclusive limited edition t shirt available at 5 p.m. (PST) today in-store. Designed by Xposure906 and is limited to 32 pcs.

If you are in the Sacramento area, show your support and stop by.

I'll be posting pics up soon.

-Joanne-

"Run Dragatomi" T Shirt Now Available Online

2009-07-03T19:01:00.000-07:00

Our very first 2nd Saturday T Shirt is now available online.
We have found that there were many of our non-local customers and supporters requesting to order this shirt. So.... because of the several requests, we have decided to have them available to everyone. :)

Thank you all for your continued support!

-Joanne-

Headphonies Series II Portable Mini Speakers

2009-06-26T17:28:00.000-07:00

Headphonies are designer 3 in. mini speakers. It comes with an internal rechargeable battery, which allows for approximately 4-8 hours play time once fully charged. Each headphonies include: Audio cable, USB charging cable, Keyring clip.

When we originally received the first series of Headphonies, they sold real quick! These little speakers have such an awesome sound!

We currently have these designs available:

Star Girl designed by Jeremiah Ketner

Skully

DIY White

Four Hours Only SALE

2009-06-25T13:40:00.000-07:00

That's right! For 4 Hours only on Friday June 26 from 1 pm - 5 pm (PST) we are giving 30% off your entire purchase. This sale is valid for both in-store purchases and orders through our website. Just enter the code : HAPPYHOUR upon checkout.

Happy shopping everyone!

2nd Saturday T Shirt Release

2009-06-13T12:53:00.001-07:00

*****UPDATED****
Here is the picture of our New T Shirt Design! Now available for purchase in-store only! Extremely limited. Only 32 made. Only 28 available.

Hi Everyone. Just wanted to let you all know that today at 5 pm, we will be releasing our very first T -shirt design. This is just one of many more to follow. Being that today is 2nd Saturday, we thought that it would be an awesome day to release it. It was designed by our very own XSPOSURE906 who is a very awesome and talented graphic designer.

Sorry everyone, but I can't post up pics of the shirt yet. Check back after 5 pm (PST) for an updated picture. The only thing I can say about the design is that it is very urban / hip-hop / street -wear. This design is very limited. There are only a total of 32 made. So if you are in the Midtown area this evening , please stop by and check it out.

-Joanne-

Imagination Land - the art of MANDARK

2009-06-08T20:35:00.000-07:00

Dragatomi would like to introduce : MANDARK

He is a young aspiring artist who has been working with us for a couple of months now. When we first met him, we didn't realize the talent this 19 year old had. After showing us some of his paintings, and custom vinyl pieces, we knew that MANDARK was a perfect fit for our vision to show the Sacramento area what our industry is all about.

We will be hosting his gallery event at our location starting June 20th. The show will run until July 5th with an opening reception the evening of June 20th from 7 - 10p.m.

So...... if you can make it to view some of his amazing work, please stop by.

Pure Trance Mini Figures by Junko Mizuno

2009-06-04T21:10:00.000-07:00

The Pure Trance 3 inch Blind Boxed Mini Figures by Junko Mizuno are now available at our store.

There are 14 characters including 2 chase figures. Some figures include accessories. All figures include an insert with a headshot and character bio.

Also we added a new FREE local pick up option on our website. Just order and select in store pick-up during checkout.

Dragatomi X Sacramento Midfest

2009-06-03T16:28:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since either myself or Ray (Agent_R) has posted anything up on our blog lately. We've both been real busy with our new store that sometimes, we forget to update everyone with the happenings at Dragatomi.

I guess this is a late post also, but better late than never!

This past Sunday, May 31st, we were a participating vendor at Sacramento's Midfest - A fundraiser event for T&M Organization and the Marshall Park Foundation. The day was filled with lots of entertainment for the attendees. There were live bands, an urban art competition, and various fighting matches and lots of other things to see.

The turnout was great! With the weather cooperating (not being too hot!) there were lots of people to come out and support the Sacramento art scene. Our booth had a great turnout also. Lots of people stopped by and were so thrilled to know that they now have a local place to purchase all of their designer toys.

Thanks to all who came out and showed support and visited our booth!

-joanne-

Happy And Sad In A Box. Enter Marshall and Tear Drips

2009-05-24T14:43:00.000-07:00

They were 1st debut at this year's WonderCon and everyone has been eagerly waiting their arrival. The waiting is over. They're here. 64 Colors Marshall and Travis Lampe's Tear Drips are a perfect pair. Happy and Sad, Ying and Yang.

-Agent R