Chasing Dreams and Butterflies!!!

Wowee!! I'm only 4 weeks into the New Year and I'm already filled to the brim with upcoming creative projects. Currently I'm in 2 awesome art shows that are just looming on the horizon. We've also got some great new collabs and new products that we are proofing right now. I can't wait to share all these great new things with y'all. Here's a super sneaky peak of just a few new projects from the lab right now.

The great thing about doing all these projects is that they are all parts of a great big dream come true. It's so rad to go chasing after your dreams. You know what else is rad? CHASING BUTTERFLIES!!! Which leads me to the sketch of the week. Taaaadaaaa!!!

So there ya have it!!! Go chasing after your dreams and butterflies this week!

Banana Bonanza for a Birthday!!!

Howdy Hyperactive Monkeyers!!! Would you like some bananas? How 'bout some banana bonanza for a birthday. A few months ago a close friend mine named Sabi had a birthday party. I wanted to make him a special gift because he is one cool monkey. So I whipped up this special birthday print for him. Let's take a look. 

Sabi's one cool dude. I think he'll be the future Steven Spielberg. Let's also take a look at this week's sketch of the week.

This week's sketch pretty much sums up my 2012 so far. Tons of crazy ideas and projects are swirling in my monkey head. In just this past week, we've taken some ginormous monkey foot steps for some projects that we've been working on for quite awhile. This 2012 is gonna be amaze-balls!!! Talk to ya' soon!!! Tootles!!!

Hyperactive Monkey 2011 Year End Review!!!

Howdy folks! Well it's been one crazy hectic past year for Hyperactive Monkey. 2011 was a tremendous fun time for us. We started and completed a bunch of projects, exhibited at quite a few conventions, and made tons of new friends all the while. While we are still in our infant baby monkey stage, we are still striving to create great artwork and creative products. We hope to continue to do so not only in 2012 but until we, monkeys, go completely bananas. Haha!!! Get it? Anyhoo here's a little collage of 11 of our favorite projects and moments from this past 2011.

Pretty cowbunga stuff, huh? Like I've said before, we are very thankful for all the support that we have received not just in 2011 but from all the years before and we wish to continue our artistic drive this year too. We've already started on some super secret projects that will debut in 2012 that we are truly hyperactively excited about. With that said let's introduce our next online creative endeavor. I didn't necessarily complete the 2011 Post-It Project, but I'll try to do at least one Hyperactive Monkey drawing a week and post it to the blog. So here's the first one for 2012. It's a Hyperactive Monkey Art Trooper. Let's take a peeky-poo, shall we?

Well there ya have it! Stay hyperactive and be a monkey!!! Ciao, and see you soon!!!

HYPERACTIVE HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

As the holidays are just around the corner, we just wanted to say how thankful we are for the past year for all the support we have gotten from family, friends, and fans. I would have never believed that I could make so many people smile this year. Whether you bought anything from us at a convention or online, or whether you just stopped by take a look or wrote us an email saying how much you liked our work, I just wanted say thank you and wish you HYPERACTIVE HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Well, I didn't make it a full 52 weeks for my 2011 Post It Project, but I tried my best. So here are the last of them for 2011. It sure was fun drawing all these monkeys this past year!!!

 

 

Tootles for now!!! See you next year!!!

Hyperactive Monkey Goes To 2011 Designer Con

Wowee!!! It's been a busy past few weeks. First off a few weeks ago we exhibited at the 2011 Designer Con in the Pasadena Convention Center. It was our third year exhibiting there. And boy-oh-boy did we have fun!!! Here's a photo of our awesome booth display.

As you can see, we had a special guest at our booth. That's right we had a 3 foot wooden Monkey Kung Fu Master. He was carved by hand by the super talented Lorenzo Foncerrada. Here's closer view of the magnificent wood carving.

Awesome huh? We also had on hand our 2011 Designer Con Exclusive which was the Rosewood Monkey Kung Fu Shaolin Savings Bank.

We still have a few of the banks available and can be found on our store here. It was a great show. We got to meet many friends old and new. But the greatest part of conventions is when fans and friends ask for drawings and sketches which I love to do. Lets see me in action.

 So there ya have it. Great times were had this year at Designer Con. We'll definitely be back next year with more Hyperactive Monkeyness!!! Here's some Post Its from the last two weeks.
Well that's all folks!!! See you soon and have a most happy and hyperactive week!!!

Designer-Con Countdown!!!

Long time, no monkey!!! Haha!!! Get it? Anyhoo, we've been busy working on some super secret surprises for this year's D-Con on November 5th so that's why we haven't been posting too often. Here's a sneak peak from Mana Studios what we'll have in store.

There's quite a few more surprises on the way, but you'll just have to wait. Well we've got to get back to the labs to keep monkeying away, but here's this weeks Post It Project.

Stay hyperactive and keep monkeying around!!! Tootles for now!!!

Hyperactive Monkey goes A.P.E.

Howdy Hyperactive Monkeyers!!! This past weekend we had the awesome opportunity to exhibit at the  2011 A.P.E. (Alternative Press Expo). It's a small little convention that is filled with tons great artists. Let's take a look at the hooligans.

The weather was quite nice and sunny so the monkey were out in full effect.

Here's me holding down the fort on Day 1 of the convention. As you can see the booth was filled to your hearts desire with Hyperactive Monkey goodness!!!

The great thing about conventions are all the nice folks you get to meet like these guys. One guy wore his shirt he bought from us last year. He said he gets lots of compliments on it. YAY!!! And these gals wanted me to draw them bunnies. I said sure but I'll add a monkey which they liked even more!!! DOUBLE YAY!!!

Of course none of Hyperactive Monkey would be possible without my bff and chief creative director (she calls herself chief nag), DAISY!!! Here she is holding the fort on Day 2. It was super fun!!!

Well, there ya have it. It was a short 2 day convention that was super fun. I always appreciate all those who come by with kinds words. Thanks y'all and we hope to see you next year!!!

Here's this week's Post-It Project.

Tootles!!!