Toy-Customizer-Feature: Abe Viljoen
TOYSREVIL: Who you are (nick/name). Where are you from? What is your (preferred) style?
ABE VILJOEN: My name is Abe Viljoen, but I usually operate under The Given (Blog / deviantArt / @GivenCollective). I am from Cape Town in South Africa. My prefered style is usually computer based and I excel at digital manipulation, but find I always go back to the hand in the end as its more personal and your true style really comes through.
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TOYSREVIL: What are your design-influences?
ABE VILJOEN: Design Influences... My biggest influence is definately street art, the constantly evolving and ephemeral quality of it. Other than that I really enjoy following toy designers like 123Klan and Flying Fortress.
TOYSREVIL: What is your favourite toy-form to customize?
ABE VILJOEN: At the moment I have only done the two Dunny's, unfortunately getting hold of vinyl toys here in South Africa can be quite difficult and rather expensive, so I generally get what I can. I do have a 5" Munny waiting to be customised though. Gonna be epic as it will be the first time I get off the small 3" customs.
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