FEATURED ARTISTS
JOHNNY WU
lnstagram sensation has amassed a gargantuan following for his photographs depicting action figures starring in glorious, cinematic adventures. The collection of Wu's work will take you on a hero's journey through action figure eyes, with appearances throughout from some of pop culture's most beloved and recognized toys.
Explore the world of toy photography with Johnny, follow him on this articulated adventure, while he brings plastic and resin to life in jaw dropping stills and prints. Johnny's passion for toys started in his youth, and only advanced with age.
ACTION FIGURE TORONTO
Action Figure Toronto is a custom action figure artist who keeps no secrets. From the traditional to the modern, he is known for using a wide variety of techniques and materials to create one of a kind handcrafted action figures.
His work and process are documented in detail on his website making it one of the largest custom action figure tutorial libraries ever assembled.
KRISTOPHER PINKERTON
Crashbox builds custom dioramas and display pieces for clients all over the world. Each piece is designed using state of the art technology, and hand finished using techniques from all facets of miniature hobbies.
Crashbox can work in any scale, whether 1:18, 1:6, or 1:12, like most of their work. Whether it Sci-fi, forest temples, entire buildings, custom vehicles or custom cut logos.
Crashbox can help with your project. How do you display?
DARAIS PRINCE
Darais is a Freelance Toy Photographer and Toy Reviewer. When not doing anything of those things, he does a weekly Podcast sometimes of what life is like being a somewhat known toy guy in the world.
He often does crossover work, love to mix and match and create new universes from existing things.
“It is imagination and fun that has kept us all in the wonderful hobby, Why not keep it going?”
ISAIAH TAKAHASHI
Isaiah Takahashi is an Artist & Photographer based in Southern California. What started off as a simple little hobby has snowballed into full on addiction! When he’s not shooting toys or chasing around his two crazy kids, you can find him doing real work at RELATED GREY.
LEE
@BESTLEE_STUDIO
My name is Lee, and I come from Bestlee Studio in China. I am a designer of 1/12 doll toy accessories. I began to design and produce 1/12 inch doll clothing in 2018.
Later, I also began to design some 1/12 doll toy accessories, such as: 1/12 doll printing accessories, Naruto diy doll 1/12, etc.
I am committed to creating high quality toy clothing, accessories and collectibles, I pursue innovation, and my vision is to provide the best customer service experience.
KYLEIGH PARKER
Ky Parker is a miniature artist and product photographer from Cincinnati, Ohio. She’s worked with companies such as Nintendo, Pokemon, Good Smile Company, Critical Role, and many others.
She enjoys hiking, spending time with her many fur kids and gardening.
DUANE PERERA
Duane is a miniature artist and action figure photographer based in Edmonton, Canada.
His artwork often incorporates themes of video games, music, sports and pop culture from the 80's and 90's.
He uses crafting techniques like 3D-printing, sculpting and painting to build fun and unique dioramas for his action figures.
Duane began his photography journey in 2018 and since then he has worked with brands such as Gucci, Netflix, Adidas, Meta and ESPN, to name a few.
PETER NUNES
Bearded Builds is a custom wood sign and décor shop based in Toronto, Canada. Peter Nunes is the creative mind behind the designs. Every piece is custom-made and designed to fit each client’s needs.
An Automotive Technician by trade and an avid toy collector, Peter harnesses his passion for woodworking to create custom pieces ranging from nostalgic comic designs to corporate logos.
RICHEE CHANG
Richee Chang, also known as noserain, is a toy photographer. He goes by noserain (pronounced nose•rain) to honor his hero, Kobe Bryant. In Korean, the word “nose” is pronounced “ko” and “rain” is pronounced “be”.
Richee started taking photos of toys in 2015, but in 2017, he truly started his toy photography journey by channeling Kobe’s Mamba Mentality mindset of improving everyday.
Since then, he’s explored various styles of toy photography, but focuses primarily on conceptual and playful ideas in his work. He’s befriended many great people along the way, and has had the opportunity to work on campaigns featuring a number of properties such as Star Wars, Marvel, Naruto, Transformers, Power Rangers, and more.
CHRISTINA CRUZ
Christina Cruz is an Australian based artist and toy designer specializing in custom one of a kind action figures, bringing life to anything that's made with intricate paint and sculpt work.
Each piece is unique and crafted with the highest detail and quality from the subtle highlights in the outfits right down to individual hand painted eyelashes
JARED MIDDLETON
Fanboy turned photographer, Jared Middleton (sirdork) finds joy and in experimenting with practical effects and action figures to create dynamic fantasy scenes filled with action!
Featured by brands such as Star Wars and Mountain Dew, Jared has extended his reach by sharing his action packed action figure action scenes on Instagram as well as sharing the method to the madness and behind the scene processes on YouTube.
JASON B MICHAEL
Jason Michael is a Toy Photographer based in Quebec City, Canada. He started toy photography in early 2019, and since then his work has travelled the world. Jason has gained a following on TikTok and Instagram because of his imagination, love for the craft and art form.
Jason has worked with brands such as Mezco Toyz, Lume Cube, Lone Coconut, YuMe Toys, Mcfarlane Toys, Huion, and Toyzmetaverse; His work has been featured on the front page of Reddit, featured by Affinity Spotlight, Petapixel, GAMINGBible, UNILAD, and many more; and he has been a guest speaker at the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Calgary Camera Club.
When he isn’t teaching college or spending time with his family, Jason is creating stories and art with action figures.
KAI JIANG
Kai is a toy costume designer from China.Since 2018, he has provided customized services for friends in China. After accumulating a lot of experience, he began to develop customized services for Legions and Mezco.
He contributed to the promotion of the Legion and Mezco in China. Now, Kai is trying to cooperate with more Chinese toy brands to add color to Chinese toys.
His works can be found via vctoysbox.com
ALISKA RASKOLNIKOVA
Aliska is a Toy Photographer who has been living in Paris for 24 years.
As a Professional Photographer, She has fallen into the hobby with the help of her husband, a comics addict and figures collector. Toy photography is the sum of their common passions.
Together, they spend a lot time posing, working on lights and shadows, editing... It even happens that a project can stay on the shelf for weeks waiting for the right moment and feeling to shoot it...
Aliska's page is mainly focused on Marvel comics universe, but doesn't prevent her from taking different themes.
KEVIN WONG
Kevin is a toy collector, photographer, reviewer, and unboxer in Canada, and he’s been collecting toys on-and-off all his life.
He had the privilege to “sit down” and unbox toys a lot of different collector friends and share the conversation with many people along the way. Whether they are a toy designer, diorama maker, or customizer, they all enjoy toys and bring a unique perspective and experience.
Every week, Unboxing Thursdays goes live a 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific) on Youtube and Twitch.
“A friend of mine dubbed me the Butter Baron due to my grocery habits, so I guess I must welcome you to the Butter Nation! Hope you can join in! Keep toying around.”
-Kevin
JASON LOO
Jason Loo is the co-creator of the Eisner-Award winning series AFTERLIFT (Comixology Originals) and the creator behind Toronto’s pretty decent superhero THE PITIFUL HUMAN-LIZARD.
He has also worked on a variety of comic series involving Marvel pets, dabbled in both the Spider-Verse and Venomverse, and is responsible for the X-Friends story arcs in X-MEN UNLIMITED starring Multiple Man and Strong Guy.
He's currently the writer for the upcoming Sentry series for Marvel Comics.
NATE STRONG
Nate Strong is a toy photographer and collector from SE Michigan. He loves the creative outlet and storytelling ability this hobby offers, along with being a member of a community of remarkable artists and all-around awesome people.
His subjects, which include anything from Lego to 1:6 scale, range from fantasy and sci-fi to superheroes and mechs to an occasional appearance from some of his favorite childhood toys. Action scenes, portraits, whimsical, quiet and contemplative, crossovers and mashups — Nate enjoys mixing it up as much as he can.
When not behind the camera, Nate relishes spending time with his family, friends and being outdoors. You can also find him on YouTube as co-host of the Legions Lounge show as well as a frequent guest on many toy photography and collecting channels.