Once more, I’m finally catching up on the numerous things I’ve wanted to blog about but keep putting off due to vacation bliss. =) Dacosta posted the image above some time last week and I’ve been meaning to share for a while. I love his DCTO project which I’ve blogged about a couple of times on the site. It seems that he is shrinking his DTCO to chibi size and it’s also going to be an artist series too! I’ll post more updates as they come in, I can’t wait!

The first time I’d encountered Dacosta Bayley’s work was when the Mr. and I noticed his GID “ball” in MPH. I liked the look of it, the Mr. liked that it glowed in the dark and the DCTO ended up coming home with us. It wasn’t until we got home that I sat down and traced every detail of the packaging. Every word of the background story was read. Every image on the box was given full attention and I caressed each curve of the physical object I came to know as the DCTO: Dreams Come True Object. Though it was the Mr. who bought it, I was in love with every aspect of the figure– the background story was captivating and to this day it has not escaped my mind. The drawings were “super fresh” and clean. I was impressed.

When Dacosta made his way to NYCC ‘07, he and I became close fairly quickly. I’d already been in contact with him through email and it was a pleasure meeting the man behind the toy that gave me some inspiration. Which is why, now, I follow his every move (whether it be voluntarily or not– I’m sounding like such a stalker right now). Fresh off the press blog entry, Dacosta drops news of his upcoming Dreams to Dreams show opening December 6th at the Japanese American National Museum in LA. To get more details about the show and the amazing cast of contributing artist, check out Dacosta’s blog.