Since today is the preview night for San Diego Comic Con, what a better opportunity than now to release our interview with Steve Talkowski.

If you’re not familiar with Steve yet, you should be. For over a year, Steve has shared his process on bringing his Sketchbot character to life. And seeing his prototype in person, and the latest images have made it’s release a much anticipated one. Leave some love and feedback in the comments section.

Also, the Mr. is working on a second video completely dedicated to an in-depth view of Steve’s Sketchbot character. Steve showed us the 3D modeling along with the different version and changes that have been made to his art robot. Look forward to that soon.

I’m sure you’ve seen him somewhere already, but it was my intention to post Mr. Turnip a lot sooner. I know Steve and I love his sketchbot concept which I hope he brings to my life soon, but when I spotted Mr. Turnip on his flickr, I was super delighted. I fell in love with the bold and simple colors. The stripes, the leaves, the turnip… it simply looked amazing. I’m not the only one who thinks so too, he got picked up my Custom Toy Lab and Tomopop. Congrats Steve on such a wonderful piece!

If you want to contact Steve about comission work, head over to his site: Steve Talkowski. Tell him I sent you, though I didn’t technically ask him if he was available, so forget it.

Both these guys are awesome and I thought I’d post about their works in progress. What’s the status on their creations? To be quite honest, I’m not sure. Steve Talkowski was unleashing his Sketchbot into the wild through stickers, postcards and buttons (which I got!) on Friday, Day 1 of NYCC.

I’m uber excited for whatever is to come with his creation. I have an unexplainable love for robots, and the giant pencil he’s holding just adds to the adoration. I want him in vinyl form, or something of that nature… I can imagine him sitting in class with me. In the meantime, I’ll make do with the sketch Steve hooked me up with, in gold nonetheless. If you want to keep up with the progress, please visit his blog: Steve’s Sketchbot Adventures

Steve Lew*, aka Kid Lew, was the other Steve putting something out there. I got a chance to catch up with him that first day and he mentioned how hard he’d been working the night before to have Lumpy Bumpkin ready for NYCC. He created the prototype himself, I swear, if only I could do such things. I think the little fella is cute, and my favorite parts happen to be the stitching across it’s face. MPH was kind enough to display among their other pieces. No word on whether he’s going to be mass produced though. I’ll let you know if I hear something.

*(Steve’s listed in no particular order ^_^)