As soon as I was out from the Tiger style Secondary education that I was subjected to for four years, I always had my sights on getting myself trained in an art school. I was very much interested in Art and Design and get excited whenever I saw a creative print ad, commercial on TV, a good movie and video games. Besides, I started drawing Smurfs since Kindergarten and I have graduated to drawing doodles all over my literature textbook. So taking Graphic Design was a natural progression for me.
When I did enrolled in an art school, I was very fortunate to have met with other like-minded, art inclined individuals. Some have their own specialty and it was very refreshing to be amongst people with the same interests and who are also serious in being good creative professionals.
Now YEARS later, although I have grown to detest the entire print industry with their never-ending unpaid OTs and Graphic Design itself as an occupation, one of the highlights of my creative endeavor is this site itself.
If I had chosen another career, for example a Nurse, I would have not picked up Flash and Ah Leong Dreams will cease to exist. I would be whistling the tune instead with cartoon images filled my mind as I wipe the poop off some uncle’s a$$ because he just got food poisoning after eating an extra spicy laksa.
Anyway, some of my pals from art school have also made their mark in the local creative scene. So for this post, I’m gonna showcase one of the works by my ex art school mate and he is in the business of making custom toys. 
His company’s name/toy brand name is called “Phu”. And basically, he designs, paints and use recycled materials to create his vinyl toys. I like the fact that the toys are highly detailed. I mean look at the rust and the wear and tear on the robot. You know he been through some rough times. And the fact that each toy is also unique is a definite plus factor – these toys are not mass produced by some factory in Taiwan folks.
Phu have been working on custom toys for more than 6 years so that means he got some some major experience. If you ask EB to make a toy, probably I can only make you a custom sock puppet. -__-
For those of you who are interested and want a custom toy done you can contact him at
Email : phuektastic@hotmail.com
You can browse more toys at his website: phuek.blogspot.com
Follow him on Twitter! : twitter.com/Phu77
Order info:
Price varies around $300 – $500. Usually a 3-inch takes me five days while 8-10 inch takes me two weeks. Again it all depends on the intricacy of the details. As such completion will take slightly longer.
Phu says:
My ideas are usually random. Once an idea strikes, I’ll sketch it. After which I’ll develop it in line with my concept of ‘Phuturistic’ or ‘Rebel’. If I have a story, my custom will bare a character or if I have character, it will tell a story, vice versa. ‘Phuturistic’ derives from the word ‘future’ and that’s where my customs are directed towards; future possibilities. I’m in this for the long run, thus moving ahead is the only way to stay in this game. ‘Rebel’ is to defy; defying the conventional. My custom are made of scrap materials. So what others see a trash, I see as treasure.