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10/23/2026

🚨 ARTISTS, BEFORE YOU DELETE YOUR INSTAGRAM, READ THIS!

There’s a lot of panic going around about Meta’s October 30 policy update, and as a fellow artist and business owner, I think we need to talk about FACTS, not FEAR. Reading is fundamental.

✅ WHAT’S TRUE:

Meta is updating its commercial terms on October 30, 2026.

The new terms allow Meta to crawl websites associated with business accounts.

Artists have legitimate reasons to question how their work is being accessed and used.

❌ WHAT’S MISLEADING:

Meta has NOT confirmed that every piece of artwork and every linked website will automatically be used to train AI.

In fact, following the backlash, Meta removed explicit AI-training language from its updated commercial terms around October 17.

⚠️ BUT HERE’S THE CATCH:

Meta can still crawl websites associated with business accounts, and legal experts are questioning how broadly those permissions could be interpreted.

SO WHAT SHOULD ARTISTS DO?

🎨 Protect your original artwork and source files.

🔒 Investigate AI crawler restrictions for your website.

🌐 Build your own website and mailing list.

📲 Use social media to grow your audience, but don’t make it your only connection to your supporters. DO NOT COMMIT SOCIAL SELF SABOTAGE. Makes me sad to see those working hard on IG disappear 🫥 Learn to roll with the punches and punch back. Don’t accept getting hit 🥊

📢 Demand transparency, consent, and stronger protections for creators.

MY TAKE:

We’ve spent YEARS building our brands, audiences, and creative communities. Don’t let fear push you into throwing that away without understanding the facts.

I support artists protecting their work 100%. But I also believe in making informed decisions.

AI should be a TOOL, not an excuse to exploit creators.

💬 ARTISTS, I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU:

Are you leaving Instagram, staying, or changing how you share your artwork?

👇 Let’s have a REAL conversation.

🔁 Share this with a misinformed artist who needs to know.

10/16/2026

Too slick for the spotlight. Too dangerous for the shadows. 🖤

That grin isn’t friendly. 😈

Meet EGO.

A new face. A different kind of madness.

You only get a glimpse for now. 👀

COMING SOON. 🤡

ComingSoon

10/15/2026

Sometimes, we have no idea how much of an impact we have on other people. ❤️

Life moves fast (insert Ferris Buller quote here🥴). We get caught up in our own struggles, responsibilities, chasing dreams, creating, building, and just trying to figure s**t out along the way.

And sometimes, we forget that the smallest things we do can leave the biggest impressions.

I’ve always believed that what we create is bigger than the art itself. It’s about the connections, the friendships, the inspiration, and the people we meet along the journey (Good or Bad).

You never really know who’s watching, who’s learning, who’s inspired by something you’ve done, or whose life you’ve touched without even realizing it.

And sometimes, you don’t realize how much you mean to someone until they remind you.

That’s something pretty fu***ng special.

So here’s my message to everyone today.

If someone inspires you, tell them.

If someone has made a difference in your life, let them know.

If you haven’t spoken to someone in a while and they cross your mind, reach out.

Don’t assume people already know how much they mean to you.

We all have our battles. Some are visible, and most are fought quietly behind the scenes. A few genuine words of kindness might mean more to someone than you’ll ever realize.

Give people their flowers while they’re still around to appreciate them. 🌹

At the end of the day, it’s not just about what we create or accomplish. It’s about how we make people feel and the impact we leave behind.

Keep creating. Keep inspiring. Keep showing love.

And most importantly, don’t forget to be a human. 🤡
Your parents made a great 1/1 art piece, remember that.

10/08/2026

🤡💔🔪 LOVE HURTS! 🔪💔🤡

He spent his whole life making people laugh…

UNTIL CUPID SHOWED UP WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE! 🔪

One broken heart, a few hundred tears, and a whole lot of emotional damage later…

HE STILL SHOWED UP TO WORK! 🤡

Because that’s what clowns do. They laugh through the pain, hide their tears behind the makeup, and keep the show going.

Sometimes the funniest clown carries the most pain.

And sometimes… THE JOKE’S ON HIM! 💀😂

Introducing LOVE HURTS!, my latest hand-painted resin creation for the Mr. Sha x Spacelab x CollectedCon show featuring OVER 20 AMAZING ARTISTS!

CollectedCon Popart Artist Joel Cox The Space Lab CalderVision

WHO BROKE THIS CLOWN’S HEART?! 💔👇

ArtToys

09/29/2026

Knav lost his head again.
Creative Clown: “Great… time to break out the sewing needle.”

Temporary situation. Probably. 😂

Until then:
“Keep your head when everyone else is losing theirs.”

Apparently Knav took that quote as a personal challenge.

09/25/2026

This Friday 9/25/26 I’m jumping on the Fri-Daze LIVE on Instagram at 8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT (I’ll be on a little later in the show)

We’re gonna talk all things Creative, designer toys, The Creatives Trading Card Project and probably whatever else comes up along the way.

Of course I couldn’t just show up empty handed…

So for the FIRST TIME EVER, KNAV is getting the BLACKOUT treatment. 🖤💀

I’m bringing a very small run to the show and once they’re gone, they’re gone.

If you collect Knav, Blackout pieces, or just like the darker stuff I do, you’re probably gonna want to tune in for this one.

See you Friday night.

Fri-Daze
Angel Martinez
Tenacious Toys

09/17/2026

⭐🤡 INTRODUCING SLAMSTAR: THE CREATIVE CLOWN LUCHADOR 🤼‍♂️💥

This Saturday, The Space Lab in Philadelphia celebrates 93 years of Lucha Libre with a custom toy art group show.

So naturally I wondered…

What happens when The Creative Clown steps into the ring?

Late one night in NYC, the Creative Clown was watching Lucha Libre on TV. The masks, colors, flying elbows and top-rope madness had him thinking:

“What would I look like as a luchador?”

At that exact moment, hundreds of miles away in Freakyville, Miami, a mysterious star suddenly blasted into the sky and shot north toward NYC.

The Creative Clown barely had time to look up.

SLAAAAAM!!! 💥 ⭐️

The star crashed directly into him, creating an explosion of color, wrestling energy and complete clown madness.

When the smoke cleared…

⭐ SLAMSTAR: THE CREATIVE CLOWN LUCHADOR was born. ⭐

Part clown.
Part luchador.
Part Freakyville cosmic chaos.
100% ready to throw down.

My original SlamStar custom will be available this Saturday, September 19 at 12 PM at:

The Space Lab
📍 617 S. 2nd Street, Philadelphia

Freakyville ➡️ NYC ➡️ Philly

🔔 The bell just rang. SLAMSTAR has entered the ring.

08/10/2026

Has 3D printing changed the CRAFT of designer toys… or are we just romanticizing pouring resin? 👀

This debate comes up a lot in the designer toy world, and I’m curious where everyone stands.

Traditionally, we sculpt a master by hand or digitally, 3D print the master, make a silicone mold, then cast duplicates in resin. Mixing, pouring, pressure casting, demolding, cleanup, failed casts, deteriorating molds… there’s a learned craft to doing it well.

But now we can skip the mold entirely.

3D print the sculpt. Print 20. Paint them. Sell them. Need more? Print 20 more.

Some artists argue that a poured resin edition represents more craftsmanship and usually results in a more substantial, less brittle piece than a typical resin 3D print.

But then there’s the OTHER argument:

Is pouring resin actually art… or is it production?

Let’s say YOU designed and sculpted the original piece. You make the mold, pour your casts, demold and clean them up.

But that’s it.

No hand painting. No unique finishes. No creative changes between pieces. You’re reproducing your original sculpture in different color resin.

Are those individual pours another act of creating art?

Or was the ART the original design and sculpt, while everything after the mold just crafting and lazy production?

And here’s where it gets interesting:

If mold making, casting and cleanup are considered craftsmanship because they require knowledge and skill, why wouldn’t mastering supports, orientation, exposure, curing, sanding and finishing a 3D print ALSO be craftsmanship?

For me, 3D printing is an incredible tool. Resin casting is an incredible craft. Neither automatically makes something art.

The ART is what you bring to the piece.

But designer toys were built on artists sculpting, molding, casting and hand-finishing small editions themselves.

Have we lost something when the mold disappears and we can just hit PRINT again?

Or are we old-school toy makers romanticizing the process? 😂

I want to hear from BOTH sides.

👇 3D PRINTED EDITION or RESIN CAST EDITION?

As an artist, which do you prefer, and WHY?
As a collector, which do you prefer?

😂 🍿 🍿🍿

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