One of my favorite projects this year is the artisagift.com site for Free Arts Minnesota, a non-profit organization that helps kids overcome traumatic life experiences through the healing powers of art.
Baby Qees: vinyl designer toys that are well loved and collected by folks who, well, love and collect vinyl designer toys. You know who you are.
My employer, Colle McVoy, purchased about a thousand of these cute little buggers and gave them to Free Arts Minnesota for kids to paint any way they like. The result was really outstanding.
To support the project, we put together a fun site that shows off these little works of art, and we also cooked up a virtual Qee maker that will let you participate too. Some quick dragging and dropping will let you create and share a virtual Qee of your own.
I showcased the three virtual Qees above just to give you an idea of what you can do. The Qee editor allows you to choose different body types, change the color and skin, add eyes, mouths, and accessories. It's really in keeping with the concept behind the vinyl toy subculture, only the limited edition design is created by you.
The AC jack and the turntable are mine. I have no idea who made the stormtrooper, but it's my favorite so far. It's your challenge to make something even more impressive.
Make sure to send your Qee to yourself and your friends. It'll toss a direct URL to your Qee in an email. Post your Qee's URL in the comments here. I'd like to see which ones team BC comes up with.
Art Is A Gift - Link
