From Box Art to Statues
Future Goals of True Legacy Design | Statues of Vintage Box Art
This week on the True Legacy Design YouTube channel Founder & CEO Matthew Smith discusses his passion for vintage toy box art and his mission to show incredible respect to the artwork and artists through a modern medium, specifically sculpting statues and creating 3D printed centerpieces.
Matthew discusses his love for the amazing box art on the toy packaging from his childhood. How that retro toy artwork seemed to leap out of cardboard and transport us into the world of these mythical heroes in the toy lines of the 1980s and 1990s. Often the illustrations on the box art inspired dreams of recreating those scenarios with the toys.
True Legacy's goal is to bring those paintings and illustrations to life in the form of statues and 3D printed centerpieces for vintage toy fans to enjoy. Stoking a sense of nostalgia and wonder at the toys of our youth.
The name True Legacy combines two very important words to the company. “True” meaning the objective standard by which we measure all reality, and “Legacy” in the context of what the original artist meant to leave behind. The goal is to create three statues of box art images. One a true representation of the box art. The second a representation of what that art would look like in reality. And third, a magical hybrid of both.
See this process in action as True Legacy sculptor and artist Travis Tutterow works on True Legacy's first statue to be displayed at Retro Toy Con 2023. You can see the end result of the statue Travis is working on as well as the finished He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 3D printed centerpieces in person November 17-19 in the VIP Room of Retro Toy Con 2023 in Greenville, South Carolina. Buy Tickets.
