CHOCOLATE SOOP!

OFFICIAL CHOCOLATE SOOP MYSPACE.. under construction~
About the Artist
Dubbed a ‘guru’ of vector illustration, Dacosta is a self-taught, award winning, multi-faceted illustrator/designer who started drawing from the moment he realized crayons make better tools of expression than snacks. Born in Barbados, Dacosta arrived in Canada in 1973 and lived in Montreal, Toronto, and Edmonton, before making Vancouver home in 1995. Designing art professionally for the past 14 years, Dacosta is currently among the few, if not the only, dedicated toy designer based in Vancouver and is the founder of CHOCOLATE SOOP INC. Influenced by Japanese art and design, his innovation challenges existing conventions and concepts while maintaining, as noted by a client, “a rare combination of artistic vision, technical execution and commercial sensibility”. He demonstrates a “finely honed grasp of what does and does not resonate with his intended audience”, creating designs which “communicate familiarity without stooping to cliché” and characters which possess “weight and depth…wit and poignancy”.
Dacosta has produced designs for numerous clients across various media including print and the web to animation, film and manufactured toys. He is also currently focusing on his own original art projects including the recently-released DCTO art toys and in-progress 3D childrens animation projects.article from Vynil Pulse Toy of the Week.Aug 6 2007
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CHOCOLATE SOOP
SOOP DE JUR.blogspot
DCTO: Jibun Project