Hey there!

I hope everyone is having a great holiday season filled with good food and merriment….or at least some peppermint schnapps. I’m excited to share with you the first appearance of Adimals in a sweet new music video! The video was directed by the talented Cesar Kuriyama for the band Fat City Reprise. The video premiered just over a week ago in Philadelphia and the band had an amazing performance. The video is now online and since hitting the net it has really taken off. It’s been covered by Wired Magazine’s blog, Gizmodo.com, Digg.com and plenty more! I invite you all to check it out and if you like it, pass it along to your friends. The video is unique in that it was shot entirely with a digital camera using 45,000 photos. I created the main (non-human) character called “Poppy.” The animation was done by Cesar and the whole project took 14 months to complete as he worked on it in his spare time. Great job to all who were involved in this project!

-Adam

I’m happy to announce that later in the year the Adimals will be featured in a music video for a band from Philly! I was asked by the director to create two custom Adimals that will have a major role in the narrative that takes place in the video. I can’t talk too much about it now but I’ll gladly post more when it’s completed. Until then, above is a peek at our main star. A big thanks goes out to Cesar Kuriyama for his help in making this happen!

-Adam

Recently, the Adimals had the chance to do some good. Two Adimals were in the Fall 2007 Mutation Craft Fair and went up for adoption for a good cause. The two Giant Squins “Phillip” and “Harriet” were up for a silent auction with all proceedes going to the Big Brothers Big Sisters oraganization. So far, only one (Phillip) has been adopted and a donation of $45 has been made. Thanks go out to Kate Compton of Savannah Georgia for her generous donation. (Click here to see the proof of donation) Ideally, $100 between the two was the goal. If you or someone you know would like to adopt “Harriet” for charity please let us know. The suggested donation is $55 but we’ll gladly accept anything over $35. Once again, a huge thanks goes out to the cool ladies behind Mutation…Meghan Shannon and Amy Nieto, you guys rock hard!

-Adam (To contact about adopting send an email to Adimals(at)gmail.com The highest bid wins, Good luck!)

Great News! ShopSCAD’s audience has demanded that they be given the opportunity to once again adopt a whole host of new stuffed friends…with that, I present to you the all new ShopSCAD order for 144 new and unique Adimals! New Munkers, Buck-Bucks, Poofs and Squins!!! Just in time for the holidays! What better way to show someone you care than to say it with an adorable quirky stuffed doll. (Disclaimer: In some cases it’s probably not a bad idea to also actually tell the giftee that you care for them.) Go ahead and adopt yours today!

As a result of this order, they will be on sale in not one but two new locations! ShopSCAD Atlanta and a temporary boutique in Miami. Not to mention the new ones at ShopSCAD Savannah. (Even though I did just mention it.)

A big thank you goes out to Amy Zurcher and the rest of the ShopSCAD crew for their continued support!

-Adam

Finally, a way to prove to the world just how awesome you are…You can now be Myspace friends with the Adimals! Come by, add us, and leave some comment love. Adimals bulletins are a great way to be the first to find out about all the upcoming Adimal goodness. www.Myspace.com/Adimals

Well this is a long and overdue update! It’s been a while but don’t let that fool you, the Adimals have been quite busy this year and now they ‘re gearing up to take over the world. We’re happy to announce that you can now (and have been able to for a little while) adopt an Adimal over at the great Magpie Store located in Davis Square in Boston Mass. Magpie is a great place where offbeat arts and crafts go to thrive. If you live in the area or are just visiting, make sure you put them on your list of places to check out. You can also find them online here! Thanks again to all the great people who run the place, you guys rock pretty hard.

-Adam Levine
Adimals Staff

To everyone who has supported and adopted an Adimal, I want to thank you all for helping make Adimals as successful as they are. Happy Valentine’s Day!!! Today marks the second anniversary of the birth of the self proclaimed “Greatest dolls to have ever been created…in the world.” I am fortunate to have had as much success as I have and look forward to many more years of Adimal fun to come. I couldn’t have done it without you guys!

Sometime later this year I will be amping up production and going full force to spread the Adimal love even further. Since the Adimals have begun, over 200 have found their way into people’s homes. They have been sold in a store (soon to be two more), sold online, sold internationally, to a few celebrities, in a bunch of craft fairs, for charity, featured in a few newspaper articles, a magazine, an online t.v. show, and they continue to grow as we speak…well, I keep watering them in the hopes that they will become big and strong. (Note: Do not attempt to water your Adimal. This may result in an adorable but soggy mess.) In short, thank you all once again and I look forward to yet another fun filled year bringing us all closer to an eventual Adimal world takeover.

-Adam Levine
Adimals Staff

So it’s been a few months since the last news update and for that I apologize. I’ve been very busy and lots have happened since May. The Mutation Craft Fair was a huge success for the Adimals. They were featured in two magazines, a newspaper, an online TV show, and a New Jersey radio station! I’ll post more (such as the article and sound bites) in the future. I made around 30 and about 28 were adopted. The newspaper article brought people in the second day specifically looking to adopt an Adimal! In short, it was great. I even got to meet fans who had adopted in the past and came back for more. As for now, above is the image used in the May 2006 issue of “The South” magazine. That’s a pic of my good friend Tim selling my Adimals at a previous Mutation festival that I could not directly attend.

Thanks again to Amy Neito and Meghan Shannon for their continued support…and to all the fans who continue to adopt and tell their friends.
With the mounting and continued work I have left to do on my thesis project, I’m saddened to have to put the Adimals on a brief hiatus. I promise, that when I return, they’ll be even better than they already are. I have big plans for them so stick around and keep checking in to see what develops!
p.s. site updates are still on their way!

Once again, the Adimals have teamed up with the Shop SCAD store in Savannah Georgia! This time there are 48 brand spankin’ new Adimals who could use a good home.
12 “Munkers”
12 “Squins”
12 “Greans”
12 “Minamals”
You can only buy them exclusively at the store or on their website here. I encourage all of you to go check them out and adopt one today. I’ll have pics/bios of them all up in the siblings section soon. Also, feel free to check out a brief bio of myself on their site here. My greatest thanks go out to store owners Amy Zurcher and Katie Runnels for all their support. You guys rock!

So, in preparation for the next “Mutation” (see below) I’ve been sketching up a storm and feverishly creating as many new Adimals as I can. I thought it would be fun to show you guys a snippet of what’s been spilling out of my head. Some will make it, others will never be free from the tyranny of the page. Either way I’m having a great deal of fun on this batch.