tom studios industry statues and collectibles founded 1983 founder joy and tom snyder headquarters sanford florida usa services sculpting design molding painting website http www.joyandtomstudios.com joy and tom studios inc. produces hand sculpted prototypes for the pre painted statues and collectibles industry . the company located in sanford florida was founded in 1983 by joy and tom snyder . their portfolio of work consists of many statues busts and portraits based on licensed properties from companies such as disney warner brothers marvel comics dc comics and others . 1 in addition to their work in the collectibles industry they have produced many sculpted and painted likenesses for plastic earth that have appeared on the stop motion animated program robot chicken on cartoon network s adult swim . 2 contents 1 history 2 services 3 statues and collectibles 4 licensed work 5 2d translation 6 likeness sculpting 7 lifesize sculpture 8 awards and recognition 9 references 10 external links history edit joy and tom snyder met while attending art school at ringling college of art and design in sarasota florida where they both majored in fine art. 1 after graduating from art school in 1983 they married on june 4 of the same year and later formed joy and tom studios where they would provide artistic services in a number of different fields including family portraiture and graphic design . 3 in the early 1990s they were approached about sculpting their first resin garage kit which marked the beginning of long diverse sculpting careers for the artists . services edit joy and tom studios sculpted works range in scale from 6 action figures to life size statues . 1 they work in several forms of sculpting media including super sculpey apoxy sculpt castilene wax fiberglass and styrofoam . 4 their prototyping work also includes molding build up and paint mastering services . 3 statues and collectibles edit during the mid to late 1990s joy and tom continued to do freelance sculpting work in the garage kit industry through their studio . these projects eventually led to their company obtaining sculpting work on prototypes for licensed statues and collectibles from several notable companies that produce licensed collectibles . 1 below is a partial list of some of joy and tom studios clients walt disney co. warner brothers universal studios cartoon network f.a.o. schwartz dynamic forces bowen designs reelart studios tonner doll company art asylum diamond select toys plastic earth monogram international amok time sci fi metropolis executive replicas go hero licensed work edit since beginning to work in the collectibles industry joy and tom studios have had their services utilized for a number of projects involving notable licenses from comics television and film . for many projects joy and tom work directly with the owner of the license throughout the sculpting process to assure that the finished product meets their exact specifications . 5 below is a partial list of some of the many licenses joy and tom studios have worked with 5 disney warner brothers dc comics marvel comics star wars star trek pirates of the caribbean harry potter battlestar galactica lost in space romero s dead series the golden compass tarzan zorro red sonja lone ranger buck rogers prince valiant the phantom grendel sheena jungle girl 2d translation edit many of the collectibles that joy and tom studios sculpt involve translating the work of notable comic book artists and illustrators into 3 dimensional statues . in many instances the original artist provides art direction as the statues are being made and is responsible for giving their final approval upon completion of the project . 6 below is a partial list of some of the many 2d artists whose work has been translated into statues and busts by joy and tom studios 5 alex ross michael turner frank frazetta george p rez matt wagner frank cho joseph michael linsner john cassaday j. scott campbell hal foster john romita sr. john romita jr. larry elmore j. allen st. john william stout gil elvgren john byrne likeness sculpting edit much of the sculpting done by joy and tom studios that is not based on comic book properties involves sculpting likenesses of notable actors musicians and public figures . the company has sculpted approximately 1 000 different portraits of famous individuals including more than 300 different likenesses that have appeared on the stop motion animated program robot chicken . 1 of the many likenesses sculpted by joy and tom studios some of the notable public figures their work has been based on are listed below 7 george w. bush nicolas cage ray charles chevy chase george clooney stephen colbert gary coleman sean connery daniel craig tom cruise matt damon robert downey jr. clint eastwood harrison ford mel gibson seth green mark hamill anthony hopkins samuel l. jackson elton john boris karloff george lucas marilyn monroe eddie murphy bill murray leonard nimoy bill o reilly bettie page sean penn brad pitt elvis presley vincent price prince christopher reeve william shatner kevin spacey britney spears sylvester stallone patrick stewart ben stiller mr. t john travolta vince vaughn adam west owen wilson lifesize sculpture edit in addition to collectibles joy and tom studios has also done sculpting work on many life size statues . from 1995 96 joy and tom worked full time at walt disney world designing and sculpting various life size statues and props of disney characters for display in the theme parks and stores including a life size goofy statue sitting on a bench on permanent display just inside the front gate of the magic kingdom . following their tenure at disney joy and tom continued to work for disney on a freelance basis through their company . 3 in addition to their projects for disney other notable life sized projects include droid starfighters from the star wars films that were displayed in f.a.o. schwartz in new york city a replica of the batboat from the film batman forever used in a water based stunt show at six flags over texas and the emperor s throne for the set of the mortal kombat tv series . 3 awards and recognition edit the sculpted works of joy and tom studios have been honored by inclusion in the spectrum annual publication 8 and the company has been recognized multiple times for their work by wizard magazine 9 and toyfare magazine on various top 5 statue and busts lists 10 including the statue of the year award from toyfare in 2005 for their ultimate spiderman vs. dr. octopus for dynamic forces . 1 references edit a b c d e f raving toy maniac michael turner s red sonja statue 2006 starwars.com inside robot chicken star wars 2007 a b c d kit builders magazine issue 26 page 56 1998 toyfare the toy magazine issue 120 page 12 august 2007 a b c toyfare the toy magazine issue 140 page 24 april 2009 rtm news matt wagner s grendel 25th anniversary statue 2007 toyfare the toy magazine issue 113 page 76 january 2007 spectrum 7 the best in contemporary fantastic art page 94 2000 wizard magazine issue 213 page 22 july 2009 toyfare the toy magazine issue 152 page 9 april 2010 external links edit joy and tom studios official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title joy and tom studios & oldid 655426169 categories american sculptors navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 april 2015 at 00 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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