The Imaginary World & Tick Tock Toys

Dan Goodsell is an artist living in Los Angeles. His work includes illustration, painting and 3D objects. The basis of his work is a fictional place called the Imaginary World. The Imaginary World is a inhabited by an odd assortment of characters including Mr. Toast, Joe the Egg, the Lemonhead and Dr Encyclopedia, just to name a few. His artwork chronicles the adventures and lives of these characters. A major influence on his art was "the golden age" of education; when science, history and nature were taught through state fairs, roadside attractions, illustrated books and animated classroom films. Over the last five years, he has created and maintained the Imaginary World web site where visitors can find a twice weekly comic strip ("A Slice of Mr. Toast"), take an illustrated "Tour of the Solar System" and order T-shirts and souvenirs. In spring of 2004, he self published "Mr. Toast at the Circus", the first in a series of Imaginary World Picture Books.

MeFi