Bootlegged & Battle-Ready isn’t a product line. It’s a love letter to the cultural juggernaut that is Pokémon — filtered through a street art lens, sharpened with satire, and sealed in plastic like a rare grail.
What started as a bonding moment between father and daughter, digging through binders and booster packs, turned into a full-blown art project. This isn’t TCG. It’s not officially licensed. It’s not mass produced. It’s parody. It’s art.
Each card, each slab, each sticker is a deliberate collision of fandom, remix culture, and creative independence. No boosters. No scalpers. No rules. Designed to be held, collected, and cherished like the best kind of bootleg.
Visit the store for a pack of cards or commission a slab.
The Embrace the End Poster captures the iconic skeleton-and-bomb design—a stark symbol of fragility, defiance, and the beauty in chaos. Posters and more in the shop
Life is short, art is forever. New sticker pack in the shop.
12-inch custom Trooper figures, a toy collab with Compound.
Some recent art collabs with Lil Jon, designed a FILA for ATL, imagined a look for his new clothing line, then remixed it for Peloton, and I might have popped up on his HGTV show to lend a hand.
NYC November 13th 7-10pm - UrbanMedium’s Art & State Exhibition opens at the Compound Gallery. A celebration of works throughout the years.
Compound Gallery
2422 Third Ave Bronx, NY 10454
UrbanMedium & The Compound collaboration - 18-inch CheTrooper Art Bust, hand painted by UrbanMedium in two colorways (Gold & Platinum). Limited to 12 pairs worldwide, signed and numbered by the artist. Available online Dec 15th @ 12:00PM EST here.
30x38 Plywood canvas, wheat paste, acrylic, aerosol, and ink.
Not much to say.
New series of remixed imagery on the way.
30x38 Plywood canvas, wheat paste, acrylic, aerosol, and ink.
Bounty Hunter wheatpaste - East ATL (on Blvd.) - mid-summer, heatwave status. Shout out to Hebru.
Limited edition of 10 total pieces // The Surplus Edition CheTrooper bust stands 6" tall and comes with a numbered/silenced dog tag.
If you've kept up with me over the years, you'll know that I have a thing for Pin-Up girls. Here's a snap of a piece in progress - pasted paper and wood stain before I went in with the inks.
"¡Hasta la Victoria Siempre!" is the title of this piece, the shoot was pretty memorable. Shout out to the one and only Zach Wolfe behind the lense.
Galactus - pasted, painted, inked on wood.
THROWBACK - Yasiin Bey -AKA- The Mighty Mos Def does his thing in front of tasty UM pasted backdrops at The Compound in NYC for his Niggas in Poorest freestyle video. A shout-out to Set Free and Talib Kweli.
Some of my favorite things.
- Wooster Sherlock GT Extension Pole
- 5 Gal. Bucket
- Golden Harvest Paste (or cook it)
- Any Broom Head
The first Kim Jong ILL Screen Print Series (SOLD OUT).
Captain America large format wheat paste on plywood with ink, stain, and paint. Came out pretty fresh, part of a series of three vintage comic inspired mashups.
Where I rest my head, random shots.
"He's no good to me dead." - Custom commission - Boba Fett helmet pasted, painted, and remixed.
"Red Five" Mini-canvas - pasted paper, ink, paint, and poly. Clean.
Kirby inspired Iron Man mashup screen print, did these in a few color ways. Set of 3 available in the shop.
Kool-Paste "Purp" - boxed paste-up, ink, and acrylic.
The black 6-inch resin CheTrooper (black edition), pre-paint. Hand painted 450 of these busts, sold out.
Vintage UrbanMedium vinyl Qee figure exclusive for the US release of the Qee Artist Series.
Throwback. Yeah, I sold out. For the opportunity to paint on the largest single piece of canvas in the world, on the largest sound stage in the world, stuck in the most viewed spot in the world, Times Square. Thanks to The Art Dept. for making the shit happen.
From a military stencil series - aerosol, paper, ink, paste, and poly - boxed.
A little something for the visually impaired - 18x24 screen print.
Honored to have been a part of the Vader Project - custom Darth Vader helmet, pasted, painted, etc..
Throwback - custom MIAO vinyl figure.
The CheTrooper in acrylic on canvas with rough-cut frames in three flavors.
Here's the process - two stencils, four colors with a little mess.
A little collabo with Random Nature - gotta keep em polished.
Wheat pasted installation walls for ABL Atlanta, work in progress - hung art on top of them, dope from all angles.
Random lockup - feels kinda good. Vinyl decals for now, possible stencils up next - we'll see.
The white 6-inch resin CheTrooper (open edition) - for all those who wanted to customize their own.
A door on Melrose plastered with stickers - the CheTrooper in good company.
The request was for a "paint by number" scene from the movie Scarface.
2-inch MiniVandal Qee figures from Toy2r - MyPlasticHeart edition Cat and Bear.
This one's meant for hanging, not riding - wheat pasted, inked, and dusted skate deck.
Some shots from the vaults - renewal projects in various states of distress.
Detail of the Soldier screen print - two color on 100lb stock.
Only five produced, one of them damaged during an epic photoshoot in Tijuana. Photos by Zach Wolfe.
Some classic snaps from the left coast.
A collaboration with 1800 for their first Essential Artists series of limited edition bottles.
Custom AF-1 for the World's largest touring sneaker show. Still going strong, learn more at Sneaker Pimps.
Custom piece for the Kid Robot Paint Ball event held in NYC. "Trapped in a a cage" on a 20" Fat Cap.
Circulate, circulate, circulate. Buy a custom stamp, spread your word.
"Killed in Action" - large format wheat paste, inked, stained, dusted, on wood.
The CheTrooper makes a cameo in Image Comics New World Order issue #1.
"Target Practice" - large format wheat paste, inked, stenciled, dusted, on wood.
"Bounty Hunter" - wheat pasted, painted, inked, and dusted, on wood.
Large format stencil on 8x4 plywood.
