Wednesday 30 September 2015

hashtag illustration

I've been exploring the illustration hashtag lately with an often morbid fascination.
of course there's legitimately good things on there but I'm finding myself more drawn towards the questionable. Some of the things are fascinating and I can't fathom if they're awful or genius.

yesterday I found this woman called Jannie Hansen



there's something intriguing about this horrible drawing
i dont get it
but in another way
i do..?

look at this
its hilarious
its time to dance
childrens heads..?...!
who knows




whats this about
please i wish i knew
triangle legs?



this next human is called nov_vsee
theres something crazy going on

is this a small child or a proper art person


i just cannot tell but this picture is so happy

look at that
his eyes are many
who made this who and why

horrifying
why is this good
i dont even know if it is good but i like what ever it is


now this next person i am infinitely fascinated with
called goraku0831 they have 17 followers and their description reads
i'm japanese.love make up,Art,music.....
Aerosmith!

but theyre a new kinda crazy

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what on earth is that
what is it
heart head man, sos, flower lady, one sock?
what

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eyecontact? tits?
horned mask
whatwhatwahtwhat

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EXPLAIN YOURSELF

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crying wolf hat???????????

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fingers fingers funny fingers

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hes got his fork and spoon all ready
ready for the crescent head party

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caption: I LOVE NASA!

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i cant get enough


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they dont make any sense

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but they just keep getting better

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and better
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AND BETTER

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Wednesday 16 September 2015

Leeds Zine Fair

We decided to get a table at the zine fair this year, it was back in August now, but tables were only a tenner so we split it between the four of us - £2.50 each nice one.

I had loads of left over stock from Thoughtbubble so I saw this as a chance to try and flog some of that without spending any extra time or money making anything.

I did at first want to remake Giant Tess for the event but I decided against it as it wouldve taken ages and been pretty disappointing if I didn't sell any.

They held it at Left Bank this year, which conveniently is about a four minute walk away from our house so that meant I could sleep in in the morning and do the afternoon shift. (I got in really late the night before cos I went to London to see Book of Mormon for the 1000th time)

Here's the table
Wow what a blurry photo. Good job Adam.

It was quite a nice afternoon, I sold a couple of things, mostly the Harold and Maude posters.
I also gained a fan, who I now keep calling my fan. He bought stupid deaths in the morning before I got there and then he came back and bought everything else I had and said how much he enjoyed reading it and he got a harold and maude poster and got me to sign it, so that was real cute.
 We sat next to Kristyna which was nice. Had some brief chats, and bought one of her comics that had hand coloured bits and little gold staples (when we got in I bought some coloured staples of amazon).
One of her tips was standing up at the table which I did for a bit but I'm also very lazy.

Aside from that it was relatively uneventful.

In the end I made about £14 with which I bought gelato and some nice food from the co-op.