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Went to The Button Factory to watch Meaning 1 , a performance art show hosted by Sandy Loam . Honestly, I was really confused for most of it—from the poster I thought it was going to be a fine art performance, but halfway through it felt like a house party that then turned into a moshpit of 5 people. But I had a lot of fun in the end so here's how the night went. The fine art performance OK so…
Well I ended up writing way more than usual after I said all that shit about wanting to take a break. Quarter life crisis I spent most of July being dastardly sick and my 25th birthday thinking I was going to throw up in the office bathroom. But I got to go to Swashbucklers for a pirate themed-party which was nice. Sailor Mr. Fuzzby taking on Bruno the pirate bear! And having a sundae with five…
Tabled at Auckland Zinefest on Sunday. Boys, we are so fucking back. Background I hadn't tabled at any events since mid-2024. To sum it up, these were a few of the reasons I stopped: Discomfort around producing objects: Why was I getting so stressed out over creating a product that doesn't need to exist anyway? Sustainability of creating fanart: My audience would always be limited to a few niche…
Awwwww shit I keep forgetting this is meant to be an actual art blog where I post process pictures and not just vague melodramatic rants. For the first time! Here's my process for a zodiac animal 4x6" risoprint that I sold at Auckland Zinefest last weekend. 1. Initial sketch Sketched out some character designs on paper first. I initially wanted to make a design I could use as both print and…
Chasing nothing Zinefest is in two days so I went ahead and put some shit up on my portfolio website . I thought I'd just reuse the illustrations from my old site, so I'm pleasantly surprised that I could include so much new artwork that I'm proud of. At the same time—browsing through my social media channels, seeing if there was anything I might have missed and liked to include—I found it…
It does not surprise me that Fale Dojo is the first local promotion to succumb to using AI-generated graphic design and photography for its marketing. To be frank, this is not even within the top 5 morally dubious shit they have done but it's just like man, what the fuck is the point of this. I suppose with AI-generated graphic design I can understand you're saving time on a fairly stock standard…
undoubtedly it's GIANT KILLING volume 1. everything about the composition and color balancing is seriously weird but it all flows so well. it's honestly impressive that you can put such an odd mix of colors together and still have it work. there are essentially two inverted triangles, main (red/green/teal) and secondary (purple/orange/yellow), with the latter being solid/flat to haze out details…
Auckland Zinefest catalog, new teddy bear, random places I went to, sketchbook stuff.
Visiting Charlotte Museum, the world's only museum focused on lesbians, and some thoughts on how the internet has affected LGBT culture.
i don't usually relate to female characters but when i do they're pink. uzuki yashiro ( the world ends with you ) it feels like being pissed off used to be my main emotion but i can't remember the last time i felt that way. uzuki was relatable for how high strung and perfectionist and irritated she constantly was. and since it's TWEWY everyone's so stylish! amu hinamori ( shugo chara! ) she's the…