If you are in London, Sean Morris of Perth, Western Australia has trekked up to your part of the world to put on a rad solo exhibition and accompanying zine at BEACH London! Killer Abs Will Kill You!

“Part tribute to the glory days of Mr. Universe and Jazzercise, part vision of a world where denim cutoffs are the ultimate workout attire and beer hats exist in harmony with fit balls… KAWKY takes you inside the swamp gym of your dreams, where Jane Fonda smokes cigarettes with her toes and real men lift barbells with their nipples.”

Here’s hoping as well, that anyone in the area has been unaffected by the recent madness.

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Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared from This Is It on Vimeo.

‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’

A THIS IS IT film

Directed by
Becky Sloan & Joseph Pelling

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Stumbled across this animation test by Wyld Stallyons, of “The Boy Who Sucked His Thumbs” by Bob Staake, from his Struwwelpeter book. I have a few of Staake’s books but can’t believe I hadn’t seen this one before. And this animation is BRILLIANT! Coupled with the Tom Waits song, it’s perfect.

I could watch it all day! Now to get my hands on the book…

If you’re interested in process, the videos of Bob Staake working on youtube are a must. He works with Photoshop 3.0 (NOT CS3, 3.0!). You’ll see! His interview on Escape From Illustration Island is gold too – such a dude.

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When you pick your jaw up off the floor, head over to ARYZ‘ website to see more. I can only imagine the effect of randomly stumbling across one of these murals in person.

ARYZ also does equally as impressive illustrations. But it’s his style at the scale of the outdoor pieces that blows my mind. Found via JustAnotherAgency.

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I love these strange, nightmarish, journalistic, narrative pieces by John Malta. Presented in book form, I’m not too sure if the handwritten texts accompany the images in print. I think this really adds to it. I can’t help but relate in remembering my childhood memories in a visually similar way.

Head to John Malta’s website for more!

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Phil McAndrew (interviewed previously) has started a kickstarter, so you can help him put out a “real book”!

Watch the Kickstarter video below for more information, then head over and pledge him your MONIES!

View some of Phil’s comics here, such as the famous Are You Man Enough?, Pearly Whites, Feral Pizza, and Book Comic.

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FANTÔMAS : Rollover the image above!

See more at Arnus’ website.

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There’s something so eerie in the exclusively black and white work of Johan Bjorkegren.They’re all calm scenes, but it’s kind of like you’re seeing through the eyes of someone who’s stumbled onto something they’re not meant to see. The amount of painstakingly intricate detail, from the carpet-like detail of the backgrounds, to the finely scrawled rosy-cheeked characters and their actions and posture / pose, I think all adds up to appeal to my OCD nature. That they’re so static, but there’s so much going on detail wise.

See more at Johan’s website.

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One of the things consuming my time was this: creating work for a group show in Melbourne (which we also traveled over for): “Down The Rabbit Hole” @ The Brunswick Street Gallery, curated by Jess Perlen, also featuring: Otilee, Cally Bennet, Daniel Linnet, Jane Reynolds, Jodee Taylah, Rhiannon Mowat and Ron. C Moss.

The show runs until this Thursday if you happen to be in the area!

Anyway, I don’t usually like to blog about myself on here, but here’s a pic of what I put together for the show:

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WOW. Fellow Perthian Campbell Whyte is creating a drawing for every single NES game, once every day. You can buy the originals on his Etsy too!

Via Drawn!

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