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September 20, 2018
Andy Smith

Happy’s Garish, Voluminous Scenes

Vladislav Skobelskij, who works under the moniker Happy, creates voluminous, candy-colored scenes and animations. The delightfully garish works move between disturbing and alluring, each figure overcome by vibrant and cartoonish outgrowths. Happy often injects pop cultural and photographic elements into this fantasy world.

In particular, Happy has worked in Japanese influences, from manga to broader kawaii themes. The 33-year-old artist, hailing from Kiev, Ukraine, takes his work to both the screen and apparel. He says his work is a mix of drawing, collage, comics, and “the impact of the world.”

See more of the artist’s work below.

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Collage, drawing, Happy

drawing, illustration, Rachel Fagiano

January 2, 2015

Rachel Fagiano subsumes her characters in copious fungal growths that tower over them like enormous headpieces. The artist draws with a combination of micropigment ink and graphite on paper. Her colorful, trippy-looking mushrooms stand out against the white backgrounds. Fagiano's characters seem to be in constant conflict with one another, though it's unclear for what reason. They pinch, hit, and choke each other in a blind rage — perhaps hinting at the senselessness of violence. Her work evokes that of Chinese artist Zhou Fan, whom we covered on the blog previously here.

Kima Lenaghan’s ‘Homo Conscius’ Series of Drawings

drawing, illustration, Kima Lenaghan

August 4, 2018

Illustrator Kima Lenaghan's series “Homo Conscius” imagines an evolved place "where genuine and profound consciousness is found." The artist’s solitary drawings offer both tangible and dreamlike elements, exaggerating aspects of nature and extracting them in sparse narratives. The "Stoned Ape Hypothesis" from ethnobotanist Terrance McKenna, theorizing that early humans evolved due to psychedelic mushrooms, serves as inspiration here.

The Absorbing Drawings of Futaro Mitsuki

drawing, Futaro Mitsuki, Pointilism

January 5, 2018

Futaro Mitsuki's hyperdetailed drawings use pointillism and mythology to craft absorbing scenes. The Tokyo-born artist crafts works that infuse a broader art history with traditional Japanese iconography. With works like 2017’s "Monna Lisa,” that infusion is both startling and most present.

Yasuto Sasada’s Drawings of Machine-Inspired Creatures

drawing, Japanese art, Pen and Ink, pop art, Yasuto Sasada

January 2, 2015

Japanese artist Yasuto Sasada, just 27 years old, has already made a name for himself in the modern art and fashion world, through his collaborations with Yohji Yamamoto. Sasada has his own visual language that combines cultural traditions with the future. His detailed pen drawings of creatures mix motifs from modern technology and religion. Their black and white tonality, achieved with a thin 0.3mm pen, is harshly contrasted against bright pink, blue, and green backgrounds. He's created a new form of painting that juxtaposes old and contemporary ideas, taking us into an entirely new dimension.

Happy’s Garish, Voluminous Scenes

Rachel Fagiano’s Drawings Overflow with Fanciful Mushroom Growths

Kima Lenaghan’s ‘Homo Conscius’ Series of Drawings

The Absorbing Drawings of Futaro Mitsuki

Yasuto Sasada’s Drawings of Machine-Inspired Creatures

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