I’ve been a huge fan of Mark Hoppus for a long time. blink-182 has been my favourite band for over 20 years now.
There was a time where someone could tell me a single line from a song, and I could name the song, album and year it was released. Knowing all the lyrics by heart saved me many times in my schooling when I needed sources for English essays, and had to pull something out of my ass. Thanks Blink.
So I was stoked to hear some new music from Mark Hoppus, together with Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low (also a big fan). They have an EP coming out in May, so as an early birthday present, I preordered the vinyl…
There are 2 tracks out already floating around the inter webs, but here is the Lyric Video for Strange Love. I’m in (strange) love. Personally I prefer their other song Drug, and it seems like Spotify does too with more then double the plays.
10 random images from my stolen images folder with as much context as I can remember… (and I will try to find the source at some stage as well)
what a perfect mon. Japanese family crest for kabuki actors “Kotobuki Ebi”, depicting a Japanese spiny lobster using a kanji “壽” (kotobuki, the old glyph of “寿”, happiness) (source)logo I made for BROKENtamago… /src/nicely modified supercub /src/stanced skateboard. loving the oni camber on the back wheels /src/jean inspiration for when I finally get around to making my own pants /src/one of the first and most broadly recognised qr codes with images embedded in it. this was for a Louis Vuitton campaign, designed by Murakami. I don’t think the link works anymore though. /src/that glow is super perfect. this was one of many inspirations for the glow I try to and put into all my illustrations. /src/this was a video piece I saw at the Sydney bienielle years ago when I was still in art school. the still looks cool but the video is cooler. (will need to find it) /src/super cute little fox logo. o love how the tongue is very prominent but doesn’t break out from the stroke itself. /src/I really wanna do some all over printed gear. but I don’t do anything rad enough at the moment. these colours and this aesthetic is super on point /src/
I can’t read much of any language other than English, so I relied on the shelf ticket for this item at my local konbini (aka Australian chain of generic asian supermarkets with a Chinese focus), and I was sad when it read “Pikachu Churro”.
Excuse me. Pikachu… Churro… Surely they meant Pikachurro
Anyway, the Pikachurro (as I am calling it) was pretty delicious. It is basically a dried biscuit version of a churro, with a choice-custard cream type filling. Having such a moist and delicious filling was great, as the biscuit churro was super dry.
First Impressions
When I first opened the Pikachurro, I couldn’t help but laugh. It looked like a sad straight poop, with some crumbs falling off from the ends that were surely meant to be nice and squared off when it was originally cut and packaged. But having traveled to the literal ends of the earth (Australia) I’m sure it was rounded off as it was uncerimoniously bounced from port to port.
The aroma was amazing, it smelt like a fresh churro, coated in cinnamon and sugar, with a hint of that choco-custard cream centre wafting through the air.
First Bites
Eating the Pikachurro was an interesting affair. It was crazy dry. If it weren’t for the choco-custard cream filling I’m sure I wouldn’t have been able to finish the snack. It weighed next to nothing, and was a very wafery but crunchy biscuit outside. The filling was delicious and flavourful, and the cinnamon sugar dusting on the outside of the biscuit helped my salivary glands power through.
This is how I feel a lot of American candy cereals feel, even though I have only tried Apple Jacks. They smell like they are amazingly flavourful, but when you actually eat it, you are left wanting more. And if you dive straight in and it the cereal pieces out of the box, they are too dry to enjoy thoroughly.
That being said, I did go back for a different variant, the Doraemon Churro. Churraemon??? It was very similar to the Pikachurro, except the filling was a vanilla-custard cream. I came prepared this time with a milkshake, and it was an absolute treat.
Verdict
10/10 would eat again… but with milk at the ready.
All images apart from the illustration via – www.airfrov.com
10 random images from my stolen images folder with as much context as I can remember… (and I will try to find the source at some stage as well)
in my opinion the most perfect looking handle bars for a bikethe glow of an ion engine in testingold meets new with this awesome neoned templepink – check. curved corner – check. somewhere in Asia – check (I think this is from Hong Kong)more nuggety cars. loved this profile with the mirrors way out the fronta pink vis cassette? yes please/the founders of Studio Ghibli, looking like they are about to drop the hottest mixtape of 2019hello kitty donut in Shibuya. pretty much living the best life… but not me.I want headphones like this.a bench where molten aluminium was poured into a mould around the tree stump.
10 random images from my stolen images folder with as much context as I can remember… (and I will try to find the source at some stage as well)
this photo reminded me of my street when I lived in Osaka /src/I lusted over this flight bag until it was sold out. /src/for years I was obsessed with swamp donkey.. always wanted a sticker. never got a sticker. /src/I have to rewatch NGE /src/professional Yakult drinking /src/this kid knows what’s up /src/super cubs for the win, dream garage item /src/ awesome lil chip tune sequence from (I think) Steven universe… /src/artwork I made for a group show a few years ago. My dad helped me wire it up. currently sitting in storage somewhere. /src/I love nuggety old cars /src/
Its been over a year since I was in an art show. The last show I had was a bit shit from a management point of view, so I took an extended break.
I was still drawing, but just now looking to show it anywhere more then in my Instagram feed.
Finally an opportunity has presented where I get to show an illustration in TOKYO!!
With thanks to Super Meteor, an awesome gallery and shop in the Nakano area of Tokyo, I am now part of their 2019 Famicase Exhibition, where artists make a custom game label for a Famicom Cartridge. I can’t show the finished artwork yet, but its an extension of a drawing I did while living in Osaka in 2017.
I can’t show my artwork until the show launches at the end of April, but here is a bit of a teaser for you…
the teaser image for my Famicart.
I have been planning a show like this for a few years, having collected a bunch of fun coloured carts to use myself, but when I was living in Japan I came across the Famicase show. It was awesome. I believe there was over 150 artists contributing to the show I saw, with a wall filled with Famicom cartridges.
I will still do a famicart (thats what I’m calling it) show at some stage, so keen an eye out for the info sometime this year…
For now though, if you are in Tokyo at the end of April, head along to Super Meteor and have a look at this amazing exhibition.
There is also a comprehensive archive of previous exhibitions on their website – www.famicase.com
10 random images from my stolen images folder with as much context as I can remember… (and I will try to find the source at some stage as well)
this is an awesome stencil by an old friend, Teem Collective. /src/would love too have one of these scultptures at home /src/any time I am stressed, I pull up this gif and I am no longer stressed. /src/pink neons, enough said /src/I don’t remember when I first started like oni-camber, but I wish I lived in a country where this was legal /src/this hand embroidered patch glows in the dark! /src/I love me some super simple rad looking vinyl toys. /src/I didn’t manage to get this release, but I got on that is rainbow galaxy flake with a glow brain, so that’s rad. /src/who doesn’t like a tiddy. /src/kintsugi taken to the next level, creating totally new objects that are oddly beautiful. /src/
I did an illustration of the White Peach Fanta Bottle.
Fanta is delicious as it is. It starts out great in orange flavour, and locally we seem to be able to get grape, strawberry, pineapple and maybe a couple of other flavours. The thing is though, they all taste super artificial, super sugary, and way to sweet to be consumed regularly.
Flavours in Japan on the other hand seem to be well balanced, closer to the actual flavour they are meant to represent, and not overly sweet. Peach is a very popular flavour in Japan, which comes around seasonally every year and seems to spread across every product imaginable.
White Peach drinks in Japan are the best. You have the Fanta, pictured here, you have various brands offering Chu-Hai, candies, Kit Kats, and even more savoury foods with a peach twist.
If you can find a White Peach Fanta, I highly recommend picking it up and trying it for yourself.
10 random images from my stolen images folder with as much context as I can remember… (and I will try to find the source at some stage as well)
I was looking to make a custom bike and came across this one. the colours were so rad. sourceLove the idea of graffiti on snow… don’t love the potential environmental effects once it melts… (original captoin -bei einem Spaziergang im Behrenspark Herne Êentstanden) sourceI was obsessed with this kinda line work poster for a while. never did one though.some of my artwork on show at the Rah Collective book launch.its pink. as if I wouldn’t save this image.Life added a bunch of photos to its public domain collection on google, so I stole every portrait like this I could find to make multi eyed collages (see 2 images up). sourcethese rings had moss in them, and I love moss. (source)images showing the leidenfrost effect on a scalding hot sphere dropped through water. the metal sphere in “a” is hotter then “b”, which shows how a thin film of vapour between the metal and the surrounding water prevents more water from boiling. (source)I always wanted to do a poster print on those metallic nasa blankets, I never did, but I found this image and loves how it looked. looks like its been taken off the Deutche and Japaner website (source)I remember reading an article about using these Canon TV Lenses for ultra sharp portraits, and I was trying to track one down for a long time but I think a lot of people were also, as prices skyrocketed. looks rad though. (source)
10 random images from my stolen images folder with as much context as I can remember… (and I will try to find the source at some stage as well)
awesome album art for Arise by Kkaytoh, Nohidea and shogonodo (have a listen)looking at ways to display old gaming paraphernalia, for an upcoming group show I am planning on hosting. possible sourceI love Daruma, this white one is quite striking. possible sourceI love stationary, and this is a sexy looking binding.researching the family mart logo and I came across this Famima branding from their brief foray into the US retail space apparently from a European venture – sourceHonda electric car concept, I hope this one happens. it has a little screen on t he front grill you can write messages on! linkstart of a font I was making that I never finished. www.baka.osakapopsicle gang. be warned.mr donut pon-de-ring. enough said. linkI got really into these animated pixel landscapes last year, and I have a bunch saved on my computer. this one is super pleasant. artist – faxdoc
