Art Links!
Overwhelmed? How about a random one?
While I try and stray from social media and recommend others do the same, I can't help but feel inspired by artists that are easily accessible through these means. Towards the bottom is a list of the only reasons why I open social media apps anymore.
Web/comics!
(Italics text are series that are finished)
- Blind Alley - created by one of my favorite artists kumerish/Adam de Souza, a Peanuts inspired comic about a handful of children living in Blind Alley. (Please consider checking out his other work! The Gulf is one of my favorite summer reads!)
- Dog Haus - a funny, slice-of-life, queer, coming-of-age series following dogs (twitter linked because i hate webtoon, but here's the link for ease of access).
- I Am Not a Freemdoom - well, it's a concept album with a comic attached, I just really want to include it here. The story is very loose and silly (and also kind of cartoonishly graphic? so beware) and the character designs are so pleasing.
- Deep Dark Fears - 4 panel comics based on submissions about peoples fears. Mostly silly, sometimes unsettling, and with cartoon body horror occasionally, so BEWARE!
- Alex Graudins' Birthday Comics - annual birthday countdown comics, with the number of comics depending on the age that they were turning.
- Condiment Raccoon - food based comics in raccoon form that sometimes include recipes.
Web Series/Shorts!
- Subterranean Losers - short episodes (really short, like, under a minute sometimes) about a bird and a cat that live together. I'm assuming this is what living in LA is like.
- Shermy's Forest - weird show with interesting concepts and characters (also has a neocities!)
- Set Sail For Candy - Incredibly underrated and stunningly animated. This deserves all of it's love and more.
- ENA/Hands Up - you know it, you love it... while I try and recommend lesser known animated projects, I just can't NOT mention ENA. To make up for it, watch Hands Up, also made by Joel G, it's just as good and deserves just as much attention.
- Punch Punch Forever! - probably the most Newgrounds feeling series ever. Baffling animation and nostalgic style. I love anything in a 4:3 aspect ratio.
- Day Job - perfectly summarizes coworker interactions and the never-ending feeling of dread that comes with a job that you can't see yourself leaving.
Youtube
- AndyLand - surreal, mostly pixel, art, i aspire to be this video
- Paul Robertson - if you've ever seen an Adult Swim pixel art bumper, there's like a 90% chance this guy made it. He also did the sprite work for Gravity Falls.
- mclydeus - incredible animations. My socks flew off when I found out they're made in FireAlpaca.
- asia miller - charmingly animated, no matter the style, and always nostalgic.
- rensaven - the AMV work here is phenomenal. Every time I try and start one myself, I'm left with huge holes of animation from lack of ideas, but these all manage to weave beautifully into their songs and still be unique in their own way.
- zompnet - silly cartoons about... things...
- appletoast - I actually followed BEFORE she worked on Day Job and then connected the dots after it came out! Actually fascinating, down to Earth art, and she has PDFs of zines on her ko-fi.
- vicestrella - gráficos 3D de varias cosas, usualmente basados en México (específicamente de la CDMX). Tan ambiente, en estilo de PS1 (y a mí de Wrestling Empire LOL)
- memedokies - been following since the Fork and Knife Intro, maybe one of the most personally influential people on this list. I use the word "inspired" way too often on this site, but it's for real.
- usukawa hifutaro - Orangutan drawings, they have a really cute store as well (though, based out of Japan).
- lui mort - arte calma y sentimental
- sournoodl - really incredible stuff. I know I linked his instagram but this artist also has some incredible animations, my favorites are Bodies of Water about the transgender male experience with body dysphoria and bolavlk about the all too common experience of online manipulation towards the youth.
- xiaoxiong kuma - cat art. There's always some crazy shit going on on this person's story too.
- yap1co - a perfect mesh of several styles and I like all of them.
- desktop girl - artwork that reminds me of the Madeline books. Lots of creatures and people in flat color.
- kyum1nq - artist that I've followed for A Long Time. For years I've been absolutely baffled by what she puts out. The animations ring most sentimental to me.
- limabeans - painting, digital and traditional, executed masterfully. Every time they post I get so jealous lol
- fruiitlins - I love the sketchbook scans as well as the insanely detailed backgrounds. Character design too. Y'know what he's just good at everything!!
- Marcus Oluwale - incredible character design paired with stunning backgrounds. The contrast in style between the two I think draw me to these pieces.
- elebant - gorgeously animated shorts. Like seamlessly flowing.
- anistarrae - like a moving painting. Keeping such consistency with lineless animations is insanely impressive.
- NN_EE_ZZ - fantastic character design. I don't even know how to describe it, you just have to see it. The tarot card designs are incredible.
- kentoi - simplistic yet stylistic art of backgrounds and props, lots of cars driving off of cliffs.
- picassotrigger8 - bizarre and intriguing animations
- its_lit_lee - 3D blender low poly animations is one of my favorite genres. This video is my fav.