I didn’t want him
I didn’t want him at all
but now I’ve got him
we walk together always
with mut(t)ual disrespect.
by Scooj
Tag: Dog
1761. Upfest 2018 (55)
At last year’s Upfest, one of the most distinct cartoon pieces was by the brilliant Kid30, and this year he has followed up with this rather gory, but equally excellent piece. His work is so very crisp and clean and the shadows work well to lift the characters up from the background.
I think Kid30 has a bit of a thing for stitching, and his characters and often stitched in a bit of as Frankenstein monster way. I guess it is probably better not to delve too deeply into the artist’s mind to understand what is underlying here, rather just to sit back and admire his talent.
The speech bubble is rather fun too, which brings me to a question which is why is it always blah, blah, blah and not Blah or Blah, Blah or even blah, blah, blah blah? The symmetry of three.
Leigh Woods
Flashes of light brown
darting through the dense thickets;
Saturday dog walk.
by Scooj
1718. Dean Lane skate park (162)
What a lovely surprise this was in Dean Lane, a small piece from Skor85 squeezed in between some other works on the long wall. I haven’t seen anything from her in quite a while, so it was good to stumble across this one.
An interesting perspective of a dog in which the bare teeth are somehow brought into sharp focus by the blood-red background. A slightly scary piece, but really nicely presented. I like Skor85’s work very much – there is an ‘other worldly’ feel to it all…dreams and nightmares.
Impossible
Late afternoon sun
catches on Ruben’s dog tag
manic chase ensues.
by Scooj
Ruben
An evening walk
with the dog I didn’t want;
got under my skin?
by Scooj
Male guilt
Castration, a word
filled with potent undertones;
puppy gets the knife.
by Scooj
Canine capers
Evicerated
animals scatter the floor,
stuffing tumbleweed.
by Scooj
1529. Dean Lane skate park (130)
This is a fine three-way collaboration on the long wall at Dean Lane between ‘No Frills’ stablemates, Slimpickings, Biers and Howl. Whatever your views on writing, this is an incredibly neat and tidy collaboration which is really easy on the eye.
I don’t know much at all about Slimpickings, but have seen quite a lot of his work around the place recently (to follow). I haven’t seen enough of his work or had the opportunity to meet him to be able to decypher his writing. I think it says TEB, but I am not confident.
Biers I have featured a fair bit in this blog and I continue to enjoy his style immensely. There is something about the design of his letters that really chimes for me, I don’t know if there is a retro thing going on or what, but it feels comfortable.
Finally, the right hand side of this collaboration is by Howl, and he is another artist with a very distinctive style, that often incorporates a dog, as in this example. This one is a real cutie with an orange swirl on his tummy.
All in all this is a cracking example of a top writing collaboration. Great work from No Frills.
Fly catcher
Bounding through long grass
ear tips and tail mark the way
Ruben out hunting.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 