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Harmony Hurts

Just some bat shit crazy drawings from Seattle art freak Ryan T. Riss.

This reminds me of street tattoos, mutants and underground comix from the '70s.

Riss has a website, CRAPTICAL with plenty more to explore.

Dig deeper with an interview HERE.

Lost Lens

When I was a kid all my schoolfellows (myself included) thought folders were a declaration of style, an artistic statement if you will. There was a series of folders I remembered the other day with ultra-cheesy but hyper realistic paintings of seascapes, mostly dolphins and colorful fish 'n shit. I racked my brain and scoured Google for hours until I finally hit pay dirt.

CHRISTIAN RIESE LASSEN

That's right! The Hawaii based painter/entrepreneur/champion surfer/singer-songwriter is a force to be reckoned with. And he's cute too, amirite ladies? Riese paints shit like dolphins, tigers &
mystical beaches.

My personal favorite are the seascapes! Swarming, colorful underwater life below, dazzling cosmos swirling above!

Riese says he paints a highly idealized version of nature to encourage awareness about the deteriorating environment. RIGHTEOUS!

He even has his own line of jewelry! Guys, scope out these fine necklaces for your honeys.

And just for good measure, I'ma shout out tah Lisa Frank,
baddest bitch alive.

PEACE

Gripped Grapes Until Mashed

From Fornicon by Tomi Ungerer, 1969

Through a series of bizarrely erotic drawings, the sex act is presented as a macabre, machine-dominated ritual wherein technology triumphs over humanity; it's as though Rube Goldberg had been invested with the spirit of the Marquis de Sade

-Playboy

Feer the Freeks

Dream of the Fisherman's Wife by Hokusai, Japan, circa 1820

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