SchoonArt: Ghosts, Guts, And A Thousand Faces

The Image That Started It All

Did you ever go on Reddit at totally random and actually find something cool? 

No? 

Yeah me neither...except this one time!

Scanning through the Zines (or zinesters) Subreddit, tons of stuff I can care less about, and suddenly a 3 legged mutant walking down a street appears...crazy stipple shading caught my eye immediately (the other one followed along shortly after). What is this? An artist who understands perspective? I had to investigate further! I stumbled upon a more finished version, and then other panels from Gut And Ghost, soon enough discovered His YouTube where he inks and talks. I followed him on Instagram and he went live the next day I think folding zines for an event, we chatted for 5 minutes and then we settled on a zine swap.

The coolness doesn't stop there though, many people will sign up for classes of nude drawing to understand anatomy or use Croquis Cafe videos for practice, but he used a Page of Candid Snapshots of people usually at a boardwalk or county faires in different states in the USA. And my god, it gives you the most unique faces, expressions, skin textures, just everything you would want to learn interesting anatomy. It is also interesting to see so many people who look Human and Inhuman all in one place.

So after a wee bit of watching him post sketches, stages of artworks in varying forms, a package arrives at my door. I had taken a nap and woken up to it, so I woke right up and grabbed the first sharp object I could find and opened it up.

Merry Artsmass To Meeeeeeee

Stickers

I love the amount of realism he is able to capture with the hand or the KIA, but god damn Derpy Batman is fucking killing me, never fails to crack me up whenever I pull it out. Oh yes, Unfortunately I am one of those dunces who collects stickers but has a hard time actually putting them on anything because NOTHING IS PERMANENT ENOUGH....it will probably go on a guitar though, those seem to stick around. THE HORROR OF IMPERMANENCE!

Gut And Ghost Zine

The Main Offender right here, so short, so fun, so weird. I was having a difficult time trying to figure out which panels to post without ruining the fun of the Surreality of Gut and Ghost. Great detail, awesome shading, just a ton of life in each panel. It really stands mountains above most zine artwork I've seen out there which makes this a special addition to my collection. I've sat there watching him ink a few of these panels, so it has another level of excitement to just study the result.

Art Prints

Can we all just take a minute and appreciate This Timelapse of Frank Zappa coming together.

Besides Gut And Ghost his art prints are a total trip to study as well. It has a comic book style in a sense, and you can see some of his reproductions on Instagram that definitely help with that flavouring, but then touches on this realism...it's such a different style that you can really sink your teeth into. The Frank Zappa one is my favourite because I have been listening to his music since my friend showed me the Baby Snakes DVD and my mind still remains blown. 

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Hubbuh Hubbuh Without A Garlic Rubbuh

Are you in need of a Logo for your Organization, Business, or Band? 

Check out This One and That One he did for Strange Pursuits! 

Or maybe you want an alternate cover for your comic/zine/album cover?