It’s a necessary function for being happy, same as eating and sleeping well.
You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!
Horror, abstract faces, deliberately busted anatomy, overall uncomfortable things. Mediums are digital and then cheap craft supplies on post it notes and envelopes.
Where do you find inspiration?I pull from COVID-19 frontline worker experiences and general existential dread, and the comedy of just ordinary people all having rich inner worlds and individual weirdnesses. I also like finding my skill ceilings and then pushing myself to improve laterally.
What would you do with $25,000?Finally get my teeth fixed and settle my various day to day debts so I can focus more on making art, comics, and music.
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