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Calling himself “The World’s best artist” on his website, I was drawn to Mitch’s overly inflated ego. He separates his digital illustration in to categories like “Arty-farty, Cartoony, Comic book and Cute” which is very uncouth and disagrees with me. Im attracted to his work for its depiction of female sex, satanic imagery and dystopian landscapes. His use of pattern and contrasting colour-shading on the first two images is overwhelming and reminiscent of the traditional tattoo period, which is his main source of attraction. I am always eager to see work that depicts the “dark-side” and he touches on drugs, violence and BDSM. Aside from this there’s a lot about him as an artist that I dislike, most of his work really misses the mark, his style is inconsistent, underperforms when trying to draw realistically, his faces feel off a lot of the time and he heavily relies on exploiting the female form for HIS own profit. A hit and miss artist who’s work feels somewhat flippant and without purpose, and definitely stuck in the ages of female oppression.

https://www.mitchoconnell.com/

Jules is a french illustrator who’s work focuses around masculinity, violence and adolescence; He has said he likes to raise questions around the relationship young males have with each other, their parents and their surroundings. He was influenced by 90’s game culture, anime and comic books from a young age, these influences can be seen directly in the style and subject of his illustrations. He uses the objects in the scenes to create comic book style frames around the characters, which creates a sense of movement and narrative. His use of bright pastel colours keeps the feeling of youthful innocence intact and I think he captures the essence of suburban boredom perfectly. The characters seem to be caught in a moment of disassociated disscontempt while the days idly pass them by. His work also touches on a sense of distant doom surrounding teen-hood years, an awareness of the destruction and chaos that exists in far-away places beyond the tv screen. I also like his use of shading on minimal cubist objects, simplifying the surroundings into forms of flat space and colour.

https://julesmagistry.tumblr.com/