Thursday 17 January 2019

The Boys Are Back in Town


12 page art booklet by mushbuh, 2018.

An unexpected source of old-skool hauntological imagery.

mushbuh has done bits for Adult Swim and Cartoon Network (including an animator cameo in Clarence) but is probably best known online for his 3D renderings, usually of modern materials and objects.  His aesthetic could be described as "playroom floor" / "the draw where all the kids' bits and bobs end up" - Poundshop placcy toys, stray building bricks, ball bearings, stickers, characters and - especially - unidentifiable parts.  There's also a dollop of "kids' video game" (he's working on one) and a stack of "90s computer graphic demos" (think mirrored balls on chessboards). It's a world where Happy Meal toys and Kinder surprises get to live full and interesting lives.





I bloody love it.  Apparently he does all of this in Blender, the much under-rated shareware prog.

(Just to be clear, the three images above aren't in "The Boys..." booklet, which is filled with more of the sort of thing you see on the cover there).

Here's a video he did for Iglooghost: Solar Blade (non-strobing version)

and here's his Patreon: Monthly stickers

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