ELECTRIC ANT ZINE BLOG

Hi to electric ant. Sands has been reposting for me periodically, but I figured I'd stop being a bitch and post shit myself. This is a repost from my blawg:

I drew these in pencil for a homework assignment last semester, and I was damn proud, but I never posted them:





Then I colored them in Faux Toe Chop this week, just for fun:


This was inspired partially by the spirit and style of the once-great KING BROTHERS (their newest stuff kind of blows... what's with great Asian rock bands adding bullshit alterna-vocal-melodies to everything???)

but I was also "inspired by" (i.e., I totally copied) this totally sweet beat drummer kokeshi toy I got off etsy in February (pictures c/o the seller):



AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I'm totally turning these drawings into a comic after (during?) Jin & Jam. For real, I'm gonna dew it. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FOLX

Sorting and cleaning our bookshelves a bit today, I came across some old magazines and comics I'd received as gifts from Alice. It'd been a while since I made any new collages, and I'm right in the middle of a fun mail streak-- so I decided to bust out my glue, x-acto and alvin cutting board.

Here's the 4 newest postcards, featuring clippings from an '80s Fangoria and other sources. Extra points for naming the specific movies and/or background YouTube clips!

                   

TOKYO RIVER STEEZ

Hey kids,

Here's my latest set of fashion photography, featuring my good friend / #1 muse, Dawon. I shot these on my roof last month, but didn't get a chance to edit them until last night. I wanted to mix the chaotic look of my old favorite technique - scattered India ink, with the more glossy look of my fashion / beauty photography. The last one is untouched, but I just included it because Dawon looks super cute in it.

             

Of the various types of beverages that have come to our great country, I count the black tea tapioca drink among the greatest.  It is flexible enough to be a rich and creamy Hazelnut or a crisp and refreshing mango passion fruit.  Also, it can weird some people out, which is a plus.  Those slippery little balls are chewy treat to some, but remind others of eyeballs.  I say, why deny this?  Let us work together to make a tapioca ball that actually looks like an eyeball!

Can anyone out there help develope this concept sketch into a tasty tapioca tea beverage?  Or maybe just a t-shirt design?

Spending some time trying to wrap my head around the burgeoning timebomb of stress/awesomeness that will become Electric Ant #2: Exquisite Corpses. The books will likely tap out at around 140 pages (give or take), with a wide spread of written, illustrated, collaged, and photographic content. Submissions are rolling in over the next weeks, and this list is subject to change! 

It's not prudent to post any sorta Table of Contents or descriptions this early, and I can't promise that every single person will end up in Electric Ant #2, but here is the tentative contributor list as of today. I honestly couldn't be more stoked and beside myself with this group-- you guys are all so radical!

RYAN SANDS
EVAN HAYDEN

AERON ALFREY
ALICE KIM
ANGIE WANG
ANNE ISHII
ANTHONY HA
ANTHONY WU
BRENDAN NINNESS
CALVIN WONG
CHRIS ELIOPOULOS
CHRIS KUZMA
CLAIRE DONNER
DANIEL ABBE
DASH SHAW
DAVID MURRAY
DEREK BALLARD
DEREK YU
GEA*
GIANNIS MILONIGIANNIS
HARVEYJAMES™
JASON THOMPSON
JENN YIN
JON VERMILYEA
JUSTINE LAI
KATHLEEN YOAS
KAZIMIR STRZEPEK
LISA HANAWALT
MAKKINOSO
MC LARS
MICHAEL DEFORGE
MICKEY ZACCHILLI
MIMI LEUNG
MONIKA UCHIYAMA
N8 SHOCKEY
NICHOLAS GAZIN
PANAYIOTIS TERZIS
ROBERT SYRETT
ROOT BRADFORD
RYAN GERMICK
SAICOINK
SASCHA HOMMER
SHAWN CHENG
SOPHIA FOSTER-DIMINO
TED MAY
TOM GAUBATZ
ZACK SOTO
ZEHRA FAZAL