Visual Resistance
Illustration
Positive reinforcement through the visual underground culture.
by Mitchell Weaver
Contents
Camille Rose Garcia Dan Mumford Give Up Godmachine Grindesign Marco Mazonni McBess Mike Giant Richey Beckett Sin Eater
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With the advent of new technologies ever developing in the modern world, the Internet has now became a powerful source of information. Again likewise with the printed zine, a voice can become apparent through the means of a blog, social media and websites. Yet again mass consumerist culture and the system still consistently tries to dictate its users towards their own moral structures. Again a rather significant point to consider within a subculture as it is constantly involving through a matter of principle. The online writer can now access and further develops the communicating capabilities amongst a further developed culture. “ Blogging is a highly individualistic activity. What people blog about reflects their myriad interests and vantage points� (Leadbeater, C. 2009. Pg 32) The innovation and culture has been able to translate through modern times, into a widely accessible source of communication. The subculture still remains in the midst of the World Wide Web. Unless you are an individual following the very principles of the culture, such as Punk and Hardcore, you will not be able to be part of the true scene. In effect, you can now access websites such as Youtube and watch a music video of a band that you consider to be part of the underground and therefore write as if you were living by a code. This can be considered morally wrong, and the true individuals to the culture will constantly refer you as a mainstream user and your credibility irrelevant. On a positive side, the entire networking capabilities of a fanzine have been translated digitally. Making it easier for a further increase of positive truthful expression, delivered through the means of the Internet.
Note: All images and artwork used are subject to copyright and belong to the artists. Unless stated otherwise.
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amille Rose Garcia
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http://www.camillerosegarcia.com/
Camille Rose Garcia was born in 1970 in Los Angeles, California, The child of a Mexican activist filmmaker father and a muralist/painter mother, she apprenticed at age 14 working on murals with her mother while growing up in the generic suburbs of Orange County, visiting Disneyland and going to punk shows with the other disenchanted youth of that era. Garcia’s layered, broken narrative paintings of wasteland fairy tales are influenced by William Burroughs’ cut-up writings and surrealist film, as well as vintage Disney and Fleischer cartoons, acting as critical commentaries on the failures of capitalist utopias, blending nostalgic pop culture references with a satirical slant on modern society.
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an Mumford
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http://www.dan-mumford.com/
Dan Mumford is a freelance illustrator/designer/screenprinter working out of Studio100 in central London, Kingsland road, and screenprint studio in Dalston. A Lot of the common questions i get asked are right here, if you have question about work or getting a quote, check these questions and then send me an email!
Q: How much for you to design something for me? A: I have no set prices as such, prices are dependant on the work itself, before any work is started though i will give an estimate..but please, be specific as to what you actually want and what it is for when contacting me.
Q: How long for you to complete said piece of work? A: It really depends what i have on and what the work is. But please do not contact me expecting me to able to produce something for you instantly, especially in the case of larger jobs, normally there is a small waiting period, I will at the time of course be able to let you know how long!
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ive Up
Photographs and photocopiers. Scissors and glue sticks. Screen printing. Ink and glue. All original content. o photoshop, no computers.
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http://ingivingup.blogspot.co.uk/
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odmachine
http://godmachinedesigns.blogspot.co.uk/
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‘Godmachine was born in Cardiff, South Wales, it was a difficult birth; his parents were in London at the time. He grew up on a steady diet of nothing, 2000AD comics and Santa Cruz skateboards.
His art is born of Jim Philips, raised by Simon Bisley and adopted by his everyday influences; film, literature and music. He uses a wacom, photoshop and coffee to achieve his detailed images that have made quite an impact on band merch, skateboards and clothing companies today.
He owns 2 cats: Bear and Miss Boo Boo Kitty Fuck II and has a worrying amount of coffee mugs with cats on them. Although a vegetarian and a devout anti-theist he collects animal skulls, animal horns and crucifixs along with old discarded black and white photos.
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rindesign
Robert Borbas is a freelance illustrator/designer/animation designer located in the middle of Europe,Hungary/Budapest. Well known as GRINDESIGN. Worked for tons of bands allover the world from Europe through the US and Australia.
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http://www.theartofgrindesign.com/
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http://marcomazzoni.tumblr.com/
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arco Mazonni
How has your work evolved over the years, and what has motivated these changes? In the years of the Art Academy I start to draw a series of portraits of my father, at that time, my “need” was to represent the wrinkles, the story of the single man in the skin. In the summer of 2009, after reading some books of ancient stories, I tried to represent the union between women and nature. I was impressed by “Malleus Maleficarum”, a book that tells how the women healers were considered evil. I try to give form to what these women did for the society because, especially in Italy, religion deletes the figures of the mothers and the women healers.
http://www.juxtapoz.com/
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cBess
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My name is McBess , it means giant steaming balls in Greek , in a way it’s the answer to the famous series of metaphysical poems about the balls . I’m 13 years old plus 13 years old and I run faster than a shark , I read faster than a tiger , and unlike the eagle I can cook with an oven . I’m cheese where the good French come from , and I live in Nodnol wich is London backwards . What inspires and informs your work? My work is an art inspired by an abstraction of salami and sex, it gets its power from the galaxy and the inner you, its addiction is making you horny and uncomfortable about it. Its references are very intricate and form a vortex of information designed by one self, one all mighty mind . http://www.nobrow.net/4639
http://mcbess.com/
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ike Giant
Birth. Upstate New York. Drawing. New Mexico. BMX bikes. Heavy Metal. Skateboarding. Punk rock. Hip-hop. Thailand. College. Dishwasher. Raves. Lorelei. First tattoo. San Francisco. Dharma. Think Skateboards. Angi. London. Adult bookstore. Computer animation. Tattooing. New York City. Newskool. Skullz Press. Everlasting. Track bikes. Brooke and Leia. Tokyo. Tattoo 13. Plum Village. Albuquerque. Stay Gold. REBEL8. Manifestations. Ordained minister. Megan. Amsterdam. Pakayla. 41. Right here. Right now.
http://www.mikegiant.com/
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ichey Beckett I’m an illustrator based in South Wales, UK. I work in pen and ink, creating original illustrations for record cover artwork, shirt design and poster art. Current and past clients include: A Strength Within, Ancient Ascendent, Anterior, Architects, Armed For Apocalypse, Arteries, Attack! Attack!, Attention Thieves, Barfly, Barren Grounds, Big Deal, Blindfolds Aside, Burning Skies, Captain Accident, Chozen, Cocean, Continents, Crossbreaker, D!rty Love, Dead Heroes, Dean Rowbotham, Derby Doll, Desalmado, Devil Sold His Soul, Dirty Dog Promotions, Dopamine, Elizabeth, Escape The Cvlt, Funeral For A Friend, Flood The Sun, Fractals, The Freezing Fog, Hang The Bastard, Honour Is Dead, I Am Absolute, Ikkadian, Imicus, Intensive Square, Iron Forge,
http://www.richeybeckett.com/
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in Eater
Sin-Eater lives deep in the heart of Herefordshire’s countryside.Here his fascination of animal forms grew & gave birth to his passions for the collecting of taxidermy & theory of evolution.A cynic of photoshop all of his artwork is created by hand.His desire is for Sin-eater to belong among the Albrecht Durer’s. Detached from the contemporary Sineaters work is a call into the echoing chasms of the past.
http://sin-eater.tumblr.com/
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Forever Selfless