Yume Magazine #2 by Yume Magazine

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INTRO.

NYC is all its cracked up to be. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s everything people say it is and then some. 99c pizzas, bright lights, Morgan Freeman look a-likes and freshly toasted bagels with Ben Stiller... but, I had a job to do, and that was to bring this very issue of Yume to you. Issue Two was like an

awkward long distance relationship. The one you have with that mind blowingly cute girl you met in New York City. The one you met that night you went out just so you could show off that sweet new jacket you bought Downtown and know you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pull off back home...

Anyway, enough about me, Issue Two is like a second son to us, younger, stronger and better looking. In this issue we showcase even more great talent that we have personally sourced for your enjoyment. So, without further ado... Enjoy. L.S.

CONTENTS.

MR. FRIVOLOUS

GIUSE

SUBMISSIONS

DEFTBEAT

YUME IN NYC

Joshua Speechley

CHRISTOPHE AGOU

CHAMO SAN

CREDITS

LISA FRIELING

LELA JACOBS

MR. FRIVOLOUS. Drawing with felt tip markers can be quite hard. It’s messy, your favourite colour always seems to be running out of ink, and if you screw up you can’t use an eraser to rub out your mistakes. It’s fair to say MOST KIDS sucked at them. However an English artist by the name of “Mr. Frivolous” has PERSISTED AND PERFECTED HIS USE OF THE MEDIUM producing some pretty wicked illustrations. WHICH, IF YOU ASK ME, IS PRETTY CLEVER AS HE SAYS YOU CAN ALWAYS PICK UP a double pack of 24’s for ONLY £1 from Poundland!

Many artists these days have an alias for their art life, what is the story behind Mr. Frivolous and where does he come form?

Are they carefully thought out or just random spur of the moment thoughts? Are they maybe an insight into the mind of Mr. Frivolous?

To be honest I don’t think I intended to have an alias name. Not for art anyway. Before that I was actually a have a go MC. MC FRIVOLOUS to be precise. I was the worst in MC in the world. Good job I gave that up. But why I still have the name is beyond me.

I tend to just write what ever is on my mind at that moment. But sometimes I can be shopping in LIDL (my favourite cheap supermarket) or just walking around and then bam, a whole heap of words just come to me from nowhere and I have to type it into my phone. Or sometimes I will hear a lyric or a quote from a movie that strikes a chord within me. There’s also things in there that only really make sense to me. It’s like a diary mixed with self therapy.

Your rad style brings back memories of (my) badly coloured in colouring books as a child. What made you decide to stick with felt-tip markers despite most others opting to move onto more arty farty mediums like oil paints and watercolours? I don’t think you were as bad as me. I could never colour within the lines. But I suppose I’ve been using felt tip pens since I was a kid and its less hassle. Lid off when your working, lid on when your done. Nice and simple. I’m a bit impatient. But I wouldn’t be surprised if I eventually started painting. I’m kind of eager to do something a bit different. How did you first get into illustration? Were there any particular artists that inspired you as a young artist? I’ve been drawing ever since I was a kid like most artists. Even in the wrong lessons in school I’d always draw. Its like an itch that you cant get rid of. Wait that didn’t sound too good... but you know what I mean. I used to read a lot of comics when I was younger so I was really into comic artists like Jim Lee, Mike Allred, Jack Kirby, Mike Mignola, Steve Rude, Brian Bolland, the list just goes on. Even Rolf Harris was an influence from his kids TV shows (Rolf’s Cartoon Club) to his how to draw books. I have a whole list of artists that may have influenced me but it would probably take couple of days to complete. The commentaries scrawled across your drawings are hilarious and sometimes quite meaningful.

What sort of process do you go through when creating some frivolous artwork? I wake up and try to work out what I’m going to draw which takes me about an hour. I then decide which Smashing Pumpkins album to play to help me whilst I’m working, which takes another hour. By then I realise it is best to leave my iTunes on shuffle. Then comes a blank A4 piece of paper that remains blank for another hour. I then pull out a mixture of my favorite Poundland and Berol felt tip pens, find an image then away I go. Lastly, what do you like to do in London on your days off? Discover new music, blog, meet up with friends, bars, clubs, dance like a maniac, watch DVDs, go to exhibitions, worry about life, eat fish and chips, avoid the “when are you going to get married and have children?” question by going to the comic store. I think that just about covers everything I like to do in London.

See more wonderful work at mrfrivolous.com WRITTEN BY HENRY McCOY

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Deftbeat | jejomarlimbo.com

DEFTBEAT. Jejomar Limbo a.k.a. Deftbeat is a self taught digital artist from the Philippines. Having a strong passion for art since childhood, he started venturing into digital arts when he was 19 years old, creating digital wall papers, photo manipulations, and other types of graphic design. ‘Vexel and vector art’ became Limbo’s main interest at the age of 21 and after some time, managed to establish a style of his own. Since 2008 he has been creating, perfecting and sharing numerous pieces of art on DeviantART and racking up thousands of views all over the world, even having some of his work selected for the Daily Deviations, a top honor within the DeviantART community. In March 2009 Limbo completed his degree in computer engineering and is now currently studying web design in Manila, Philippines.

See more wonderful work at jejomarlimbo.com & deftbeat.deviantart.com WRITTEN BY JEJOMAR LIMBO, EDITED BY HANK McCOY

LIFE BELOW. Chistophe Agou | christopheagou.com

TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH WITH:

CHRISTOPHE AGOU. Emotions have always been the motivating forces throughout my life and creative process. The mysteries of the human soul fascinate me the most and photography allows me to reveal on a deeper level what is under the surface. As a storyteller, I like to explore themes of longing, solitude and common humanity. What a photographer can do is to interpret the experience into some esthetic and emotional compositions. Inspiration comes from a number of places. What matters is the emotional connection I feel for the subject. I believe that the distance between a photographer and the subject should not be greater than his arm’s length - one of the most important elements to me in creating a compelling narrative. Like millions of others, I first experienced the subway as a necessity of my daily commute and soon became aware of the rich landscape I was part of. The underground world of the New York subway became a stage for chance rendezvous with people from all walks of life. My emotions seemed to echo those of the passengers I came in contact with. I loved feeling the pulse of the people commuting beneath the city. I had no destinations in mind. Each time I went below, it was with my heart...

See more wonderful work at christopheagou.com WRITTEN BY CHRISTOPHE AGOU, MAY 2011

VINES. Lisa Frieling lisalionheart.files.wordpress.com

WOODS. Lisa Frieling lisalionheart.files.wordpress.com

GIUSE. YOU COULD SAY IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT WHEN I SAW MY FIRST GIUSE ILLUSTRATION ON THE INTERNET. With cute bug eyed characters, weird and wonderful monsters and BEAUTIFUL drawings of skateboarding animals, what’s not to love? There was little information to be found online about Giuse OTHER THAN HIM BEING AND illustrator from the Netherlands. However, luckily I was (EVENTUALLY) able to get in contact with the FASCINATING DUTCH ARTIST and he was kind enough to fill in the gaps FOR US.

Hello there! Can you tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Giuse (pronounced as “juice”) and I’m from the Netherlands, working as a freelance illustrator. Besides that, I give workshops in animation and comic book art. I studied illustration at the Willem De Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, where I did a minor in traditional painting. In my fourth year I did an exchange to AIB in Boston, where I studied mostly animation and comic book art. What led you to art? And when did you first decide you wanted to be an illustrator? My dad for sure. He would always bring stacks of paper home from the office and make blank notebooks out of them. Eventually the house was filled with these notebooks everywhere. He would draw in them and would tell me about the shape of the pear he’s drawing, or about the great renaissance man (he’s Italian). I was really young when he gave me one of those notebooks and I started colouring/ drawing away. It just became a habit.

In school I was always drifting off and when I did I’d start drawing in my books. Making up stories behind the characters and stuff like that. So from early on I wanted to be a comic book artist. Only many years later I found out that it wasn’t my thing. It just doesn’t make me happy. I do want to tell a story with my illustrations, just not in a grid. Growing up, were there any artists or types of art that inspired you? How much of that contributes to the style you’ve developed today? Basically there are many artists and art forms that I like. But I always come back to a few artists. And I think those are the ones that influence my way of thinking and doing. Studio Ghibli, Edward Gorey, Fiep Westendorp, Wes Anderson, Zeloot, Femke Hiemstra, Charles Burns and Camille Rose Garcia. Also skateboarders are a big influence, like Mark Gonzales. These people are all great storytellers in there own unique way. Describe the process of one of your illustrations, from the initial idea to the finished product? Mostly I do a good sketch, then retrace the sketch on a light box and start making the final drawing. If I make a mistake I redo it again, but sometimes I just do the drawing in one go. Then I colour it with Photoshop and that’s that. A lot of your recent work include some very beautiful illustrations of animals. Which animal do you like to draw the most and which is the most hardest? Man, zebra’s suck! Yet they look so magical with their stripes and funky mohawks. I’ve been working on a zebra doing a manual on a board, but zebra’s are hard man. It’s crappy ‘cause I really want it, but all of those stripes! I love forest animals like foxes, bears, wolfs, wildcats, toads etc. I don’t know why, I just do. How much research, if any, goes into getting each animal looking so good?

What do you love most about being an artist? That my girlfriend doesn’t care that I am always poor. And the freedom of creating something that’s inside you, that doesn’t exist in the real world but you make it into reality. Do you listen to music while you draw? And if so, what do you listen to? When I studied at the art institute of Boston I had a teacher who said that music is good for a creative process and if you want to create something with emotion. But if you want to finish a precise drawing it’s better to turn off the music, because it will eff with your concentration. At first I found that he was right. Music makes you take on a rhythm or an emotion that takes you of track. And I’m easily distracted, but I need music or something like TV to take my mind of my mind. I just start thinking is this good enough, should I draw that line, aaah, I’ll just go insane. I update my music alot. At the moment I listen to Washed Out, Warpaint, Broken Bells, High Highs, Toro Y Moi, Breakbot, The Strokes and Love Inks. Zebra by Beach House, because it made me think it would help me draw the zebra better. It didn’t but made the zebra even more magical. Talk about magical, Shooting Stars (Bag Raiders Cover) by hidden cat. And finally, what do you love doing most when you’re not making art? My number one love besides drawing is Skateboarding, still an art though. Second to that is writing my own childrens book. You’ll see it one day. I also love reading young-adult fiction and collecting picture books and flipbooks.

See more wonderful work at giuse.nl WRITTEN BY HENRY McCOY

Depends on what I’m making. Those skating animals are mostly a perfect picture or a mix of two that I found on the interweb. I do my studies by just sketching until i see all the little secret details that’s hidden in the picture. I basically brainwash myself until I can draw it by barely looking at it. Then when I’m sure I can do it I’ll start drawing, and when it’s almost finished I forget about the picture and start making it look good on paper.

Giuse | giuse.nl

FOX DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE.

YUME IN NYC. PHOTOGRAPHS SHOT BY YUME CO-FOUNDER LUKE SALIBA on A 35mm POINT AND SHOOT CAMERA.

See more NYC PHOTOGRAPHY at LUKESALIBA.COM PHOTOS BY LUKE SALIBA

CHAMO SAN. Chamo San is a very talented illustrator from Barcelona whose amazing illustrations have been popping up all over the blogosphere. He studied fine arts at Universitat de Barcelona and Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He is also a member of Penique Productions. Make sure to check out his own blog to see his latest work, including the one picture left, which is part of a new project called Portraits and Kaleidoscopes.

See more wonderful work at cargocollective.com/chamosan WRITTEN BY HANK McCOY

LELA JACOBS. Lela Jacobs is a perfect example of what learning from humble beginnings can do. In an ever changing and tough industry, Jacobs has taken everything she has learnt from self discovery and her Mumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teachings and has turned a passion and love into a now flourishing label. Jacobs is a designer on the rise. With wide-ranging inspiration, quality materials, and unique silhouettes, her clothes tell a story. It is a story that you will want to be a part of, and you are not alone. The Lela Jacobs brand is now five years old and has quickly gone from small beginnings, TO BE BEING represented in high-end retail stores in New Zealand, Australia and most recently Japan. Like an Artist experimenting with paints and BRUSHES or a photographer testing forgotten cameras and film stocks, she has done things her way and her Label has shown us anything can be done. I got into contact with JACOBS from a far away mountain land to pick her creativity and bring it to you here on these very pages. So enjoy, and get some real fabrics on ya!

First of all, how would you describe your label? My collections are androgens and textural and generally monochromatic. Some refer to them as dark and brooding but I’m more inclined to think they may come across that way due to my focus on texture that I feel gets lost when there is to much change in tone. This label is not trend focused as trend is too fickle and disposable for my liking. What motivates you creatively? How did it all begin for you and your love of fashion? I’m lucky to have been part of the minority that hasn’t had to really stress about what I want to do as a profession. I have just continued to do this and be paid to learn in certain respects as I’m self taught. My mother and father are both creative thinkers/doers and Christina (mum) made a lot of our clothes for us and introduced me to the sewing machine. The label continues to grow naturally with the support and push of friends and demand from buyers. What’s your take on learning the skills of a fashion designer? How does one begin to create a piece of clothing? Most of the time I will start with the fabric and let it speak to me... It will naturally be only capable of certain things. Draping and folding techniques are best used when it comes to this and is the most fun for me.

I work in natural fibers and have a pet hate for polyester and its impact on the environment as it doesn’t break down like natural fibers do. The clothing industry can sometimes be seen as a necessary evil and I feel there is way too much clothing produced. We should be buying more intelligently and investing in things we know we will get lots of use of and not just to survive the seasonal trends that get pushed upon us. This may seem like a more expensive way of shopping but over time it may actually save you money. In todays fashion world it seems everything has been done, you on the other hand have created something very unique how would you describe your style and fashion? Not everything has been done and never ever will, as times and materials are constantly evolving, opening new windows, mind sets and reasons for what we want and need. Fashion is a pure reflection on society, environment and situation. The joy as a designer is to create something new. Whether it has been done before, but not to your knowledge, is kind of cool in a way. But it will never be exactly the same... that would be creepy. The exciting thing about fashion design and actually all design is that there is no limit to what you do... only in oneself are the limits established.

I noticed after seeing your “This Crooked Way” line you also choose to use a more unique look when it comes to choosing models? True beauty is far greater then purely external qualities and it’s important for me to be able to find models that have a story in their eyes that make you want to find out more.

See more wonderful CLOTHES at lelajacobs.co.nz WRITTEN BY LUKE SALIBA

The garments inside the ranges have uniqueness and stories so it’s necessary to use models that marry well to carry this through. What does the future hold for you? A castle that houses the brand and where guests and artists from around the world can stay over... “a collaborative castle”. We would create clothing ranges, perfume, music, drawings, sculptures, installations, perform and film... shit, we might even have our own radio station, graphics team and web site. The artists would have the freedom to work alone, or collaborate together. I dream of having a private electric plane fly me to beautiful places around the world where we will collect custom made fabrics, pure rare essence for my perfumes, special friends and artists to take back to the creative castle. Dreaming big is fun.

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Lela Jacobs | lelajacobs.co.nz

NOW TAKING SUBMISSIONS YUME MAGAZINE IS NOW TAKING SUBMISSIONS & CONTRIBUTIONS OF ARTWORK AND PHOTOGRAPHY. GET PUBLISHED IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF YUME MAGAZINE OR ONLINE ON THE OFFICIAL YUME FACEBOOK AND BLOG!

THE NEST. Joshua Speechley | speechbubbledesigns.com.au/

CREDITS.

PUBLISHERS

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

LUKE SALIBA and HENRY McCOY

HENRY McCOY

PHOTOGRAPHIC DIRECTOR

COVER, INTRO AND OUTRO PHOTOS

LUKE SALIBA

OUTRO.

So here we are again at the close of another issue and there’s been yet another closure of one of our favourite meeting places. So long Borders (and the mini Gloria Jeans inside of you), we’ll miss you and your huge selection of magazines. Luckily for us, we live in the internet

era, and we were still able to ‘meet up’ online to talk about magazine business and the latest video games. Oh and also to get in touch with all the amazing local and international artists for our second issue. I would like to take this moment to quickly thank all the people that

picked up Issue One. We ran out of copies a lot quicker than we expected and have been receiving some great feedback. So we hope you continue to enjoy Yume, as much as we enjoy bringing it to you! Until next time... H.M. 47

( yü - maë) Japanese for “dream” Yume is an independently made free local magazine by two boys with a love for creativity. Follow the us at facebook.com/ yumemag