Gnarly Strokes

09/09/2024

A few months ago I was approached to illustrate a cover for a Polish hardcore/punk zine "Chaos W Mojej Głowie". When I did a research on the zine, I realized they've been championing illustrators by featuring artwork on every cover since the very beginning. My kind of people!

As far as the cover goes, I was given an absolute freedom. The only two parameters were: it has to be black and white, and it has to be tied to the hardcore/punk scene. The rest was up to me. I decided to go with an old piece named “Instilling the Attitude”, which I started years ago, but for some reason it had been put on a back burner. I felt this was the perfect time to revive it. It’s basically a depiction of a kid in a room, soaking in his older sibling's or parents' punk collection. Everything here was supposed to convey “punk”. I wouldn’t be myself if I didn’t inject a whole lot of me in there. Apart from some of my favorite hardcore bands plastered on the walls, floor and shelves, and the bass guitar, I also smuggled some unrelated to punk scene stuff like basketball and some movies memorabilia.

I was also given lots of space on the pages of the zine. I've done many interviews for similar platforms, but the one I did this time, was definitely the most comprehensive. It's a 14-page feature titled (in translation) “Instead of pointing fingers and mock, I prefer converse, educate and inspire”. It includes many photos and illustrations. Given the nature of the magazine, a lot of questions were about my origin and connection to the hardcore/punk scene, but also surprisingly a lot was about my art, and my animal rights activism. Thanks again Janusz Krawczyk for this opportunity and generosity with the space in your awesome magazine. It was an honor.

09/08/2024

31/01/2024

Creature Design [November 25, 2021]

19/01/2024

Mourners [2013] - ballpoint pen on paper (A5) + digital

19/01/2024

Maja [2014] - digital

Caricature of my friend Maja Sontag, a top class traveller.

18/01/2024

Angel Crew [2017] - digital

Created for the Angel Crew mini tour in Poland. I made a grammar mistake in there (let’s blame living abroad for it), which unfortunately got picked up once the poster went to print. Oh well, it’s all punk, so no one gives a f**k anyway.