My explanation for this is an inside joke between my friend and me (they also like tmbg)
If I were to make up an scenario to explain this it’d be: Linnell tells Flans one day about mewing and how it’s bs and it pisses him the f off. Flans takes advantage of this by repeating the same gesture in the video every time he wants him to shut up (it always works).
Anyhoo, have some other Here comes Sciences doodles :*]
And finally me & my friend’s sonas (I’m the green one)
A little while ago I made this fabric-portrait-collage thing of John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants for art class. @tmbgareok
Many changes were made along the way, as well as double that amount of mistakes. I’m still baffled that this was good enough to win Pennsylvania Art Education Association’s Fiber category award, or win a Scholastics Silver Key award, or any of that, but I’ll take it. I was frustrated at times because I knew I might not consider this my best work (not that I would be able to pick something that I would choose to consider my absolute best) and yet it was being the one getting so much recognition, but if anything it just inspires me to continue trying to put my work out there, especially pieces I’m extra proud of.
This was the reference image I used, and I swear I tried so hard to make him smile the frown was NOT deliberate thank you very much. Basically I posterized the image, traced the values, made pieces, cut them out, and then some other riveting stuff. Okay, but actually, it was a pretty fun (albeit frustrating) process. The idea stemmed from Bisa Butler’s quilted portraits, and oh my gosh, they’re these amazing full sized quilts!!! If you like my work here, I would give her name a search. I would also give it a search if you don’t like my work. It’s so weird to look at your piece on websites and be able to point out several mistakes when all of the others look perfect, but maybe the other artists feel the same way. Or I just need to get better, I dunno.
I’m so grateful to have been given this opportunity, and I thank everyone who has given me support and encouragement to continue making art. I also must thank John & John, the inspiration for this project. There’s not much competition against TMBG when it comes to being my favorite band, really. There’s no other band I know that doesn’t have a single song I’ve heard and haven’t liked.
Oh, that’s… yeah, that’s a lot of words. If you read all of that, hey, I appreciate you! And John, if you see this, I can’t wait to see your show in Pittsburgh this May! Thanks! :)