Dark humour illustrations by Arteechoke Studios

Ben Winfield Reader Find

By Ben Winfield in New Illustration on Friday 7 December 2012

Arteechoke Studios is my freelance illustration studio, based in Cape Town. It is a place of continual experimentation, featuring digital paintings, maniacal sketchbook doodles, and a comic in the early stages of production. My work generally contains elements of the macabre with a splash of humour thrown in for good measure.

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The Black Heart Gang’s Tale Of How animation

Dont Panic Reader Find

By Dont Panic in Video on Wednesday 28 January 2009

The Black Heart Gang are a group of South African artists who have created a fantastic hand drawn animation, visually inspired by eastern art. The Tale of How is a story about a giant octupus whose desire is to consume every dodo resembling bird there is in sight, until Eddy the Engineer — a little [...]

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Robin Rhode

Tracey Samuelson Reader Find

By Tracey Samuelson in New Art on Wednesday 23 April 2008

There’s a lot I could say about South African artist Robin Rhode.  But to simply say that he’s endlessly cool pretty much sums it up. In fact, he’s so cool that Nike’s been accused of ripping off one of his pieces for a television ad (can you say plagiarism: just don’t do it?)

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Mira Calix

Zolton Contributor

By Zolton in New Music on Wednesday 31 January 2007

We love the music of South African-born, London-based producer Mira Calix. It’s rustic, cerebral and slow-building, kinda like that first slither of daylight that stirs the morning heartbeat. We interviewed her recently about her new album, Eyes Set Against The Sun.

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