Six months ahead stretches into eternity. Six months behind is a foggy blink. In hindsight this will be much easier than it was. Words: Katta Hules. Want to submit a fleeting thought? Send it to tubemag@gmail.com with “Fleeting Thoughts” in the subject line. Continue reading
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Fleeting Thoughts No. 5
I am dry. Drained. Desert-esque. This month this is not my medium. This month I am phoning it in. This month is all shitty first drafts. It doesn’t have to be good, it just has to exist. Words: Katta Hules. Want to submit a fleeting thought? Send it to tubemag@gmail.com with “Fleeting Thoughts” in the … Continue reading
Fleeting Thoughts No. 3
The cut on her arm is thin, beaded at one end with blood. Fresh and untouched. Does she know it’s there or did her paper skin catch on some sharp piece of life and quietly tear? It’s a scratch really, perhaps from a cat. Or maybe… It’s so straight, so shallow like the fast flick … Continue reading
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TUBE.’s Protest Book List
With the tragic murder of George Floyd and the subsequent protests and riots over the last weeks on top of the coronavirus, we are living in interesting times. Hopefully, we will see justice and positive change come out of this. If you’re wondering how we got to this moment, here are some books and a … Continue reading
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CHRCH Tour Is Bringing The Doom
Sacramento doom band CHRCH will be touring with Portland’s Usnea this summer. CHRCH is a five-piece band that specializes in long-form songs filled with dark sonic textures, ethereal vocals, and heavy guitars. The tour, which runs from July 5th in Sacramento through July 18th in Denver, follows the band’s previously-announced Pacific Northwest mini-tour this June. … Continue reading
Creators to Watch: Jabari Weathers
Baltimore, Maryland native Jabari Weathers is a sci-fi/fantasy illustrator and a tabletop roleplaying and narrative game designer with a dark tinge. They are attracted to points of tension and paradox in stories. Consequentially, they are highly conscious of similar instances in real life and how it translates into their work. “My fantastic work doesn’t feel … Continue reading
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Clean Living in Drug Apts
Sacramento band Drug Apts is releasing their new album Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances next month. The LP is a jarring, unhinged collision of garage punk and weirdo art rock, full of screaming and swirling psychedelic feedback. It drops on March 23rd from Mt. St. Mtn records. Drug Apts got their name from “those Mid-Century … Continue reading
Creators to Watch: Kim Myatt
A Nottinghamshire-based Welsh artist, Kim Myatt’s work is lovely, dark, and deep. They work mainly digitally, using Photoshop and a Wacom tablet. “I like to try and mimic the feel of traditional media with my paintings, but I enjoy the fact I can’t really break a painting with the digital medium,” Myatt tells TUBE. “My influences … Continue reading
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What I’m Listening To: Kyle Monhollen
What I’m Listening To is a series where we talk to exciting artists, musicians, and community members and get a five-song slice of their current playlist. – “I am a happy husband, father, teacher, community organizer, artist, camper, hiker, runner, and soccer fan. I love what I do, where I get to do it, and who … Continue reading
Creators to Watch: Djamila Knopf
Djamila Knopf creates enigmatic and peaceful illustrations.”I believe that art is a unique accumulation of experiences, beliefs, and aesthetics. That’s why, when you look at my work, you might catch a glimpse of the summers I spent strolling through the woods and fields around my grandparents’ garden, and you might also see my love for … Continue reading
Creators to Watch: Serena Malyon
Alberta, Canada based illustrator Serena Malyon creates stunning images full of details that fascinates the viewer. “A lot of my work explores my image of ‘womanhood,’ and in my personal work, I enjoy exploring facets of myself through the fantastic characters I create. I always try to tell a story through my work, so I … Continue reading
Creators to Watch: Mirelle Ortega
Mirelle Ortega is a Los Angeles based illustrator who makes gloriously colorful images inspired by Mexican and geek culture. “I love pulling inspiration from a lot of things around me to create vibrant imagery. I think it’s important to be inspired by things, like books, movies, personal experiences, and other people,” she told TUBE. “I … Continue reading
Creators to Watch: Art Twink
Long Beach, CA based storyteller and illustrator Art Twink creates accepting, vibrantly colored imagery in their work. They aim to “create an untouchable imaginary world where marginalized folks can live queerly, colorfully and safely,” as the told TUBE. They also have a very specific set of likes when it comes to making art. “I like … Continue reading
Creators To Watch: Elizabeth Pich and Jonathan Kunz
Saarbrücken-based artists Elizabeth Pich and Jonathan Kunz create the funny, feminist comic War and Peas.”We’re a duo which means that we split all the work starting on the creative process and even when it comes to drawing: we alternate each week,” the artists told TUBE. Pich is also the mind behind Fungirl and she’s “working … Continue reading
Creators to Watch: Rachel Hanke
Portland, Oregon-based Rachel Hanke is a structural engineer by day and an illustrator/concept artist by night who creates beautifully realistic portrait art. “I grew up drawing anything and everything (a lot of Sailor Moon fanart over the years) and it’s been very exciting to start turning that into something more as I’ve started to take … Continue reading
Creators to Watch: Isabella Ragazzi
Isabella Ragazzi is an Italy-based illustrator and comics artist who creates wonderfully dark and creepy art. Ragazzi is inspired by legends, myths, folklore, horror, and medieval history. “My art want[s] to bring the watcher to another time, opening a window between the real and the unreal with magical and mystical creatures and places,” she recently … Continue reading
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What I’m Listening To: Desaree Deckard
What I’m Listening To is a series where we talk to exciting artists, musicians, and community members and get a five-song slice of their current playlist. – “I was always the one kid during class projects who would draw out everything on grocery store… poster boards.” – Desaree Deckard’s earliest memory is of making art. … Continue reading
Creators to Watch: Irina Nordsol
Russian artist Irina Nordsol’s gorgeous work is full of fantasy and magic. Though now Moscow-based she is originally from Yakutia, a republic in Russia that she says has “crazy cold winters and very hot summers, shamanic paganism, awesome nature, and a bunch of mammoth bones, and that is a huge inspiration for me.” She loves exploring … Continue reading
Creators to Watch: Akemi Art
Akemi Art is the project of an anonymous background painter and illustrator in Vancouver’s 2D animation industry. The artist creates eye-catching, diverse images full of bright colors and movement. Akemi Art also works on picture books, personal illustration projects, and a 40-page comic. You can find more of Akemi Art’s work on Twitter, the artist’s … Continue reading
Creators to Watch: Abigail Larson
Turin, Italy based American illustrator Abigail Larson creates beautiful, spooky images that are enough to make our gothic little hearts swoon. “I’m a big lover of fairytales and gothic romance, so much of my work revolves around themes love, death, and the strange and macabre,” says Larson. She creates her illustrations first by hand with … Continue reading
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