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
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
916 Growth Gigs hosted 916 FEST, a new local music festival. The weekend festival was a great showcase of the variety of sounds born from the local Sacramento scene. Many of the bands on the bill had previously played Cafe Colonial, where the fest was held, and took time out of their set to talk … Continue reading
“This is the deepest song I ever wrote, it’s called ‘I’m A Star’”–Melissa Brooks, The Aquadolls. The fast-paced punk song clocks in at just over a minute. It was followed up by “Toy”, a catchy pop song about masturbation. The Aquadolls took their dreamy LA sound to Sacramento for the first time at MOMO Sacramento, … Continue reading
Self-taught Italian artist Stefania Russo creates dark, emotional, horror-esque work. Russo is inspired by combining Gothic themes with everyday attitudes and behaviors to transform them with her surrealist personal style into what she calls “Dark Fairytales.” She’s also influenced by dreams and modern myths like Creepypastas. Currently, she works freelance, turning her work into illustrations … Continue reading
The Adidas Showcase took place October 20, 2018, at 1810 Gallery in Sacramento. The show featured some of our favorite local creatives, including Gale Hart, Adam Wever-Glen, Franceska Gamez, Diana Dich, Shaun Burner, Cecelia Perez, More Amor, Mark Thomas Dillon, Ryan Rocha, Superugly, Leaveswell, Judd Hertzler, Diana Ormanzhi, Joshua Tremain, and Jared Tharp. Everything from photography … Continue reading
Minneapolis-based artist Sishir Bommakanti revels in chaos and the strange. His work is vibrant and full of myth and movement. “I experiment in both digital and traditional media to complement the deliberate foundation of my process. Involving deconstruction, distortion and assemblage, I arrange elements within a composition to create a legacy of layers that adds substance … Continue reading
