#mb ill edit or expand later. i doubt it but mb i will. i think i wanted to chat bout label as part of art

[unrubenovichon]

will collect kids' drawings from cafes now pls remind me if i forget eksoheksoh

feels like a very good pair of pieces to consider together - personally, adore them in equal measure, but through different mechanisms -- sort of.. mm. as an aside, i apologise, i lack severely in vocab, ref data, and framework when it comes to talking about art, so that will hinder ability to express self and conceive of some lines of thot. or force to abort them too soon. sawwy, ill get better ;( so, as to not hurt myself too much, i talk of pleasure i experience in lieu of 'beauty', i hope to keep language consistent with that. so, the first piece is immediately and intuitively visually satisfying, prompting free rumination; the second -- appeals more as a demonstration of authors thought, idiosyncratic approach to presenting explicit information. at the same time, though, both pieces are similarly abstract and humourous.

Fig. 1 [wonderful mouse, playful yet delicate, laconic. author masterfully intrigues with the open-ended environment and non-stereotypic simplification of form. playground for interpretation. expansive work! nuff said, except 'hehe)']

Fig. 2[twist on scientific illustration -- could be interpreted as both a critique of its mutt-like nature and affinity to mislead, and appreciation of its simplistic and natural representation of unabashedly uneven curiosity with which we regard the world, foundational desire to condense and structurise; imo, the attention-grabbing by subversion (to be discussed) throwback to visuals associated with earliest, almost universally joyous, experiences of learning is effective at enabling viewer to reconnect with that unburdened approach to knowledge -- but i think its more amusing to appreciate how it harnesses genre's inherent impersonal, sterile manner and air of credibility to both validate author's subjective yet honest perspective, and highlight, through contrast, joke and fantasy. now let us consider celestial objects separately, moving clockwise from the ringed planet: ~while the shape itself is immediately associated with saturn, we can infer that it represents the set of 'alien planets' generally -- both by examining remaining objects (to all adjective 'our' applies, imo authors focus is clear) and the labeled figure on the planet -- 'alien'. the figure itself is gargantuan, if we pretend for fun that proportion is unswayed by the weight of attention. as in the first piece, i admire step away from tired convention ᷆ (·.·) ᷇ ~moving on to the moon -- 'poopie'. lmao. decide for yourself if the fact that royal museums greenwich asserts there's '96 bags of human waste on the Moon' makes it funnier. ~clockwise from the top: 'i', 'family', [blank], 'home planet'. author is wearing a hat in the icon, i find it fascinating how a detail so tiny immediately tethers us to the time of creation -- as much as this is an abstract diagram, it reminds us that it is representing a moment, made as an examination of not just realities of the world, but ones space within it. either that or author thinks of themselves as someone who wears hats. 'family', with heart as an icon. admirable intuitive grasp on readability and constraints of medium, attunement to established proportions -- i assume 'family' consists of people, but, while we have precedent for depiction of humanoids, author restrains from spamming that would surely result in clutter, or hurt feelings. [blank] has too much to b said about it so i shall shut the fuck up. now, the 'home planet' label is what initially endeared me to the work. not the words, but the manner -- as in to poke fun at serious attempts at machine-like orderliness and symmetry, the label is mirrored, written right to left. at the same time, feels aesthetically reasonable, to follow radial symmetry. as i say, scientific illustration is inherently silly. its very easy to get stupid with rules. and the starting letter is similarly wrong-way-round, which more immediately hints at the gesture, but i will admit is likely result of author's ongoing journey toward literacy. only two words total here are written with no mistakes in spelling or letter shape: 'i' and 'poopie'. ~ ̗̀O ̖́ <- nobody. isnt that fucking awesome. five strokes to lack!]