Where I post an artwork (by me) that I'd like to draw attention to (for a week), and write a little extra information about it.
This week's artwork: Kawaiiju-ko! Kuso! Nigeru!
A combination homage and parody of aspects of Japanese pop culture, particularly the idolization of teenage schoolgirls in anime and manga as well as the militarization and urban destruction seen in so many kaiju (giant monster) films. The collage portion of the artwork was created by cutting and pasting backgrounds from travel books and magazines, then pasting photos and schematic drawings of military hardware over that mish-mash of a background. The girl herself is painting with acrylics, in a deliberately cartoonish style. Finally, the pidgin Japanese title (also pasted onto the artwork) translates as, "Giant (cute) monster! Oh, shit! RUN AWAY!"