Research & Analysis: Mcbess






While in Berlin I also had the chance to visit The Dudes Factory which is a shop run by the brother of the illustrator Mcbess. The shop had lots of different products with Mcbess' artwork and its decorated with his artwork, like prints and even sculptures. I hadn't really looked into him before the trip but immediately fell in love with his work. I managed to buy a bunch of clothes while there and got to know his brother quite well. This was defiantly one of the highlights of the trip for me.

 Style

  • I love his 20's cartoon style mixed with a tattoo art aesthetic. His work just really stands out to me even though it's mostly just black and white, everything just given so much character and life.
  •  I think the half mermaids he draws are my personal favourite. I just love how beautiful they are and how bubbly they look. They just look real happy, I also appreciate How body positive they are.
Technique 

  • From looking at his Instagram you can see a wide range of techniques being used, from digital work to more traditional pen and paper work.Some pieces were even done using a tatto gun on paper.
Concept
  • A lot of his work depicts a surrealist world with elements from ours making up the scene. Things like food and instruments can be seen throughout his isometric environments. He sometimes places himself as a character into the world but always as a background character since that's how he sees himself as its creator.

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