Elisa of 2dM submits:

“Pain, love and sensuality is what most come out from Brian M. Viveros defiant way to honor women. Winked glances capture our eyes in his imaginary made of scarred women, bounded and hooked, dressed like soldiers, boxeurs and toreras. Nevertheless, in this painfully erotic scenario there’s no lack of cigarettes.”

Daisy sent me this some time ago. Her ‘Mum and Dad Hand’ illustration.

What do you reckon? Inspiration for your next tattoo? :) I like the cherries.

Driven by a bit too much sake and the nostalgic melancholy that followed, I spent the evening listening to Soft Cell singles. Driven by even more sake I decided to scan all the covers. It’s the first time I’ve seen the front & backs simultaneously so although I managed to listen to all of Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing and side 1 of The Art Of Falling Apart before I was done, it was worth the effort.

The 80′s weren’t all bad you know. When I was a boy this was the man I wanted to be.

Here are some really inspiring illustrations from 1927 by Jean Marembert for Petrus Borel’s book, “Le Lycanthrope”:

plasters dominate Cédric Rivrain’s fetishised fashion illustrations

pharmaceutical accessories are the way forward!

until mid June at the Brachfeld Gallery, Paris

Sandrine P regularly sends newsletters proposing her services. Usually, these types of mails end up in the trash box or spams before their content could reach any of my braincells. But this time, it was something else. I gave in and replied.