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This Artist Turns Deodorant Tubes into Brain-Exposed Monsters
He calls them “the lost race of deodorant people.”
When you’re creative, you can literally find inspiration all around you, and artist Steve Casino is living proof of that. Casino, in addition to making wooden pull toys that we’ve profiled here on BD in the past, is known as “the painter of nuts”; after all, his specialty is hand-painting peanuts and turning them into pop culture icons.
Yes, peanuts. Casino saw a peanut one day and thought, “Hey, I could turn this into Freddy Krueger!” And we can only assume he was applying deodorant one random day when he had a similar thought: “Hey, I could turn this into a monster!”
Casino’s deodorant monsters are made using travel size tubes, and he brilliantly uses the clear plastic domes to house their brains. I can’t say I ever imagined a monster living inside my deodorant, but I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to look at a stick the same way again.
The unique art pieces are made of polymer clay, wire, and acrylics and come sealed in a glass dome. If you want one, e-mail Steve at itpopart@gmail.com.
Also be sure to follow @SteveCasino on Instagram.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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