DEADLIEST FRIENDS - INK PEN ILLUSTRATIONS - PIN AND STICKER SERIES
Top Row: Bird, Mouse, Ram, Double Headed Cat, Crow, Angler Fish. Bottom Row: Bull, Cat, Rat, Frog, Warthog, Chameleon.
Deadliest Friends
You just found yourself 12 new friends. And they all happen to be dead. Welcome to the crew!
This series had started as an exercise using brush pens and inks. Started as a way to get better with the general medium, but the turned into a challenge to combine and give a voice to the eerie, dead, and beautiful character that lies within what’s left behind. Taking reference from real animal skulls and remains, I have given each one a little flavor and returned a little life. After making the first four designs, being the Two headed cat, the Angler Fish, The Crow and the Frog, I wanted to continue and expand the set, ending with a total of 12 designs.
Introducing the first four ink drawings as prints in 2018, they caught fire and people wanted to see more. From that point I dove into offering all 12 designs as stickers, as well as learning how to make acrylic and resin lapel pins that feature the deadliest friends heads, as well as their full-bodied character form.
My favorite part about having created so many designs here is watching people react to them differently. People are drawn to them for different reasons and when they remind them of friends. Hundreds of people have joined the Deadliest Friends Crew and brought them into their homes.