I'm Trying....

...to finish as much as humanly possible in the next week before the Show Cave show opens. It would be beneficial to be in the same state as my studio right now. That shit better be working on itself out while this infomercial on Half Union Proof Gold Coins keeps luring me closer and closer...

How important are gold coin collections? I'll tell you. VERY. I definiatlely have a collection of gold coins, I've invested nearly everything in gold. I know a dude with more gold coins than he can carry- he ONLY has gold coins.

Lets check the stats real quick. I knew it, gold is +9.20. I rest my case.

Working, in the works... big weather, emotional downpours, heavy rain and the usual darkness



I kind of just want to start displaying my collection of gold coins in collectors edition cases on the walls of the gallery and stand next to them with a tazer and sunglasses on the whole time. Then Christina could come in with a sweet guitar solo, the lights would dim, fog machine starts, and we would break into a performance based around the exponential power or this Precious METALLLLL and end with a releasing of a white dove. God... that sounds so right...

Animal Sex

Upcoming Show:

'Animal Sex'
Opening Reception:
Friday, May 1 2009
8pm-12

http://www.showcave.org


Show Cave
1930 Echo Park Blvd.
LA CA 90026

Hannah Stouffer, Actually Huizenga and Jimmy Wilnewic

Easy Street, live in the flesh.
See you there!!

Memento Mori

Be mindful of death. Remember that you are mortal. Remember you will die.

In Black

My attraction and appreciation to macabre themes and preoccupations is often times overwhelming. Its just so beautiful.
Black is timeless and altogether classic. This season, the classics are being reinvented in an array of textures and textiles. It's not all about the standard cotton black dress anymore, this season, its all about lace, satin, fur, and all types of unbelievable patterns and textures that are bringing to life this ageless and model-chic color.

Surprise!!

There are wasps nesting in your brain!!!


While painting the usual skull and brain cavity in my studio I discovered something rather unsettling. I got this bull skull from my father a few years ago, and it was in beautiful condition, of course. Though recently, I decided it was important for it to have a mate- both of which to be used in an installation I'm creating for an upcoming show at Show Cave in Los Angeles, 'Animal Sex.' I ordered a skull of e-bay, which was rather cheap considering it came with a free wasp next burrowed in the brain cavity of the animal and a whole lot of dirt and sticks in the inner cavities. I love my life.

New Digs

I recently moved into a new studio space in a gorgeous warehouse/loft in Los Angeles. As soon as I get my air conditioner in working order and stock my mini-fridge with otter pops maybe I'll be able to get back to drawing without going in and out of consciousness from the heat. The high ceilings and open air make up or it. I'll do just about anything for space, thinking, breathing, open air, head space... and rooftop access. I'm watching bull riding on television with my family while writing this. The fake confetti on the screen is so believably gorgeous. More confetti. MORE.

I'll tell you the truth.

THIS is the reason I don't watch movies. I don't think I slept the majority of my childhood after seeing these little fuckers on accident when I was 6. All I could picture when I closed my eyes at night was these little jerks going straight for my stomach, gnawing and burrowing deeper and deeper until I keeled over and died in a barn somewhere no one was going to find me for at least a week.
I would SO drop-kick every Critter on the face of this planet straight into a scorching pit of molten lava just to watch every little coarse, black, wiry hair on their body burn off before melting their living flesh straight off their creepy little bones.

Bleed eyes, bleed

My Pops

Is an amazing man, and never ceases to amaze me.

CMYK Forever

I got asked by Holly Color Blog to choose 5 pantone cmyk colors that defined me, and everything I had. I found this a relatively easy task, considering its all I know, and all I choose to pay attention to... its all very much connected, its all on purpose, I can't help it- i just can't help it.

black on black, rich dark chocolate, 24k pawn shop gold, animal skulls with fluorescent red interiors and neon fuchsia…forever.

Band Practice.

Today I got asked to get the band back together. I've never had a band to get back together, but we have a show lined up in May at Show Cave. This is, however, the perfect time to get my collection of mini electric guitars and keyboards in working order- and master those bass lines I've been working on my whole life.

In order for this performance to go over smoothly, I'm going to need at least 2 more keytars. I'll love you forever, and ever- and if you can find me the 'Hot Keys' keytar you can totally be in the band too. God, I need a keytar SO BAD. Hot rock, hot rap, hot keys.


I have these two already, along with a mini pink flying V and a black double neck that lights up like a freaking parade... I play as many of them as I possibly can at one time.

Goodnight.

Jesus christ, I love animated gif's. I just died in your arms tonight- it must have been something you said.

I'd like to make a request.

More rituals, please.

An essential feature of a ritual is that the actions and their symbolism are not arbitrarily chosen by the performers, nor dictated by logic or necessity...
Due to their symbolic nature, there are hardly any limits to the kind of actions that may be incorporated in a ritual. So, do we have a deal?

I'm gonna go read the encyclopedia for a little while and call it a night.

Bleed for me.

Blood is the new black owns my heart.
Their summer line is just about to drop, with the 4 new designs we collaborated on, and I'm going to be honest- their shirts feel/smell/are like your top 3 favorite things.

-Little tiny Nike shoes
-Puppies, piles and piles of puppies, lots of puppies and their puppy breath that smells like puppy milk.
-Baby soft baby heads and baby skin


So, imagine wearing the most comfortable, softest baby skin while lying on a pile of puppies, lots of little adorable puppies that smell like puppy milk, and you have the cutest little pair of mini Nike Air Force ones in the palm of your hand, like black and gold ones....with little tiny laces in them... and puppies are licking you all over- and this baby skin feels sooooo good... thats exactly what Blood is the New Black tees feel like. AAAAAND lil wayne wears Blood... so go get your eyelids tattooed...

Watch this Vimby video interview if you want to see how rad Blood is and how i look when i forget to brush my hair, again....

NEED.

Eyeballs. All of them.

Did I show you this yet? Well, its ready now. Its ready for you. Luke Stouffer and I collaborated on an 'Eyeballs Are Forever' hand printed zine- and he obviously blew me out of the water, but a bacon and over-easy terrified eyeball eggs for breakfast- I mean, come on... a little credit please... Full of sibling rivalry, sibling hairstyle rivalry and gore- I love you, here, I got you something...

You're Perfect.

I'm leaving you.

... and i'm taking everything-
I'm moving my studio this week from Koreatown to Atwater Village. Its time for a change. Change of scenery, with more head space, higher ceilings, less kim-chi, more open air and neighbors i'll probably hate (tear, i love foreign family) i love you with all my heart, but things will be better this way. i promise. goodbye 6th st. goodbye rooftop views. thank you for everything. darkness has fallen, once again.

i'll be at the old Capitol Records building on San Fernando, graciously accepting juice and snacks- and distraction.... as always.

Ludaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

Hhahahahahah, just found this in the archives from the Ludacris/ Chris Brown video I illustrated a few months back.... bang this ishhhhh!!! IN MYY HOUSEEEEEE!!


(sorry chris brown, please don't hit me)

Love, Grandarray & Darkest Night Fits!!

Grandarray's new 120 page, perfect bound book now available HERE!! Full bleed, full color, full speed ahead- a gorgeous little 7 x 7" printed collection of the last 2 years or so... love. All illustrations, all the time.


AND new 'Darkest Night' black American Apparel dress- in neon clarity!! Also up in the Grandarray Store, cop onna dem HERE!!

I'm loving you all over the place.

Fo Life

...and don't it feel good?!

I'm in Space

Thank you, I love you...
With all the blood in my heart.... I love you dearly, until all end.
Here's another little taste of more blog love, interviews and shout-outs.

Thank you, Beautiful Decay
Interview with 622 Press
Gradations of Morbidity (The Art of Doom? Doom Slug?! xx)
Interview with Bill Turner
2 Modern Blog Design Talk
Animal NY on Marc Ecko
Who Killed Bambi
Bold Blog in Chile
Creative Depart
Thats my paranoia Blog based out of Spain

Amazing Birthday Ideas.

louboutin python pumps, mc hammer jamz pumps. or both.

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love you.

20 Questions

New interview up on Juxtapoz.com

Read Alllllllll about it HERE.



Thank you . I love you .

Mastadon. So. Epic.

Their new album, Crack the Skye.... goes a little something like this...


“There is a paraplegic and the only way that he can go anywhere is if he astral travels. He goes out of his body, into outer space and a bit like Icarus, he goes too close to the sun, burning off the golden umbilical cord that is attached to his solar plexus. So he is in outer space and he is lost, he gets sucked into a wormhole, he ends up in the spirit realm and he talks to spirits telling them that he is not really dead. So they send him to the Russian cult, they use him in a divination and they find out his problem. They decide they are going to help him. They put his soul inside Rasputin’s body. Rasputin goes to usurp the czar and he is murdered. The two souls fly out of Rasputin’s body through the crack in the sky(e) and Rasputin is the wise man that is trying to lead the child home to his body because his parents have discovered him by now and think that he is dead. Rasputin needs to get him back into his body before it’s too late. But they end up running into the Devil along the way and the Devil tries to steal their souls and bring them down…there are some obstacles along the way.”

The Heart of Darkness

The heart of darkness exists within the light. Black Dawn, Dawn After Dawn Tepid Neon, Frozen Clarity.
This contrast, and the ever present existence of the two is constant. Macabre Elegance. Darkness Falls Forever... Since The Beginning. Hannah Stouffer is a Los Angeles based illustrator.