| R. Thies FAQ Frequently Annoying Questions |
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| Is your artwork computer-generated? Not at all. My artwork is created entirely by hand; with pens, markers, colored pencils, or paint. You must have been on acid to draw stuff that trippy. I am not on drugs. I don't do drugs. All of my art is created in a sober state. So then what inspires you? The short answer is cartoons and feral badgers.. A good portion of your work seems to be suggestive of genitalia. Why is that? I draw what I want to draw; you see what you want to see. How do you pronounce your last name? Contrary to popular assumptions, Thies is actually pronounced like 'teace'. I found a quarter with R. Thies engraved on both sides. Is this your work? No. Although I wish I could take credit for such promotional wizardry, |
| What anonymous people think about my artwork "Felt like an acid trip while watching Cartoon Network all day." "Ren & Stimpy meets R. Crumb" "Very Escher-esque acid/dreamy sort of stuff - odd, but strangely cool and compelling!" "Great work. Kind of Dali meets pop art or something." "Definitely not pleasant art - life isn't pleasant though, so it becomes a painful reminder of the everyday grind." "It has a dark comedy to it that makes it romantically grotesque." "I can't stand looking at this everyday I'm at work. It's painful to the eyes." "Great work...makes me want to bust out the pens and paint." "Are you the person my parents warned me about?" "I like how you rip the human body apart and put it back together in weird ways. It's like Frankenstein!" "Awesome. I dig the surreal nature of the work." "So I see alot of penis representation in your older work..you know as you progress..does that mean you are progressively becoming more gay?" "I like it. It looks like some of it could be really cool CD covers." "You make images that I can relate to about the world today" |