ZINE DREAM 3

hideous herbert books and various prints for sale at this year's zine dream!

if you have nothing to do this sunday, come join us and get cultured!

Sunday august 29th 1-5pm
the TRANZAC
292 Brunswick Ave
Toronto, ON

hideous herbert

hideous herbert

is an edition of handmade/handcrafted books recounting the tragic tale of an ugly caterpillar desperately awaiting to become a butterfly.it is an edition of 20.
the pages are made of tiny envelopes...
each of which contains a chapter (in the shape of an even tinier envelope...)

and within each chapter you can find: a print of Herbert and an accessory!

click here to start reading chapter one
or
check out how i made the covers, clasps, pages fillers, and chapters (here and here)

hideous herbert: (chapter 4)

chapters in hideous herbert take the form of mini origami-envelopes.
the act of opening an envelop reveals it's narrative
"gargle... gargle..."
Without his many arms, Herbert slipped into a nearby
pond and was unable to paddle away.
Falling rainwater slowly filled his lungs and without a soul in sight
he died absolutely alone.
he was forgotten immediately and was completely unmissed by the world.
End.

check out chapter 1
check out chapter 2
check out chapter 3
print, 23/4x21/16 (check out the W.I.P. for print 4)
chapters (closed), 27/8x23/4 (check out the W.I.P.)

hideous herbert: (chapter 3)

chapters in hideous herbert take the form of mini origami-envelopes.

the act of opening an envelop reveals it's narrative

"Sammy! you found me! help I want to go home."

"I'm sorry Herbert, but I can't help. I'm not real."

"I don't like this game Sammy. Just come help me."

"Even the smallest little boy is still much larger than the biggest worm."

"I'm not a worm! I'm a caterpillar and one day I'm going to be a beautiful butterfly!"

"No Herbert, you're not. Your body is the mutated byproduct of pollutants and your
mental stability has been compromised from a lifetime of living under a hallucinogenic
mushroom. You're never going to be a butterfly and you're not even a proper worm."
"But my entire life I've wanted to fly!"
"If you ask me: that bird was doing you a favor."

check out chapter 1
check out chapter 2
check out chapter 4
prints, 23/4x21/16 (check out the W.I.P. for print 3)
chapters (closed), 27/8x23/4 (check out the W.I.P.)

hideous herbert: (chapter 2)

chapters in hideous herbert take the form of mini origami-envelopes.
the act of opening an envelop reveals it's narrative

“It hurts, it hurts!

That bird took my arm, then spat it back out!

I want to go home to my mushroom,

But I’m too scared to leave this rock…

If only I were a butterfly then everything

Would be so much better…

I hate myself…”

check out chapter 1
check out chapter 3
check out chapter 4
print, 23/4x21/16 (check out the W.I.P. for print 2)
chapters (closed), 27/8x23/4 (check out the W.I.P.)

e.o.d portraits: 19

N(aughty) S(tupid)F(uck) W(ads)
larry craig.

graphite on sketchbook paper, 6.5x10

daily sketch: 107

dos xx

pen on 140 watercolour paper, 9x12

e.o.d portraits: 18

spent most of the day naked! 7 hrs to be exact.
my god did feel good to slap some paint around, although my bum now has two perfect rosy circles from sitting on a hard wood floor for so long, but that's a painting for another day.
p.s. my penis says: "hi!"

acrylic on canvas, 12x16

daily sketch: 106

posing couture

graphite in sketchbook, 6.5x10

daily sketch: 105

anticipation and approval

graphite in sketchbook, 6.5x10

hideous herbert: (chapter 1)

the book is done!
chapters in hideous herbert take the form of mini origami-envelopes. the act of opening an envelop reveals it's narrative

heres how the first chapter looks like:

“Don’t look at me! I’m so ugly!

One day I will become a beautiful

Butterfly, but for now I’m an ugly and

unlovable caterpillar. My only friend,

Sammy, is a little boy who rides on

my back. Some days he says nice

things to me and makes my

life hurt a little less…”

check out chapter 2

check out chapter 3

check out chapter 4

print, 23/4x21/16 (check out the W.I.P. for print 1)
chapters (closed), 27/8x23/4 (check out the W.I.P.)

W.I.P: hideous herbert (print 4)

the final print that will be going into the book
"gargle... gargle..."
-hideous herbert

read the chapter this goes into
check out print number one
check out print number two
check out print number three
print: wacom tablet in photoshop cs4, 23/4 x 21/16

W.I.P: hideous herbert (print 3)

lookie! i made a nice little hideous herbert necklace!
got a few laying around but dono if they should come with the book or not. im probably over designing the hell out of his little summer project. but i guess its kinda nice, since you hardly ever get a chance to fully explore a project when your drowning in deadlines at school.

"but i've always wanted to fly!"
-hideous herbert

read the chapter this goes into
check out print number 1

check out print number 2
check out print number 4
print: wacom tablet in photoshop cs4, 23/4 x 21/16
necklace: wire, super scupley, thread and acrylics

W.I.P: hideous herbert (print 2)

this is second of four prints that will be included in my little book.

"it hurts! it hurts!"
- hideous herbert

read the chapter this goes into
check out print number one
check out print number three
check out print number four
wacom tablet in photoshop cs4, 23/4 x 21/16