19 January 2009
Black Monday
Tales of Mere Existence by Lev Yılmaz
Statistically speaking, today’s the most miserable day of the year.
So, what better time to check out Tales of Mere Existence, a dry-humour webisode on everyday, mundane realities, created by Istanbul-born and San Fransisco-based illustrator/animator Lev (Levni) Yılmaz?
Dubbed as the next Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons), Lev succeeds to bring a wry smile to your face with his stick characters. Our favourite subject: ‘How to Break Up with Your Girlfriend’.
Lev and his brother Emre started out by making hilarious Muppets-type home movies with a 8mm camera, parodying TV commercials, used car salesmen and news broadcasts before either of them entered double digit ages. Then Lev got into art school and majored in Video Art.
Not just limited to films, Lev’s talents extend to comic books such as the extremely witty collection of ‘7 Habits of Highly Negative People’. Recently, he collected his tales of existence (which, really are based on pure unadultered fact and things that happened to him) to be published as a book titled Sunny Side Down— a sort of Dilbert-like comics and a goldmine of philosophy.
All’s a ‘child’s play’ to Lev. Just watch out those early childhood fears.
The book Sunny Side Down: A Collection of Tales of Mere Existence is out in March 2009. Check out more of Lev’s work at ingredientx.com.
So, what better time to check out Tales of Mere Existence, a dry-humour webisode on everyday, mundane realities, created by Istanbul-born and San Fransisco-based illustrator/animator Lev (Levni) Yılmaz?
Dubbed as the next Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons), Lev succeeds to bring a wry smile to your face with his stick characters. Our favourite subject: ‘How to Break Up with Your Girlfriend’.
Lev and his brother Emre started out by making hilarious Muppets-type home movies with a 8mm camera, parodying TV commercials, used car salesmen and news broadcasts before either of them entered double digit ages. Then Lev got into art school and majored in Video Art.
Not just limited to films, Lev’s talents extend to comic books such as the extremely witty collection of ‘7 Habits of Highly Negative People’. Recently, he collected his tales of existence (which, really are based on pure unadultered fact and things that happened to him) to be published as a book titled Sunny Side Down— a sort of Dilbert-like comics and a goldmine of philosophy.
All’s a ‘child’s play’ to Lev. Just watch out those early childhood fears.
The book Sunny Side Down: A Collection of Tales of Mere Existence is out in March 2009. Check out more of Lev’s work at ingredientx.com.
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