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Things that inspire me

Emily Wells on crafting a soul-filled “pauper's opera”

Things That Inspire Me — Texan multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter Emily Wells shares the influences and inspirations behind new album Promise.

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  • Alex King

Mar Cerdà: the artist recreating the world of Wes Anderson in miniature

Things That Inspire Me — Spanish artist Mar Cerdà shares what inspires her beyond the weird world of Wes, including paper theatres and French comic Jacques Tati.

  • Art
  • Alex King

Jasper Wong: Championing expression in a corporate climate

Things That Inspire Me — As part of last week's SXSW festival, Jasper Wong was among a collective of graffiti artists to transform the bare walls of downtown Austin into colourful tapestries. HUCK tracked him down to source his greatest creative inspirations.

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  • Adam White

In Pictures: Mario’s Maplés grotesque erotica parodies our desire for intimacy

Things That Inspire Me — Artist Mario Maplé’s discomforting biro illustrations caricature our dirtiest desires. We reached out to ask what gets his blood pumping - artistically, that is.

  • Art
  • Alex King

Hayden Menzies of Metz shares his influences and inspirations

Things That Inspire Me — When he's not drumming in the punk outfit Metz, Hayden Menzies is also an illustrator, doing album sleeves, gig posters, t-shirts and prints. We talked to the Torontonian about the things that inspire him.

  • Music
  • Joshua Gabert-Doyon

Street artist My Dog Sighs abandons his work to be discovered by unsuspecting passersby

Things That Inspire Me — My Dog Sighs explains the struggle of leaving his artwork behind for others and shares his influences and inspirations with Huck.

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  • Alex King

How do you make great activist art?

Art not agitprop — Artist Katy Bauer explains the key to successful activist art is not to rant, shock or alienate but break through to people who don’t agree with you.

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  • Alex King

Online outsiders inspired artist Daniel David Freeman’s new show

Things That Inspire Me — The fearless, unfiltered expression Daniel David Freeman finds online inspired his approach to new show Joseph and Other Beasts at Beach London.

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  • Alex King

Check out illustrator Agathe Toman’s moody skate cruisers

Things That Inspire Me — French illustrator and visual artist Agathe Toman creates a dark and surreal world on wooden cruiser boards.

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  • Alex King

Niger’s Tal National are masters of the music grind

Things That Inspire Me — From slinging their CDs at the roadside to performing two gigs at once, Niger’s Tal National could teach other musicians a thing to two about hustling.

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  • Alex King

Kamasi Washington shares his influences and inspirations

Things That Inspire Me — Street Fighter to Stravinsky and African street parties helped inspire South Central saxophonist-composer Kamasi Washington’s debut LP The Epic.

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  • Alex King

What inspires skate polymath Mark Whiteley?

Things That Inspire Me — To celebrate the release of former SLAP mag editor Mark Whiteley’s book of skate photography We Are All In the Gutter But Some Of Us Are Holding Flashes, we asked him to share his influences and inspirations.

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  • Alex King

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