マシューマロー
Matthew Mallow
1991年生まれ、愛知県出身の現代アーティスト・イラストレーター。
ヤギをモチーフとしたキャラクターを、生活の中で感じたことや起こった経験に基づいて描く。
1930年代頃のクラシックカートゥーンは差別、政治や宗教などの問題をブラックユーモアやギャグでまとめ、誰しもが知っているキャラクターに代弁させていた。マシューマローも同じように、現代の社会問題をユーモアと可愛らしさで表現している。
救いがあるという希望が、生きていく上では必要である。
ヤギのキャラクターには「どんな日常を切り取っても“いい日”だと思えるように」(Greatest of All Time=G.O.A.T)のメッセージを込めている。
Matthew Mallow is an artist and illustrator born in Japan in 1991.
He is known for his work on character design, merchandise,
and package design for the Financier specialty store "Butter Mass ter."
He has also worked on live merchandise for bands like
O4limited sazabys, tricot, Omedetaiatamadenaniyori,
and The Orchestra Tokyo.
Additionally, he has contributed artwork to
" NERENAI ALL night" by SARA-J, SKIBOI & FOFU.
Matthew Mallow has collaborated with various apparel brands and engaged in a wide range of activities,
including logo design and character creation.
In his own creative work,
he draws on his experience of having his character designs copied.
As a response to the ease with which copying, pasting, tracing,
and plagiarism can be done in today's convenient society,
he reproduces his original characters on canvas by hand.
He believes that the daily inconveniences and bothersome aspects of life might be
what truly enriches human existence.
