Journal

Sample page from The Strangest Guide to Finding Your Art Style, showing early sketchbook work by Paintranger with recurring choices: neon outlines, animals, hot pink and loose layers

How to Find Your Art Style (When Nobody Can Han...

Style is not a formula you unlock. It is a stack of choices you already make without noticing. Five ideas that help you spot yours, plus a look inside my...

How to Find Your Art Style (When Nobody Can Han...

Style is not a formula you unlock. It is a stack of choices you already make without noticing. Five ideas that help you spot yours, plus a look inside my...

Rosa vs. the Far Right hand-signed charity art print by Paintranger, a pink pigeon standing against the far right, in bright candy colours

Rosa vs. the Far Right: The Charity Art Print A...

A pink pigeon with a very clear stance. Why I turned Rosa into a permanent charity campaign, and exactly how much of every sale goes to the Amadeu Antonio Foundation.

Rosa vs. the Far Right: The Charity Art Print A...

A pink pigeon with a very clear stance. Why I turned Rosa into a permanent charity campaign, and exactly how much of every sale goes to the Amadeu Antonio Foundation.

Ricochet hand-signed art print by Paintranger, a weird little unicorn with an arrow in its arm reaching for the stars, gurokawa wall art in bright candy colours

Gurokawa Wall Art: Why Cute Creepy Art Is Worth...

What makes gurokawa wall art more than a trend: it stays interesting for years, works as Halloween decor all year, starts conversations and actually says something. Plus the hand-signed prints...

Gurokawa Wall Art: Why Cute Creepy Art Is Worth...

What makes gurokawa wall art more than a trend: it stays interesting for years, works as Halloween decor all year, starts conversations and actually says something. Plus the hand-signed prints...

Plastic Memories hand-signed art print by Paintranger, a rubber duck on an ice cube with a frozen goldfish inside, gurokawa art about growing up

Gurokawa: The Aesthetic of a Generation That Gr...

Why gurokawa, the Japanese mix of cute and grotesque, feels like the honest voice of millennials and Gen Z: raised on Tamagotchis and Hello Kitty, now paying rent in a...

Gurokawa: The Aesthetic of a Generation That Gr...

Why gurokawa, the Japanese mix of cute and grotesque, feels like the honest voice of millennials and Gen Z: raised on Tamagotchis and Hello Kitty, now paying rent in a...

Cat Got Your Tongue? hand-signed art print by Paintranger, a goldfish in its tiny transparent world watched by a huge cat, gurokawa art about neurodivergence

Gurokawa and Neurodivergence: Why Cute and Cree...

Why so many autistic and ADHD people are drawn to gurokawa, the Japanese cute and creepy aesthetic, and what it has to do with holding two feelings at once, masking...

Gurokawa and Neurodivergence: Why Cute and Cree...

Why so many autistic and ADHD people are drawn to gurokawa, the Japanese cute and creepy aesthetic, and what it has to do with holding two feelings at once, masking...

Sugar and Scavenging hand-signed art print by Paintranger, a colorful surreal raccoon painted entirely by hand in Candy Decay style, no AI involved

Transparency: How I Use AI and How I Don't

My paintings are made one hundred percent by hand, with no AI anywhere near them. I do use AI for the shop code, the admin and for turning my own...

Transparency: How I Use AI and How I Don't

My paintings are made one hundred percent by hand, with no AI anywhere near them. I do use AI for the shop code, the admin and for turning my own...