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The Sad Truth About Today’s World Illustrated By Steve Cutts
Art isn’t all fairytale photoshoots and landscape shots – it can also be done in sarcastic, sad drawings and act as catalyst of change. And Steve Cutts thinks that many things in the world should be different. Work shouldn’t be a grinding, soul-crushing rat race for the almighty dollar. Consumerism shouldn’t hold a vice-like grip on our lives. And social media, well, we need to throw off the shackles we so eagerly put on ourselves. Wouldn’t life be better with these social issues solved?
Steve Cutts is an illustrator and animator from London. Faced with the choice of working at McDonald’s or studying Fine Arts, he chose the latter. He worked at Glueisobar as the main storyboard concept artist before leaping to freelance work. Cutts makes videos and images that caricatures modern life and its ironic situations – he states that the insanity of humanity and global issues are an endless pool of inspiration for sarcasm and drawings.
More info: stevecutts.com | facebook | twitter
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KirilBelozerski 10 years ago
What's more shocking is that people are shocked about it, while supporting political, social and economic vectors that lead to this reality. (capitalism, individualism, atheism)
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DanielleWolf 10 years ago
The ironic thing is that without social media he wouldn't even be able to disseminate his views and artistry in the first place...
DariaB 10 years ago
Oh, come on, people. Yes, these are classic topics, yes these are thoughts and images we've all got in our heads everyday, but to bring those thoughts into life is the action, if they stay just in our heads, that's passive. No, these images aren't shocking or new, but they're pretty well made illustrations of problems we still ARE facing today and we will as long as we keep on unimpressingly disrespect the artists who at least are trying. As long as we have to face these problems, the fight is still not over. Keep up the good job. Stay creative. And keep in mind the meaning of "creative" relates to "creation", so the idea itself is not enough unless it's brought out into something concrete.
ConnorWalls 10 years ago
Yes! Couldn't agree more. Just saying "We're aware of these issues" doesn't mean that this artist shouldn't give his take on them! He's expressing his point of view on these topics.
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EdiDrilea 10 years ago
The sad truth is actually that we believe things are like that. Those pictures depict just the perspective of the average joe and there is much more in the world than that. I find art like this to be just a form of exposing excuses that we use to feel good about ourselves because we don't take the time to think and build our lives properly.
MaxwellThomas 10 years ago
None of this is original or thought provoking. Television is 'b******t'... People getting on tubes are in a 'rat race'.. People walking around staring at their phones are 'zombies'.. Seriously!? You've just drawn common turns of phrase that you can see/hear everywhere. I get the same images in my head at 7 in the morning when I'm hungover on my way to the work- you know, the creative peak for a non-artist like me who pretty much has zero creative ability. Worst of all, these drawings come across as snide. His bio reads 'I could've got a s****y job just like the rest of you, but instead I did Media Studies at college and went on to become a super cool freelance artist, now here's some pictures of the fat brainless slobs you all are, hohoho' Cool, dude. I can't wait for the day McDonald's offer you a big contract to illustrate and you cave in (but draw it 'ironically')
FrøkenFiolett 10 years ago
Who said it had to be original? Someone gotta illustrate what we all think. And it's good to see how some have better ability than others to create. Maybe you should stop being hangover with you thought images and spread some inspiration rather then written junk ;)
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ThatGuy 10 years ago
Golly, another artist schooled in the school of shock value. Totally not counterproductive. I get it bruh, you're turning the mirror on society. Also, pointing out issues that have been around as roughly as long as sentience doesn't make you make you come across as some dipstick hipster with nothing else to provide but criticism. As we all know every problem ever has been solved by just complaining about it .
MaxwellThomas 10 years ago
its not even shocking. we've seen the same imagery thousands of times before.
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EliseAcredolo 10 years ago
oh wow so gritty and true man my eyes are open everyone else is just a flock of sheeple every fast food place and business person is trying to murder the planet and our perfect free bodies and caring about our financial wellbeing is a sign of being a real rat of a person aw man
DanLehner 10 years ago
The art itself is tremendous, but honestly, the messages feel pretty thin/cliché. The visual puns ("rat race", "bull s**t") just feel kind of tired. If art like this is going to hit hard, it's got to be as politically imaginative as it is artistically.
AbesheetHabesheet 10 years ago
Do you guys really need to comment on this post (for it is pretty self-explanatory) or is it your need to be a part of it somehow - show your fake outrage because you gotta be heard, no matter how often the point has been made?!
OisinMurphy 10 years ago
Unoriginal, although I quite liked the b******t one. For art like this to be effective it needs a sense of humour. For actual change to be made it takes seriousness. Stuff like this annoys me because some adolescents will see it and think they understand all there is to the Capitalist machine and that they're edgy and arty or some s**t, I don't know ahah.
KirilBelozerski 10 years ago
What's more shocking is that people are shocked about it, while supporting political, social and economic vectors that lead to this reality. (capitalism, individualism, atheism)
Load More Replies... DanielleWolf 10 years ago
The ironic thing is that without social media he wouldn't even be able to disseminate his views and artistry in the first place...
DariaB 10 years ago
Oh, come on, people. Yes, these are classic topics, yes these are thoughts and images we've all got in our heads everyday, but to bring those thoughts into life is the action, if they stay just in our heads, that's passive. No, these images aren't shocking or new, but they're pretty well made illustrations of problems we still ARE facing today and we will as long as we keep on unimpressingly disrespect the artists who at least are trying. As long as we have to face these problems, the fight is still not over. Keep up the good job. Stay creative. And keep in mind the meaning of "creative" relates to "creation", so the idea itself is not enough unless it's brought out into something concrete.
ConnorWalls 10 years ago
Yes! Couldn't agree more. Just saying "We're aware of these issues" doesn't mean that this artist shouldn't give his take on them! He's expressing his point of view on these topics.
Load More Replies... EdiDrilea 10 years ago
The sad truth is actually that we believe things are like that. Those pictures depict just the perspective of the average joe and there is much more in the world than that. I find art like this to be just a form of exposing excuses that we use to feel good about ourselves because we don't take the time to think and build our lives properly.
MaxwellThomas 10 years ago
None of this is original or thought provoking. Television is 'b******t'... People getting on tubes are in a 'rat race'.. People walking around staring at their phones are 'zombies'.. Seriously!? You've just drawn common turns of phrase that you can see/hear everywhere. I get the same images in my head at 7 in the morning when I'm hungover on my way to the work- you know, the creative peak for a non-artist like me who pretty much has zero creative ability. Worst of all, these drawings come across as snide. His bio reads 'I could've got a s****y job just like the rest of you, but instead I did Media Studies at college and went on to become a super cool freelance artist, now here's some pictures of the fat brainless slobs you all are, hohoho' Cool, dude. I can't wait for the day McDonald's offer you a big contract to illustrate and you cave in (but draw it 'ironically')
FrøkenFiolett 10 years ago
Who said it had to be original? Someone gotta illustrate what we all think. And it's good to see how some have better ability than others to create. Maybe you should stop being hangover with you thought images and spread some inspiration rather then written junk ;)
Load More Replies... ThatGuy 10 years ago
Golly, another artist schooled in the school of shock value. Totally not counterproductive. I get it bruh, you're turning the mirror on society. Also, pointing out issues that have been around as roughly as long as sentience doesn't make you make you come across as some dipstick hipster with nothing else to provide but criticism. As we all know every problem ever has been solved by just complaining about it .
MaxwellThomas 10 years ago
its not even shocking. we've seen the same imagery thousands of times before.
Load More Replies... EliseAcredolo 10 years ago
oh wow so gritty and true man my eyes are open everyone else is just a flock of sheeple every fast food place and business person is trying to murder the planet and our perfect free bodies and caring about our financial wellbeing is a sign of being a real rat of a person aw man
DanLehner 10 years ago
The art itself is tremendous, but honestly, the messages feel pretty thin/cliché. The visual puns ("rat race", "bull s**t") just feel kind of tired. If art like this is going to hit hard, it's got to be as politically imaginative as it is artistically.
AbesheetHabesheet 10 years ago
Do you guys really need to comment on this post (for it is pretty self-explanatory) or is it your need to be a part of it somehow - show your fake outrage because you gotta be heard, no matter how often the point has been made?!
OisinMurphy 10 years ago
Unoriginal, although I quite liked the b******t one. For art like this to be effective it needs a sense of humour. For actual change to be made it takes seriousness. Stuff like this annoys me because some adolescents will see it and think they understand all there is to the Capitalist machine and that they're edgy and arty or some s**t, I don't know ahah.
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