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Anton Gudim is an artist who’s great at noticing how contradictory our everyday life can be. Besides his quirky short-paneled comics, the artist also creates sarcastic and relatable illustrations he calls "Yes, But" that depict two sides of the same circumstance.

The idea of creating "Yes, But" comics came to Anton in 2016. This format was inspired by reflections on how people get along with a lot of contradictions in their lives. The artist found the actions of some people very contradictory: hence this "but" appeared.

If you want to see our previous posts featuring more "Yes, But" comics, click here, here and here!

More info: Instagram | patreon.com | gudim.threadless.com

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Jayne Kyra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of my cats loves the scratching post, but also adores the already ruined leather armchairs (previous kitty went to town on the leather furniture), and she loves the kitchen bench. The other cat sometimes forgets what the scratching post is for, but loves one of the carpets that she is allowed to scratch. Oh well. People who want perfect furniture should not have pets that can ruin it. Oh, and anyone who declaws a cat is a garbage human being and should have the same done to them.

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Anton's ideas come from observing everyday life. As the artist mentioned in previous interviews, over the years he has trained himself to notice something and to be in a constant search for ideas. Since he has formed an absurd surrealistic style, Anton looks at the world through the prism of it. "This is the way to fight the boredom: to see something new in the regular surroundings."

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B Hobbit
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True. Insisting that pre-pubescent girls cover their nipples when they are at that point identical to little boys or else they will be considered obscene or sexualized. Refusing to allow women to breastfeed in public when THIS is exactly the purpose of enlarged breasts in women but allowing sexy images of women's breasts in advertising.

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Irony, humor, sarcasm, randomness, absurdity and easily recognizable style are what make these illustrations so well received. Anton Gudim has already reached over 1.7M followers on two of his Instagram accounts and the number keeps growing!

If you'd like to see some of the creator's older work, check out our posts herehereherehereherehere and here.

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Jayne Kyra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Short-haired peeps, don´t forget to use sunscreen on the back of your neck and ears when heading into the hellscape that is outside.

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It's the 4th article featuring "Yes, But" comics on Bored Panda and it seems that it won't be the last. The artist shared that he has a lot of ideas for this format so he's planning to continue creating these contradictory illustrations.

"I don’t come up with something special: the ideas come by themselves, which means that the topic has not exhausted itself and the format itself has a wide interpretation, which almost does not restrain my creative impulses."

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We asked Anton whether he has some upcoming projects. The artist replied that he has a lot on his plate at the moment. Besides the "Yes, but" illustrations he is also creating drawings outside this format for himself, publishing books, discussing future exhibitions, etc. All this doesn't allow him to think about other projects. However, the artist shared that everything can change at any moment. "Just like I did not plan to do Yes, BUT as a separate project, but it happened."

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Jayne Kyra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The amount of useless bloatware that my phone has is ridiculous. Never getting another Xiaomi ever again!

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CV Vir
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don’t understand the supposed difference of pic #2. It’s her feet on the ground? So?

EvilK
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's about how influensers ruin flower fields. https://guestofaguest.com/los-angeles/instagram/instagram-influencers-have-caused-the-california-poppy-fields-to-shut-down

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Carole Petricek
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There was a farmer in Spokane who had to hire guards for a sunflower field because too many people were trampling them trying to get pictures for their instagram pages. Just randomly mowing down sunflowers to get a "perfect" picture.

Aisling Raye
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cries in California poppy fields. (This influencer sh!t really pisses me off)

Rad Roxxy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah man...we would watch from a distance and be kind, while others wanna "be the flower"

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Historyharlot93
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still can’t get over those horrible people who helicopterred into the poppy fields and jumped out to get their picture after the town closed the fields because literally 1,000s of people were trampling them daily (https://nypost.com/2019/08/31/hordes-of-instagrammers-are-killing-californias-flowers)

Down With Agent Hedgehog!
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once I saw a farmer yelling at a girl for getting ‘pretty’n’cute’ photos in his crops, after he had very nicely asked her to go away and she insisted on trampling the fields. And plus she said she would sue him for not letting her on his property, which seemed so nuts a crowd was yelling at her soon enough. Stupid self-obsessed girl.

Caleb R
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a major part of why people need to stay on the marked path. They are just as much for your protection as it is to protect and preserve nature

Sham Wow
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Didn't notice the hashtags at first and thought the second pic was just the pain walking around in grass with rocks and twigs and thorns and whatnot. The comments made me realize it's commentary on someone saying they love nature or whatever for the pic, but they ruin nature by walking through it.

Lucy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beautiful then destroyed by walking through it sad 😔

Ellieee
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've definitely taken my fair share of pictures with flower fields but is it REALLY that hard to stay on a path or on a large rock?

Chris
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Its showing shes a nature lover but is trampling and destroying the flowers and plants she walks on

Tegan Ware
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

bro it means that she does not wear shoes cuz she loves nature and shoes are leather so she can not wear leather at any cost

Lucifer Son666
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah couldn't be me I live in Texas where even the grass has thorns

Vicki Perizzolo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

she's stomping all over the flowers - a few years ago we had super blooms of poppies everywhere and the truly selfish scummies were everywhere laying in them, stomping on them - all for selfies - NO respect for Nature

Lori Lathrom
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She is walking all over the flowers. An admonishment to “Stay off the grass!”

Adedoyin Kugbiyi
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's gross when your feet hits wet grass! And the grass get in between your feet.

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Jerry Ryan
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It won't take long to bounce back but as a guy who loves being in the woods I stick to deer trails

Abby
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

running barefoot thru a feild of flowers, while high on lsd. that was so much fun.

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RedPanda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think parks/museums/etc. should have a "photoshoot charge". Blocking other members of the public from enjoying the space to take ur 2+ hour photoshoot shouldn't be normalized but it is.

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Jayne Kyra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always do the pumpy thing; opening and closing an umbrella rapidly to shake off excess water. Doesn´t make it dry, but it´s not as drippy.

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PenitentEyeball
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol yeah, why do the waiting tickets always look like they were printed on the oldest electronic printer ever?

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Quinn Nix
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you feel you must pray before playing in a competition, don't pray to win – pray to be a good sport if you lose.

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MiriPanda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just because we kill animals for food doesn't mean we should stomp and kill every other animal for no reason...

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Jill Rhodry
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hmm...boating and rowing are two different things and there's nothing relaxing about rowing but it's a brilliant workout - so I don't think I agree with this one, he's working out in one and relaxing in the other.

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