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24 “Yes, But” Illustrations By Anton Gudim That You Might Relate To (New Pics)
Interview With Artist
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.
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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.
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."
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.
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 here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
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.
I have such good taste in music that I know everyone else wants to hear it!
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."
This will always be the case as long as people think of pets as possessions not companions.
My three pets are my brothers and sister, my children, my best friends. I might technically “legally” “own” them, but they are my partners in life, not my “things”.
Load More Replies... I'll say it and risk the down votes. I can't stand people that don't leash their dogs. I have been chased, jumped on, and had to defend myself against way too many. If your property isn't fenced in, your dog belongs on a leash to protect other people. It doesn't matter if they "just love people," it is terrifying to have an excited animal run at you.
No one with any sense is going to down vote you for wanting leashed dogs. I used to have a pitbull i always kept leashed and one time this giant unleashed poodle charged at us and the owner came running up and was like "lol he just got excited" and i said "would it have been cool if my dog had run up to you unleashed?" And he just was like 😮
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Why do you have a dog? He's tied up, so it can't be for security or companionship. How would you like to be chained to a single area for the rest of YOUR life?!!
Sadly most are. How many people only travel to work and back? How many never leave their town? Oh, here is a real killjoy stat to look up. How many have a passport? How about just your elected representatives?
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That's good to hear. It should be criminalized everywhere. It's inhumane.
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Never ever ever chain up your dog!!! Never. If it can't be inside and be part of the family then you don't need a dog!! Or deserve one.
Granted I live in an upper middle class neighborhood, but almost everyone has the electric fences. Best solution. There are a few glitches-power failures or dead battery
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Too many times it's "keeping up with Jones" mentality. Actually even worse is gifting animal (kitten/dog/bird) to a kid and them ignoring it in a day ... Their living creature you MUST invest in
In the olden days, yes I said that, people would keep dogs in fenced in areas around a business to “protect their property”. They called them “junkyard dogs”. I always felt terrible for them, they were not pets, they were encouraged to snarl & bark at everything & try to attack through the fence. They were not loved or shown affection because it was thought it make them soft. During the day they were usually locked in a back room or a kennel then let out at night when business closed. Horrible life for them. Broke my heart. I’m glad that’s not a thing anymore.
This always makes me reach over and rub my babys belly. I couldn't IMAGINE him spending his life outside chained to anything
Never have put any of my dogs on a chain. They stay in the house and also get their daily multiple walks and playtime. I hate seeing dogs being tied up like this
And I wish my dog would sleep in bed with me. What chihuahua wants to sleep alone (on the couch under a blanket)? MINE! Little weirdo!
Had to bust the window out of a newer BMW once because some douchebag left their dog and toddler in the backseat with the windows rolled up on a 90° day. The car ended up getting towed because the owner never showed back up. Most likely because they saw us extracting their pupper and kid and was trying to postpone their punishment.
My rescue pup was one of these chained babies. The jerks kept "forgetting" to feed him. Sweet Peanut was so under weight and beaten. Now he is a healthy and happy boy.
My dogs are never outside alone. They have 100% access to the house, furniture, get fed the best food I can afford, and new toys every couple of weeks. So I don't get how anyone could treat their pups like this.
If you're going to keep your pet dog outside, and ignore the poor thing while it barks for seven hours straight, please don't get a dog. Kennel train it if you're worried about poopies and pees for short periods of time, and then let it out when you get home. If you're at work all the time and nobody is there to take care of it, and it's not trained, and you won't/can't train it, please let someone who can have it. It's kind of gross to get a pet and just leave it outside. I don't have the time or energy to do these things, and I do like a well trained happy dog. So I'm a cat person, because they're a little easier and I can take proper care of them, including fuzzy worm playtime. FYI - The same applies to babies. Please don't have one if you're an inept parent. (Not to be confused with an unwilling one who isn't allowed rule over her own body. That's a whole other can of worms.)
Anyone who has an animal on a chain is a horrible person and shouldn't be allowed to keep it nor allowed to have one in the future. This one troubles me so deeply.
I dog sit for my brother and I let his dog out on a chain but it's for as long as the dog wants and is for his safety since he doesn't know his boundaries in my yard. I check on him often and leave the front door open so I can see when he wants in. Is that bad too? I'm honestly asking.
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I will find the people who do this to animals and when I do.. they will be VERY sorry!
On one hand being a yard dog is better than being a homeless dog but I still hate it for them 🥺🥺
My parents do this because they can't have fenced in yard. Not because they don't care about the dog or spend time with him, the dog wants to be outside. He gets walks, long onces but especially during spring it's just not enough. His winter coat is more comfortable outside than inside. If he doesn't get his outside cooling off time he would just lay on the tiles than do anything. He is much happier and active after being able hang around the yard for an hour or two.
Is it a nationality thing? I'm in UK and everyone I know keeps dogs inside. Only ever seen dog houses used in American TV shows.
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My dog doesn't even know he's a dog so this one almost doesn't make sense
That same lady I work with who declawed her cat over a scratch also Tues up both her huskys outside in they 5ft backyard and then beats them when they chew through all the cables. Animal control has been out but found no fault even though there's a law against tying dogs up outside.
I go outside my dog goes outside.i go in my dog follows and when he goes out by himself he'll knock on the door when he's ready. to be in the a.c.(the only time he's on a leash is walking in town) he's off leash in the yard or walking in the woods.nobody will be mean to him when I'm around.when I'm at work that's different and if I can't prove it I can't stop it
The comic is to raise awareness, in hoping that people will help.
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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."
The amount of useless bloatware that my phone has is ridiculous. Never getting another Xiaomi ever again!
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.
Lol yeah, why do the waiting tickets always look like they were printed on the oldest electronic printer ever?
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.
This seems like extreme cherrypicking to me. The artist choses to invent situations that only exist in their mind and then to be offended by them.
Maybe it's a location or cultural thing? I realize there's some poetic license as it's a bit of ironic comedy/relatable angst. Regardless, I encounter most of these more often than I think about.
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Does BoredPanda need a primer for satire, irony and absurdism? Because the top comments on half of these posts are by people don’t get that these are meant to be humorous, tongue-in-cheek, and to maaaybe make you think a little bit.
I think most of the world needs a primer for that, but maybe that's just me speaking as a customer service rep...
Load More Replies... Idk but, for some of the pics I get what the author want to say but... That's not reality, like, in French we have a word "cliché" which basically means something that people expect to happen but doesn't really happen 'cause that's not how things works...
Huh, that's actually an interesting take on it. I sure hope you don't delete this comment and then people decide to downvote you because it's a deleted comment!
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This seems like extreme cherrypicking to me. The artist choses to invent situations that only exist in their mind and then to be offended by them.
Maybe it's a location or cultural thing? I realize there's some poetic license as it's a bit of ironic comedy/relatable angst. Regardless, I encounter most of these more often than I think about.
Load More Replies... Does BoredPanda need a primer for satire, irony and absurdism? Because the top comments on half of these posts are by people don’t get that these are meant to be humorous, tongue-in-cheek, and to maaaybe make you think a little bit.
I think most of the world needs a primer for that, but maybe that's just me speaking as a customer service rep...
Load More Replies... Idk but, for some of the pics I get what the author want to say but... That's not reality, like, in French we have a word "cliché" which basically means something that people expect to happen but doesn't really happen 'cause that's not how things works...
Huh, that's actually an interesting take on it. I sure hope you don't delete this comment and then people decide to downvote you because it's a deleted comment!
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