If you’ve ever wandered through East London and caught sight of a burst of colour that seems to wink at you, something part comic strip, part album cover, part childhood memory, you might have stumbled across the work of Carl Stimpson.

Meet Amy Jane. An artist and professional piercer whose work straddles the line between the whimsical and the macabre. A regular at alternative markets like Satanic Flea Market, LDN Queer Mart, and Arty Farty, Amy’s creations are an intricate blend of Gothic fairy tale aesthetics and nostalgic, soft-hearted sentimentality.

Love, as it turns out, couldn’t care less about appearances. Love doesn’t notice that you’ve put on a few pounds or that you have A LOT less hair than you used to, it also, remarkably, doesn't care that your laugh sounds like a startled goose.

Céline Moya is an illustrator, animator, and all-around curious person who has both an MSc in Social Psychology and an MA in Illustration.

There’s something happening in Bristol. Something exciting. Something artistic. Something that involves an alarming amount of beautifully...