Day 24 of #ArtAdventCalendar
Dynasty, ink + digital colour, 2019
album art commission for @hualihuali.bsky.social - the biggest and baddest ink work I've ever done. Hua Li logo by me, text font is Eurostile.
#illustration #albumart #landscape

A general announcement to those who will be raptured on Sept 23, if you will be leaving behind any adorable shih tzus, I would be more than happy to care for them while you’re in heaven and stuff.

parquette is the first warehouse venue that has opened since the mass shut downs of the silver door/torn curtain era that feels truly authentically peak mtl. honestly, the city is back bb.

You know you’re a true adult in Montreal when you have friends you could knock on the door of anytime of the day from pointe at Charles to Parc ex

I need to know, are there people in the world that wake up everyday and make their bed the same way hotels do?

My latest substack on streaming’s impact on personal taste and how DJs may save our lives.

The CCP could do the funniest thing ever right now by banning capitalists from 小红书。

Come along children and imagine a new-old internet with me.

open.substack.com/pub/huali/p/...

Not to victim blame but Spotify Wrapped always makes me feel like artists are so cooked bc we all post these vanity metrics that are free ads for the company that has normalized the devaluing of our art 🥲

Anyone have insight as to what this means for FACTOR funding in the coming years?

www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...

Deport the white landlords of Chinatown

My ultimate dream for 2025 is that we start doing normal things like knowing your neighbours’ names and not feeling weird about asking to borrow their drill instead of buying the cheapest possible drill you’ll use once but that took an airplane and a truck ride to get to you.

I feel like I failed at 2024 because I only just found out that James Blake and Lil Yachty released a record together.

Be aware

For The Main, I spoke with @hualihuali.bsky.social about MTL’s DIY music scene crisis, its effects on non-affluent POC artists & strategies on thriving as a racialized musician in the scene today.
Thank you Hua Li 化力 for chatting & @jpkarwacki.bsky.social for edits.
www.themain.com/articles/mon...