Today on the sketchbook, I too get in on the Labubu craze. But… why buy them when you can draw your own?
Anyway, here is… the creature toy that is all the rage right now. My wife loves it. Also, in case you missed the last sketchbook post, long ears seems to be the current theme.
Some people have a straight up hatred for these things, which I find silly.
First off, I do think the general idea of the Labubu is cute. The design reminds me of the creatures from Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, only by way of kawaiification. Second, they are like any other fad. There is something in human nature where a thing makes a lot of money and seemingly sweeps in from nowhere that causes people to rage. Probably sour grapes. Give it next year and I think Labubu products won’t be as a big of a thing, as we’ll have collectively moved onto something else. For now, just let people enjoy things, humbugs.
In any case, this little thing was fun to draw, but I did mess up one detail. Real Labubu dolls/figures have nine teeth showing. I only drew eight. It happens. It’s technically a knock-off now.
In any case, to the illustrator who created the Labubu character, Kasing Lung, I genuinely wish you get that bag and you make so much money off of these things. You nailed the collectable character vibe.
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Wow, such trends of a high status value of models with there gold star, one and only labubus of such a design.
Virality than can’t be reverse-engineered with all it’s popularity happenings. Maybe some growth/direct response gurus will make silly tutorials, again, it’s random waves.
Welp, that illustrator and graphic design, he’s got a window to capitalise with all those models with duck-lips doing their best on tik-tok.
Get-that-bag, is capitalism after all, current mode of production.. as we continue to socialise the relations.
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