Loki Gwynbleidd Vintage Propaganda
catalogue of illustrations – Summer 2022
About - What you should know.
On this page you will find all useful information about "The Drawing Coypu", the propagandist craftsman behind the posters, cards and other visuals featured on this site.
The Anarchist Propagandist.
Anarchist for a long time and illustrator of vintage stuff since March 2020.
I am lucky enough to be a propagandist artist who lives in France with his partner, his cats and his neuro-atypia.
I love coypus (which I can use to remain anonymous on the Internet), puffins and buckwheat pancakes.
A precarious and unemployed personne (in the eyes of the law because I work quite a lot in real life), I draw both to calm my anxieties and to earn some money.
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My main goal is to make anarchist, communist and socialist propaganda that affects the largest number of people.
So I include progressive and revolutionary messages in my work, as well as inclusive and radical themes.
Mutual aid, class struggle, anti-authoritarianism but also the matters ofgender identity or the denunciation of police brutality are my favourite subjects.
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From an anarchist perspective and a desire for accessibility, I distribute my content for free.
All my work (except for commissions) is published under a Creatives Commons license..
In addition to this free sharingI offer paid services and prints for purchase.
This free / for profit compromise allows me (to try) to make a living from my work while respecting my ideological convictions as much as possible.
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My creations are inspired by posters, maps and iconographic documents from the 1840s to the 1920s, and more particularly by Victorian, Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau styles.
My aim is to make revolutionary propaganda by diverting the uses of advertising and by refusing the current norms of communication. This is reflected both in the choice of messages and in the refusal to respect the hierarchy of information and symbols of modern design.
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Loki Gwynbleidd House and its founder are present on other platforms and networks to shitpost spread Vintage and Anarchist Propaganda and discuss perspectives of struggles.
Find all the links to Loki Gwynbleidd on the linktree 
Material and techniques.
Used to make the differents artworks.
Except for the typography, all content has been designed and thought out on a computer.
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The digital posters and models are made on computer equipment and more specifically with :
- a Wacom Intuos Pro M Paper Edition graphics tablet
- a pc with AMD Ryzen 5 3400G ( Radeon RX Vega 11 integrated), 16 GB DDR4 corsair and a 250 GB SSD (and like 2-3 TB for storage) and too much ugly neon.
- Free software (Krita for digital painting & Gimp for typography, effects and post-processing)
The linocuts are produced using :
- A 0.5 mm V-shaped Pfeil gouge (for details)
- A 1 mm V-shaped Pfeil gouge (for trimming and some details)
- A 4mm U-shaped Pfeil gouge (for "rough woorks")
- Essdee SoftCut blocks
- Essdee ink rollers and water-based ink
- A good old marble rolling pin (or a flat press) for printing
I make my typographic compositions by hand and use :
- a set of antique printing blocks found on the internet
- Typefaces bought second-hand or found at flea markets
- An early 20th century business card press
- A homemade press/printing case
- An EasyTypo proof press/flatten press
- des encres aquawhash Charbonnel
If you want to contact me, please use the social networks. If you have any ideas of fascists or tankies, please go and get your ass cooked.