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Caníbal: @malbphotography, The Boy: @tr4cerr and The Love Interest: @melanie.burkes

I don’t care for the title, but I couldn’t think of something else.

You might have noticed that cannibalism is a theme I use a lot in my art. I began dealing with OCD in 2020, and there was a day I became paranoid that people thought I was a cannibal on the grounds of nothing, so that experience has inspired that in me. Additionally, I’ve always been curious about it.

The “meat” the main character, played by photographer Mallory Barry, was made of fake blood and gummies bears I had mixed in water when I melted them. Originally, I wanted there to be an instestine, but it didn’t work out, which is something I’m familiar with as a person who mostly experiments when I’m making my projects.