and FINALLY a new blog

Really interesting stuff. Very pleased to be one of the first to see it too! Makes a change. Loving your blog as much as your music, if thats possible!

xoxo

Encore un autre blog sur l’art, c’est super, merciiiii !! ^^

Sinon j’aime beaucoup c’est vraiment beau, surtout l’image avec le lapin et l’accordéon (je ne suis pas très sure de l’orthographe mais bon ^^)
xxx

Samia - MWS

I really like his work… and maybe that’s why I liked yours as well… I can see clearly his influence on your artwork…

hey meeks thanx 4 sharing, i love his works too

greetings and kisses from Mexico!
have a mikalicious weekend

Hey M,

hope you are feeling better.

Very cool stuff!

London in autumn sounds good ;o)

Well apparently not only the third one but the last too

But I like the revolution one

Your blog is becoming a huge “cool artists database”! lol

Alan Aldridge is awesome, love his work with The Beatles! Almost as good as DaWack’s! =P

Beijo
Mary

Hey Mika,

I’ve never heard about him, but i like his work very much. It’s funny and very cool, but it’s also a little bit strange.

Anyway, i think it’s cool to see what you like.

Lisanne

Looks great.
Very colourful

The drawings are AMAZING!!!!!!!
you havr an excellent taste!!!

Hey Mika,

No I didn’t know this artist. I learn something new from you everyday
I like the ‘revolution’ drawing because it’s very colourful and the letters are curly and also the rabbit (!?) with the accordion is cool (I can play that instrument a little) Are you going to his exposition the fall?

xx Eveline

p.s. (sorry for my bad/strange English lol)

FANTASTIC!!!! IT ALWAYS PLEASES ME TO SEE YOUR DIVERSE INTERESTS…YOU SIR ARE AN “OLD SOUL”….LUV IT!!!!!

C’est très coloré, j’aime beaucoup, surtout le visuel “all you need is love” et “revolution”.
Merci pour cette nouvelle découverte.

Stéphanie

Very colourful, I love it :D!
It seems like each picture brings out something special. Thanks for sharing, you really have a good taste for art!
Take care
XXX
Laureline

Je ne connaissais pas cet artiste, mais ce qu’il fait est très interessant !

Ce que j’apprécie aussi, c’est qu’il a un certain style, cependant, il varie un peu son dessin et sa peinture : par exemple, on voit une nette différence de dessin entre le “lapin musicien” et la toute dernière photo !

Le dessin sur “all you need is love” des Beatles me fait penser à ceux de “Life in Cartoon Motion” ! On se sent un peu dans le même “univers”, les même codes couleurs, dessins…bref, c’est vraiment magnifique !

that reminds me of a movie i watched this week. i think those pictures are beautiful, the details are amazing. i especially like “revolution”, “love” and the rabbit. i think every part of that bunny plays music, even his ears.
buzy busy bunny!
xx

Hi Mika!

I never heard anything about this artist! Thanks for sharing with us!
I love the colors that he use! Really beautiful!

I remembered one thing that you might like!
http://www.pylones.com/
Ordinary objects with a very different and funny design! Hope you like it!

**

Hi Mika : )

Thanks for sharing this.
TBH I don’t think it matters how many times one has seen this artwork…..it never seems to date. It is amazing, fascinating.

xx

Hey, Mika!

I didn’t know this guy. His work looks cool and interesting! (:

Anyway, I’d like you to watch my uncle’s paintings. Maybe you like them! This is his webpage:
http://www.fernandozicarelli.com/

Besos desde Argentina!
Flopi

I love the title of your blog, so are we going to get these “What I’m Looking At Today” blogs on a regular basis then?
Alan Aldridge is a legend, his artwork is stunning, and in your words “trippy” ha ha!
I love all The Beatles artwork, where can you get the book from, if you don’t mind me asking?

great

wowww if you know something else let me know!!! love it!!!
thank

Hey Mika,
It’s very funny!! So nice!
I like the last. This drawing is so colourful, it is very good for my mental!!!
So Mika thank you for your share.
You can read my comment because I have no password?
And can you give me an address where I can envoy your gifts, PLEASE!!!!!
I wish you a beautiful week-end, and I say you Monday because Im going to Paris!!!!
I miss you
Love love me
Big kiss with all my love
See you soon
Anne-Laure

j’adore ses créations! Le lapin me fait pensé aux ilustration qu’il y avait dans mes livres de lafontaine…
J’adore passé sur ce blog avec toutes ces news!
Merci pour le temps comsacr!

Okay so maybe I’m living under a rock, but I hadn’t heard of Alan Aldridge before. So thank you for sharing this!

Call me crazy, but I can see a lot of his influence on the LICM artwork - unless that’s just one huge koinkydink?

That’s got to be one of the best things about living in London town; all the museums and exhibits and such. Sigh. This one-horse prairie town I live in could only dream of being so cultured.

Cheers!

Oh, and you get a double-chocolate cookie for your use of the phrase “uber famous.” Cute. xx

As cool and colourful as your DVD cover and booklet artwork. But not as outworldly!! :o)

lots of XX & OO

Greetings from Misiones, in the north-east of Argentina, near the Iguazú waterfalls…

Hey MIKA!

While I wasn’t familiar with Aldridge’s work, I’m really glad that you’ve posted some of it, thus allowing me and others, I’m sure, to discover this artist’s work.

I am particularly in love with his crying baby, whose tears become fish (that’s just terrific!), and his musical bunny rabbit (or is that a hare?), with a rooster who’s wearing a vest, and a clown-faced bug, holding a jester-on-a-stick!

I especially like just how wonderfully detailed, and brilliantly saturated with colour his work is!

Thanks for this lovely discovery! I’m just sorry for not being able to attend his upcoming retrospective, although I’m hoping that when the time comes, you’ll post something about it.

Love,

Dragana

P.S.: I really loved yesterday’s blog about the shopping bags; they were all great, but I particularly liked the skipping rope ones! Thanks!

life in cartoon motion indeed… i’ll be sure to check out the retrospective with my mum, a big beatles fan.
xoxo

que lindos dibujos…me gusto mas el del corazon…
besos
mara♥♥♥

Hi! I’m from Mexico, and it’s the first time that I write here, my english is not soo good, but i’ll try… i did’nt heard about this artis, but i like the “Revolution” and the last drawing, music everywhere, it’s brilliant

Come to Mexico soon please!
I love your music, and I can’t wait to see you in a concert

Love, love, love =D

Mika i don’t want be annoying (or something like that i don’t the rigth word) but u could see my blog please??takes me a day for do it

http://fimokawaii.blogs.sapo.pt/

waiting Bxx

Hm… I just realized this looks a lot like your style.. no wonder why you like it… I won’t say it’s my style too, but I do love colorful stuff, and this matches that description perfectly.

Arely (at my lab… trying to make some sense after 12 hrs of non-stop work)

hey mika

this artwork is stunning

i love the bright colours
i especially love the one rabbit band lol

hope you’re well
all my love
herfordshire’s number 1 fan
alice
xxx

Hey Mika !!!

Merci encore une fois !!!

And now … cam ! …

Allez ça fait longtemps maintenant …

Xxxx

Ysa

Mika,

I am so excited to see some Beatles pics there!

The Beatles are a big part of my life. I own most of their music.
Ive told you this before, bu you and the Beatles have influenced my life and my music more than anything else.
Today, actaully, I was in a music shoppe and saw a Beatles album called
“TAKE IT EASY! The Beatles gone loungecore!”
I thought…OMG! Its called TAKE IT EASY! If only mika could see this….

also i was in a candy shoppe with lots of GIANT LOLLIPOPS! hehe, thought of you!

I always loved the cartoon versions of The Beatles, such as the ones above in your blog….and Im so excited to see that you appreciate them aswell.
The first tiem I heard the end of “Instant Martyr” with the “Here comes the sun little darling” part, I instantly freaked out. I thought…MIKA AND THE BEATLES! WHAT AN OUTSTANDING COMBINATION!

Mika, you would sound incredible doing some Beatles covers. Please think it over!

Peace,love,music….

and love always…..

sAmMy rAe ;D

I’ve always loved The Beatles’ illustrations! I know AA by name but honestly I’ve never seen his work outside The Beatles.. His use of colors is awesome, isn’t it??
xxx

Ahhh….. all you need is love.

A motto I live my life by!

I really loved this! Thanks again mika!

peace,love,music!

-sAmMy rAe ;D

Hey Mika
Can you say me why mes comments are never published???????
I miss you
Love love me
Big kiss with all my love
See you soon
Anne-Laure

I definately love the first one in this post. Not so fond about the last two though…

Hmmm… Nope, can’t afford a trip to London this fall. I’ll be working real hard doing some DIY at my new house (can’t wait!)

PAINTING OF THE RABBIT,REMINDS ME THE”HARE AND THE TURTLE A TALE OF “JEAN DE LA FONTAINE”A FRENCH THINKER OF THE 16TH CENTURY.HE USED ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANIMALS TO HIGHLIGHT THE DEFECTS OF PEOPLE SURROUNDING THE KING;BECAUSE IN FRANCE IN THE 16TH CENTURY,THERE WAS NO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AS IS STILL EXISTS TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY IN SOME POWERFUL NATIONS.

I love Alan Aldridge.
I especially love the baby one, where the fish turn into tears.
(:

Loveeee itttt.

..okay katey, you can comment now.

WOW! I adore those!!! Beatles is one of the dearest bands for me and that art is simply amazing… I can almost feel the lyrics when I look at the pictures. Fascinating! Thanks for sharing it! Luv ya xx

i adore that picture of the baby with tears that turn into fish. simply amazing!!! =D

the huge rabbit is a little to weird for me…especially with the little bug with clown make up O.o

merci for sharinngg.
<3

HEY, I HAVE THE 1ST IMAGE AS MY WALLPAPER NEVER QUITE KNEW WHO IT WAS BY…feeling retarded but anyway u should try singing with your mouth closed , its sooo hilarius .. provides endless fun lmao..

ciao ciao xox

yumi

Very cool and colored stuff.
Looks a lot like you..
The tears that turn into fish made me think of Escher, I bet you like him too, even if it is not all colored.

Have a great night!

Cris…

Brazil/Marseille

Mika, doubt persists among the french, you understand the French comments or not? Otherwise, there goes the comments in English!

Et je ne connais pas Alan Aldridge, mais ces illustrations ont l’air aussi très .. joyeuses, colorés,belles !
J’aime : “All you need is LOVE ” C’est vrai !

PS : Je ne sais pas si mon autre commentaire à marcher… Peut-être il y a quelques soucis

Yes, he does beautiful work. I some things with his work as well. Very colorful and interesting- like you said, you can never get bored when looking at his art.

I’ll have to check out the Museum when i’m there later.

Thanks for sharing=]

*~Lauralai~*

that most original photo! muy hippies jejejejejeje

Mika, i did not know… Well maybe because im a 13 year old but i’ve learnt a lot from your blogs. It’s better than school, I HATE IT! Maybe it’s because i have adhd, i only take in info on things im intertested in and im intertested in you Mika!

I don’t know if I’m just in a funny mood, but that little bald man in the Black and white pic made me laugh so hard!
He’s the smallest one on the right of the pic, LOL
He looks like he’s up to something,haha
The “all you need is love” heart reminds me of the cover art of the relax/lollipop single, I really like it.
Once again, thanks a lot for sharing Mika!
-Debbie
♥♥♥

So psychedelic!!! I try to find when exactly the exhibition is because I really want to see that one.
Thanks

That looks really nice!

What I most like about the pictures is that they are so colourful!!!
That makes some pictures look really happy, even though some of them might be very sad….

Can’t really explain…
(Not even in my own language )

Lots of Love…

xx *PandaBear*

I´ll check when it is. I´m really interested in this retrospective
Well, another really piece of art he made for another big musicians was Elton John´s “Captain Fantastic” and The Who, but i don´t remember which album now xDD
I wonder how much was the Illustration Book..:P
Besos!
Ana
xxx

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YYYYYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MIIIIIIIIIIIIKAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!
X X X

I love you,Mika :*

-Fee-

Hi Mika,

Really like this type of art! Do not get me wrong, because I like the artwork used for your album/website very much as well.

Keep up the good work and suprise us again with an amazing album.

Big hug,
Dennis

Incredible!!!Nice

can’t write in english this evening, too tired…
so, c’est absolument fantastique et tellement onirique…
tout un assemblage complexe entre les images et les représentations de l’enfance, ces couleurs saturées…si complexe! pourquoi l’expliquer? il y a tellement à ressentir en regardant.
Dès que j’ai vu votre travail à DaWack et toi, j’ai tout de suite pensé aux visuels des Beatles…Belles influences!

quelle chance vous avez à Londres! toutes ces expos tout le temps!
ça serait super si tu pouvais nous mettre quelques photos du catalogue de l’expo quand tu iras, pour nous qui sommes loin…

Thanks for sharing with us, and pretty much every day…I hope this is not gonna be boring for you in the future, ’cause we love it!

nightnight everybody,
sweet dreams to you

Oh, le lapin est vraiment marrant !

Encore merci Mika, de faire tout ce que tu fait pour nous, tu es vraiment adorable avec tes fans, et j’en profite pour te dire que ce midi, ma mère m’aidait à traduire un de tes messages tout en faisant cuire les pates. Puis elle est restée plus longtemps que prévue, ( elle voulait voire les vidéos ), quand elle est revenue, les pates étaient trop cuites, donc elle m’a dit de te le dire, donc c’est ce que je fait. Mais ne t’en fait pas elles étaient quand même bonnes.
Tu es pardonné.

Biz

Liza ou Laure
( la fan de Billy Brown )

Yo Mika !!

Je connaissais ces images mais je ne savais pas qu’elles étaient de lui !!!!!!!

Merci beaucoup !!

Love ++

Virginie

Forgot to ask….where did you find the book Mika?

Andrea xoxox

oops talking rot again did madness sing a beatles track ? but they did sing a scritti politti song the sweetest girl . madness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7SkptvTsy0
scritti politti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOx7RTMz3ps
i hope these vids sound ok as i cant listen to any videos , mes tinks virgin r messing with my internet

Bonsoir Mika,

Rhôôôô tu me fais revenir dans les années 80… lorsque pour la première fois j’ai vu le clip des Beatles - Love is All
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=oADfmYQWmW8
Je ne sais pas si c’est Alan qui s’en est occupé, mais je l’aime toujours autant :o)

Voici l’adresse du site d’Alan pour ce que ça intéresse ;o)

http://mindbrix.co.uk/alanaldridge/aldridge.php/Gallery/The%20Beatles

Profite bien de cette expo ;o) c’est pas chez moi qu’il y aurait une expo comme ça… j’crois que je vais déménager lol.

Bonne nuit.

I had already seen his work in what refers to The Beatles, but i didn’t know that of who were. I am impressed with the light use and shade and with the images the own alive colors of the period. You have luck of could go the exhibition, where I live it is rare exhibitions of famous artists although there is a great cultural production. Ah! For speaking in that it lets me come: I am from Brazil and my name is a lot Lidiane, I lovew your music and I am happy of having the opportunity to speak in a direct way with You.

XOXOXO

Ah! Excuse my English mistakes. ; -s

Wow!! I love this artist… I have the poster of the last photo that you have posted!! How beautiful we have the same tastes

Lucrezia xxx

Hi MIKA!!

What pretty drawings!
I love all the blogs that you publish, they are very interesting!!

I hope that you come to Argentina soon!! Yes? =)
And thank you for being kept in touch with your fans! We estimate it very much!!

I love you!!!

Juls

J’aime beaucoup le dessin et le bricolage (ou bidouillage)! Ici je suis servie!! Merci!

La dernière illustration me plaie particulièrement car elle est pleine de petits détailles qui forment un tout! C’est le genre de dessin qui attire par ses couleurs, mais qui au final, fascine par tous les éléments qu’elle comportent! Voilà un dessin qu’on regarde à la loupe pour découvrir de nouveaux éléments qui traduisent une histoire, une personnalité! on y passe du temps à examiner le moindre détaille

Gwenaëlle, (Ginnyg de Mikafrance)

ive nvr heard of the artist myself xD, but its really cool! thank you for posting!

hola mika recien llego and ya i must go!!!!
PENSE QUE HOY NO ESCRIBIRIAS .
NEVER I VI THIS PICTURES ARE REALLY VERY INTERESANTES, LLENAS DE COLORES Y DETALLES . ES TU ESTILO!!!
SORRY FOR WRITE IN ENGLISH…I´M IN A HURRY(ESTOY APURADA)
BESOS DESDE LA PATAGONIA!!!

As-tu au moin le temps de dormir????

Tu es vraiment chou!!!

Sans toi le monde ne tournerais pas pour moi…

KISS

ANDDDD IF YOU HAVE TIME AND IF YOU LIKE MGMT MAYBE LOVE THIS ARGENTINE BAND TOO! THEY CALL BABASONICOS AND THEY ARE THE BEST ARGENTINE BAND FOR ME!!!!

YOU CAN SEE A VIDEO FROM THEM HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5-fjnXXXrY

KISSSSS BESOSSSS Y MAS BESOSOSOS

XX GABI XX

that’s fab, i love these drawings, and am a great fan of the beatles. when is the retrospective exactly, as i have a trip planned to london in autumn ? love XXX

THAT BEAUTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excuse if I have not been greeted immediately, but these images are wonderful to take the breath away!!! are the triumph of vitality in various forms,
adopt a special light, almost dazzling,the colors are very bright and skillfully combined,in a surreal and fairy context, are a dream. The first image is my favorite because is very bright and represent the spring (my favourite season)under the background of an abstract sun. They are a feast for the eyes,tonight you have me done a great gift!!!THANK YOU!!!

I wish you a good continuation of night, I am very happy, you are always more magnificent…goodnight my special friend, continue so, lots of kissesss, 4ever MARI AND SONS.

Awwww, Beatles and Mika all together! Who could ask for more? Of course I’m familiar to Aldridge’s work, in fact my father always reminds me he was a favourite of mine when I was only 4, now talking about being precocious! (is that right, btw?).

Once again, thank you, gracias, shukran

¡Besos!

Asun.

Et encore une jolie decouverte !!! On en apprend tous les jours avec toi! tu vas finir par croire que je suis inculte lol !!!
En tout cas, c’est très interessant, continue comme ça, merci beaucoup

This is my first comment in this blog! It’s just amasing that you post your blogs here, I’m a realy big fan of you! I love your music ok, back to the point;

Love Love Love Love Love his art!!!
Its so full with fantasie and lots of colours and his own personality!
JUST
LOVE IEEETTT!

Ca fait un moment que je me demandais si tu t’étais inspiré de l’univers des Beatles pour Life in cartoon motion. La première fois que j’ai vu ta pochette de cd, j’ai tout de suite pensé au yellow submarine. Coincidence ou était ce une inspiration affichée? Je crois comprendre que tu es fan des Beatles, ce qui me fait plaisir car ils me bercent depuis que je suis toute petite. Ils sont vraiment ma référence musicale. Je vais peut être te faire rire mais après avoir vu ton concert il y a peu aux francofolies, je me suis dit que j’avais passé un meilleur moment qu’au concert de Paul Mc Cartney que j’avais vu quelques temps avant. Tu as dépassé mon Maître Mika! C’est un peu étrange tout ça…To be continued, i hope!

Les images sont superbe, toutes colorées (sauf la première ) . Elles sont splendides . Le lapin me fait rire, il est extras .

Estelle

coucou!
je ne connaissais pas cet artiste! merci de nous l’avoir fait partager! j’adore!
je connaissais juste la 4eme photo “all you need is love” mais je trouve la dernière photo magnifique!! Il y a tellement de détails et il faut scruter ce dessin à fond pour découvrir toute les subtilités….colorée, plein de peps! Ca se rapproche de ton univers… donc j’adore! en tout cas merci! Je voudrais tellement être à Londres rien que pour les expos!
Il n’y en a pas d’aussi interessantes dans la région où je suis (comme d’hab’!)….. rrrrrrr!!!!

bonne soirée!
en attendant ton prochain blog!

bisouxxxx

Kate MWS

ps: MERCI de nous consacrer autant de temps à poster des blogs!!

todos los dibujos son lindos!!!
tenes muy lindo gusto,tambien me gustaron las bolsas esas,las del anterior comentario tuyo…
mara♥♥♥

He he he j’écoutais les Beatles dans le métro aujourd’hui… Coincidence!

Je ne connais d’Aldridge que ce qu’il a fait pour les Beatles, mais j’ai toujours aimé cet artwork coloré et psychédélique. On peut voir l’influence sur votre travail, à Dawack et toi.

Hey Mika, I had an idea!
I and my friend were watching “Moulin Rouge”, the musical. We heard “Your Song” and we said: “Hey, would be fantastic if Mika sang this song”. So, my idea is this, try to sing “Your Song”, Mika, it would be fantastic in my opinion!

Kisses

Aly

What a trip down memory lane this guys artwork is x not the beatles stuff, i’m not fussed about that, but the wonderful picture of Harlequin Hare i think it was called, from one of my favourite childhood books, The Butterfly Ball and The Grasshopper’s Feast x amazing, surreal pictures to go with great poetry x
happy, happy memories x
thank you for that x

I DO KNOW THE ARTIST (THANKS TO THE BEATLES, OF COURSE), BUT I WANT TO KNOW, IS IT `BEAT ART´?.
I´M STUDING A TYPE OF ART SO IT WILL BE REALLY HELPFULL IF YOU ANSWER ME

Hi Mika,
I love to know more about your interests but Alan Aldridge is definitely not my cup of tea. Everybody has a different taste and that’s alright.

Greets Nicole
xx

mikitaaaaaa de mi corazónnnnnnnnn!!!!

yes! I love Alan Aldridge! his art is so colorful, original, and also conveys so many emotions, is so hippie, I love it, my mom too jaja and I, really love the works of him and this kind of art!

mikaaaaaaa, only 11 days for your birthday!!!!

Ahhhhh… yours sweet 25!!! ^^

youre a cute babyyy

How and where to send you your birthday gift??????

besosssssss

you know…

TE AMOOOOOOOO

and come to ARGENTINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

ooooooohhh that’s gratt!! i love his art!

Beatles and MIKA! wow
heaven ….its like a dream!
wow!
Brings back memories of the 60’s which I didn’t experience personally but some-one did! the innocence,,he happiness
the hippyiness! Love it! very pshychadelic…**off to find shroooms**

Thank you Mika for sharing all of these great artists with us. I have learned a great deal and enjoy reading your blog every day.

Love that! …what an amazing job he did …
I hope I could do great illustrations like these…
thanks Mika for sharing it with us !
xxx
take care. ana

what about the where in the world game part II, when u find the time?

You should know your fans well enough by now to be able to guess that
a) many of them will try to buy copies of this book now
b) some of them will go EVERY day to the retrospective just on the offchance they will see YOU.

LOL.
What funny creatures fans are. We. are.