Lev Lefton

Personal Manifesto

1. Truth is stranger than absolutely anything.

2. That which we know is no less magical.

3. Don’t be a weenie- push everything, conceptual and craft. If it doesn’t seem like it’s enough, it’s not enough. If it seems like enough, it’s probably still not enough.

4. Don’t lose your sense of humor.

5. Art does not exist in a vacuum, and should be treated accordingly.

6. It doesn’t have to be in vogue to be art.

7. Use ‘lesser mediums’ to your advantage, make fine art with mediums that nobody will take seriously.

8. Don’t be absurd for the sake of pretentiousness.

9. Do, however, be absurd for the sake of being absurd.

10. Feed off of spite, if some one says you cannot do something, do it harder, and better than they can.

11. GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE

12. ‘Because it looks cool’ is a valid reason, but should be used sparingly.

13. Video games are valid inspiration. EVERYTHING is valid inspiration.

14. BE CRITICAL.

15. The day you only draw one subject and absolutely nothing else is the day you creatively die. Even if it’s only a minor part of what you do, keep yourself creatively varied.

16. The world ends with you- keep growing, keep improving, expand your horizons as far out as they’ll go.