Illustration: Grimes, pooping dogs and some unpleasant characters from El Neoray – what better start to your Friday?

If I had to write down a list of criteria for becoming an artist or illustrator that I obsess over, it would probably go something like this: 1. They have to show something of themselves in their work. 2. They can be cutting edge, but in no way trendy. 3. They have to be 100% batshit crazy – otherwise I’m not interested. The mysterious El Neoray has all of these attributes, brought together in a portfolio that features an unflattering portrait of Grimes, a spirit animal crapping in the hands of its ward and all manner of grotesque characters that seem vaguely human but have a stunted neanderthal edge. Add that to a rudimentary use of colour and frantic, childlike line-work and you’re on to a total winner. I can’t get enough of this guy and think you really ought to feel the same.