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Julian Glander's work rarely stands still. The Detroit native's illustrations are hyperactive in the best way possible. Now living and working in Brooklyn, he uses almost exclusively bright colors and bold simple figures to give his animated GIFs, videos, posters, and branding work a distinctive look and humor. Glander's earliest design work was meant for T-shirts. Since then his subjects have included everything from Mountain Dew flavors to bears in headlocks and bummed-out, isolated humans. No matter the subject, Glander gives everything an ecstatic, clean look that betrays the influence of classic 8-bit animation.

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