A conversation with Philltomato
If you’ve ever watched early 2000’s Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon then Philtomato’s work will hit you like a truck. He takes just about every cartoon and anime character you can think of and uses them to create these layered pieces that hit you in new ways every time.
Unless you’re a Japanese odds are that you’re first exposure to animation wasn’t anime and if you’re an American Millennial then there’s a good chance you watched either Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon. The first movie I saw in the theater was the original animated Beauty and The Beast, after that I was on a steady diet of basically anything animated and that came to include much of the animated shows on television. Before I was a anime fan I was a Tom and Jerry kid, a Ren and Simpy weirdo and a cow and chicken crazy.
If you’ve ever watched early 2000’s Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon then Philtomato’s work will hit you like a truck. He takes just about every cartoon and anime character you can think of and uses them to create these layered pieces that hit you in new ways every time. eventually you’re hunting for more in every new work like wares Waldo. It’s so easy to forget to have fun when you look at art, Philtomato wants to make sure you smile when you see his work.