Cute but weird: KL's Apohapoh on how she developed her quirky art style and the coolest spots in her city

Cute but weird: KL's Apohapoh on how she developed her quirky art style and the coolest spots in her city

Time Out - Travel·2025-05-07 17:02

Close-ups of eyeballs, chubby and heavily mascaraed faces, baby heads arranged in an endless spiral – Apohapoh's art is weird, psychedelic, disturbing...and kind of cute.

Ask the Kuala Lumpur-based illustrator and tattoo artist, and she'll say it's very much intentional. "I've always been curious about crime and psychological horror," says Apohapoh, who grew up on a diet of "weird" cartoons like The Ren & Stimpy Show, which follows the misadventures of a psychotic chihuahua and dimwitted cat. And those uncomfortable close-ups in SpongeBob SquarePants? Her favourite thing about the show.

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