citylikeyou — San Jose / Kyle Pellet

Kyle Pellet is an artist and illustrator who was born, raised, and currently resides in San Jose, California. He spends his time preparing to be humiliated, creating things he hopes to God are of value to somebody other than himself, asking questions that probably have no answers, and feeling bad for his shortcomings.

http://www.pelletfactory.com

Artist Illustrator

Current city: San Jose

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San Jose / Cafe

Rollo’s is a block away from the house my mom grew up in. I don’t know how old it is, but it’s been there longer than I’ve been around. That neighborhood looks almost exactly as I remember it looking 20 years ago. I like that. They make blueberry donuts better than any place I’ve found.

San Jose / Shop

O’Henry’s is about half a mile from where I grew up. It’s located right across from what used to be a huge IBM plant (a space now occupied by a huge Hitachi plant and a half-assed strip mall). Everbody I grew up with would agree this is the best donut shop around. O’Henry’s has the best glazed donuts around, which taste blissful if you get them early in the morning (6am-7am).

San Jose / Cafe

I don’t think I’ve tasted a better donut than those made at Stan’s. Aside from the top-notch donut quality, the shop itself is beautiful – it looks like an old-fashioned diner that hasn’t renovated or updated anything since 1983. There’s a photo of the guy from Smashmouth on the wall, and I don’t know why. Unfortunately, the woman inside said I couldn’t take any pictures of the inside of the shop.

San Jose / Cafe

The donuts at Donut Wheel are always excellent, but the best thing about this place is that it’s open 24 hours, and is relatively safe. Most other 24-hour joints are in sketchy neighborhoods. I like to get a buttermilk donut and a cup of coffee, then paint all night long on one of their wobbly tables. Some of the best painting sessions I can remember have been at the Wheel.

San Jose / Shop

Manley’s has good donuts, the couple that run the shop are real nice, it’s open until mid-afternoon, and it’s very low key. You can get a crumb donut, a cup of coffee, then sit and let your mind clear on a Sunday morning if you wanted. It’s also soothing to watch all of the old people come in, read their newspaper, and grumble to themselves.

Los Angeles / Artist

Carson Davis Brown is an artist and photographer currently living in Los Angeles, CA. Brown also serves as the documentarian for Cabin-Time, a roaming artist residency to remote places.

Ghent / Artist

Dries Depoorter is a Belgium artist that handles themes as privacy, artificial intelligence, surveillance & social media. Depoorter creates interactive installations, apps, games.

New York / Photographer

Helga Traxler, born 1984 in Austria, also known as Photosalonhelga – is a Freelance-Photographer with a Masters Degree in Visual Communications. Helga has worked with clients such as: New York Times T-Magazine, New York Magazine - The Cut, Ryan McGinley Studios, Rauschenberg Foundation, Walter Schupfer Management, Mac Cosmetics, Sweden Unlimited, Bullett Media, Conrad Rosett, Mango, Ebay, Allianz, amm. Through the experimentation with the medium she is blurring the boundaries between fashion and art. Helga is known for her cautious, calculated approach and varied photographic style with strong attention paid to details and colour schemes. Her focus is squarely on people. Helga is based in Brooklyn/New York City.

Shenzhen / Illustrator

Zhigang Zhang is a freelance illustrator from China and now based in London, UK. He holds an Master with distinction in illustration at the Arts University Bournemouth. He likes to capture the moments and narratives occurring around him as He is most interested in real life. His work is full of life and every character is real around his life. Hand-drawn observational images are combined with the digital in depicting Charachters, Humans, landscapes, architecture, animals, food and humans, both individually and in crowds. He is interested in editorial, book cover, advertising, package design, portrait, animal, and food illustration etc.

Kiev / Photographer

Street-artist and photographer, Sasha Kurmaz, was born in 1986, Kiev, Ukraine. "I'm trying to examine the structure of my own feelings, visible and invisible processes that occur in me, naked body, relationship between people, concept of "beauty" and "reality", love and feelings – is a big part of my works." Currently lives and works in Kiev.

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