
I love me some Hipster Kitty. Something about attributing the abominable habits of our culture's worst youth demographic to an adorable kitten just tickles my fancy. Look! He has holes in his purple hoodie for his ears! It almost makes the destructive overconsumption of our time seem okay.
Lucky for me, one Dyna Moe is out to give the whole animal kingdom the hipster treatment. Her colorful vector illustrations put all sorts of anthropomorphic animals in ridiculous clothes and party situations. If you ever wanted to see a red panda shotgun two PBRs, she's got you covered.
The detail on these makes my inner art nerd happy. Right down to the dress patterns and the half-sleeve tattoos, these are outfits I see around my daily urban travels. Living in a college town in Chicago ensures that you're treated to the worst in hipsterdom, and seeing my ugly surroundings rendered as adorable animals eases the pain a little.
Each animal is “typed” as a certain kind of hipster. We've got our Etsy crafter, our fashion blogger, our part-time barista. You know, all the “jobs” that overprivileged twenty-somethings claim for themselves when they're really living indefinitely off their parents' money. Fans of LATFH will recognize their mascot “Beans” drawn as a coke-huffing brown bear.
Of course, there's a certain self-implication in most hipster-mockery. In her user icon, Dyna paints herself as a blue tiger. She's an illustrator posting her drawings of animals on Tumblr. She knows she's not exempt. I'm a full-time student, part-time blogger writing about this site in an American Apparel shirt before I go off to my poetry class. I'm definitely not off the hook. (For the record, I would like the pygmy jerboa treatment.) There's always an arrogance in making fun of the arrogant, I guess, and no one likes to admit their own hipsterdom. But it's just too much fun to recast the worst of the hipster kingdom as adorable animals.
The Hipster Animals blog is only about a week old but they already have a small store set up. You can get Bear, Anteater, Pig, or Blue Jay on a t-shirt if you're so inclined. Wear it with pride as you brave the urban jungle.