Checking In

Saw this illustration of Alf last week and just stopped scrolling. This Spanish studio called Hey Creative publishes a minimal pop culture drawing every day on Instagram—account’s called EveryHey. Started in February, and I check back regularly enough that I’ve probably seen a hundred of them by now.

The thing that works about them is the restraint. Bender’s there in about five lines. They captured Captain Planet without any of the melodrama—just the ridiculous hair and the face, perfectly stupid. There’s a Mr. Miyagi from Karate Kid that made me sit with it for a minute. Wax on, right hand. Wax off, left hand. Wax on, wax off. You know the bit. I was thinking about what that quote actually means, the way repetition and discipline become something like meditation, or maybe I was just spacing out. Either way, it stuck.

I’ve been making a mental list of what I want them to draw. Sailor Moon, obviously—that character design practically asks for clean linework. Kate Upton because I’m a little horny and also because it’s funny. The 3 Ninja Kids because I’m rewatching them and they’re this artifact from childhood that somehow nobody else remembers. Nostalgia is weird when it’s yours alone.

The account reminds you that simple ideas work. That consistency and care, even on something small, is something worth noticing. That’s the whole appeal, really.