An art magazine · est. 2024

Ugly is
a state
of mind

Texture over polish. Neon over beige. The beautiful, the broken, and everything the algorithm would crop out — in print, four times a year.

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Ugly is a state of mind ✦ Print is not dead ✦ Texture over polish ✦ More glitter, less beige ✦ Ugly is a state of mind ✦ Print is not dead ✦ Texture over polish ✦ More glitter, less beige ✦ 
Fresh off the press

Vol. 6 — Neon Grime

Ugly Magazine Vol. 6 Neon Grime cover art — glittering UGLY MAGAZINE lettering

Our loudest issue yet. Forty-eight pages of rain-slick signage, gas-station fluorescence, chrome that never sleeps, and the photographers who chase it at 2 a.m.

Cover art from the studio series — glitter on everything, apologies to no one.

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From the studio

The raw material

Every issue starts here — in the texture. These studio pieces set the visual language of the magazine: grain, glitter, gradients that refuse to behave.

Raw furry texture with orange-red UGLY lettering
Studio 01 — Raw
Galaxy-filled UGLY letters on glitter gold frame
Studio 02 — Galaxy type
Gold serif UGLY on a cosmic sphere
Studio 03 — Cosmic serif
Black chrome UGLY on a gold glitter plaque
Studio 04 — Chrome plaque
Gold serif UGLY on a teal cosmic sphere
Studio 05 — Teal cosmos
UGLY MAGAZINE glitter card
Studio 06 — Glitter card
The short version

Perfection is boring.
We print the interesting parts.

Ugly Magazine is for the cracked tile, the buzzing sign, the paint five layers deep. Read the full manifesto →

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Fresh off the wall

A new favorite straight from the studio — cut, paste, no apologies.

Ugly Magazine ransom-note collage artwork
Ransom-note collage — studio favorite
Lickable texture

The Impasto

Cracked oil paint you can feel. Palette knife, no mercy — go ahead, try to resist touching it.

Ugly Magazine impasto oil paint logo with cracked texture
The Impasto — thick enough to chew on