Hi! I’m Danny Brito, an illustrator living in Miami, Florida. I’m going to be doing a regular guest blog post over here on Indie Fixx for a while. I’m going to bringing you some of my favorite finds whether it be from other artists or just great thrifted items that I’ve found. No theme, just going with it! Hope you enjoy what I’m currently crushing on.

Since my first post was kind of girl-oriented, I thought I’d put a man’s perspective on Currently Crushing this time around.

First up is this simple and fun “fake” watch by Eva Monle—n of Misako Mimoko, the little clock face is porcelain!

I love, love, love this. Plush for Dudes, this is a set of a little chain saw and a severed hand by Stef Bomb, you also have the option of buying the two separately. Make sure you see the rest of the shop, there’s also a plush pizza I wouldn’t mind owning some day.

This beer cozy is by artist Deth P. Sun, it puts a really rad artsy spin one something as simple as a beer cozy.

Bullet necklaces are kind of popular right now, but I don’t really see many masculine ones very often, Eddie Schoeck is a local to south Florida shop owner and he uses a lot of darker crystals that I think put a masculine spin on the bullet necklace. Plus they’re super affordable and he’s a pretty cool guy. Make sure to check out his shop, the party dream, because he has some sweet pocket mirrors as well as other types of crystal necklaces.

I feel like I’ve been a fan of Matt Cipov for ever and ever. I don’t know if I would classify his art as specifically for men, but it definitely has a dark vibe to it that I love. This Pug mask print is an obvious favorite of mine as I’m an avid pug lover. I actually just finished buying it, so hopefully he has more re-listed by the time this is posted.

This is a lovely digital poster print by Neil J Rook, a London-based artist and designer. It’s called “Deep Blue Sea” and looks so lovely all framed up! It’s got a lovely rustic nautical feel to it, but is still really illustratively and fun. Check out the rest of shop for postcards and other poster prints.

I’ve had my eye on this Rucksack by Abby Meadow of Infusion for ages, it’s literally the perfect back pack. I love that it’s completely handmade, I hope to own it one day and fill it with cameras for adventures.

I went on to Cat Rabbit Plush’s shop to find a kind of dorky plush with fun nerdy glasses for this post but instead found this awesome wooden badger cufflinks! They’re limited edition and come in a lovely printed box.

These Harry Potter-esque shirts by Evie Tees are next on my shopping list, I totally need one of these for the Premiere of the next movie, I’m just not sure if I want to go with evil or good! They have tons of other Wizard themed goodies on their shop, make sure to check it out.

This is a perfect tshirt for a girlfriend looking for a gift for their boyfriend, albeit the boyfriend needs to have a beard and glasses.. but I think every man should have a beard and glasses. So if you fit the description, this shirt by Sarah of egg-a-go-go is for you!

Last but not least, is a little pocket journal with an embroidered cat shooting laser beams out of its eyes. Enough Said!

That’s all folks, hope you enjoyed this post. Until next time…

- Danny Brito is  an illustrator living in Miami, Florida. He writes the Currently Crushing column. Read more about him on the contributors’ page.