Ugly Cute

A keen appreciation for insanely appealing character work and a mastery of the French language are recommended when you visit Toyz Machin ([www.toyzmachin.com](http://www.toyzmachin.com)), the Internet home of the morbidly cute imagery of Parisian artist and Creative Syndicate member, Julien Canavezes. Alongside his illustration and flash animation work, he also sells a collection of rag doll-esque stuffed toys that feature impish qualities such as button eyes, mail slot-like mouths and pink underpants. One of them, Nenteine, looks more like the ragged corpse of a stuffed animal than one himself, which is just as perfect for toy collectors as it is for twisting the emerging sensibilities of a small child.