Sunday, December 26, 2010

The game has changed...


Felt bad about not posting in forever(having too much fun to draw right now :D)-This is my unfinished entry for the "Marvel Tron" competition held by satellite soda. You were supposed to draw a marvel character in the TRON universe, I picked Jubilee from the X-men-Watched the movie today(sick soundtrack by Daft Punk) and thought it'd be an appropriate post.Critiques are always welcome.Enjoy
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Home For the Holidays


Sooo, if you haven't noticed the last few posts I've been ravin' about going back home to Ghana for the Christmas break I assure you this is the last you'll hear of it lol. Recently got an e-mail from my mum who reminded me of the time I was running after her in an over sized t-shirt (after she told me not to) and fell of my face scraping the skin off of my nose...While it scabbed over my nickname became "Rudolf" . I was probably between the ages of 9 and 10 - I used a picture of our living room back home.I thought it would be appropriate for the season :). I should really be working instead of just randomly drawing haha .Oh! and everyone should listen to J.Cole's "Friday Night Lights" it's dope! Anyway, Happy Holidays. Critiques are welcome .Enjoy
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Bein' "Sketchy"








90th post ! Wattup to evryone (old and new) :) thanks for stopping by .Some sketches from the cafeteria, the royal winter fair...Boring classes. Can't be asked to do any work tonight I'm beat ! Anyway,critiques are always welcome . Enjoy
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Nightmare before Christmas







Went to see Tim Burton Yesterday -He's a lot less quirky than I thought, it was cool. Here are a couple of sketches I did of him while he was answering questions ( i dunno why he came out so chubby haha didn't notice till later) oh, and a sketch of my buddy Freddy who was there too (http://www.freddycarrasco.com/) dope artist. The title of the post is more relevant to how I feel than the fact that it's a bunch of Tim Burton drawings lol .Enjoy
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Monday, November 22, 2010

LOUD


Rihanna looks like Road runner+an Alien Princess+Ariel+Ostrich but hot.I love her sense of style she's really fun to draw. A sketch I scanned in earlier-Need to finish my projects so i can finally get ready to go HOOMMEE -(Ghana) for the holidays -not gonna be posting as often . Thanks for stopping by Ps: listen to "Man Down" off of her new album it's sick.
Enjoy.
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Friday, November 12, 2010

Keep on Keeping on


Scanned in painted in PS tonight... Yep.
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To Steffany

I Owed you :) . R.I.P
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

"Gather round children, Zip it. Listen!"

Just listened to "My Dark Twisted Fantasy" started this as soon as the second song started , took about 2 and a half hours . Everybody should hear it, and buy it! just cuz...It's all FIRE! Critiques Welcome. Enjoy.
-GG

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Scott Pilgrim

Watched Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World for the first time this weekend, it was a fun movie .Michael Cera looks like a bird...More fan-art soon.Critiques welcome.Enjoy.
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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Roman Zolanski


Midnight sketch of Nicki Minaj's alter ego "Roman Zolanski" (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4793285801_837ce8c64a_b.jpg).Whenever Nicki goes in on a song it's usually as Roman "Monster", "Roman's Revenge feat .Eminem"...Also , just watched Scott Pilgrim Vs.the World -it was a really fun movie: awkward Michael cera sketches soon :).Enjoy .Goodnight.
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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Dia de los Muertos

My friend Spencer dope artist -Amazing DJ .
Marianne -Also a dope artist!(sidebar)
Finally- this took a couple of hours to do but for some reason i couldn't upload it ...Both Spence and Marianne dressed up like this on Halloween-so cool looking .Happy Halloween. Enjoy.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Style




These are sketches I did while looking at screen shots and costume design from "A single man " by Tom Ford, and a couple of episodes of Mad Men .Wasn't too caught up in the stories of either of them but I love the way people used to dress and behave back then-they all just seemed so put together .
I also added these sketchbook drawings I did in September .Critiques are welcome .Enjoy.
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Sunday, October 24, 2010

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

One of my many favourite scenes of Kanye's film "Runaway".Enjoy.
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Saturday, October 23, 2010

From the ashes...

So I'm 20 minutes through the " Runaway" video and I can't even sit still . I ran to school and scanned in this drawing I did of Selita Ebanks as the "Pheonix" that I drew when I saw the first trailer ...If you haven't seen it. Watch it. Kanye's acting isn't my favourite part but the music and colours are mind BLASTING! lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7W0DMAx8FY&feature=player_embedded Enjoy. Critiques welcome.
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Monday, October 18, 2010

Red.


Been a busy couple of weeks sorry for the lack of posts . Anyway , finished these today in between classes -An idea my little sister was talking to me about after seeing Rony Hotins posts (check the sidebar for his amazing art). I named the girl Colette cuz I daydreamed it being French and dark. Basically as the story goes on and she kills more and more people her hood/poncho gets stained with blood and she becomes known as "Red".Wolf is loosely based on my buddy Andre check out his stuff too!Critiques always welcome.Enjoy.
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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Line-ups, Caesars and fades

Been trying to grow a decent high-top for a bit- it's taking way longer than I thought but it's all good. i respect Barbers so much I've tried to line-up and shave my own head...Let's just say I rocked the bald look for a minute lol-The environment is dope too if you and ur barber are cool. Done tonight from a sketch I'd done earlier in the evening.To my Barbers at "Lloyd's" and my barber Earnest from Ghana. Critiques are welcome.Enjoy.
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Thursday, October 7, 2010

L.E.S Artistes

Pretty+Talented ladies with impeccable style and taste :). You should check em' out...Their blogs are nice too lol
Marianne:http://mstrfn.blogspot.com/ ;Mel: http://jesuismelode.blogspot.com/ ; Dana: http://abapastiche.tumblr.com/ ; Val :http://stygold.blogspot.com/ ; Essie:http://essielovesyou.blogspot.com/ .
Done Thursday night listening to Santogold and Kanye's G.O.O.D friday tracks- expect some Ye fan-art soon lol. Enjoy.
-GG

Monday, October 4, 2010

Tears dry on their own



Had a sketch of Amy Winehouse in one of my old sketchbooks and couldn't figure out what it was I wanted to paint digitally and figured this one would be fun-It was!
...Anyways more digital painting to come ...And layouts...Maybe .Critiques are welcome.Enjoy.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Hey Mama


Drawing I did of my mum(Neo Lerato Gariba) and I. She keeps guilting me about never finishing any paintings for her lol I always end up hating them half-way through! Anyway this is inspired by old pictures of her and I .Tried to make it look like a dream. I'm slowly trying to get used to using photoshop mostly using pictures along with drawings(the fabrics used on the dress and the blanket are SouthAfrican and Ghanaian :D) .Hopefully I'll start drawing more layouts and actually painting in photoshop. Hope u like it ma! Enjoy.Critiques welcome.
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Monday, September 27, 2010

Big Kids

Saw pics of some of my homies that I grew up with in Ghana hanging out on my facebook homepage .Drew this up right after. Pretty sure we're all gonna be big kids forever lol

Friday, September 24, 2010

Born to run


Trying to get into capturing moments between characters .Past few weeks have been pretty intense but I love it. Except the fact that I haven't spoken to some friends and fam properly in a while my bad :/.Drawing this reminded me of a friend , see if you can find your name in the image lol. Critiques are greatly appreciated .Enjoy
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

She'll blow your mind


More lunchtime fun with PS. Started to give the characters I draw names it's makes em' more interesting I find .This mischievous lady's name is Kami which I think means natural force in Japanese , sorry if I'm wrong lol. Critiques welcome.Enjoy
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Bird Brained

This is Mr.Davis. He lost his mind a long time ago...Been having too much fun with cs5 lately lol .Critiques welcome. Enjoy.
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Bye Bye Summer

Hate to watch her go...Love to watch her leave .Critiques welcome.Enjoy.
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Thanks


Done this morning after I realized I had 41 followers DOOPPE ! Inspired by Morrow. Just wanted to say thanks to the people I know and those who i don't :) ...Stay tuned ! Enjoy.
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Le Diable


Haven't scanned any new stuff here's a character I was developing for a friends comic "Blue-Gold". New stuff soon.Enjoy.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

"W" rappers

Queue Lil Wayne "Lollipop" lol. I'm sure loads of people have had the same idea . Drew a couple but I figured skittles(TM) are my favorite so might as well start with those.The grape ones are also my favorite ...no racial...More to come.Enjoy.
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Saturday, September 4, 2010

La Belle et le Bad-Boy


In an attempt to not forget my French I've started to listen to french rap again...Cuz I don't read enuf English books I doubt I'd pick up a French one. " La Belle et le Bad-Boy" is an awesome song by Mc Solaar(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwEH6LYr4-U) .Made me wanna paint a sad looking hottie wiping tears out of her eyes...I also wanted draw in another style. Critiques are always welcome .Enjoy.
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Friday, September 3, 2010

La Revue Negre


Soon after moving to France,Josephine Baker joined a group of Jazz musicians and dancers known as "La Revue Negre".They were famous for doing the opposite of the most popular type of dance at the time which was Ballet. They "broke" the form and broke-it down from the sounds of it lol. The painting was a bit bigger than the scanner which is why they don't have feet, I'll fix it when I get a hold of a better scanner. Critiques are welcome.Enjoy.
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Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Radiant Child


Getting more and more into Jean-Michel Basquiats' work after seeing a couple of documentaries. Didn't really get what his art was about before, haven't actually seen the movie "The Radiant Child "yet but I've seen a couple of interviews and I really want to. Critiques are always welcome.Enjoy.
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Josephine



Been meaning to draw Josephine Baker for a while, ever since I saw her make an appearance in the begging of "Triplettes of Belleville ". I had had an image of her dancing in mind but when I Googled her I found a much more playful pose of her winking and shootin' smthn'. So here it is I'll for sure be drawing her more. Critiques are welcome. Enjoy.
-GG

Zya

A painting I did of my niece Zya Aersha Sade Quarmyne-Langdon (best/longest name ever!) . This is another frame from Urban Outfitters. Enjoy.
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Friday, August 27, 2010

MONSTER

I had a long day chillin' with my bro...I had a headache...Was right about to fall asleep when he calls me to tell me that Kanye, Jay-z,Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj were on a track , granted I had my reservations about Nicki's verse but the fact that I got out of bed , and did this shows u how HYPE i was lol. "Pink wig, Thick ass give em' whip lash!" lol Nicki Minaj is hot .Enjoy the song http://www.rap-up.com/2010/08/27/new-music-kanye-west-f-jay-z-rick-ross-nicki-minaj-bon-iver-monster/.
-GG

Heroes



Fan art for my friends Joel and Arakua (my distant relatives) :). Enjoy.
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Sunday, August 22, 2010

The Bat-Women



Tried to sleep last night but I felt like drawing Female Batman Villains in a retro-pin-up-y way couldn't sleep until it was done.No Harley Quinn though :/.Critiques are welcome .Enjoy.
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