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.
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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/.
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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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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Earth

There need to be more dreadlocks in Avatar...watching the episodes with Jet and I'm diggin' his crew
Gonna finish uploading the rest of the Avatar fan art from my Jam for my nigga Kat .I'm gonna do em in order of the title sequence so, next will be "Fire" .
The girl on the bottom(with the bottom) in my mind, has the spunk and bending capacity of Toph, Sensuality of Katara but none of the whining and the sarcastic tone of Mai...I'm such a nerd for this show.Critiques are welcomed.Enjoy .
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Portrait


A painting I did of my sister, for my sister in a cool frame I found at Urban Outfitters .This was a lot of fun. Definitely gonna do more .Critiques are always welcome .Enjoy.
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Alter Ego


My amazing parents got me a Wacom Cintiq for my birthday!!! it was intense, as you may have noticed there isn't any digital art on this blog cuz I never did any...ever.That is definately going to change now! Bear with me as I try to go from sucking to being a half decent digital painter =).And if you could link me to some tutorials online that's be dope.Thanks.Enjoy
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Saturday, August 14, 2010

B-Day!!!

I'm a man ...I wear suits ,drink coffee and get calls and stuff
"My childlike creativity, purity and honesty ,Is honestly being prodded by these grown thoughts
.Reality is catchin’ up with me ,Takin’ my inner child, I’m fighting for it, custody"
-Favourite line from Kanye's POWER. Thanks for the facebook bday wishes.thanks Essie for the drawing it waas crazy! Enjoy.
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Friday, August 13, 2010

Water...

Avatar TLA is an AMAZING show! awful movie. But there's supposed to be a spin-off soon :) ...Jam was DOPE - here's Gatka(front) and Kilaun(back) yes, I googled Inuit names .I have so much art to upload I'll get to it ...eventually(50th post!) BAM! lol.Enjoy.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Cold War

A painting I did for my bro on his 22nd birthday (August 6th). Yet again , Janelle Monae, this time from her video "Cold War" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqmORiHNtN4). I thought it was kinda cool cuz it's pretty unexpected. Anyway, Enjoy.
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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Insomnia

Dear brain, please let me sleep.
With Love,
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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Summertime





Before I blab I need to thank my big sister Lettie and Boyfriend Adam for showing me the amazing song that lead to these paintings(Summertime-Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong) and pushing for me to do it =). Its The two artists playing for a small audience in the back i put in my sister and her boyfriend and the shadow on the curtain is George Gershwins silhouette -the composer of the song who never got to hear their version .
Been really into drawing "jazzy" people and artists lately, the last one is from a photograph I saw on the sartorialist a while back .Critiques are welcome .Enjoy.
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Thursday, August 5, 2010

POWER

Big Fan of K.West can't wait for his new album the last one was ayt .Heard some of the new one and I like it a lot so far. His new video for "Power" premieres today .Painted when I woke up in gouache, inspired by his performance in Singapore , been drawing a lot of artists lately.So fun .Critiques welcome. Enjoy.
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Tip On The Tightrope


Fan of Lupe's and B.o.B. Janelle Monae's music is good too but it's her look that makes her so much fun to draw . Anyway this was inspired by this video Tightrope (wondamix) :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GlpeFqMLZI . Enjoy.
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Warhol+Basquiat

Finally finished a painting I've been working on all weekend (will upload as soon as i can take decent pics). Been meaning to draw these two for a while was a lot of fun might do more of em' .Enjoy.
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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Caribana


Working on a big painting right now and I got kind of stuck so I decided to paint this to loosen up. Hope everyone had a good weekend. Enjoy.
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