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.
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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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