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IM BAAAAACK & MGK

its been a very long while since ive posted anything, but i am happy to say that i am drawing again and am able to to share some new stuff with everyone. Anyway, I'm making the return with a painting of one of the best up and coming hip hop artists out right now. for those who dont know (and unfortunately a lot of ya dont) this is Cleveland's own Machine Gun Kelly. If you are a hip hop fan in any way you owe it to yourself to check out his mixtape, you wont regret it. As for the painting part, i mostly was just trying to get the rust off after not drawing for so long. i had fun working on it, especially the tatt's but of course i see a few things i could improve upon. in addition to the painting i did a little movie poster version thats a play on the old "Machine Gun Kelly" movie starring Charles Bronson. I hope to be able to keep the artwork coming on a regular basis from now on so this should be the first of many new things. as always i hope you dig the image, and be sure to comment and follow me on twitter or the new facebook fan page which should launch in full soon. peace.

Give the Drummer Some...

for those of you who dont recognize, this is the man simply known as ?uestlove. he is without a doubt one of the best drummers walking planet earth and a key part of what is essentially the greatest hip hop "band" of all time, the ROOTS. had a lot of fun trying some different stuff with this one. i wanted to see if i could get it to look more like a traditional painting than a digital one. i think i achieved that in some ways, but it could still be improved. anyway this was just a fun experiment, hopefully i have some more stuff to show sooner than later. peace

Progress with Blade

At least once a year i go back and look at some of my earlier work and i re-do the piece just as a way to see what ive learned and how far ive come. this is about the 4th time ive done this and its something im gonna try and keep going. the first piece here is one i did about 3 years ago now. In fact this was actually the first caricature i ever painted. the latter is my take on the same image 3 years later plus 3 years of experience and knowledge. neither are perfect, but i can definitely see a lot of improvement and progression when i compare the two. hopefully i can continue to grow and learn as an artist and these paintings will get better and better. hopefully i will post some more stuff soon, peace.

"The Fighter"

Christian Bale in his Oscar winning role as Dicky Eklund in "The Fighter". Awesome movie, if you havent seen it, check it out.

just a taste...

whats up all, its been a while since ive really posted anything here, mostly because my life outside of art has been pretty busy as of late and its left me with little time to do anything.well one of the projects i managed to work on during the insanity is a piece for a book by the amazing artist dave wilkins. if you dont know who dave is, stop reading and google him, his work is SICK. anyway dave has created his very own comic and i am honored to have been chosen to do a piece for the hardcover release. i dont wanna give it all away so here is just a small taste of my contribution, be sure to pick up dave's book to see the rest of my piece as well as all the other awesome art in it. i'll post when i find out more about when the book, EL ZOMBO FANTASMA: MICHELDA EDITION will be available

MLK Finish