The other day I posted a set of drawings to Instagram, and I almost didn’t post them because I couldn’t get the entire drawing(s) in the frame. I’ve seen large format work posted, so maybe I’m behind on Instagram’s features, but either way, here they are in their entirety. Drawn on 12″x18″ brown recycled paper with ink brush pens, acrylic paint markers, and watercolors.
So, I’ve been sitting on this piece for a while and have re-worked it more than a couple of times now. You can see one of my earliest versions here. I enjoy this version much more. It’s more subtle, yet more beautiful, I kept wanting to add more elements to make it more colorful, give you more to look at… but then it was just becoming a jumbling mess of colors and designs. This is why I enjoy Photoshop, being able to push and pull digitally, but then again, sometimes things never seem to be finished…
How do you make your work stand out in a sea of endless artists?
We need more Culture in “Pop” Art culture…
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Tagged Africa, Art, Beautiful, Beauty, Colors, Culture, DC, Drawing, Fine Art, Illustration, Kente, Kente Cloth, Natural, NYC, Pop Art, Portrait, Social Media, Women
“Cops give a damn about a Negro, pull a trigger kill a Nigga he a hero”
– 2Pac
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Tagged America, Art, BLACK, Eric Garner, Justice, Men, Mike Brown, Modern, Murder, Peace, Portrait, Propaganda, RIP, Slavery, Social Media, Trayvon, Tupac
I’ve tried writing something profound about what’s happening to our young brothers and sisters, but I can’t seem to ARTiculate the right words to express the levels of emotions that I feel for the families and communities this keeps happening in. Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Amadou Diallo, John Bell, John Crawford, Ezell Ford; just too name a few, we can not allow these men to be forgotten, and that is exactly what the media and the powers that be want, for us to forget.
WE MUST NOT FORGET
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Tagged America, Art, BLACK, Colors, Drawing, Eric Garner, Fine Art, Illustration, Justice, Men, Mike Brown, Pop Art, Portrait, Propaganda, RAW, RIP, Social Media, Trayvon
with RESPECT
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Tagged Activist, Art, Artist, Black Woman, Colors, daSerge, DC, Drawing, Fine Art, Freedom, Icon, Illustration, Maya Angelou, NYC, Poet, Pop Art, Portrait, RIP, Social Media, Strength, Vintage, Voice, Women
Well, we are half way through January, and I’m finally getting to my first post of the new year! Well Happy 2014, and here we go! I’ve been living in DC – well Maryland actually – for the past year, and well I am beginning to really enjoy it. I’ve made some great connections, my art is blossoming, and I’m just ready to make a name for myself. With that all being said, one of the connections I’ve made has blessed me with some great little illustration gigs, which I have really been enjoying. This piece is for a Hip-Hop/Spoken Word cypher happening later this month in DC.
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Tagged Art, Colors, comics, Commission, DC, Drawing, Fine Art, Illustration, NYC, Pop Art, Portrait, Retro Art, Self Portrait, Show, Social Media
With the RAW DC semi-finals show coming up, some great local businesses have been supporting and sponsoring the showcase. Mz Mahogany Chic is an independent fashion magazine out of Washington DC, they have been promoting the show, and recently did interviews with all of the finalists. You can check my interview, click the image above.
Posted in Canvas', Misc. Works, Pop Art
Tagged Art, Artist, Blog, Colors, DC, Fashion, Fine Art, Illustration, Interview, Magazine, Pop Art, RAW, Retro Art, Self Portrait, Show, Work in Progress
The Self Portrait… it has become one of the most annoying epidemics of the world-wide web. Don’t get me wrong, I like looking, yeah I think you’re cute, but seriously how many pictures of yourself do you really need to have on your profile pages? Really how many pics can you take in the bathroom mirror? It’s made us narcissistic to a nauseating point… Anyway, enough ranting and trolling from me, just enjoy the work.
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Tagged Art, Colors, Fashion, Fine Art, Glamour, Hair, Illustration, iPhone, Lips, Nails, NYC, photoshop, Pop Art, Portrait, Retro Art, Self Portrait, Social Media, Style, technology, Vintage
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