chillin with moo cows!

 

went to the state fair yesterday! 

finally took some photos and posted to flickr! 

had fun, not as much as the first time i went, but it was still fun.

im gonna try to find some of the other pics

ive taken over the past couple of years

and catch up on flickr.

i kinda thought my pics were ass,

(which is why i kinda fell off)

but now looking back...

its my shooting style and my subject matter.

 i still like my old photos,

even if some seem boring or too simplistic.

there is something to those photos for me,

that i dont see other photographers do.

so fuckit.

im gonna try to take more photos more often,

or at least post em more often than before.

heres the set:

maryland state fair 2012 

currently playing:

civilization 5: gods & kings (pc/mac)

current fart projects:

batgirl cover (in illustrator?)

new face (in illustrator?

inks done, ill post tomorrow-ish?)

video editing! (final cut pro x)

currently reading:

eat to live by joel fuhrman (learning bout food!)

daredevil #17 (cause its mike allred)

before watchmen: dr. manhattan #1 (cause its adam hughes)

avenging spider-man #9 (cause its terry dodson)

 

yo-oh!

didnt really posting last week... been grinding on drawing, 

and life! 

the summer has been good, 

and i just need to stay in the moment. 

above is some random stuff.

i decided to draw on this comic pad i had

for the longest time.

i always wanted to make my own comic cover,

so here goes!

i think i will either:

a) redraw with better proportions and inking

or

b) redo in illustrator + colors!

i really want to get better with vectors in general,

so i think imight go in that direction.
im having fun just fucking around with drawing in general.

also have been getting inspired by

some artists on behance and dribble.
(cant forget to shoutout cghub and deviantart)

maybe ill post some of my faves on here on the next post to show

what i am looking at!

as i sit here,
im waiting through 2 tornado warnings
2 flood warning throughout the day.
the sky is BLACK.
yo damn.
but shout outs to random east coast weather.

been listening to:

m.o.p. - first family 4 life lp

 jay-z - the blueprint 3 lp

jay-z - in my lifetime vol 1 lp

fart projectz:
scarlet photoshop (about to be deaded, not happy at all with results)
batgirl cover (moving to step2)
videoz (still thinking about format, had to reedit a couple of times due to crashes)

below:
one of my favorite 
jay-z/dj premier tracks - friend or foe '98
(biiiiiaaaaaatch!!!!!)
and
nas/dj premier - come get me
"if you ill come get me
cause i aint runnin
if your gun's off the hook
then we both be gunnin"

production!

productive today!

i find life goes in cycles.

i had a major revelation yesterday,

and realized something major.

life changing.

i can recall major life changes like

moving to the three cities i moved to.

but also it was

finding running and yoga,

realizing myself through work and self reflection,

and lots of thinking.

all of that stuff has been valuable in my life,

but one of the most valuable lessons ive learned

this weekend was:

getting rid of the word "try".

 its the hardest thing ln life to do.

(at least for me)

my tendencies

(if you havent noticed)

is to start a whole bunch of shit and not really finish.

im not sure what it is that makes me stop.

but im determined to figure it out.

OR

switch it so that my projects are smaller

and more managable with the time that i have.

i think im going to switch it so that i have more mangable pieces.

the project i have going on are not going to stop.

instead im going to do smaller versions of each

so that it is easier to copmlete.

once again im trying to achieve too much in so little time.

currently listening to:

vado - slime flu lp

large professor - professor at large lp

masta ace inc - slaughtahouse lp

wack list 2012:

I AM NOT FEELING THIS SHIT RIGHT NOW.

rick ross - god forgives, i dont lp

nicki minaj - roman reloaded lp
drake - take care lp

not to really hate on new rap....
but damn. they are making coaster rap right now.

below:

large professor featuring cormega and tragedy khadafi - focused up

so ridiculously hype.

i love the deeper cuts on albums that not really talked about.
also,
masta ace featuring eyecyurock, uneek, lord digga + dj premier- saturday night live
masta ace featuring paula perry, mc negro, ignorant mc - slaughtahouse
so dope.
it basically called out the crazy murder rap of the times.
hall of fame rap for sure.
up there with my other 'ignorant' personal favs:
j-zone - 5 years
black sheep - u mean im not

flurp-dee-doo!

whats up yo!

no drawings or videos to post!

enjoying summer, but still working on stuff.

recently been working on my painting skills

and slowly getting a look i like.

since i havent done it in so long,

its like coming up with a new style all over again,

and finding myself as an artist.

(which is great!)

the video editing has come to a screeching halt.

more because im having fun with the painting,

but itll be easy to get back into once i do!

current projects:
scarlet painting
 new 52 wonder woman drawing
2011-2012 videoz

currently playing:
REAL LIFE  2012
 

currently listening to:

40 cal - mooga lp

mobb deep - hell on earth lp

funkdoobiest - which doobie u b? lp

below is from the newest funkdoobiest which went under the radar.

it sounds like thier original stuff which was awesome back in the day. 
to compare
its funkdoobiest from their first album (my favorite track by the way).

 "i flip do some kung-fu
you know that ive come to
freak that ill shit
you just cant un-do"

(shout outs to glenn barr for the rad album cover)

brotherly love!

nothing really to post but an update! 

went to philly! it was awesome!

cheesesteak = check!

rocky statue = check!

rocky steps? = check!

good shit philly, got alot of fun footage,

hope to post it sometime.

on some other shit,

i got a rca video cord to usb hook up for my mac.

ive got a camcorder with some super old shit on there.

dating back to my college dayz.

would be interesting to see a young version of me and all the peoples i hung out with.

maybe i will surprize people and drop that shit one day.

below is my favorite track off the phonte album.

phonte featuring median - eternally yours

listening to:

tribe called quest - midnight marauders lp

mobb deep - the imfamous lp

mobb deep - hell on earth lp

public enemy - welcome to the terrordome 12" (got it in philly!)

playing:

diablo 3 (mac)

super street fighter 4 arcade edition 2012 (xbox 360/ps3)

ultimate marvel vs capcom 3 (xbox 360/ps3)

fart projectz:

new 52 wonder woman sketch

scarlet photoshop b/w

summer 2011 van vid

fall/winter 2011 bal vid

spring/summer 2012 bal vid

time lapse video logz

??ACAD 1997 throwback vid??

 shit i got too much on the plate,

but its better than not having ideas to do shit.

another summer post!

word on!

got some drawing done in the last little while.

been happy that i got some traction on that front.

also bought a new wacom tablet

(intuos5 sml)

need to get used to that since ive been on cintiq since i got to the states.

 

been sad for some of my homies who got layed off recently,

or had some serious shit go down in thier lives.

 i am thankful for everything i have,

but at the same time i know friends are bleedin out there.

if there is someone you know out there

that is hurtin,

just show some support.

people out there like to disappear when shit hits the fan...yo fuck that.

at the same time,

if you are bleedin,

shout out to your peoples for help.

sometimes people just dont know.

for example,

i dont live on facebook and twitter.

i like to holla at friends and see how they are for reals,

FUCK lookin at 1 sentence posts.

social media is...so cold.

on some other shit...

just bought nas - life is good lp today.

seems decent so far.

i liked the god's son album...

its not quite as good as the golden era stuff,

but nothing really is.

listening to the current list of rappers,

everyone seems wack as fuck.

 listening to:

nas - life is good lp

tyler the creator - goblin lp

prodigy - h.n.i.c. 3 lp

mobb deep - hell on earth lp

 funkdoobiest - heavyweight funk lp

playing:

diablo 3 (mac)

super street fighter 4 arcade edition 2012 (xbox/ps3)

mortal kombat (ps3/xbox)

current fart projectz:

scarlet (gi joe) drawing - converting to b/w painting

short 2min time lapse drawing vidz

also to update on some video stuff,

it is still coming.

im still trying to figure out how to setup these vids.

basically ive got 8-10 1-hour sessions recorded.

i wanna speed them up and get them to....under 2min?

and maybe commentate over them.

i just have to come up with intro,

and maybe figure out how audio will roll.

ill continue to post progress,

and make this a real project.

5000.

 

 

 

canada!

canada day!
i love me some canada,
and it is my first away from it.
one thing i learned out here,
dont take anything for granted.
you dont realize what you miss until you do not have it.

just being in canada meant alot.
alot of people in the states are shitting on obamacare,
and i realize how much canada rocks with healthcare.

i just finished a scorpion image,

need to work on new shit.
more fighting stuff is coming,
maybe back to the big one...who knows.

im also workin on 3-4 video projects....

right now it is in a super raw form.

i need to create intros, edit audio,

and some other cool additions during these videos.

maybe its because im trying to do this all at once,

instead of one at a time....

but my attention deficit disorder is really shining through.

im slowing grinding at all of these projects,

im not really bored with any of them,

so there is a good chance

 that these will get finished.

moment of silence to:

radical entertainment

(damn another vancouver development studio in pain)

big huge games

(but now epic games baltimore! some light out there)

day one studios

(shout outs to those guys, another murland studio)

damn,

im hoping things turn around in the industry.

i hope everyone has hope, and is well after the massive shake up.

currently listening to:

yellowman - mister yellowman lp

eazy-e - eazy duz it lp

 eazy-e - 187um dr. dre killa ep

funkdoobiest - golden b-boys lp

currently playing:

mortal kombat (xbox/ps3)

diablo 3 (mac)

super street fighter 4 arcade edition 2012 (xbox/pc/ps3) 

below:
eazy-e featuring mc ren and dr. dre - ruthless villain
one of my favorite tracks on this album.
i always liked ren,
and wished he had kick ass production all the way through his career.
his first ep was tha shit.
he was
COLD TEARIN' SHIT UP!
damn this beat is BANGIN.
GANGSTA GANGSTA thats what they yellin!