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Hey everyone, I've been offered a place and Chelsea UAL

to study Graphic Design Communication.

Allot of It is down to my portfolio.

REAL_3D/because_i_can

It's something I haven't don in years

But here's a model I'm working on.

It's loosely based on Tiki Masks

One of the best

Ashley Wood is one of the reasons why I constantly draw, his work inspires me alot. If it weren't for his illustrations along side people like Jamie Hewlett, Shepard Fairey and Todd Mcfarlane I'd probably be an Illustrator. lol.

illustrating FEED Magazine 4

We're making some amazing illustrations for FEED issue 4.

Here I am hardly working. :-)

Plan Lines

People always ask me why do I draw with very ruff lines? And can I draw neatly?

The simplest answer is I don't want to have to finish all my lines, I like the look of my plan lines on paper and it seems a terrible waste to rub them out. If I need to draw "neatly" I can, but right now I like to draw quickly and expressively.

As a teen I would draw, draw, draw, paint, and draw, everyday. I would create my own comic books, with my friend Napoleon Beckford (aka Nappa). I'd draw all the plan lines and stories, and he'd do the hard work of making sense of my scribbles, adding fine lines and inks. And he'd do it so beautifully, he would make one of my A3 illustrations neat & coloured in 30 minutes, I'd take one hour. 

In 2004 Nappa past away, and highly crucial detailed illustration became a style I would rarely use.

Justice - Stress ?????

I just sat through this new music video by Justice & honestly I'm not sure if I liked it.

Whilst it had me gripped by the excellent direction and the feelings of movement and anticipation, at the end of the video I was left with nothing more than a conformation of what I thought when I saw two young black boys pull hoods over their heads within the first 20 second. I think that this video was meant to show the destructive nature of young teens venting their frustrations on french society, but what I also see is the same thing on the news at 10. So again I say I'm not sure if I like it, but It could be called powerful social commentary, made purposely to stir controversy. 

Let me know what you think.

Suburbia

I've always felt unsettled when I find myself suburbia

It's a sinking feeling of being surrounded, as unseen eyes follow my every step.

A few weeks ago I found myself in the suburbs of Aldridge Walsall, walking down a road of detached six bedroom houses, when the aforementioned unsettling feeling set in.

I noticed that every other window had someone peering through net curtains, watching me walk through the precious neighborhood.

 

I found this far more disturbing than the cars whizzing by with teenage passengers screaming racial slurs.

As I got home I created this painting.