SOME KINDA

TROUBLED

HOW BOUT IT

UHURA

EXCUSE ME MISS.................

MOTLEY

CAPATL DESIGNS

COLD AS ICE................

MORE CONFLICTS

This is another relationship piece. The concept behind it is, people may not be loving as much as they could, in fear of getting hurt. Basically getting your sexual needs met, without investing to much.

AND MORE.................

just keeping busy.........

inspired by a irving penn photo

PRACTICE........

R.I.P. MIKE

I did this pic a while back, just now gettin around to posting it.

IF ONLY......

AIN'T NOBODY LOVIN US

This was inspired by a line in a jay-z song. It's one of my favorite lines, because it explains the mind state and reasoning of a misguided youth. It's a self destructive and dangerous attitude to have, but unfortunately its not uncommon.

JAY-Z

BITTER SWEET

LIL WAYNE.....

Illustration of lil wayne i did a while back, featured in vibe magazine

illustration of rapper T.I.

Did this pic in early 2008, this was still the early stages for me using adobe illustrator, so i was very proud of myself. It also shows me how far i have come with the program and how far i have to go.

SKETCH TO ILLUSTRATION...

STORM!

My interpretation of Storm for a upcoming artshow.

ZOI......THE NEW CHICK!

Lately i've been more inspired by feelings and how things make me feel, rather than how things look. It's only natural that, the new outlook would reflect in my work. I really enjoyed putting this piece together and the process was fun, that's what matters.

CD COVER DESIGN FOR MY HOMEBOY POLO

UR A JOKE!

This pic was inspired by, the new version of the joker and the older version. I took certain characteristics from each and combined them into one.

SUPER HERO CANDIDS..........

THE HULK, 1988............

one too many

NO LOVE.......

The idea behind this pic is, a woman that has her guard up, after being hurt in a pervious relationship.

what's your vice?.............

WHO'S YOUR ANGEL?

LOOK INTO HER EYES

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!!!

This pic was for the ENOUGH IZ ENOUGH art show @ City Of Ink. The theme of the show was police brutality, the pic shows a bruised victim of police brutality. The overall feel i wanted this pic to have, is a feeling of rising above.

DOOM!

This is a pic of the legendary hip hop artist MF DOOM, i did for ghettomanga's MF DOOM contest. The basic idea of the pic is, well it's kinda like 2 concepts. First, it's like takin somethin out of its element, somethin considered grimey and pairing it with somethin that is the total opposite. Second the cupcake can be viewed as a metaphor for the current state of hip hop, kinda sugary and candy coated, kinda SWEET! Those are basically the two ideas that went into it, i enjoyed being in the contest and in the magazine. You can pick up your copy of ghettomanga quarterly at Ghettomanga.com, shout out to samax for showin the love!

I KNOW YOU DON'T LOVE ME.....

Yea, this pic right here, is all about fallin for the wrong chick. Like she does no wrong in your eyes, but every body else can peep game. You're caught up in the rapture, in the illusion of an ideal. She has you wrapped around her finger and she knows it. As with any illusion after a while it fades and sometimes it turns into a cold harsh reality. Thats when you realize my friend.........I KNOW YOU DON'T LOVE ME. HA!

REALLY, REAAAAAAALLLY CONFIDENT!

Every time, i do a pic, with some sort of nudity, i get the same reaction. It's like that chick is naked, you're a perv, you only draw women if they are naked. My reasoning for that is, you wouldnt get a vintage corvette and cover it wit a blanket, hiding the curves and lines. So basically with this piece, it's a very strong, independent woman but she is soft also. The idea is she's confident with herself, where as with most women if there breast got exposed they would quickly cover it. With her she leaves it exposed. That takes a confident women and theres something sensual about it too, a softness that's sexy. Yet, some people only see a chick with her tit hanging out, so maybe they are the pervs. lol

DUALITY

This picture, came about, from the duality i see in women. Particularly, when they are in love.

For how ever nice a woman can be, she also has the ability to be that destructive and cold.

Emotions are as delicate as a hair trigger at times.

So what i was aiming for was to show both beauty and a coldness, lil confusion too.

In a way love and hate, are the same emotion.

You really don't have the conviction to hate something, unless you once loved it.