INDIAN OCEAN

some old photos I have been fixing up.

E P I C !

SOMEDAYS I FEEL LIKE THIS..

SEEMS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE NOW

Just looking through an old issue of Mc Leans .. 

MORNING STAR

Quick sketch this morning.

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I COULD PUT THE PENCIL DOWN

I am liking how a long title looks for the blog.

But the main purpose of the post is just what the title says.
Just when I thought I could put the pencil down and get to doing some design. I bump into

I AM BOEY

Do yourselves a favor and get inspired !!!!

SOMEONE HIRE ME ALREADY

like really !!
I am talented ... let me show you how much !!

APPLICATION MORNING

How does one attain studio experience without ever having worked in a studio ?
Should you lie to get the job you want ?
Where are the best places to get work to fill a portfolio with ?

Some questions that crossed my mind when mucking about with work applications this morning. Going through the web and trying not to be distracted, I stumbled across FAST CASH DESIGN which at first might seem a little sketch but really is full of interesting questions and without which, I would have never found FREELANCE SWITCH.
More things to look at.

I am also finding that this blog is filled with more sketches than anything rather than what I am supposed to be doing, design.

Editorial and Layout design is where I want to be.
So, I have made a small list of articles from certain magazines that I will re-design.
YELLOW RAT BASTARD
AZURE MAGAZINE
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC


An honorable mention to a superbly inspiring photographer.

LI WEI PHOTOGRAPHY

WISHLIST

I am not a christmas person. Not a grouch by any stretch of the means but it was firstly not part of my religious belief and second, it got a little aggravating to see people stress about sharing and giving. 

I don't give gifts or expect them really and I usually try to tell people not to worry .. I don't feel left out and that the fact they did think about me .. is all that matters .. 

Now having said all this .. I have something on my wishlist .. might be a christmas thing .. but I was looking at clothing and came upon this gem ...

God how I love the cosmos ..

CLOT INC. - STAR ALL OVER

TRANSIT CITY

Work In Process.

ROCKY !!

work in progress ..
line work done while watching the end fight ..

SKILZ !

good friend ..

SHAMAN

more sketches .. shaman inspired .. and Moebius inspired ..

SKETCH DUMP !

A few things I have been meaning to put up for a while now.

BELIEVE

An old piece of work that I found .. that I like ..

PORTFOLIO !

Portfolio

SHIRK

something old .. that I decided to touch up again ..
about an hour and half to get the whole thing done ..  
I will have to play around with it some more .. not totally happy with the composition .. but its turning out like how i see it in my head ... would really help to have a photo studio ..
really exciting stuff .. learned a few things here ..
can't wait to get this right ..

NEW HEADER

Well it's been a little while coming !!

Also kinda sad .. I had started a book of illustrated type .. did a few illustrations already but now I cannot seem to find them .. really do not want to redo all of them again .. bah .. heres hoping i find them ..

NEW BANNER IDEA

I wanted to revamp the blog with a fresh look and new header design.
I thought it would be a good idea for a type treatment ..

This is basically what I have come up with.

ANGE

I have been away for a while and it's time I revamp this thing ..
There are a tonne of photos that I will have to upload .. might have to get one of those flickr accounts ..
anyways ..

here's a quick birthday illustration of lady friend Ange !!

PENCIL FIRST

It all starts with pencil work.
The lettering for SHIRK started here.
Lower mid. is the concept sketch for the poster to be made for her.
My header lettering and also uses for other stuff is on the right.

But as much as I try nothing ever seems to look as good as it does in pencil.
I find that hand lettering is amazing and the translation to digital rendering is something I have to put a lot more practice into.

More later but for now .. I AM KENYA BOUND !

FLAVA IN YO EAR !

FLAVA IN YO EAR !

check out the link...

I just noticed that blogger supports Helvetica .. How 'effin dope is that !!!
Anyways was lookin for videos of craig mack and I came across this ... Love finding jems like these ..
Anyways .. this made want to post a work-less entry.

I love busta rhymes and I think I am going to do a quick illustration off one of those vid caps ..
also going to re-install corel painter and get back to some digital water colors.

I also have an idea for a SHIRK poster ....


OH I AM KINDA TIRED OF MY BLOG HEADER IMAGE .. new type treatment coming !!

Every once in a while you are hit with a moment of absolute content.
I found this moment sitting in a back alley lined with fabric stores, on shaded tiles, being hit with a breeze that was surprisingly cooler than the 38 degrees it was supposed to be today. 
I was looking up at the side of worn down building and it took me a while to notice that there were pigeons flying in an out a balcony with the order and system of a space station ..
I forget what I was listening to but I remember there being no noise, I think you know what I mean when you have background music that tunes everything out without being recognizable.
the whole 30 minutes had the effect of the tree dots at the end of a sentence ...

SHIRK

I have started an editorial project on an awe inducing person.
Brittney Townson of SHIRK MAGAZINE and MODELE.
She had me at hello and ever since I have been a huge fan of hers.
There is a lot to say about her and I had some really good choice of words earlier. Well I guess just wait and read about it when the spreads are up.

Here are some quick warm ups .. god I love type.
I wanted Shirk to be written in something that had a little style / jazz and a lot of fun.
I also wanted to retain that fashion magazine elegance.

I think I got it.   

Next I shall try implementing a few effects like a shine or something on to it ..

BUT .. definitely check out her BLOG. You will not be disappointed!

STYLO

It has been a while since I created a font.
I always have some form of lettering that I will add but I wanted something more .. I don't know ..
anyways .. I love tall fonts, I find that they are not so many out there or maybe I haven't searched enough.
But I illustrated this set. Working on the illustrator / cleaner version of it..
Inspiration for this was me trying to do a fashion magazine editorial thing and i wanted an original font to use.
I present STYLO.

I am thinking this somewhere between Heidi Klum and and a young Cate Blanchett

TPH

Posters / Flyer artwork done for TPH.

LIFE IS MAGICAL !

Edited an old illustration.
I am quite happy with this.

A D I D A S

Quick illustration for adidas.

E R I N

Lettering for Erin.

JOE LE .

Lettering for Joe Le Photographer.

THE STAR MAKER !

Another work in progress.

2 0 1 2

work in process

SLASH !

So I have taken a liking to watching music videos.
It's great in the 60GB of music I own, there are a lot of videos to watch.
Anyways .. this was a quick 2 min scribble while watching Sweet Child Of Mine.
I don't know but was Slash the first to pull this .. "iconic" pose ??

HUGO !!!

part of job application.

MORE MONSTER !

ME AND MY MONSTER.

Eh. Scribble.

THE HEART MONSTER MISSES TORONTO.

THE HEART MONSTER IS LOOKING.

WALKING AROUND THE PINK ROOM.

You walked my way, I froze in place
and with a tear in your eye you leaned close,
the smell of sweet perfume engulfing my nose,
saying "You and I are alike in this case."
- M.U.

SHE LIKES IT !!

NO I THINK SHE LOVES IT !!

ILLUSTRATION

COVER CONCEPTS

Done for Etisalat.
Incomplete / Not Liking / Rushed / Re-DO !

EDITED*
some more basic ideas / not moving forward with these.