Dark Phoenix (jev)©

Latest in my series of the Pelican book covers, Dark Phoenix.

Hope the movie is at least somewhat enjoyable.

*All characters and logos are copyright to their respective owners.

Attack of The "Black People" (jev)©

Attack of The "Black People"

The weapon you never knew you had.

As a melanated man I'm quite aware of how I'm viewed in the world at large. Being black has never been easy for us, and being marginalized is just part of the system we have to operate in.

⇜ MONSTERS ⇝

This is how they see us, not as equals, deserving of love and acceptance, but beasts who can't control ourselves so we need to be at all times policed.

I can say fortunate for me I don't live in the US, so I'm not on everyday alert to the fact that at any time the police will stop and/or harass me, kinda. I have traveled though, and when you're tall, dark with dreadlocks and don't smile much, you get the look of distrust.

It seems we are not immune of said distrust under any circumstances in our everyday lives, and the most proficient of objects that has been weaponized against us is the telephone.

Make no mistake, this has been a weapon of choice for a very long time now, but future advancements have made it all the more lethal.

We've all seen the multiple videos and the many nicknames. (YouTube video titles)

• White Woman Called Out for Racially Targeting Black Men Having BBQ in Oakland

• Woman Calls Police On Black Father At Youth Soccer Game | NBC Nightly News

• Hear 911 Call of Woman Calling Cops on Black Man Baby-Sitting White Kids

• White Lecturer Calls Police On Black Student For Putting Feet Up | NBC News

• White Yale student calls police on black coed sleeping in a dorm's common area

• Cops called on black student eating lunch at Smith College

• A CVS manager called the police on a black woman who was trying to use a coupon

• 'Cornerstore Caroline': Woman Calls 911 On Boy At NYC Deli, Claims He Groped Her

• Woman fired for calling police on black man wearing socks in pool

• "Hotel Earl": Employees who called cops on black guest put on leave

• Cops called on black lawmaker while she was canvassing

• Police called on man trying to cash paycheck

• Police mistake black teen riding with white grandmother for robbery suspect

• Ohio Community Helps Boy's Lawn Cutting Business After Cops Were Called on Him

• Police called on boy delivering newspapers

• #CrosswalkCathy Calls Cops On Black Couple For Imperfect Parking

• Pennsylvania Golf Club Calls Police On Black Women Members For 'Playing Slowly'

• Neighbor Calls The Police on Young Investor!

• 3 White Women Called Cops On A Black Man For #GardeningWhileBlack

• White bigot calling cops on black people because they didn't to talk to her

• White Woman Dubbed 'Red Zone (called police on delivery man)

• White woman calls Police on Black Man parking his car in front Yoga Class

• White woman calls Police on Black Man BBQ in his front yard

• WHITE Racist manager calls cops on black couple who wouldn't give up their seats for white regulars

• Called the police on family having a birthday party in the park

• Two white people call the cops on young black girl in her home, because the dog is barking

• Priest Calls Cops on Black Funeral-Goers, Tells Them to 'Get the Hell Out' of Church

• Another Lying Retail 911 Becky trying to get a Person of Color falsely arrested for threats & ASSAULT

• permit patty calls police on 8 year old for selling water

And the greatest one I've seen thus far...

• Woman  called the cops to report the fact that humpback whales were swimming under her boat.

Yes, you read that correctly. Humpback whales were swimming under her boat, in the ocean.
The level of entitlement one needs for this to even be a thing is outstanding. Caucasian people can't seem to help themselves, and this I've come to understand. But the utterly absurd things they call 911 about seems to be boundless.

*The poster was done to mimic The Blob movie poster, which I watched for the first time when i got the idea to do this. I also watch a movie called 24x36 A Movie About Movie Posters because I wanted to know who all the great poster artists were.

New Slaves (jev)©

“The land of the Free and home for the brave”?

Obama was supposed to be the light, the dawn of a New America... Then November 8, 2016 happened. It's crazy the amount of things that has happened since then.

Looking at American news for the last two years it is clear that not too many white Americans want to live with or around other people that doesn't look like them.
Whenever you have leadership that refuse to say or do the right thing, it is never in the best interest of the masses. "White Nationalism" has become the new face for racism and hate towards anyone not them.

Time and time again, we've seen non melanated people when upset, tell them to leave, or go back to whichever country they "came from" even if they and or their ancestors were born in the US. It's an inbreed notion that only certain people should be there, and if you must be there, you should act like them or go away. Some people don't like diversity, if you don't look like them or speak like them, its a problem and you're making them feel uncomfortable. For a country that stole, bought and went to war to make their intended states united, it made sure not everyone was welcome to it.

Black people have been made, in particular to feel that the freedoms that should be had by all, that they should be grateful to even be alive.

I'll save some ranting for another post about melanated folks having the "law enforcement" called on for everyday living.

*(If i get around to doing the artwork soon)

All Hail The King (jev)©

I had done this Poster about two years ago, maybe more but never did anything with it. So today seems about the best time to upload it.

Shekinah Glory - All Hail The King

Be Silent & Listen (jev)©

The key to understanding is in both words. We need to do a better job at it
Shhhhh...

Treachery (jev)©

Sometimes wisdom does not come with age.
Human nature is such that violence is the answer to get what we want.

Where have i seen this before... (jev)©

Well this was interesting... Its been a while since i've posted but i was just on Netflix minding my own beezwax when i saw it. A poster for a movie called Predestination.

Predestination is a 2014 Australian science fiction mystery thriller film written and directed by The Spierig Brothers, based on the 1959 short story "'—All You Zombies—'" by Robert A. Heinlein. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook and Noah Taylor.

It hit me immediately because i've definitely seen this artwork or something just like it before. Matter of fact it looked almost like something i did years ago, 2006 to be precise and uploaded here in 2007.

http://westindi.blogspot.com/2007/01/into-unknown.html

Now i ain't gonna say they stole my look, but... I know what i'm looking at. Don't get me wrong my idea isn't a new one, but damn, it surprised me.

So this is artwork I called Into The Unknown

And this is the Poster for the movie, there were others used (I don't care for those) but this seems to be the main one/theme used the most.

Pretty sure it was done by one of these same studio that does almost all these Hollywood movie posters, and that's why they almost always look the same.

It's all good tho, found me a new movie to watch and maybe get me active again in posting all the artwork I have piled up on the computer.

A westindi life (jev)©

                                                               

                                                                   Fresh off vacation.

Murdock or Fisk? (jev)©

Having binge watched all the episodes this past weekend I had to do something quick. I really wanted to show both Matt and Wilson in a single image without doing the half and half and with as little detail as i wanted. Seemed to come out okay, so here it is.

I recommend everyone go watch it now, It's the best Marvel has done for the small screen so far.
Netflix can't loose with this one, cannot wait for the second season.

SOME MEN THINK THEMSELVES KINGPIN OR A DAREDEVIL. OTHERS, JUST A NORMAL PERSON.

The Pen and The Sword (jev)©

They all do the job they were intended for. Good or bad is up to you the wielder.

XXX (jev)©

Well if It's free....

Arcade (jev)©

Snort... (jev)©

Maybe things do go better with coke.

Cycle (jev)©

Will it ever change?

Who.... Me? (jev)©

Who's not a Lil paranoid at times. But some people are just crazy. What are you?

The Bleeding Of Serenity (jev)©

Are we bleeding into it, or is it bleeding into us.

A westindi life (jev)©

New westindi logo (jev)©

So this is the new logo I've been wanting to change to for a very long time now. With the new look, it's a bit more Caribbean now, a lot fresher and flat.

It's also a play on those 80's beach tees I used to have growing up and being from the islands those type of designs were/are always in style.

This will be my standalone logo sig for profile pics. When you look at it, it's a bit hard to see exactly what it is but that's ok. That's how I wanted it. It's the beach house window shutter view.

For the W I used three of them to give me the shape I was going for, I wanted it to look like a beach hut or a lifeguard's tower. This meant having to go through a ton of typefaces until I found the one that would work best.

I also wanted it to flip, so that you would always see the W with any three colours I chose.

And this last one is all the elements together. Both the Colour and Black & White.

my dog (jev)©

Dogs have opinions on design matters too. Sometimes, maybe.

And sometimes a dog is just a dog. Why all the Comic Sans hate?

el chuppacabra (jev)©