36 day challenge C (jev)©

 

36 day challenge B (jev)©

 

36 day challenge (jev)©

I decided to join the alphabet 36 day challenge to do a letter or number 

each day for 36 consecutive days. Today I've done letter A.

22022022

Had fun with this one, it's crazy how we get to experience a date like today, Tuesday 22/02/2022.

So the digits read the same, front to back and back to front. It also reads the same upsidedown. 

But here comes the fun part, if you use a mirror it reads differently, with the mirror you then see 55055055.

Even as I say what you'll see using a mirror, you won't be able to see it with the naked eye. It's one of those tricks I picked up during all my years as a designer working with typesets.

I tried different optical illusions to see what else I could come up 

with and this is the one I liked the most. 

This third option I'll leave up to you to figure out what you're seeing.

A Quiet Storm In Gotham

 Done for BATMAN DAY 18th September. R.I.P. Prodigy.

Mesmerized! (jev)©

Working out the process, trying to keep them as "zany" but cohesive as possible.

 

KANG (TVA)

Inspiration comes at you from anywhere and everywhere, and when it does, your mind takes full control until you exhaust your creativity. Today was one of those days, and I had a lot of fun doing it.

While on Twitter, I saw a post from someone I follow, the author and director @MatthewACherry reposted a tweet from the official Marvel Studios account about all of Loki episodes being on Diseny+ where he asked #PhotoshopTwitter to make this poster a church fan.

Twitter user and UX/UI Designer @uyendaylin took this image and made a PNG of it to make such endeavors easier and helpful for the community. (seen below)

Now comes the fun part, everything was done in Illustrator on both the PC and multiple apps on my phone, some I like more than others but I'm putting the ones I liked the most up.

Bulletproof Wallets (jev)©

So this was an album cover I did for Ghostface Killah's third album Bulletproof Wallets maybe six or seven years ago. If you know Ghost, you know his personality and rap style is one of style, charm and luxury. So going into this, it had to be fly, just look at the official album cover, I knew I couldn't half step on this one and make any BS.

Now what you see as the final version here was nothing close to the other versions I did. I initially wanted to keep the chrome elements from his first two album covers and his name on this one and do a steel wallet, I definitely wanted to use a wallet but for whatever reason, I was doing too much with it, I had bullet scuff marks and was going down the heavy photoshop route and had to start over. I use photoshop only when I have to for work and some projects, but that's not my go-to art style choice. For the final look that I needed, it was the correct decision this time, I came up with this luxury GFK "Louis Vuitton" print, based on wallets they already sold but using Wu and Ghost elements in place of theirs, it worked out perfectly and if you're a fan of GFK you'll recognise them. I did all this by hand then scan and redrew it in Illustrator.

My GFK "Louis Vuitton" print also morphed into another project that I'll reveal at some point. When I do tho, the bootleg nature of the internet is gonna take it and run wild with it, you can count on that. I decided to post this up today because I read this article from the still crew on Twitter, I commented on it and mentioned I had an unpublished version of it and they reached out. You click on the link to read their article here: 

The 3 Songs That Would’ve Given Ghostface Killah 3 Classics in a Row, and see my version of the album cover below.

MF DOOM... (jev)©

I had this this great idea, I still do, about doing cassette tape notebooks, I tend to work on a lot of things at the same time (writing and designing three children alphabet books, other projects and work for my job) so a lot goes unfinished or finished and just forgotten. This will be my DOOM dedication post, and at the end i'll post some of my favorite joints by the Villian, enjoy and Rest In Power to Daniel Dumile, 10/31/20 (Halloween) DOOMSDAY! coined by Dart Adams.

Monday, ‎July ‎25, ‎2011, 9:41 PM. That was the date and time I started the project, the first one i did was the OBFCL (The Purple Tape) by Raekwon. I've not post about it here before, kinda forgot really, but I did make a full product and will share very soon, it's been years so it's overdue.

That brings us to this post, the passing of Daniel Dumile bka MF DOOM was a shock to us all, still processing it all to be honest. Been a fan from the first time I heard him around 2001, the whole Dr. DOOM thing was dope to me, I thought it was Kool Keith at first, but he was rapping in a style that was unique to everyone else, and if you've been lucky enough to be listening to Rap music since the 80's you'll understand what an accomplishment that is. To this day i'm not sure if Marvel ever sent lawyer letters asking him to cease and desist from using the DOOM name and likeness,  but maybe it helped them in the marketing department in an industry they had no business in. Now i'm not going to get into his history in the rap industry, there are enough articles that did a better job than I could ever do, I will by the best of my ability stick to mainly how DOOM/ STARKS came about and the inspiration for my project.

His first brush with the Clan as far I remember is with 2005 DANGER DOOM joint The Mask with Ghostface Killah and Danger Mouse, then came the RZA produced Biochemical Equation, DOOM along with the Abbot on the 2005 Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture album Dreddy Krueger put together an album that had fan favorite Underground artiste trading bars with Wu-Tang Clansmen. He enlisted Bronze Nazareth to create the soundscape and it was just about perfect, I along with others were clamoring for more joints with GFK, the only Clansman who took on another Marvel character in Tony Stark aka Iron Man, who ironically enough started out hiding his face in music videos only to drop the mask soon after, he even said so himself on the aforementioned DANGER DOOM track.

His second go round with the Clan came with the 2006 Masta Killa produced E.N.Y. House, as DOOM fans we would be familiar with the beat from his 2004 MM..Food? album at the end of the One Beer joint, but it also sampled the 80's Spider-Man cartoon (UN Meeting) in which Dr. DOOM who had a dope ass luxurious DOOM Aircraft with tractorbeam piloted by a DOOMBOT snatching up the US President on Air Force One mid flight. Then came tracks on GFK's Fishscale album. Also, in 2006 the first "DOOM/ STARKS" joint came out called Charlie Brown, but that never made it to the Fishscale album, sample clearances made sure it didn't. The official first joint I believe was Angles on a Nature Sounds album called Natural Selection. All of this kinda happened around the same time in 2006, so between then and around 2010 there were like one or two DOOM and GFK joints like Chinatown Wars from a GTA game.

So 2011 came and we finally get some new DOOM/ STARKS with a joint called Victory Laps, finally we're getting the album long talked about and promised by both men. A limited edition cassette and LP were made, the hype was at an all time high, and then... Nothing! A big fat naught, played us all like clowns, no album, nothing. More years pass and we got another joint called Lively Hood, and that was in 2015, at this point and because he is no longer here to share his vision we shouldn't get one, he was too meticulous about how he presented his art to give us what they think he wanted us to see and hear.

These were the two posters I started working on, Wednesday, ‎August ‎22, ‎2012, ‏‎6:07:48 AM and the cassette notebook to accompany them. The posters would've been printed using UV ink so certain elements would glow under blacklight. And much like their project, mines may go uncompleted as well, even with the best intentions it's been so long now that i'm on to other things that are taking up far more of my time. I will present them here for prosperity and not let them live in the unpublished art archive like so many other projects i have.

I did artwork and posted this in 2006 kellogg's space ho's, based off one of my favorite tracks from his and Danger Mouse Adult Swim album DANGER DOOM (The Mouse And The Mask). He also had a track two years before this called Ho Cakes. 

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Lovers & Losers (jev)©

When it comes to Love, we are the Losers.

Falling in Love might be great, but how do we feel when we fall out of Love when the heart gets broken. When Love is the Lane we choose to traverse on, should we not expect a tragic end at some point, or should we simply enjoy the ride for as long as it lasts.

But ultimately, the loss of Love we've had and shared will be lost, and all that'll be left is loss.

 

The Mind's Eyes [Mesmerized] 2

Mind Trap. Two versions, the first is the instrumental of Geto Boys, My Mind Is Playing Tricks On Me. The other is Can't Get You Out Of My Mind by Kylie Minogue. Both elicit different emotions and experiences.

TRIGGER ⚠ Might cause epileptic seizures.

 

The Mind's Eyes [Mesmerized]

What a complex organ the BRAIN is, nerves and synapses.

The frontal lobes. The parietal lobes. The temporal lobes. The occipital lobes.

The mind's eye or the 3rd Eye, the pineal gland as it is called, one's intuition and imagination holds no limit. Mystical in nature with the transcend duality of foresight sending your consciousness independently from everything else on the mortal plane.

Sparkly Space Dancer [Mesmerized] 2

Sparkly Space Dancer. Set to the sound of Camp Lo Coolie High (C) 1997

Sparkly Space Dancer [Mesmerized]

Working on a new art series called Mesmerized. I'll be using video, pictures and artwork to get my visuals across. This one I call the Sparkly Space Dancer, excotic outer worldly beauty.

The Notorious (Funko) B.I.G. / Warning

10" Funko POP! Video done on mobile.

Hand Of GOD (jev)©

Shubh Diwali 

May the Supreme Being Lord Vishnu guiding light show you the way.

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