Happy Birthday Bob Ross!

Google is always does great things with their home page!

Frank151: The History Of DOOM's Mask

In a matter of speaking, Blake Lethem is the man behind DOOM's mask. Not that he is DOOM, but that he worked with the Villain to design his first and second disguises.

Lethem (also known as KEO and SCOTCH 79) is a Brooklyn-born graffiti writer, designer, MC, and raconteur whose stories go much deeper than his time spent with the Villain. - Frank151

iFanboy - Episode #240 - Comic Book Art & Artists

Without art and artists, comic books are just words. And what would be the point of that? Ron, Josh, and Conor talk about what makes up their favorite comic book art, what some of the early favorites were, and who is doing the best artwork in comic books today. The idea of art is certainly subjective, but there are a few things all three can agree on; things like Darwyn Cooke, for example. From style to to storytelling, and artists who used to draw one way, and now do it another, we try to cover as much as we can. - iFanboy 

Questlove Paiinting By Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

You can watch the artist at work after the jump.

Random Geekery: The Art Of Brian Wood - Public Domain 2 (Artbook)

Brian Wood, writer of DMZ, Local, The New York Four, The New York Five, Northlanders (See all Historical Genre Fiction) and my personal favorite The Couriers.  (Side note:  The Couriers series is criminally slept on series.  If you're a fan of action movies I highly recommend you pick it up.)  Along with being a great writer, Wood is an artist as well and he recently released his latest artbook for free.

Nas - Nasty (Audio)

@iFanboy - Icons: Frank Miller

When you talk about the most important comic book creators of the last 30 years, indeed, of all time, you have to include Frank Miller in the discussion. From his early work at Marvel Comics revitalizing Daredevil and his superstar making turn on Wolverine to his industry altering work on The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil: Born Again, and Batman : Year One to his creator-owned work like Ronin, Sin City, Martha Washington, and 300 and to his controversial return to DC Comics with The Dark Knight Strikes Again and All-Star Batman & Robin The Boy Wonder, and to his side trips to Hollywood with Robocop 2 and 3, Sin City, and The Spirit, Frank Miller has never failed to shake-up the comic book industry over the course of his career.

iFanboy - Icons: Jim Lee

I've posted iFanboy discussions before, but I found this one fascinating for two reasons.  First, Jim Lee is primarily responsible for me dropping far more money than I should've on comics in the 1990's.  Secondly, if you watch/listen to this discussion, the way they speak of Jim Lee reminds me of a certain rapper.  Can you guess who?

Emilio Rojas - H.A.M. Freestyle

Emilio Rojas - H.A.M. Freestyle

Charcoal drawing courtesy of Alba Valerdi

What Is Art?

Kanye West Gives Some Insight On Power

Erykah Badu by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

Once again your favorite artist's, favorite artist is at work.  Watch her turn a blank canvas into the picture below . . . in real time.  I know, I don't know how it's possible either.

If you like what you see you can pay her a visit.

Soundrtack: Fall In Love (Your Funeral) by Erykah Badu

Random Geekery: Know Your Meme - Archaic Rap Edition

Painting Janelle Monáe by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

I've been a fan of hers for a minute now. The only thing I know about art is that I know what I like and her paintings many times have a photo realistic look. Between the quality of the art and the subjects that she tends to paint, I wish I could afford to fill my home with her work.



Tatyana can be reached at TLynnFaz.com

Soundtrack: Tightrope by Janelle Monae

Incredible Dunks

Now, I would never wear these . . . but I definitely appreciate the work of art that they are.

Kicks & more pics courtesy of ChrisCo-CC.com

Random Geekery: Vinyl Art by Daniel Edlen

How dope is this?!!?

In this video Mr. Edlen discusses his process for creating his art as well as how he got started.

Salena Barnes Speed Paints The Cool Kids

For more of Ms. Barnes' work: Salena Barnes on Myspace

SF20: The Art of Street Fighter

To celebrate over 20 years of Street Fighter (Damn, I'm old!) Capcom will be releasing a book of Street Fighter artwork. This is not to be confused with the book, Street Fighter Tribute that was released in 2008.



This edition will feature artwork from Street Fighter IV as well.

"SF20: The Art of Street Fighter gathers over 1,500 illustrations by Capcom’s top artists over the past 20 years. Included are character designs, concept art, rough sketches, game covers, promo artwork, crossover pieces and even some never-before seen artwork from Street Fighter’s past and present. Plus Capcom artists Akiman, Kinu Nishimura, CRMK, Edayan, Dai-Chan, Ikeno, Shinkiro and others give commentary on their favorite pieces and discuss what it’s been like to help forge the Street Fighter legacy." - Udon Entertainment

SF20: The Art of Street Fighter is set for a U.S. release on October 14, 2009 but according to Amazon.com, although Udon's website says September. I'm not sure if that's the US release date or a Japan release date.

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Random Geekery: The Art Of Sami Havia

Artist Sami Havia does art pieces involving music on cassette tapes. The Public Enemy logo is my favorite, he also did pieces of Bob Marley, Michael Jackson and more.

You should be a pal and cop me that P.E. logo for my birthday. :-D

Thanks for stopping by,

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Just A Dope Short Film