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.

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

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

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

IVORY DOME GIVES YOU NNEKA

NNEKA has been on my musical rotation for over four years, another myspace discovery, she's reached greater heights, especially with the release of her compilation album To And Fro. The 3 CD set has new tracks and songs from her first album, Victim Of Truth and her sophomore album, No Longer At Ease.  She's a native Nigerian, honing her craft in Denmark and has developed a sound that touches on; self realization, consciousness and change, drawing inspiration from social and political conditions in Nigeria. Her lyrics can venture into preachy but she pulls it off with the help of dub/Hip-Hop/afro sounds. Digg tracks like Heartbeat and The Uncomfortable Truth.

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,

8

Can It Be A Mural?

Can She Kick It?/I Know She Got Sole

Basically this blog is for me to write about shit I like and to hopefully turn you on to it as well and hopefully for you to pass the word. I don't know her. Hell, I don't even know her gubment (yeah, I wrote it!). But, anyway I first came across Kromey on Last.fm. She seemed to be a huge Nas fan and she was one of the few women on the site who actually had a high to super compatibility rating with me, plus her avitars always caught my eye. So, I did my normal e-team thing and hit her up with an invite to my group on Last.fm. Well, fast forward to last week. I always saw the link to her site on her last.fm page, but I never bothered to click for whatever reason. Lately I have been looking for new wallpaper for my laptop and I hadn't been able to find anything hot in ages. So I happened to stumble upon her last.fm page recently and decide to click on Kromey.com and I found out that her shit is ridiculous! Everything is insane! The site layout is crazy and the photos and faux oil paintings are pure fire! If you don't like her shit then I don't like you! lol Just kidding, but check out some of her work (note - her first pic is my current wallpaper):















If you like what you see, and how could you not, hit up her site. If you need artwork for a project or a website done, I'm pretty sure she can make your shit tighter.