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Thursday, May 17, 2018
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
"Run the Streets" an Homage to "Run the Jewels"
New Personal Project!
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| "Run the Streets" |
For the past year or so I've been really getting into the music of hip-hop group Run the Jewels. Killer Mike and El-P make an awesome duo and I wanted to pay homage to them and their music as well as a their iconic 'Pistol and Fist' featured on all 3 album covers, created by artist Nicholas Gazin.
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| Run the Jewels / Run the Jewels 2 / Run the Jewels 3 |
In addition to tipping my hat to these guys, I used this piece as an exercise in execution. Lately I've been focusing on one of my bad habits of leaving areas of a piece too "unfinished". In my head, the idea is that I need to leave areas of less focus under-rendered so as not to distract from the main focus of the piece. While the concept itself is correct, I've been failing in the execution of it, leaving my work looking unintentionally unfinished, and in hind-sight, kind of sloppy. So with this piece I wanted to tackle it from the stance of wanting to fully realize every inch of the artwork.
I'm pleased with the results of the exercise. I'm happy with how the image looks and I was able to overcome some of the mental hurdles I regularly face while working. I'm hope to continue attacking this problem moving forward and ultimatly create better artwork as a result.
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| Some RTJ themed MTG alters I did a while back. They have a song on their 1st album titled Sea Legs. |
To rap things up, if you haven't listened to their music, here are some of my favorite RTJ tracks, some accompanied by awesome music videos. Thanks for checking out this post! Keep on Jewel Running ;)
Rubble Kings Theme (Dynamite)
Nobody Speak
A Christmas Fucking Miracle
Blockbuster Night Part 1
Lie, Cheat, Steal
Crown
Panther Like a Panther
Thursday in the Danger Room
Thursday, January 4, 2018
7 - Unstable Wrap-Up
...*INHALE...EXHALE*
I just got done moving into a new place, and things are feeling much more stable now. It's kinda funny...I almost miss all that chaos now.
It was an exciting challenge to come up with different ways to present these posts. I knew from the start I wanted each one to tie back to the card somehow, either in how it functions or something about the art. I also wanted to start tame and ramp into crazy with each new post. I hope there weren't any you couldn't get through. Either way I'd love to hear any feedback good or bad. Very curious to know what people think.
For anyone interested in seeing my full collection of Unstable illustrations without any modifications (Party Crasher and Contraption Cannon specifically were altered for the sake of these posts) you can view them all HERE.
I have to take a second to thank my good friend Kevin Holmes for helping me with these posts. His feedback not only gave me the confidence to go through with and post this series, but also helped edit things down while doubling up on humor. He's also the person who got me into Magic in the first place so he deserves many thanks. Special thanks as well to my niece Gabby for her artistic contributions to the Three-Headed Goblin post, I was happy to see her having fun helping me as well.
Again thank YOU so much for taking the time to take a look at these posts. My intention was to show off my work for the set in a fun and UNusual way that celebrates some of the many ways the Un-sets are so special. I hope I was able to accomplish this goal.
Don't forget to pick up some packs of Unstable for yourself and keep your fingers crossed for a 4th Un-set!! I would love to have an excuse to do another series of posts like these again haha.
Until then, stay UNSTABLE!!!
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I just got done moving into a new place, and things are feeling much more stable now. It's kinda funny...I almost miss all that chaos now.
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Seriously, if you read any or all of the blog posts I made for my Unstable art thank you so much! They were a ton of fun (and work) to put together and I hope they were just as fun for you to read despite some of them being more challenging than your average web article. |
| ^Me Thanking You^ |
It was an exciting challenge to come up with different ways to present these posts. I knew from the start I wanted each one to tie back to the card somehow, either in how it functions or something about the art. I also wanted to start tame and ramp into crazy with each new post. I hope there weren't any you couldn't get through. Either way I'd love to hear any feedback good or bad. Very curious to know what people think.
For anyone interested in seeing my full collection of Unstable illustrations without any modifications (Party Crasher and Contraption Cannon specifically were altered for the sake of these posts) you can view them all HERE.
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| My "drafts" for the Party Crasher post. With authentic bite-marks. |
I have to take a second to thank my good friend Kevin Holmes for helping me with these posts. His feedback not only gave me the confidence to go through with and post this series, but also helped edit things down while doubling up on humor. He's also the person who got me into Magic in the first place so he deserves many thanks. Special thanks as well to my niece Gabby for her artistic contributions to the Three-Headed Goblin post, I was happy to see her having fun helping me as well.
Again thank YOU so much for taking the time to take a look at these posts. My intention was to show off my work for the set in a fun and UNusual way that celebrates some of the many ways the Un-sets are so special. I hope I was able to accomplish this goal.
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| My model for Handy Dandy Clone Machine (I had too much fun doing this) |
Don't forget to pick up some packs of Unstable for yourself and keep your fingers crossed for a 4th Un-set!! I would love to have an excuse to do another series of posts like these again haha.
Until then, stay UNSTABLE!!!
< < < Previous Post: Contraption Cannon
< < < < < < Start from the Beginning
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
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Cannon Contraption - "!ConTRAPt a It’s" - 6
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Cannon Contraption - "!ConTRAPt a It’s" - 6
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