Glowing

I've been pretty busy people. Developing the new site, more developments on the typeface and experimenting with more digi paint techniques.

Here's some colour experiments.

Typeface in progress

A typeface I’m working on as apart of a project for Black History Month.

I have no name for it yet... But I'm leaning towards something to do with A Tribe Called Quest!

I've drawn Inspiration from West African wood carvings and sculptures. Elements of Caribbean Latin American have no doubt crept in, as there are developments of African art in both places. 

Concentration on geometric shapes and angles that are strong features of carvings have been considered. 

There is still a lot to do regarding the forms and the characters, ongoing progression will be concentrated around the accents of lines and how they interact with horizontal and vertical forms.

So far I'm happy with it, but my eyes are getting pretty wide and weary!!

The background image does not belong to me, courtesy of:

Vanilla Shorty@ http://web.stagram.com/n/vanillyshorty/

via

http://glama-zona.tumblr.com/

New Brush and Some Ink

[Dirty Hands Sticky Fingers]

 [Dirty Habits]

[Anarchy]

[Jeba Loves You]

[Something that Means Something]

I love playing with type and calligraphy. A while ago I bought a new pen.. but just took a while for me to actually get my head down and have a play with it. 

Here are some practice pieces, a bit of play with forms, trying to make type that I'm influenced by become my own.

Still further development to go.

JEBA X Major Lazer X Red Bull Music Academy

I was quite excited for the opportunity to jump in on this project. Every year Diplo's Major Lazer colloborate with Red Bull to throw a massive party at the Nottinghill Carnival. They always combine good/ quirky visuals with their amazing ensemble of music.

As much as I would have loved to paint one of the walls that wasn't my task this time round!!

Myself and Tony Riff were set the task of bringing casts of skulls alive (I've got a thing for skulls!), making some ables pop, and then I had the extra job of making some benches look special!!

I do not know why...but Riff had decided to set up camp in a box! He was in his element throughout the duration in his creative box!

The skulls were interesting, we had a variety of small and large ones. The benches however I got really into. I wanted to create some imagery that worked with the simple shape of.. well an elongated box! How do you compliment that?!

Well being that the Major Lazer crew glorify their caribbean and somewhat Southern American influences, I wanted to come up with imagery that worked alongside that. I though a totem pole and wood sculpture inspired approach was the best angle. The colours we had to play with were pretty zany, used properly they compliment each other well.

I also had a bit of a hand from Trips, being a West London local he passed through for dabble.

I Like Green

It was such a nice day in London

JEBA X Juno X Boxpark

A week ago myself and InkFetish were invited to take part in a live paint session on the top deck of Shoreditch's Boxpark.

I went for a Geisha holding a bushidi... So it turned out to be a light saver pretty much!
Soon I'll post the original illustration.

JEBA X TONY RIFF (again)