Samiyam
  • Year: 2011
  • Tools: Photoshop / Illustrator
  • Sketches, etc: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

A portrait of beat maker Samiyam, second in a series of pieces inspired by my Last.FM chart’s weekly top artists.

Dego
  • Year: 2011
  • Tools: Photoshop / Illustrator / Nikon D100
  • Sketches, etc: 1 / 2 / 3

A portrait of broken-beat artist Dego, first in a planned series of pieces inspired by my Last.FM chart’s weekly top artists.

Danny Brown
  • Year: 2011
  • Tools: Ink / Watercolor / Photoshop
  • Sketches, etc: 1 / 2 / 3 / 5

A portrait of Detroit rapper Danny Brown, inspired by Grant Wood’s American Gothic, third in a series of pieces inspired by my Last.FM chart’s weekly top artists.

Advertising Week
  • Sketches, etc: 1 / 2 / 4 / 5

A poster illustrated for an ad campaign promoting Advertising Week, a conference of people in the advertising industry happening at the end of September in New York City.

Owl Boy Comic
  • Sketches, etc: 1 / 2

Two panels from a three page comic illustrated for Fragments, a comic book anthology who’s proceeds go to Save The Children.

Major Taylor
  • Sketches, etc: 1 / 2 / 3

A piece created for the Velo Sanaa Bicycle Art Show, a fundraiser for the Nianjema Secondary SChool in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. It is an illustration of Marshall “Major” Taylor, the first African American athlete to achieve a world championship level and second to win a world championship.

Jay Electronica
  • Year: 2009
  • Tools: Graphite / Photoshop
  • Sketches, etc: 1 / 2 / 3

A portrait of hip-hop emcee Jay Electronica, inspired by his video for the song “Dear Moleskine”.