"Many great people enter my life.Many great people exit my life. I keep moving forward with God. Some great people decide to come back in my life" - 3/18/2010  9:25PM

"There's Plenty of Them, Few of us, 1 of me" 9:35PM

Early Stages Hand Study/Sketch

*Needs a whole lot more refining, but I guess it's decent considering that I didn't sleep at all the night prior to this morning when I did this! Is there a cure for insomnia? anyone?
Medium: Charcoal

(Upper Female Torso) Stages/Analysis of Form

Medium: Charcoal

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Figure Modeling Practice Cont.* & Draped Cloth Study

Medium: Charcoal

5minute Proportion & Gesture Balance Practices

  

  

My cloth needs some work!

 

Have a little faith? no, Have unbreakable faith

"We learn and continue to grow along the way in life.  None of us truely "know" where we'll wind up or if we'll make it to our anticipated and long awaited destinations.  None of us know if we'll make it to that place we so often refer to as "success".  All we can and should do is pray and believe that we'll arrive at the correct place at the appointed time. As people we can't afford to let anyone or anything break our faith."-My thoughts at 6:16AM, Saturday March 6, 2010

Street Art in the Bay

Some random artwork I happen across in my city *San Francisco*& Oakland

This is some artwork on the outside of the Original Covenant House Building in Oakland that was later turned into a top notch music recording,music producing,video producing, dance theater,etc. (The list goes on) center.  There I met with some great people, one man by the name of Galen Peterson (the Music Program Director and Unity Project Coordinator) The story and accomplishments of this man are amazing.  You can check out the Art In Action website at: www.artinactionworld.org

Spots in Oakland(More to come)

 

Spots in San Francisco(More to come)

 

Quick Figure Modeling Proportion (Charcoal) *Continued*

The Root of All Evil

*Early stage of a practice Digital Illustration representing the root of all evil (That Green paper everyone wants) 

We use something that's necessary for us to live [Trees] to make money that we spend on things we "think" we need to live.  Money truly is the root..be it evil or necessary.  I say to hell with money, save the trees. Money is fleeting as are most of the things we use it on.  What about the trees? Anyone?

Quick Figure Modeling Proportion (Charcoal)

*A Few quick figure modeling practices*

 

  

  

 

  

 

Series "Dirty Rice"

Guess whose back! Just to let everyone know what's been going as far as my absence from the site.   Recently I've finally moved up to San Francisco to attend the Academy of Art University and I'm loving the school and city so far.  Luckily I was fortunate enough to have some great instructors from the start.  Between preparing for my move up here, and actually getting settled here, it's been damn near impossible to find any time to just get back to my place of continuous artwork and practice.  However, now that I've been here for a little bit I'm able to put over 100% focus on what it is I love.  I'll be posting pics and videos live from some my adventures in the big city soon so stay posted.  Here's a current piece I'm working on to start off a personal series titled "Dirty Rice" which will depict my interpretations of the way African Americans have had to continue in the struggle for equality, but more-so the way many African Americans have had to brush negativity and racism.  Often times the racism (similar to today) was very subtle but nonetheless very present and destructive.  As Blacks we've come a very long way but there is a past that our future youth will be ignorant of.  Taught, yes. But not by mouth of everyone.  Hope you enjoy it as it comes.