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Old Style New Years – on Friday the 13th

joshua SELF print set for Old Style New Years show

I will have these prints on display for a month at a spot near downtown Los Angeles, called MEDICINE MAN. The opening is tomorrow night – I’m installing tomorrow morning and will take some proper photos…


Boombox desktop wallpaper – Audio II

boombox desktop wallpaper blokhedz Audio 2 radio


LISTEN UP! THIS IMAGE IS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT – YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO UPLOAD THIS TO ZAZZLE.COM OR ANY OTHER LOCATION AND CREATE IPOD CASES TEE SHIRTS OR POSTERS FOR SALE. IT IS ILLEGAL IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. I PUT THESE IMAGES UP TO BE NICE AND SHARE FOR PERSONAL USE, NOT SO I CAN GO ON ZAZZLE.COM AND SEE 13 DIFFERENT PEOPLE TRYING TO SELL MY DESIGNS – YOU ARE UNETHICAL TO ATTEMPT TO PROFIT FROM MY WORK. THIS IS NOT CLIP ART! THIS IS NOT ROYALTY-FREE STOCK ART! AUDIO II FROM BLOKHEDZ AND THE DESKTOP WALLPAPER OF THE OLD SCHOOL BOOM BOX ARE OFF LIMITS TO YOU TO MAKE MONEY FROM. AUDIO II WAS CREATED BY ME FOR BLOKHEDZ THE MOVIE, LLC, WHICH OWNS THE COPYRIGHT – SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS DON’T STEAL FROM THEM.

Blokhedz Audio 2 boombox radio sound system desktop wallpaper

Old School boombox from the 1980′s meets New School electronic musical gadgetry in the new millennium. This is the concept art for the one-of-a-kind boombox/sound system, Audio2, from the Blokhedz www.MissionG.com webisodes. He is equal parts sound system, DJ setup, recording studio, mixer, sampler, drum machine, sequencer, and multi-media playback all stuffed into what appears to be a normal looking radio. Will also get you out of a tight spot, if he’s feeling generous. See Audio2 in action in our animated webisodes on www.MissionG.com

ON YOUTUBE – blokhedz animated playlist

To download this desktop background- Click on the boombox for the full size desktop wallpaper image- if you’re browsing the web in Firefox, right-click and set as desktop image. The actual image size is 2500 by 1600 so it will fit lovely on a 30 inch monitor with 16:9 aspect ratio. If your monitor is smaller, just set it to fit to screen, or feel free to resize in your favorite image editing program. Enjoy!


Boombox desktop wallpaper – Old School


LISTEN UP! THIS IMAGE IS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT – YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO UPLOAD THIS TO ZAZZLE.COM OR ANY OTHER LOCATION AND CREATE IPOD CASES TEE SHIRTS OR POSTERS FOR SALE. IT IS ILLEGAL IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. I PUT THESE IMAGES UP TO BE NICE AND SHARE FOR PERSONAL USE, NOT SO I CAN GO ON ZAZZLE.COM AND SEE 13 DIFFERENT PEOPLE TRYING TO SELL MY DESIGNS – THIS IS NOT CLIP-ART! THIS IS NOT ROYALTY-FREE STOCK ART! YOU ARE UNETHICAL TO ATTEMPT TO PROFIT FROM MY WORK. THIS OLD SCHOOL BOOM BOX AND THE DESKTOP WALLPAPER OF AUDIO II FROM BLOKHEDZ ARE OFF LIMITS TO YOU TO MAKE MONEY FROM. AUDIO II WAS CREATED BY ME FOR BLOKHEDZ THE MOVIE, LLC, WHICH OWNS THE COPYRIGHT – UNBELIEVABLE WHAT PEOPLE WILL TRY TO GET AWAY WITH.

boombox desktop wallpaper

You know I can’t live without my radio, albeit in desktop wallpaper form. Type Old School Boombox from the 1980′s era of personal music players, before the walkman and the CD player. The original peer-to-peer music sharing experience. Make yourself a pause mixtape or tune in to Mr. Magic, Chuck Chillout or Red Alert. Cuz when I’m not boosting candy and toys from the neighborhood drug stores, I’m tuned in to my man, Chuck Chillout!!!

To download this desktop background- Click on the boombox for the full size desktop wallpaper image- if you’re browsing the web in Firefox, right-click and set as desktop image. The actual image size is 2500 by 1600 so it will fit lovely on a 30 inch monitor with 16:9 aspect ratio. If your monitor is smaller, just set it to fit to screen, or feel free to resize in your favorite image editing program. You’re welcome.


Grim Pepper(oni)!

Grim Pepper - oni skate and beer ripper

Another version of the SLASHER! The original graphic is easily in the upper echelon of all time great skateboard graphics, so it’s no wonder that I keep coming back to this –


Stickers!

I WUZ HERE stickers vinyl die cut graffiti hip hop fat cap crown boombox yeah kid

Visit IWUZHERE! and grab some of my stickers!


RZA’S WORLD Mobile App

Rza's World Mobile Application Splash Image by JoshuaSELF

Happy to see that this application which I worked on this year is finally available to the public – BONG BONG!! Check out the CHESS CHAMBER and the SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR LIFE sections they feature a number of illustrations and sprite animations by me – I also created the RZA character for this project and got the chance to put up some dope graffiti writers in one of the themed chess “chambers” – a fun little project to work on….


The Grim Repper!

grim repper skateboarder ski mask scythe

The Grim Repper! After Jim Phillip’s SLASHER skateboard graphic of course – this is a digital sketch I whipped up after doing that Grim Ripper joint earlier today -


The Grim Ripper!!

grim ripper

It’s been too long – so I’m posting a sketch, which I’ve never done before on this blog – is this ABD? not sure, but I’m into this ghuy right here – the Grim Ripper, son! chopping it up in your hood – on the eternal grind.


Your mic and my mic?

we got the jazz

Jazz (We Got… ) Another track so nice they made it twice.


Kid, don’t front

i got cha opin kid dont front

Check the dialect from the diaphragm my man – from a time when the remix was a completely different beat, with different lyrics – making this the title of not one, but two classic bangers from Black Moon. Don’t front, I got you open in your dome.


Do you know the importance of a skypager?

skypager conceptually a pager is so complex

That I be standin’ on the verge, ready to flex!


Broadway ALL DAY!

bastards of broadway

Broadway ALL DAY! For my Old New York heads, you know who you are.



Mad capers, son!

mad capers, son!

Mad capers, son!


Make a million dollars every record that I cut and…

cash money brothers dead presidents

Or, I get paid when my records are played.


What you looking at!?

rusto spray can mascot kanji crowbar graffiti

なにをみてんだよ! What you looking at!?

thought so.


Mind your business!

uni wide marker graff crowbar mind your business

Don’t worry about me selling out, 余計なお世話!


And I know that you were hearing wedding bells…

just aint gonna work out girl

but I’m sorry, ‘cus it just ain’t working out…

Mayer Hawthorne’s “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out” -So butter.


As I would say…

stand in love don't fall in love

…stand in love don’t fall in love


Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is

remonaedo lemonade tee shirt hip hop engrish



Mind Spray – Slime Balls edition

mind spray slime drip

More flowing fluid from the psychedelic sector. I’m calling this the Slime Balls edition with a nod to the iconic Jim Phillip’s skateboard wheels illustration. Lamp the anti-gravity graffiti drip slime-steez flowing over and around a flavorful color burst. How’s that for a description? Oh yeah, 1600 pixels wide for your laptop screen, so slap this on your desktop if you’re one of those that’s on the go.


SELF – Trees desktop wallpaper

graffiti letters piece psychedelic wallpaper treed up self fyc green orange desktop

A psychedelic experience from SELF FYC. Something I’ve been messing with for a long time now. It began as a reference to a Redman lyric, believe it or not. I won’t ruin the mystery for you. This piece went through a lot of color changes and I think I like the sunset orange business in the background. There is a lava lamp in my studio which I’ve had since high school and the anti-gravity drips are a result of our long standing friendship. I’m putting this up at 1600 pixels, which is good for a 15″ laptop or so as a desktop wallpaper. If you want to see it at a larger size you’ll have to hit me up.