SELF – Trees desktop wallpaper
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 →
SELF busting mad flavor
Gettin' splashy with this one- not sure if it's finished completely, but is digital art ever really finished? Started this with 2 others which bookend these wavy graffiti letters. I'm considering printing up a bunch of these pieces and seeing what they look like in real life.
Re-Mo-Nae-do Tee Shirt
"Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is, I get more props and stunts than Bruce Willis." - GURU, may you rest in paradise. We spent hours talking about the lyrics of DWYCK. It's a bonafide gem of the golden era of hip hop. By coincidence I was working on this summer time illustration when I heard the news →
YankDEEZ for the 2010
But If we were to do the yankDEEZ tee shirt again, I would update the whole steez a bit, and do it on mysoti.com cuz it's just easier like that. We won't sell as many units, but that's not what NYC entitlement is about. So yankDEEZ, son.
YankDEEZ Tee Shirt
1995 the number- another summer. DEAR FYC concept, joshuaSELF drawing, and ROMER 456 hand-to-hand hustle sold hundreds of these YankDEEZ tee shirts mad quick. I know some people still have these in their collection. The YankDEEZ balls logo was on the chest and the commonwealth eagle with the old nyc subway token was on the upper back. I Took these →
Silver Words
This illustration of a Jamaican moonlit night is based on one of my top ranking reggae tunes - Silver Words by the legendary Dennis Brown. Rasta! Baby I'm not joking And it's not what I'm smoking I really think you're nice Don't think I'm kidding you And don't think I'm bidding That silver words are your price And Oh if you could see The change you've →
SELF graffiti outline – freaky flow
Dusted off this graffiti style outline from 2006 and updated it for the new decade. One line flow action with a colorful cartoon burst cloud for the background.
MEGA- piece outline
MEGA! - A little someone's initials. Because when you have kids, you're gonna give them names that are also strong aliases, right?
Disaster! record cover
Let's start a band. I got our logo made up, even got the first album cover ready. DISASTER! sounds like the name of a classic hardcore punk skate rock band.
SELF one line outline
A SELF outline which is all one line. Got a little unorthodox on the F, since I was going for symmetry. Millennium status.
SELF block letters
A chunky and funky block letter SELF piece from the year 2000. Millennium status.
SELF arrow style outline
A SELF outline with arrow style, some decent letter connectors and a blue fill from 2000. I have a few more of these graffiti outlines I did in that year which I'll post. Very Illustrator.
SELF reflection
SELF reflection, Bronx Bombers style. I flipped the S and the E, mirroring the shape of the L and the F. Say word. Done in 2000, millennium status.
Simple outline SELF
A Simple letter piece outline, SELF FYC, done in Illustrator in 1998. Could be early 1999 though. Colored in Photoshop shortly thereafter and saved at a ridiculously small file size, probably so I could upload it to tagpage.com, which had a Bulletin Board, the Graffiti Wall, you could post images to.
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
Throw your hands in the air, if you're a true player. From the lyrics of the Notorious BIG, or the rapper I'll always remember as Biggie Smalls, a line from Big Poppa. Or rather, a late night meal at a diner, between the club and the hotel.
Cherry blossom ooze
For Roz, my "tender oozing blossom". Cherry blossoms for you, and some cherry flavored candy letters.
Eazy Eatz
Boy you should have known by now, Eazy Duz it. When it comes to munchin up a lil bit, all the kids say "We want Eazy"
Keep It Moving and Storage
Keep It Moving and Storage has outlets all over Empire City. They rent trucks, sell boxes and packing supplies and have hundreds of self storage units to fit all your short term and long term storage needs. CONvicted? Evicted? Just got too much junk? Call Keep It Moving and Storage.
Juice batteries
Electricity = Juice. Juice = 1992 movie starring Tupac Shakur (and others of course). Tupac = Thug Life. Thug life, sounds like long life, but actually the opposite. So Juice batteries are thug life batteries. Supercharged and temporary.
Crush Kill Destroy SELF
I did the initial outline for this joint in 2006, and then did the effects in it and the coloring sometime early 2007. I put this up as a poster in Blak's room when we did the formatmag.com desktop.
