Hit Em With BopGunns...another reason why your DJs Suck.

Peace up A-Town is doin it.

On a recent trip to Atlanta (first time actually) We stopped by the Graveyard, our first stop upon entering the city. As soon as i arrived on the scene i noticed the PROCESS merch table, a local clothing line rooted and founded by local designers, supporters and motifs. I struck up a casual conversation with Larry, one of two designers who handles alot of the typography, a really down to earth dood who enjoys art, designs and all things athletic about Atlanta. (read a tweet about trying to get tickets for a WNBA finals game). Visit their site and support. I copped two ill tees that i rock on the regular.

Also if you're in Atlanta, and run into the PROCESS cats, have a round of "Bearfights" and get welcomed to Atlanta Properly.

Again and Again....Another Simply Clean x Brand Nu Collaboration

So once again I linked up with Nickoli over at Simply Clean. This time the task was to soundtrack the Simply Clean Preview Video which was about a minute, out of which this little full length love child was created. Possibly the best thing you ever heard! The tones remind me of being in the womb. It's Perfect for night drives wit' yo' lady or your mans. So download, vibe out, and holla if you need production.

Simply Clean 2 video flyer from Bluemotion on Vimeo.

  

 Download the MP3: Simply FResh (Video Edit)

Simply Fresh (Blackstar Vocal Mix)

Everything Roberto Carlos Lange has his hands in is ridiculous.

Good at it.

I've become really skilled at making women cry...

Grey Matters

                                        

It's been quite some time since i've been to a hip hop show where i was moved by the performance and felt completely relative during one. Last night's GreyMatter show for their apparently long awaited LP was absolutely captivating. The members, emcee illustrate and producer Tempermental, showed a stage ownership and a level of conciousness that i'd been missing since moving to orlando. If you're out, see a 12inch, CD or their names on the bill....do it. You will not regret it. If you live in orlando, they're local cats...no excuse.

Pretty much how it be!

I think that anytime a male artist decides to depict a compromised female form, he's faced with two critical considerations. One being, is he doing this to satisfy his personal lustful intentions and desires, and two, is it a misogynistic portrayal. To address the former, when i shot this model, i was trying really hard to be professional, because after all, this is my profession and i wanted to keep business and pleasure separate, but why do they have to exist separately in art...attraction is a basic human instinct and is only natural to be drawn to a subject or subject matter. Perhaps the subject your drawn to is a particular landscape that you visited and it was so lovely you wanted to capture it in your own way. It's the same attraction that draws you to a pair of shoes that you feel obligated to buy because you were moved by them. I'm interested in doing more shots like this as a series so any models down for the cause need apply. brand.nu.dsign@gmail.com

"Fever"     photograph       2007®

Dont you wanna see the boy, come and take a polaroid, polaroid camera Flash

So photography isn't necessarily my medium of choice but i really enjoy shooting a lot.

My man will (one of Jacksonville's finest emcees) ask me to do a shoot with him, and i eagerly indulged his request. Just-Will is a very intellectual and creative mind and has always been open to my ideas and concepts about art and life. We often use each other for idea spring boards. I didn't really have a "set" in mind as far as the shoot was concerned. I just knew it had to be more about will, his personality and the messages he could convey with his facial expressions.

Production

 Decided to post a few paintings from yester-year as a segway into the new paintings.

Bling. 18x24. Acrylic on Canvas. 2007. $100

Bling was inspired by the idea that we should be more mindful of what we do. The connotations of imagery and portrayal say way more than we could say in defending such actions. Basically, a chain is a chain is a chain.

Black President. 16x20. Acrylic on Canvas. 2007.  SOLD

This was completed a while before Shepherd Fairey's Obama Print which i tend to point out, not to say i was the first to do it, mainly so i can say that this was not inspired by that. President Clinton was socially accepted by African Americans as being Black, as far as his actions were concerned, then came Obama and Clinton being our First Black President, wasn't so official anymore.

Simply Clean x Brandnu

About a week ago, a close friend of mine asked me to design a shirt for his blossoming Car Club, Simply Clean. I asked him what kind of idea he had in mind, given that the screen printing was limited to two colors or less and my current concentration of art didn't really correlate. After some brainstorming kitchen table style with another mutual friend, we came up with something. I thought about keeping it simple, after all the name is Simply Clean. In the same vein, the members modify their cars but do so in a manner thats simple and sexy.  Since each car is customized to compliment the personality of the driver, it was only fitting to design a shirt  thats customizable to compliment the personality of the wearer. Heres a sneak peek.

Simply Nu...pretty much Trial and Error with what paint to use...didnt turn out too bad...pssshh it is my face after all!

Check out The Simply Clean Website...

pick one up...

Artist Jambalaya

Man it feels great to mesh with other artist. Sometimes it feels like some sci-fi movie where the artists are aliens who come to earth to co-exist and communicate through a unique collective consciousness. I guess you could equate it to the borg for all you trekkies. Anyway, its just comforting to know you can bounce your ideas off of someone and be, for the most part, completely understood.

Channeling The Kunta In Us All.

Whilst having dinner with some friends, we got on the subject of Slavery, a huge interest of mine. I suddenly chimed in with the phrase, "I'm Toby in the fields and Kunta in the Streets. We all laughed because it was of course funny, but it was so much deeper than that. 

It was a realization that i was not only the proper well spoken, well integrated non-threatening black guy, but also the black male deeply rooted in his culture, history, and the enlightenment of a people. It was about roles in society, roles that we all play at some point in our lives. Maybe we present our Toby's at job interviews, in the office or with our loved ones but clock out and live our lives as Kuntas. 

A Relationship is Effort I will match your Work.

Ever feel like your spending more time making a relationship work than making life work?

New Basquiat Doc.

Man, dude had so much charisma, ashame the candle burned out before it burned its brightest.

Little Dragon

Little Dragon will grace Orlando by way of Sweden in March. If you are not hip to Little Dragons game you are not cool and we can never be friends. Just kidding or am I?

Took a lil video..till the battery died on the camera...figures

Negre Nouveau, the revival

The New Negro—a compilation of literature by and essays about “New Negro” artists and black culture—became a “manifesto” of the movement. Some of black America’s foremost writers contributed stories and poems to the volume. The work of these artists drew upon the African-American experience and expressed a new pride in black racial identity and heritage. Several factors accounted for the birth of the movement and propelled it forward.

Fela and K'Naan, blends so well...

Dali Museum

After about a year, I finally had the opportunity to visit the Dali Museum last weekend. His works, a considerable amount, were housed beautifully in the gallery space, complete with the deepest true blue walls i think i have ever seen in a space. Not to take away from the art, but the choice of blue makes his works, new and late, pop of the wall like a small incendiary. The most memorable experiences were perhaps his "masterworks". The shear size of these works alone is captivating, hung at almost 2-3 stories high, they demand attention to the detailed abstract symbolism that exist therein. I [high]ly recommend a visit or two.

This Piece was not there but maybe if you're not familiar with his work this might inspire you to do some research

SonnyMoon

I've been into this for about a week or so...funny how it's some of the best music i never heard of, apparently thats how the cookie crumbles these days. These two heads from Berklee, Anna Wise and Dane Orr ( vocals and production respectively), make an ill ass RandB/Electronica love-child and it's breast-fed, none of that similac shit.

SonnyMoon - Golden Age