Bizy Dreaming

We Moved!

2009-02-01T16:04:00.002-05:00

I felt like this blog was going downhill, so in an attempt to revive it, I moved our location and went in a different direction. The new site is less art history, yada-yada-yada, and more of what I'm doing and what I'm trying to do.

Looking forward to the new direction.

Bizy Dreaming

We Moved - http://bizydreaming.wordpress.com/

Spirited Away

2008-12-08T10:01:00.003-05:00

Spirited Away is an animation revolving around a young girl and her family moving to a new home. Before they reach their destination they are brought into a "parallel universe" showing their true character. This animation is very much about greed as well as love and kindness.

In Spirited Away the animator uses bright and vibrant colors to illustrate a surreal world, even at the colors are saying something. In Metropolis, the colors feel darker, but doesn't give off an ominous feeling. These two animations, in general, are very good examples of developed worlds and world views, unfortunate characteristics of some sorts. Animation techniques such as camera angles and panning emphasizes hierarchy or importance of one thing versus another.

Metropolis

2008-12-08T02:55:00.002-05:00

In the movie Metropolis, the animator uses the three types of camera angles: worm's eye view, bird's eye view, and normal angle view. The use of worm's eye view within the crowd of people in the very beginning of the movie was used effectively because it makes you feel small in the midst of the larger crowd. Also in the same light, it illustrates the theme of Metropolis and the rise of the ziggurats. The animator also uses bird's eye view during the the same setting - immediately after he uses worm's eye view. The bird's eye view is an example of the rise of the ziggurats and how it will be towering over the people.

In the very beginning, just as the title appears, the animator pans out and just as it stops, a large vessel hovers over and drives into the screen. Panning in this scene was very cinematic because two opposite actions are occurring (in worm's eye view) - the screen panning outwards and the vessel driving inwards - giving you that feeling of smallness and inferiority that is reiterated throughout the movie. The opening scene reminds me of one of the scene's from the movie Independence Day, when the spaceship (U.F.O) is hovering over the White House and the rest of the East Coast.

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

2008-12-08T02:35:00.002-05:00

In Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events, three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire at their home. When they are sent to their distant relative, Count Olaf, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and take their fortune left behind by their parents.

In the end credits of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, where most of the computer animation is done, the animator reinforces the material/content of the movie with very macabre closing. To reinforce the macabre theme throughout the movie - the animator slowly pans into the three children only the small raft while displaying the end credits. Just as the children are within a reachable distance, they are picked up by a silhoutte of their relative, Count Olaf, and shortly after they float off into the sky. The animator illustrates the children's loneiness by placing them on the raft in the middle of the ocean.

The animator also reinforces the content of the movie with the material chose for the end credits. The animator reuses desolate and macabre settings such as the cemetry, the valley the children ride their bike through, and the use of leafless trees. The animator also reuses creepy eyes throughout the ending.

Haiku - We Much Prefer Candlelight

2008-09-29T13:51:00.003-04:00

So today didn't go as expected - I thought everything would go downhill in regards to the haikus. Everyone seems to have put in quality effort towards their individual animation, which you have to pay homage to. Even though mine was incomplete it was still successful in some ways.

For today, I was assigned to critique a animation by Chris Meyers, another classmate. He was the first to showcase his animation and I was impressed. Despite the difficulties to get his desired effects - his animation was very successful. "We Much Prefer Candlelight," was illustrated by, a matchstick lighting a candle - done in fotoshop. I really liked how the matchstick moved in towards the candle and after the candle was lit, the camera zoomed out of the scene.

The Adventures of Prince Achmed, 1926

2008-09-14T17:55:00.006-04:00

The Adventures of Prince Achmed is based on the stories from "Arabian Nights." The evil magician enters the courts of The Great Caliph, impresses them with a magical horse, and tricks Prince Achmed into riding the flying horse. Prince Achmed is taken on adventures were he meets and falls for the Pari Banu. The entire film is animated using the silhouette technique - paper cutouts - against a tonal background.

The Adventures of Prince Achmed is one of the earliest animated films, and truly a pioneer for present animation. Currently, I am unable to make this or any animation similar to this one. The use of the limited palleted animation helps simplify the project, from my perspective, because it minimizes the detail needed to illustrate what is going on - decreases the signifcance of a background, and limits the actions of the characters to a handful.

The most recognized and contemporary animation, that comes to mind, similar to The Adventures of Prince Achmed is the iPod commericals with silhouetted characters dancing to the music. Another piece from this animation that I always see in cartoons today is the use of perspective. Even though the atmospheric perspective in the film was an artisitc decision, it is always seen in cartoons today.

Negative Space

2008-09-11T11:32:00.005-04:00

Hans Haacke: The 9-11 Poster Project

Hans Haacke's Poster Project appeared on scaffolding's and walls throughout New York City from March 11-25, 2002. I don't recall ever seeing or actually noticing these Posters throughout the city because I was oblivious to detailed and everything other than Yugi-oh cards and video games. I was about 12 or 13.

On the 7th year anniversary of Sept. 11th, I almost forgot what today was and what happened. No intention is made to say that the event is done and over with or even minuscule because it affected me directly also. It just shows how well we (I) coped with the event. In addition, being out here in Connecticut is almost a breath of fresh air - just being away from a direct connection with the "negative space" in the city.

Personally, I think Hans Haacke's Posters effectively describe/portray Sept. 11th better than any poster or "We Will Never Forget" slogan. Such a simple design represents so many different things as did Sept. 11th. He uses the negative space as a symbol of the missing tower - that is what I saw when I first looked. When you first look, you also notice what is behind his poster. And that is where I feel he best portrayed 9-11. Everybody was simply living their lives, carrying out there day-to-day activities. I remember me and my cousin was just getting on the train at Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall, my brother was in class in Lower Manhattan, all my friends were still at school, and so-on.

Creative Time offers the Poster Project as a screen saver, the underlying background occupies the void. Creative Time

Stairs Bounce

2008-09-07T19:23:00.006-04:00

I tried to make it as realistic as possible, but this was the end result. I played with a little easing to make it appear as if the ball was picking up speed as it went down the stairs.

I did pretty well with the stairs illustration - I' more of a two-dimensional fan.

Flash vs. Photoshop vs. Illustrator

2008-09-07T17:53:00.002-04:00

The first week of school came ended moderately quick for me: the week began with IDD 301 - Animation and Motion Graphics and ended with Sci 101 on Thursday. Complete opposites.

The first assignment for IDD was to draw a beach ball in three programs, Flash, Photoshop, and Illustrator, easy enough? And then to animate all three in Flash. When the assignment was proposed I didn't really see any major difficulties to keep me from doing the assignment, but little did I know illustration in Flash is completely different from illustrating in Photoshop or Illustrator.

From completely illustrating with platforms I know, Flash came to me as a surprise. In Flash, the pen tool acts completely different from that of Photoshop or Illustrator. As I am trying to illustrate the beach ball as best as I could I pen tool just wouldn't curve as directed. And with my meticulous nature, I could'nt get over this hump until I firgured out how to make it rounded.

Again, illustrating in Photoshop and Illustrator is completely different from Flash. Photoshop being a universal designing program, I use it for nearly everything I do. I felt so much more comfortable illustrating this beach ball in Photoshop, and it shows in the performance of my work. As for Illustrator, I feel I don't know the program good enough to top the performance of my work in Photoshop.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU

2008-07-21T20:34:00.002-04:00

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

AWESOME!!!

Trompe L'Oeil

2008-07-21T13:09:00.005-04:00

Trompe L'Oeil Floor Mats found at Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' products, in addition to its decor, always came across to me as inclined for hipsters, designers, and artist. Trompe L'Oeil floor mats are the craziest/best interior design idea I ever came across. The mat looks accurate in size and color, which actually makes you think the floor is eroding away, and it affects the feel of the room.

dream.

PRGRSV

2008-07-14T02:47:00.002-04:00

Lately I have been trying to create some illustrations just to a have a little diversity in my work, rather than just having foto-manipulations. With that said, this is my latest illustration along with the bizydreaming header. It's still a work-in-progress, but I'm pretty pleased with what it has turned out to be.
The thought behind this pretty simple - three Giant Panda bears in Red, Blue, Green (RBG format) with the word "prgrsv," or progressive. It's almost like a transition of what it was to what it is now. And to also think that Giant Panda's are now endangered. The five stars at the top left are from the Chinese flag because the panda's are found in China.
I'm not too sure as to where I want to go with it as yet. So give me time for an update on "prgrsv" or shoot me some ideas.

peace,

dream.

Brooklyn Bridge Waterfall by Olafur Elliasson

2008-07-11T23:54:00.000-04:00

Photography by AGM|newyork

First, I want to say I went to see the Waterfalls, but my camera shots didn't amount to these I lovingly swiped from Mr. AMGnewyork. I also want to add that the Waterfalls are truly monumental.

The Waterfall will be in New York for the entire summer so be a witness to New York history.

peace,

dream.

Typographic of Fiodor Sumkin

2008-07-07T22:21:00.000-04:00

Fiodor Sumkin.

Ink on paper. Hand drawn typography turning intricate messages into incredible images.

I love typography and the things you can do with it. Especially what Fiodor has done - I would love to be able to make images out of text. That is one of my goals to accomplish throughout my learning experience.

Sumkin
Respectfully swiped from the artist and his model/Anti-Corporation

Art Under the Bridge

2008-07-06T16:29:00.000-04:00

DUMBO Arts Festival

2008-07-06T16:21:00.000-04:00

DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival
DUMBO Arts Center
NewYork, NY

Sep.26-28, 2008
DAC's mission is to engage a broad spectrum of society in the sensory and intellectual stimuli of emerging visual culture by providing visual artists and curators with the singular opportunity for both on and off-site experimentation, innovation, presentation and advancement.
Activities - DAC produces the annual Art Under the Bridge Festival, the largest urban forum for experimentation in public art by emerging artists in the United States. DAC presents a year-round exhibition program in its gallery, hosts an annual Artists' Opportunity Workshop and commissions editions, multiples and public space works.

Festival 2007 Images from Flickr

Art Bistro

2008-07-02T23:43:00.000-04:00

Today, I took another step towards achieving my goals of taking over the universe, infiltrate dreams, etc. In an act to take inspiration further I joined ArtBistro. Mainly, I need to socially network with people in my field so I figured it would be a good look. In addition to networking, the offer art scholarships, and job offerings in your field of work.

ArtBistro brings members of the visual art community together to network, advance careers, and to foster a community with exclusive benefits where information about artists and designers is provided by artists and designers.

If you're a member of the visual art community add me and if you are not I suggest you join; it can be very beneficial in the long run - they have job listings, scholarships, and artist just like you.

SUMMER RAIN!!!!

2008-07-01T00:39:00.000-04:00

Blackout Family and Prodigy Movement Presents: Summer Rain

Friday, July 25, 2008 at 10:00pm

Hosted by: Lil Mama Fr. Blackout, Sincere Fr. Fresh Lyfe, Ms. Good2Go Fr. Rockstarz Empire, and Mr. Versatile Fr. Versatility Movementz
Music By: Goggles, Prodigy, Blackout, Black Rain, & Final Level

At Fahrenheit also known as Peppers Lounge

Contact Info: Blackoutsoundz@gmail.com

Tickets: $10 in adv & more at the door

Staying Creative

2008-06-30T19:26:00.000-04:00

After work today, I picked up the June '08 copy of the Inc. Magazine, a special Innovation Issue. I picked it up hoping to find something interesting, helpful, and anything along those lines - and I DID! "9 Ways to Sharpen your creative edge." How do the Creative Stay Creative? There are so many times I can't find a single creative idea and settle for mediocre or I have an idea but don't go further with it. I think it's very helpful and I figured I share with you guys!

9 Ways to Sharpen your Creative Edge:

1. Get Multicultural - cultural melting pots produce inventive meals

2. Provide LOTS of FREE time to think - No mandate to solve a particular problem. Just blue-sky thinking - often under actual blue skies.

3. Encourage RISKY Behavior - celebrate endeavors both ambitious and disastrous.

4. Hire Smart - how applicants deal with criticism: whether they tear into a creative exchange or defend their first idea to the bitter end. ( from this I got - RISK-AVERSE THINKING).

5. Write it Down - Illustrations and captions people!

6. Bring in Outsiders - tap the perspective of outside experts - be they poets, actors, singers, physicists, whatever!

7. Be Flexible. Very Flexible - forget about any prescribed process, work anyway you like.

8. Do it for FREE - as Mark Twain once said, "work like you don't need the money." Enjoy applying your talents for noble causes.

9. Mix up your People - spend time working in disciplines (known as tribes) different from your own.

Peace,

dream.

Nell B.

2008-06-28T01:08:00.000-04:00

I asked my brother Nell if he could do me a favor and bless me with a poem to post on my blog and he came through for me. I remember when I saw his first performance - anxiety got the best of him that day, but I still had faith. Pay attention to the words and tell me if you are feeling this one.

" Here's one for the bad guy .. Wats superman without lex, batman witout joker, wats spiderman without venom and me without you ...

See everytime I try to save the world (or at least the one I'm living in) there's always some coward too afraid to live in his f'n up mine...

'I can do this better, I can do it faster, I can do it like this, why do he do it like that'

All these proposals with no action for ratification ... talk a lotta shyt but wen it come down to it ... dudes are on vacation

But in all honesty wats a hero without a villan ... it is only in the face of tru hate that tru perseverance makes an appearance ...

After all superman without lex is an alien invader,

Batman without joker is just a rich clown in a costume,

Spiderman without venom is a geek with an infection,

And

Me without u is STILL GONNA BE ME!

but since ur still here ............

Hello haters "

- Nell B.

L-O-V-E

2008-06-28T00:56:00.001-04:00

Nike Air Yeezy, No word yet on availability

Inspiration from Air Jordan III, Air Revolution and Flight '89 like sole.

Honestly, I think I would be willing to pay EXCESSIVE amounts of cash on these sneakers, I don't know about camping out though. I'm definitely feelin' the PHX colors and the purple patent strap.
Kanye West wore the black pair to the Grammy's, and he was seen with them in other colors. Kanye hasn't put out any word on release dates or anything of the sort.

Visual Tranquility - Roy Lichtenstein

2008-06-23T22:14:00.000-04:00

Drowning Girl, Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein was born October 1923 and died September 1997 at the age of 73. Lichtenstein first became interested in art and design as a hobby. After graduation from Franklin, Lichtenstein enrolled in summer classes at the Art Students League of New York. Lichtenstein then left New York to study at the Ohio State University which offered studio courses and a degree in fine arts.
His work fluctuated between Cubism and Expressionism, but he became popular because of his Pop paintings. In 1961 Lichtenstein began his first Pop painting using cartoon images and techniques derived from the appearance of commerical printing. His first work to feature the large scale use of hard edged figures and Benday Dots. Fall semester '07, I found out that he made each dot individually using his fingers. Lichtenstein used oil and Magna paint in his best known works, such as Drowning Girl, which can be seen at the MoMA. Also featuring thick outlines, bold colors and Benday Dots to represent certain colors, as if created by photographic reproduction.
Lichtenstein eventually steered away from the style of art he is known for back to Abstract/Cubism, but he made it more of a Pop painting than anything else.
In the Car, Roy Lichtenstein
Cubist Still Life, Roy Lichtenstein

IIT Mies

2008-06-21T23:47:00.000-04:00

IIT Mies Wallpaper 2004 - portrait of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

IIT Mies Wallpaper (2004) is a project developed for the McCormick Tribune Campus Center at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) that features a portrait of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe composed of pictograms that depict various student activities and, from afar, form a single coherent image. The 2x4 installation also includes copies of ANY Magazine (1994–97) for which the firm designed a layout system based on an underlying typographic grid.
What I like most about this portrait is that it was done using Adobe Illustrator. When I first saw it I was hype because I did something like in using Coca-Cola bottles and cans, but I didn't make the pattern small enough, I guess, to complete the effect of using smaller images to make one large image. I'M ON MY WAY TO DI TOP TOP!!!
You know what's sick about this portrait? From far it looks like Benday Dots =]

Roo-Shay

2008-06-21T00:56:00.000-04:00

OOF, by Edward Ruscha

Pop Art! In the West? Typically, when we think of Pop Art we(or those who are not that interested) immediately think of the East because it was the center of art at the time and because of Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe (Warhol's main subject of work), and maybe a few others. When I think of Pop Art, I think of Warhol, Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, and Edward Ruscha(pronounced roo-shay). A little like Roy Lichtenstein, Ruscha is noted and known for incorporating words and phrases in his paintings. I'm a graphic design major and typography is an essential aspect of the study, so I try to study typographic elements in art. Ruscha's OOF isn't anything special or out of the ordinary typographically, but I what I liked most about it was of course the word "oof," but also how the words contrast with background. OOF by Ruscha can be found at the MoMA.

Edward Ruscha has remained an important figure in American art since the early 1960s when his artwork first came to the fore as part of the West Coast Pop Art movement. Since that time, he has continued to develop his signature style, which combines words and images on the same visual field.

Ruscha also did the trademark for 20th Century Fox.

Desired Kicks

2008-06-21T00:18:00.000-04:00

Nike Blazer High (anthracite/silver/black) $89.99

You all know I'm a "sneakerhead," I love sneakers, anything about sneakers, whatever! These Blazers are definitely on D.R.E.A.M's desired list, Top 10 maybe. When I first saw them I thought they were some Olympic kicks, but nope, I was wrong. Me and my cousin Kamar is about to go pick up a pair for ourselves. DESIRED NO MORE! And, I'm not even wearing them until everybody else victimize their kicks. Somebody tell me where to find a find a silver American Apparel track jacket.
This Blazer High is composed of grey, red, and black with a metallic silver swoosh to tie everything in. The metallic swoosh is a nice compliment to grey and black upper. There hasn’t been much information released about this Blazer but it has been reported that it has a flower print on the insole.
pictures from PickYourShoes

Visual Tranquility - Takashi Murakami

2008-06-17T17:42:00.000-04:00

The exhibition runs from April 5th to July 13th.
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, New York 11238 - 6052
(718) 638-5000

"That I may transcend, that a universe my heart may unfold" Murakami, 2007
Each time I visit any art exhibition I go with the intention of gaining insight and design possibilities. Murakami's exhibit was especially inspirational because he coined his own style and gained international acclaim for it. What I like most about his works is the way he homogenize the colors - the colors are clearly different, but they are uniform.
Murakami is one of the most influential and acclaimed artists to have emerged from Asia in the late twentieth century, creating a wide-ranging body of work that consciously bridges fine art, design, animation, fashion, and popular culture.
The exhibition © MURAKAMI explores the self-reflexive nature of Murakami’s oeuvre by focusing on earlier work produced between 1992 and 2000 in which the artist attempts to explore his own reality through an investigation of branding and identity, as well as through self-portraiture created since 2000. Two works examining these subjects were a part of a group show, My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, presented at the Brooklyn Museum in 2001.

Jean Michel-Basquiat

2008-06-15T15:45:00.000-04:00

Jean Michel-Basquiat gained popularity first as a graffiti artist in New York City, and then as a successful 1980s-era Neo-expressionist artist. In 1977, when he was 17, Basquiat and his friend Al Diaz started spray painting graffiti on slum buildings in lower Manhattan, adding his signature/tag of "SAMO" or "SAMO shit"(same ol' shit). Basquiat first started to gain recognition as an artist in June 1980, when he participated in The Times Square Show, a multi-artist exhibition. In 1982, Basquiat met Andy Warhol, with whom he collaborated extensively, eventually forging a close, if strained, friendship. By 1984, many of Basquiat's friends were concerned about his excessive drug use and increasingly erratic behavior, including signs of paranoia. Basquiat had developed a frequent heroin habit by this point, starting from his early years living among the junkies and street artists in New York's underground. Basquiat died of mixed-drug toxicity (he had been combining cocaine and heroin in his Great Jones Street loft/studio in 1988.
Basquiat's art career is known for his three broad, though overlapping styles. In the earliest period, from 1980 to late 1982, Basquiat used painterly gestures on canvas, often depicting skeletal figures and mask-like faces that expressed his obsession with mortality. Other frequently depicted imagery such as automobiles, buildings, police, children's sidewalk games, and graffiti came from his experience painting on the city streets. In 1982, Basquiat became friends with pop artist Andy Warhol and the two made a number of collaborative works. They also painted together, influencing each others' work. Some speculated that Andy Warhol was merely using Basquiat for some of his techniques and insight.

Visual Tranquility - Concep

2008-06-14T19:28:00.000-04:00

So I'm browsing the net, and I came across an artist and his work I found interesting. I haven't drew any pics since the 6th grade and works like this truly inspire me to get back into the habit. With that said, I took a step forward and sketched a few comics from the New York Times just to get back the feel of putting the pencil to paper. And, I even dropped my Sociology class for a Studio Art class next semester right after I found some of his works and read his story. INSPIRATION!!!
So, Who is Concep? A kid from New Orleans, Concep is a artist, dancer and a poet. Concep attended Ringling , an art school in Florida, as an Illustration major, then he moved to Brooklyn, NY attending Pratt Institute. Some artist movements that inspired Concep was Jean Michel Basquiat (I enjoy this guys work too!!!), Donde, Rene Margritte, Salvador Dali, Norman Rockwell, Michelangelo, and Bob Ross - he's been inspired across the board from the Renaissance to the graffiti movement in the early eighties.
Hopefully one day I can make a mark in the craft and create works as original as his.
(a2+b2=c2) you will almost always find on his work - representing, the past, present, and future.

Little Andy

2008-06-11T20:32:00.000-04:00

Andy Warhol

From my trip to the MoMA I purchased an Andy Warhol replica from the MoMA Design Store. I call it Lil' Andy because it's not an original, but who cares. He isn't my favorite Pop Artist, but he is one of the most recognized. I bought this little artwork because it's similar to Roy Lichtenstein in a way with the use of benday dots. You wont be able to see the dots because the effect makes it appear as a solid color. And, I also like the quote on the picture.

MoMA

2008-06-11T20:10:00.001-04:00

Today I made a trip to the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, for inspirational purposes. Honestly the MoMA is one of the most comprehensive museums artistically. When first began my tour up to the final galleries I was overwhelmed with awe. Not trying to sound phony or anything, but that's how real this museum is. Of course there were pieces that didn't interest me, but there is always an appreciation for it. Sometimes we see artworks, and we say, "I could do that!" But the truth is you didn't. I guess that's why you have to appreciate it because these guys take risks that we overlook or are afraid to. I read in a magazine Creativity is all about risks, so I guess my advice to you, is take risks.
And!!! Take a trip to the MoMA, you wont regret it. When you first walk up the flight of stairs you are surprised with a piece of creative genius, I wont say.
Sorry for the low quality images. I hate myself for this - I carried my camera, BUT I forgot the memory card and the batteries, so I was forced to take a few pics with my phone. I did the best I could in fotoshop to restore it.
MoMA

Puma x Atmos Endangered Species Pt. 2

2008-06-10T14:34:00.001-04:00

Golden Monkey, $125

Exactly a month after Puma drops their endangered polar animals pack, the brand will follow-up with a set of three sneakers that take inspiration from dying out Asian animals. The collection, which will wrap up Puma’s collabo with AtmosNYC features photography by in-house National Geographic shooter Mitsuaki Iwago. The latest batch of animals that may be on their way out, are The Crested Ibis (Clyde), The Gold Monkey (Clyde), and The Giant Panda (Mid). Check all the models after the jump.

So I had to do it, PumaxAtmosNY is at it again!!! I can't wait cause these come out 11 days after my birthday(7/17) people, ELEVEN DAYS(7/28)!!!!! I'm definitely picking up two pairs!!!
Puma, Atmos NY
Clyde Crested Ibis, $125
Mid Giant Panda, $150

Haitian V Watches 2 Girls 1 Cup

2008-06-10T03:02:00.000-04:00

Haitian V Is Tricked By His Friend Mr. Ian Jay Into Watching The Infamous 2 Girls 1 Cup Video. His Reaction To The Video Is Priceless.

Victor aka Haitian V isn't one of my personal friends, but he is a part of my Brooklyn Sky famlay so I have to show him love. V has to be one of the funniest Haitians out here, "I'll take yu tu de top top!"

Watch more of Haitian V here

And For All You Aggressors

2008-06-09T23:18:00.000-04:00

Sometimes violence is the only Answer. So I'm watching Family Guy and Sade shows me this! How relevant?

For All You Pacifist

2008-06-09T14:44:00.000-04:00

http://view.break.com/456581 - Watch more free videos

This might be relevant for our day to day transit rides being that almost everyone is wearing their pants below their waist. I found it funny, hope you do too.

B.K.O.O.L

2008-06-07T15:18:00.000-04:00

Brooklyn Kid's Outlook On Life

Holy Cross Catholic Church
2350 Church Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11226

Damion Sanders, hip-hop artist, poet, freelance writer, published author, former resident of East Flatbush(my neighborhood) and founder of B.K.O.O.L organized a writing workshop for Brooklyn Youth through the generosity of donors, fund raisers and Holy Cross Catholic Church. The event is intended to inspire the community and encourage kids to write about and share the individual experiences of life as they see it, in any form they choose, whether poetry, hip hop or fiction. In each workshop they will be discussing the basics of creative writing, where participants will read and be exposed to one new author each time.

Next Saturday, June 14th is the first day of what will be an ongoing FREE writing workshop for kids ages 12-17 at Holy Cross Catholic Church. This workshop will take place the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month from 12-1:30 PM.

Participants do not need to bring anything but themselves, all materials will be provided! Any questions direct all inquiries to: bkool4life@gmail.com

Conflict

2008-06-05T16:50:00.000-04:00

Conflict, by Chad Harris

For print (program used, Photoshop).

Inspired by the movie, Conflict Diamond and Lupe Fiasco's Conflict Diamonds.

Download Lupe Fiasco's - Conflict Diamonds here

Lupe Fiasco - Cold World

2008-06-05T13:36:00.000-04:00

Download Here

Another unreleased OLD track. Typical Lupe Fiasco track, auditory anesthetic, constantly giving you real hip hop.

N.E.R.D - Seeing Sounds

2008-06-05T13:21:00.000-04:00

" Really Amazing...Love Bomb, You Know What,
Sooner Or Later are all instant classics...
Windows is fun as hell...

and everything comes across even better live...
LOVE BOMB IS AMAZING...thats 3 amazings... "

In stores June 6th in Europe
and June 10th in the US.

Same day as Weezy? Who's selling more copies?
I'll put my money on Seeing Sounds.
BUY THE CD! BUY THE CD!

Visual Tranquility -PESU

2008-06-05T12:59:00.000-04:00

PESU is a Japanese artist and some of his paintings have
been featured in the "Daydreamin' " video.

2001 PESU crossed the ocean from Tokyo to California, to seek more in himself and his love of Hip-Hop. It was not an easy transition and Pesu struggled with cultural differences, but not only did he overcome them but he grew a true appreciation that opened his third eye. In Northern California he participated in various Hip-Hop shows/galleries as a live illustrator. He went onto do his own gallery show in Sacramento, California in 2004. Then, the following year, he relocated to New York City to seize all the possibilities that lay before him. -

Now residing in New York City, Pesu engages in live paintings regularly and also participates in live improvised art competitions. He is a crowd favorite and has taken home first place twice in a row. He has also designed artwork for the official Mix DMC ’96 East Coast Champion, Mista Sinista, in 2005. The following year, he had his first one man gallery show in New York City and continued to have more shows after that. In the same year, his art appeared in one of the hottest music videos, “Day Dreaming” by Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott. As well, he was elected as an artist for Evisu for the 2007 Sun Dance Festival and elected for MTV Art Battles. In the year, he paint live over 150 times and sold more than 100 pieces. He was covered in Trace Magazine as live painter in following year. He is now one of the most up-and-coming street artists in New York City.

Visit his Blog here

Puma x Atmos Endangered Species Pt. 1

2008-06-05T00:10:00.000-04:00

Puma/Atmos Clyde Harp Seal, $125
This June, Puma will release a pack of three sneakers in collaboration with Atmos NY that take inspiration from different endangered polar animals. Each sneaker features photography by seasoned wildlife shutterbug Mitsuaki Iwago (National Geographic’s resident photog), and was produced to bring awareness to the detrimental affects the environment is having on wildlife. The set of three which are inspired by The Harp Seal (pictured above), Macaroni Penguin, and The Polar Bear all have distinct design cues throughout the uppers that mimic the animals aesthetic. The shoes will be exclusive to Atmos, and will drop June 28th. Check the other two styles after the jump.
June 28th, I think I'm going to have to make a trip to Atmos for the Clyde Harp Seal. In a world where money isn't a factor I would buy all three, just for collection sake, but that's not the case here. Source via Complex
Puma/Atmos Mid Macaroni Penguin, $150
Puma/Atmos Clyde Polar Bear, $125

The Wagon Boutique

2008-06-02T23:13:00.000-04:00

Grand Opening of The Wagon Boutique!!!
1214 Union Street
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Tel. 347.627.3600 Fax. 347.627.3599
Store Hours: Mon-Sat. 11-7pm, Sun. 12-6pm

No Homo Origins

2008-06-02T17:43:00.000-04:00

Something funny for your Monday

Video Music Box 25th Anniversary Concert

2008-06-01T22:54:00.000-04:00

Friday, July 18, 2008
From 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Central Park SummerStage

The cultural stamp of “Video Music Box” comes to life with performances by hip hop’s notable icons from across the decades.

The influence of "Video Music Box" stretches far and wide, as the show is one of the first and longest running outlets for Hip-Hop since the genre’s inception. Twenty-five years after its debut, Ralph McDaniels hosts a celebration concert featuring performances by a who's who of hip-hop icons from the show’s history and beyond.

Now Let's Start The Show

2008-06-01T21:34:00.000-04:00

So, I'm officially done with my first year of college and I guess I have more time to keep up with my blog. I have to say, "TIME MANAGEMENT IS ESSENTIAL." Now let me introduce my self.

Who Am I?
My name is Chad Harris, and I am a student, graphic designer, and an optimist. I was born in Brooklyn, New York - Yes! home of Biggie and Jay. I was born in '89, making me a 80's baby, (I just made it).

I am the founder of "D.R.E.A.M|NYC." The company I would like to own in the future. Right now it's just me, so if any one wants to be a part of the dream, get in touch. Shout Outs to Eflat, KiD Steelo, PMD (pardonmeduke.com), Fashion Hurtz, Bsky, Imaginary Foundation, Fresh Lyfe, Chris, Sade, Al, and Mellie