Typographic of Fiodor Sumkin

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 Bistro

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.

Visual Tranquility - Takashi Murakami

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.

Visual Tranquility - Concep

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.

B.K.O.O.L

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

Visual Tranquility -PESU

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