 I've been wanting to get my podcast up and running for a while now and have had many false starts. Well now I'm determined!!! This time im focusing on journaling my progress and process as an artist to escape work that's the pits for a career that fits! So if you would please come on by and Join me on this weekly audio update. It will be EPIC!!!! lol
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Another quick update today. The world is eating my life! I made this art card this past weekend of my character Glyf and his nemesis Tusk behind him. These are the two characters from the mini comic im working on for the Art & Story Supreme Mini Comic challenge. I'm currently working on penciling page 10 of 16 and am hoping to get to the inking stage very shortly. I'm learning a ton through this challenge with a lot of help from the Art & Story Podcast and community. This Art Card was colored with my new Copic Markers which was suggested to me through an A&S Podcast by Mark Rudolph. Definately enjoying the new tool! I will be posting this card up for sale at my Etsy Shop tonight if your interested. Art & Story http://www.artandstorypodcast.com Mark Rudolph http://www.markrudolph.com My Etsy Shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/Calmplex Thanks for stopping by! God Bless, -Marshall aka Calmplex Also Find me on Twitter, Facebook,and YouTube or email me at [email protected]    Quick post today. I wasn't sure if i had posted all of these yet but this is three Hip Hop Art Cards i did a couple months back that i thought you might enjoy. Unfortunately time has been seriously escaping me these last few months but I plan to continue with more music related cards for sure. If your interested in purchasing any of these you can click on the images and it will take you to the listing on etsy or just fallow this link http://www.etsy.com/shop/Calmplex
Thanks for stopping by! If you have any suggestions for future art cards id definitely be interested in hearing your ideas! God Bless, -Marshall aka Calmplex Also Find me on Twitter, Facebook,and YouTube or email me at [email protected]  This is an art card i made for a care package i sent to my boy Wut Metaphysical. This is Pen and Ink and watercolor on watercolor paper. Metaphysical is missing an "H" lol WOOOPS! Wut is a Hip Hop artist an English Teacher and a good friend! You can check him and his music out at his facebook page http://www.facebook.com/wutmetaphysicalSOTL .
Thanks for stopping by! God Bless, -Marshall aka Calmplex Also Find me on Twitter, Facebook,and YouTube or email me at [email protected]   Quick update, Here is another art card trade i did with Rob May of www.RLMAY3.com . Theme was an ATC of one of our favorite tv show characters. See if you can pick these guys out :) The one Rob did is at the top and mine is the bottom.
Thanks for stopping by! God Bless, -Marshall aka Calmplex Also Find me on Twitter, Facebook,and YouTube or email me at [email protected] This is a song i made attempting to create a comic book style story with Hip Hop. I plan to do many more with the same idea in mind eventually. Let me know what you think!
You can get a copy of the album or song at my site http://www.plexhop.com/store.html Or Itunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/b-sides-first/id321562380 God Bless, -Marshall aka Calmplex Also Find me on Twitter, Facebook,and YouTube or email me at [email protected]  Got into some more Ustreaming today inking up some Art Cards. Have the day off waiting on some friends to come visit for the weekend so i figured id get some art done! My twitter friends @Gonzalexx and @rvbelzen came by and hung out with me for a while while i inked! Thanks for stopping by guys! You can check out the video at this link http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13855143
Finished pieces will be up soon! Thanks for stopping by and let me know what you think :) God Bless, -Marshall aka Calmplex Also Find me on Twitter, Facebook,and YouTube or email me at [email protected]  SHE
Quick update here today! Just wanted to share with you guys this piece i did for someone who purchased some Custom Graffiti from me on Etsy. She wanted me to draw the word "She" with some imagery she had in mind for the inside of the letters. This piece was made with pen and Ink and colored pencil. I definately had fun doing this! If your interested in getting your own Custom Graffiti art stop on by to my Etsy page at this link http://www.etsy.com/listing/68229616/custom-graffiti-art :) Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think of this piece! God Bless, -Marshall aka Calmplex Also Find me on Twitter, Facebook,and YouTube or email me at [email protected]     Capturing a likeness One thing ive tried from time to time with my art is to capture peoples likeness. It's always been a struggle however with varied degrees of success and failure. For a while now i've been playing around with the idea of drawing some of my favorite Hip Hop artists and recently when i was thinking of this i remembered Mark Rudolph who is known for doing artwork depicting Heavy Metal Artists. Mark is also one of the hosts of my favorite podcast Art & Story and so i figured i'd shoot him a message on twitter to see if he'd do a podcast on capturing peoples likeness. I was definitely surprised by his quick response. The day after i tweeted my suggestion he had a response podcast in the Art & Story Supreme feed that im subscribed to. Thanks Mark!!! Now the podcast he did is actually behind a payed subscription service (which you can check out for free as a 15 day trial btw). but i asked him if he wouldn't mind me sharing a few of the tips he spoke on in the podcast and he gave me the big green light. What i learned So the first thing that he said about capturing a likeness that i tested out was to start with the face shape. Mark said that if you can figure out the basic shape of the persons face that's a good first step. So I did a google search on my subject (Redman) and tried to do just that. What i noticed is Redman's face tends to take the basic shape of an upside down triangle sometimes. Almost like what you might see in drawings people make from supposed alien sightings. The Second tip that i tried out was similar to the first. Find some of the most distinct feature shapes within the persons face and try to exaggerate them. What i noticed with Redman was that he has high cheekbones so i tried to exaggerate that with making his face look a little more longer and triangular than is natural. To further push this i considered what Redman is notorious for which is his indulgence in a certain herbal supplement if you know what i mean lol. So what i did with that was i made his eyes somewhat squinty and smaller than they actually are. Taking it further In the end i think i was only mildly successful on this first shot with these new tips but i definately think with some more practice i could improve greatly with these tips. I think my next step would be more exaggeration and to take less of a realistic approach. Id like to take this to a much more cartoony level also. Possibly i may have to slowly step away from the reference once i start to understand the shapes that make Redman look Redmany. Here is a link to the video of me inking this piece using ustream this past saturday. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13724858 Also shout out to Gonzalexx and Big_Dusty who kept me company while I was doing this drawring! You can find... Mark Rudolph at MarkRudolph.com Art & Story at ArtandStoryPodcast.com and Redman at ReggieNoble.com God Bless, -Marshall aka Calmplex Also Find me on Twitter, Facebook,and YouTube or email me at [email protected] P.S. Check out this Art Card I did a while back of Redman before I listened to Marks recent podcast. You can grab it at my Etsy shop if you like.  |