It took me a while to come to this decision but I've realized that while making money from my music is a goal I would like to achieve some day the real reward is actually in the process of creating and sharing my passion.

I do this, and have always done this, for the love of doing it and I would much rather that you have the chance to listen and share my music for free than have it hiding behind a pay wall.

I put a too much of my blood sweat and tears into what I do for it to be sitting in the catacombs of obscurity.

I believe in this project and am very proud and happy to be able to offer it to you for free so please come on over to the Bandcamp page and get your Free Download of Solar Wind Theory and share it with your friends!!!

(hint, hint, my classic Collaboration album B-Sides First is also available for Free Download as well so while your there you might as well fill up your mp3 player with some more good music ;) )

_SOLAR WIND THEORY
You may have heard the rumblings. You may have felt the wind breeze your skin. The Shadow of the Locust crew has been hinting at a movement for years and is assembling its troops as God shifts His chess pieces.
In it’s newest chapter a producer/emcee is emerging from the Locust ranks with a gust of rebirth and a sword for the adversaries of the Lord. This year Calmplex is approaching the game with his full length debut solo album "Solar Wind Theory".

Experience Hip-Hop! Fertile with real life, explorations in faith and lyrical precision. Listen as Shadow of the Locust founder Dirt hosts with narrative from the original documents that perpetuated the locust vision.

The earth is in a state of epic tensions between contrasting influences and powers. We can’t help but feel the heat of the Son penetrating earths atmosphere. Now is the time to discover the sounds of Calmplex and open your ears to the "Solar Wind Theory".

Music produced and written by Calmplex with special guests including Dirt, Mouth Warren, Codak, Reveal, Disciple X, Dose, and Elle Es.

Hosted by: Dirt (Shadow of the Locust founder and visionary)
Mixed and Mastered by: Codak www.thelabaddictz.com
Lyrics by: Calmplex with features by Dirt, Reveal, Mouth Warren, Codak, Disciple X, Dose, and Elle Es
Artwork Design by: Calmplex
Production by: Calmplex

Thanks for Checkin in!

God Bless,
-Marshall aka Calmplex

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"Look to the Sky heed the warning! The Shadow is coming! The Shadow is coming!" Joel the locust man points to the sky to warn all his fellow Earthen creatures that an apocalyptic day is approaching and may already be at hand.

I made this card as I was listening to some music from my Hip Hop crew "Shadow of the Locust" It reflects a common mantra among the "Locust" artist that is born out of a scripture specifically Joel Chapter 2 if your interested. You can find some of our music on Itunes and also my site here at the store section.

The locust character is rendered in copic markers and ink and the background is where i played with oil paints. It reminds me of the contrast between the characters and the backgrounds from old cartoons.

This is an Original one of a kind (not a print) ACEO Art Card on watercolor paper the size of a baseball trading card: 2.5" X 3.5"

The card comes signed on the front and back in a plastic trading card sleeve. Free Shipping within the United States.

Thank You for stopping by! You can purchase this piece and more of my art and things at http://Calmplex.Etsy.com

God Bless,
-Calmplex

Street Rat

This is an illustration ive been working on for my buddy Reveal also from the crew Shadow of the Locust. Awhile back Reveal put out an album titled "God Choozes the Foolish" but never really printed it up with a cover and stuff. So he asked his homie Calmplex to hook him up.  Well ive actually taken way too long to get this done but here it is! The inks are done and dried and all i need to do now is go in and color it with Gimp.

Reveal's Story

The Idea behind this image that Reveal wanted me to portray is in the title of the album. There's a scripture in the bible that says "but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;" 1 Corinthians 1:27 In this Image you see a somewhat auto biographical portrate of a man sleeping on the side walk as a consequence of foolish choices in his life. It's the nightmare i think we all hope to avoid but sometimes our choices combined with a harsh reality brings things like this about. And so it did at one point in Reveals life on the corner of Hope and 3rd St. This was obviously a turning point in his life where God extended His hand of Grace down to a downtrodden man and choosing him for a greater destiny.

The Art

What you don't see in this image is something that i will add later. Beyond coloring it I plan on adding a depiction of The Spirit of God basicly ascending upon the man as he sleeps. Not sure exactly how i will do this yet but i have some idea's i will play around with. If anyone has any suggestions let me know im allways open to suggestions.

Also another note about the drawing i might add is you may notice the perspective is kinda funky. This is intentional. Not to say i'm really good at perspective anyway but when i was doing the thumbnails i noticed the one for this was off perspective wise and i decided to keep it that way. I think it adds to the dreamy disoriented nature of the situation. I'm hoping with the more extreme forshortening or sort of ants eye view of the building and street sign that it kind of lends to the drama of the situation.

SOTL fans may also notice the 'Locust Tri-une' shape sort of hidden in the moon craters.

Hope you guys enjoy! Stay tuned for updates and please feel free to comment, suggest, etc.

Look for Reveal on his Facebook Page!

God Bless,
-Calmplex

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Welcome

Wassup everyone how you been? Welcome to my new sketch blog! As many know I am not only into music but ive also been drawing since nursary school and have always wanted to be a comic book artist among other things. Well this is the section of the site where i will be posting sketches, thoughts and progress on visual art projects im involved in. In the future i plan on creating some comics, mini comics, animated video's and all sorts of stuff. So definately stay tuned if your into that kind of stuff.

Locust Is Us

Todays entry is a quick doodle type of sketch i did for my boy Jeremy. He recently sent a little doodle to me of my name with locust's all around it and i figured id hook him up also. This was all straight ball point pen from my mind to the page so if you see any flaws (like the fact that i totally forgot the 's' in locust and had to kinda cheat to put it in there lol) than blame it on the freestyle nature of this piece.

So anyways thanks for checking in...  Definately leave any comments or questions in the comment section if you'd like. I allways appreciate feedback and i allways respond!

God Bless,
- Calmplex

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