Rage

On the heels of the Rock the Bells concert, I decided to put together this piece in honor of the headlining act. Also, feel free to head over to my website for all my other work. LazarusINK

Free Pass

In no way is this piece meant to be subtle...


This particular creation stems from the recent outcry of both the right and left wings of the US government over the recent suspension of Scooter Libby's jail sentence by President Bush. It seems the president's abuses can no longer be ignored by either side. I don't think many have commented on this situation better than Mr. Keith Olbermann . Its a little lengthy, but enjoy ...



Also check out this link I had come across on the Meathaus website : Freeway Blogger

in BRAIN we TRUST.

Here are a few preliminary sketches for an ongoing projects some friends and I are working on.
The first one was done by Mr. Jordan





The next three were done by Mr. O'Brien

Then there is one done by the Genius



And feel free to head over to the next links for more additions to the project . Mr. Brewer and Mr. Jones.

Justice?

This illustration was inspired by a story I have been following for some time now. It is about a boy with a very promising future, who was arrested and scentenced to ten years in jail for having a partner of the opposite sex perfrom a CONSENSUAL sex act on him. Now of course there is a lot more to this story. But I hope my peice and this brief synopsis will encourage you to learn more about this. You can easily do a search or easier yet follow this link.

Fish boy says ...suprise ?

There is not really much to say about this particular peice .. It started out as a sketch..I never really intended to take it any futher but I started to color it and fell in love with the process. So take a look ..and feed back is always appreciated.

Cyclical Trends

So let me start by saying that I try not to be judgmental. But I was in NYC around Spring Street last Saturday just walking around and picking up some art supplies when suddenly I started to realize that every once in a while people with those huge Dookie rope chains draped around their necks would pass. I kind of smirked to myself thinking that it was interesting piece of fashion that just happened to be making a come back. But, it did not stop there little by little I started to see more late 80's early 90's hip-hop fashion. Everything from the flip up multi colored caps to, high top fades, to those big rimmed glasses that Spike Lee used to sport in Jordan commercials back in the day.



Now, seeing all these fashion revivals separately I pretty much just dismissed it and kept it moving. Then, heading uptown I heard a rumbling of bass and the sounds of clapping behind me. I turned around to find a group of no less that ten full-grown men dressed like something straight out of Krush Groove. I felt like I was in a time warp, these people were decked out in what was the height of fashion…about two decades ago. And the bass was coming from a boom box hoisted upon the shoulder of the man that seemed like he was the pied-piper navigating his group merry human throw-backs through a crowd of people either shaking their heads or clapping.

Bear vs. Shark

So I was just sitting at work one day and thought to myself ..."self, what would a bear wearing a pointy hat versus a shark under water look like? Yea I know, I have a lot of time on my hands. But I digress, I started putting some ideas down on paper and eventually turned that into a finished product. So feel free to scroll down at take a look at the process from beginning to end.
This is step one of my process. Just using copy paper I put down two sketched on paper.
This is step two, I decided to go with the first sketch mainly because it looked more like an even battle, rather than the bear hitching a ride on the back of the shark. I took the first sketch and created a cleaner work up with a few variations.


Step three is me spending hours pushing and pulling the color and mess with filters in Photoshop. After all that what you see above is the finished product...I hope you like.