First project completed!

New Theme

Good afternoon, firstly, well done on the completion of your first project.

Secondly, the new theme is culture, or more specifically, your culture. You may choose to engage in any aspect of your culture/s. This time, I want you to post research, show me your family history, show me drawings that examine your culture/s and your interpretation of it/ them. You can paint whatever you feel is relevant as long as you can justify it with research and drawings.

You have two weeks so use the time to your advantage. For a good example of culture, look at Askew's blog, he has referenced his neighbourhood and it's surrounding cultures as a huge influence on his artwork, have a look. www.askew1.com.

Photos of the weekend will be up this week

CNTRL

shaper again, posting on behalf of VALIK this time.. after me n turtl told Valik you have to say something about what youve drawn, talk about it etc, he replied "Jus' say central all fuckin' day every day!" ... so there you go Valik..

ECKYM

shaper posting on behalf of ECKYM... my scanner struggled to pick up the drawings as theyre in pencil, but if you could see, youd see that ECKYM piece is killer!!!

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a couple dedicated to my poppa who recently past.

gave nufostol a try seeing as though shape is so fascinated by it...

Episode I: Turtle & friends (Part V)

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This piece is dedicated to my niece who sadly passed away at the tender age of 11 months. Her name is Ajda & the lettering says her name, on each A is an angel wing, for she is an angel & is accompanying God in the kingdom of heaven. Turtle's going soft, doesn't usually happen but it's happening now.. When she passed I always said I'd do her a bombing but I'd rather not do it now with the opportunity we've been given by JP. The signatures say 'Rest in Peace', 'Our Angel', 'Forever in our hearts' & 'Love Uncle Andrew'. Above the wording is a halo. The lettering's chunky & basic, but it's decent in my opinion. The details inside the lettering are of small seemingly insignificant things you wouldn't really notice, but they're things that I picked out during the short time I was blessed to be with Ajda, they are baby's sick, a pacifier & diamonds which represent the small diamond earrings she used to wear.

- Turtle

Episode I: Turtle & friends (Part IV)

Turtle's on the scene yet again, with that wholegrain goodness that everybody loves.

Take a look at this sh*t.. Buzzed yet? I can't even remember drawing half of this? Got lost like 5 times during the creation of this piece. It says 'TURTLE' but looks like some sci-fi techno buzz stuff that you see when you're trippy. The crown's on the T, bow down to the king. Threw up a 'RIP RED1' in dedication to my brother Rowan Hanif who sadly passed away last year due to natural cause, rest in peace uso. The L holds the samoan flag, which should have the 3/4 blank part colour in but I thought it would ruin the pic. I can't remember where I got the concept from, but I was looking at books on pop culture & pop art in the Mt Albert Library & saw some nice material, not really Andy Warhol but I'm getting there. Threw up some shapes around, only to find out he crossed me out on one of his pieces - no longer associated with the Shaper. Turtle's on the rise, stay tuned for more scenes of Episode I: Turtle & friends.

Btw, the next episode starts after Sunday. So Episode I's gonna be preeeeetty long..

I'd change the channel if I were you, advertisements are coming up.

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dell

- Road runner: ive always wanted to do a sketch on a cartoon character and finally got round to it!

-LOF straight letter: i thought i would keep it simple for my 1st sketch, i like the letters L.O.F, the flow quite well and i think these colours work well too. Probably wont do this background if i end up doing this piece though.

LOF linked: i liked the though of having a piece where all the letters are linked. this will probably be my free for all piece, but might change colour scheme.

- DOG: always loved this cartoon, got a comic book at home so copied it.

STAN and RULE: i thought i would kind of set my own theme? i decided on music.. so i got stan from the song by eminem, and the RULE piece was inspired from one of my fave NZ bands SHIHAD. this was just a quick sketch in form time.. thats me done. dell.