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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Curren$y & Ski Beatz

Curren$y in the studio with Ski Beatz. For those that dont know, Ski Beatz worked with Jay-Z back in the day on the Reasonable Doubt album, producing Dead Presidents. Dame Dash was also in the studio doing what he does best, bobbin' his head.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Pac Div

Pac Div, from their Church League Champion's mixtape. Pac Div, What is its one time Pac Div.

Stones Throw x Stussy J. Dilla Tee

Stones Throw records and Stussy have collabed once again to pay homage to J-Dilla, 3 years after his passing. The tee will be released on Feb. 13, in both black and white.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Creativity: Act 6. Air Jordan Coral Paint Shop

Coral Paint Shop Pro X2 is a cool way to edit photos. I chose to edit my favourite sneaker, the Air Jodan. The Jordan 3 & 5 were designed by Tinker Hatfield, with releases in the late 80's and early 90's. Each shoe was specifically designed to be worn on the court by Michael Jordan. I took both these photos and edited them using Coral Paint's many features. The Jordan 3 was created using an artistic effect feature, which involves making the shoe look as if its from an old news paper. There are also some color changes, and brightness adjustments done to the shoe. The Jordan 5 was created using the illumination effect, to make it looks as if a light is casting a shadow on the shoe. The colors to the shoe were also adjusted, to help enhance the shadow effect.

Air Jordan 3



Air Jordan 5

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Dom Kennedy (Feat. BJ The Chicago Kid) - Of All Time


Dom Kennedy back with another one, off his new album Future Street / Drug Sounds. Video's produced by Jerome D.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Creativity: Act 5. Cigar Box Guitar

Recently my Pops and I created this Cigar Box Guitar from scratch. Its a basic concept that we picked up online, however its a daunting task to complete. Its a very delicate process that took many hours. Its essentialy just a cigar box that we purchased for the base, and the rest is just wood we carved out. It is a fully working electric guitar that sounds great.




Johnny Depp seen with a Cigar Box Guitar

Creativity: Act 4. Jean shop 101

These are a pair of APC New Standard Jeans that I have been working on. Working with a Denim Design Lab jean kit, I have been able to fade, crease, and wash these jeans to the look they are now. The majority of the work was done by just wear over time, however the fine-tuning was done with sandpaper, the abreasion tool, and bleech. Below are some photos of an origional pair of APC's, the ones I have worked with, as well as the tools used.
An Origional Pair of APC's

My Pair