I'm in Japan!? Illustration WhAt!?! You rock'N another show!!?!! DAAAAAANG!!!!

Salute people! I have great news! I have finished my illustration book! Finally after working on it for most of 2016 I finished it at 1:04 am on January 26th 2017. Haha! I feel REEEEALLY excited that I finished this project. I feel lightweight. You know that good hollow feeling you get when you accomplish something? Man. Now if that wasn't enough my good homie Fran, who lives in Okinawa, Japan, loved the artwork of my flyer for my bday show, so he asked if he could borrow one of the images for a flyer he was designing for a punk rock show in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. I said for sure! That ended up being the flyer in the pictures below in the streets of Japan! Take a look. 

This is the first time I saw my artwork of myself in Japan from my friends flyer. It looks like a arcade this was posted in.

This is from what is called "Kokusaidori" which is the downtown Naha in Okinawa! It usually gets as busy as Times Sq New York.

And from what he told me, the reception to my artwork has been great. He wants me to send more, and translate my book into Japanese to be distributed in indie stores overseas. 

Man! What a way to kick off the new year! Don't you think? So the next process of getting this done is SELF PUBLISHING!! I'm on it! Stay tuned for more details!!

Now Saturday night I will be performing at the event below on the flyer. This is my 3rd time performing at Mickey Mo's Cafe. The vibe    is always chill and the food is good. Dope set up to. So, If you are near 428 Sunrise Hwy, Lynbrook New York. Stop by, say hi. Soak in the music and have a great evening!

My BDAY SHOW!!! MARCH 4TH 2017!!!! Get Ready!!!

This is the flyer to my Bday show that I designed myself. Figured it was appropriate since I'm featuring more of my artwork at this performance. I decided to go with a more simplistic, stripped down, hand drawn look. As opposed to font heavy, gradients, and digital inking. I'm going to print this as a flyer, and pick a certain kind of paper to do it so it enhances the comic book feel. I used an 11x17 bristol board, Pigma Micron Ink Pens, and Copic Markers. The bottom right image is of me wearing my signature flak jacket, screaming the lyrics from song "Warganism". To the left is a werewolf, If anybody knows me I have a fondness for werewolves and came up with an EP called the Werewolf Lullabies. Above image is a birthday cake and combination of a live audience while I am rocking the mic. I've been noticing a ton of flyers lately with a throw back to flyers from the 70's with this DIY feel to them. So I felt like I could put my own spin on the current trend and this is what I came up with.

I will be previewing artwork from my upcoming graphic novel "4" and maybe some stuff from my illustration book, we'll see. :) I also have my homie P.cruz doing live beat making during my set and some other live instrumentation. More details to come. Be sure to check out the event page because that's where I first put the new updates.  
https://www.facebook.com/events/332129380504294/294/

My night out at Inspired Word in New York City at Parkside Lounge

Most of the Players involved in last nights show!

This picture right here was taken after the event, "inspired Word". Which was on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017. It was at Parkside Lounge on Houston St in Lower Manhattan. Most of the performers, some of the crowd and even the host are in this photo. Bottom left is Scottt Raven the host, then LawlySe with the hat turned back, she is a dope beatmaker. Her and my friend behind me in this photo, Happy Accident a dope emcee in her own right, teamed up for there feature performance and killed it! More on that later! Jumping across to the far right, behind the first row with one person between us is my dude A.D. rep'n the Bronx. He closed out the open mic and killed it. Next to him is the homie Lex Rush! Ill Freestyle emcee and Hip Hop artist. She joined Happy Accident during her set with a guest verse. Next to her is my friend Shawn Randall, he does an event called "Symphonics Live". He has performers from a wide range of disciplines come out and perform. He is one of the most chill dudes I have ever met. Check him out. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2729243

On my left is Gardenia.SB, talented Emcee from Far Rock. Next to her is Clyde Phalanx, that brother sick on the instruments. Guitars and piano is what I saw him rock during his set. In front of my comrades Lex and A.D. is another Emcee from the Boogie Down that killed it. I don't remember her stage name so I don't know if she would be cool with me sharing her Gov'ment an all, So I'll just keep it as is in the meantime. But she shared a few verses over some industry beats and the crowd ate it up. Same thing goes for sis in the front in the black tank top with the glasses. She is a poet. Right in front of me is homie named Leo, he was an audience member. Alll the way in the back ,peace sign up. is David Freeman, Singer Song writer who did a few covers earlier in the show and did his thing. He did a cover of TLC's "Scrubs". That song stay stuck in my head,lol. 

When I hit the stage later in the evening I did an acapella version of my song "Knights In Shining Darkness", and "The Return". Along with some crowd participation on both hooks and clapping on the beat. I never tried it with "Knights In Shining Darkness" but I have with "The Return". 

During the live set of Happy Accident and LawlySe they did this song called "Period Piece". Which is about...Yep..You guessed it,lol. Women on their period. I've seen lately a group of female Mc's approach their art form unapologetically in a way I've never seen before and to be honest it's really dope! During the performance women in the audience were throwing pads and tampons on the stage, I'm so serious! None of them were used though..That would've been very gross. But the energy was raw and I really appreciated it. 

What I love about Parkside Lounge is it reminds me of old New York. Gritty dive bar in the front. Then you walk to the back and see a lounge like environment. Somewhat posh and in front is the stage for the artists to perform. I love that combination. Well that does it for this blog entry.

Be sure to stay tuned, I am having a show on my Bday. March 4th 2017. At Leftfield Bar on 87 Ludlow. I'll be rocking out for 45min. Live Band and Beatmaking and my rhymes. Get ready!

*I forgot to add these photos from this event. They were taken by Mike Geffner and Marvin Mendlinger.