postcards

These beautiful images i took in Corfu in summer 2006. i wish now they didnt have the writing on them, but the initial idea was for them to be postcards, oh well. (excuse the spelling mistake on one of them lol)

Kanye West

Everybody knows I love Kanye but I will have to admit that the Taylor Swift thing was painful to watch, but he had a point. That being said I feel as though sometimes kanye generally acts without thinking, and his passion for what he does is usually the catalyst for this. i can definatley relate to him on this, however I'm learning that you cant always let your passion over rule you, and not every battle is one you must fight regardless.

The reactions of everyone lack a lot of understanding and although Kanye isn't a child, as an adult he can and does make mistakes, and i believe as human beings we should be less quick to judge, but more hasty in offering guidance. i believe im not the only one whom believes his actions are rarely malicious, but that is no excuse for the fact he really has a lot of growing to do in terms of learning how to reign in some of his emotions.
I will close by saying regardless of what Mr West does i believe he has the best of intentions, and i still think he is an amazing artist for single handily changing the face of hip-hop.

me

still common

On one of my many walks to college, I snapped this scene. I loved the natural lines created by the pond and the grass. and then the moody sky ahhh bliss. I knew instantly it had to be in black and white, as it creates this bitterly cold, but yet perfectly still atmosphere. Who said Clapham common couldnt look beautiful.

Birth of chinxx

These are stencils I created in college of a illustrative version of myself 'chinxx'. this project was soleley based on the resurrection of album art. I was heavily influenced by kanye West's 'Graduation' album cover done by Takashi Murakami which featured a characterized college drop out bear. (Kanye's trade mark.)

Confident, Ambitious, Responsible, Love

ahhh this truly is the story of my life, i don't know when i became such a procrastinator (lazy) but yarr its not a good look, so hence the purpose and title of this blog, 'critter can' because i actually can i just need 2 keep telling myself that. Success will not be handed to me i do have to work for it.

I want to dedicate this post to Carl Beatson, who i believe achieved so much in such a short space of time, and who never stopped trying to achieve

R.I.P xxx

I heart Uni

Dammmmn i really do love uni, there is no other experience that quite measures up. Asher Roth really did say it best.

The best thing about uni:

Kalinda

Sammi

Josephine

Deji

ahhh i love you guys...........

Title?

p.s this is an old post that i never actually posted lol

I always forget i can just write, and not always post work.

I'm having trouble, i never know what to title my work, untitled is just not acceptable but i can never think of something appropriate that relates and that also encapsulates the feeling 'if any' behind my work.

The task was to fill a page with illustration. combined that with some lyrics from Amy Winehouse 'Do me good' and Ghetto 'Sing for me'

Rise above Disorder

took this at the rise festival in 07 the rain that day was actually ridiculous so i wanted a pic to show this because i knew no one would believe me. I later used the photograph to interpret a Layout from the much loved Disorder magazine.

la douleur exquise

I had no intentions when taking this pic (of myself :-S) but after a bit of desaturation and burn tool in photoshop i lovveeeed it. Its not flattering, but it is beautifully creepy, haunting.

the title translated into English literally is the exquisite pain, but describes the exquisite pain of loving someone unattainable.

This is just a small collection of sketches i have done put together in a collage on photoshop. no retouching or anything, just layering up. i actually wanted to show my raw messy drawings..... alas.

why do men have nipples??

one of lives many unanswered questions. i dont even remember the point of this project, but i know i enjoyed working with the 'models' :-p. im playing there all friends of mine.