On a late Friday night a couple weeks back, Victorville’s Jason McCormack (@zombiemuse) completed this painting of an open-minded Medusa man (my label, not the title of the piece) and tweeted “Finally finished 1 for the show tomorrow. #fridaynightartdorks” In my usual dig to find out where “dorks” is, I found out that #fridaynightartdorks is a hashtag created by Chet Zar (@chetzar) and used by artists who choose to refine their craft instead of partaking in other Friday festivities. If you want to see more of Jason McCormack’s work, make sure to visit his MySpace page.
This blog runs on absolutely no budget, so when Amber Asaly (@amberasaly) told me that this picture was created without using Photoshop, I had to share it here. You see, the most basic Photoshop product retails for about $80 right now. Compare that to the $25 Comic Life that Asaly used to get this disjointed-frames effect. Sure, it doesn’t do all the things that Photoshop does, but if you are interested in effects, it might be worth a look.
Yesterday, I shared a picture of L.A. dressed up as N.Y.. Will Batts (hiphopxyz), the man who posted that picture on Twitter, is also a virtual graffiti artist. He uses software to add what looks like graffiti to pictures that he takes from “across the globe.” He told me that this first shot is of the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Scroll down for more of his virtual graff art and visit Batts’ MySpace page to find out about his “Hip Hop XYZ” album.