Tumblr Inspired Series – 04 No Jive

This night was a WU-Tang night, I was bumping 36 chambers and got to the classic urban musical portrayal of lower class minority caught in the belly of the capitalism beast – “C.R.E.A.M” and this is what happened In retrospect I believe my design was a little too campy in comparison to the actual songContinue reading “Tumblr Inspired Series – 04 No Jive”

Tumblr Inspired series – 02 Pretty Fades

So this all happened in the the course a week or so, and every night surely I would scroll down my tumblr feed and get something , then I would take to Illustrator while Mr Theophilus London would play in my headphones ( “big spender” is quite addictive I must say, give it a listen).Continue reading “Tumblr Inspired series – 02 Pretty Fades”

Tumblr Inspired Series – 01 Like no one’s watching

So I recently got some extra free time on my hands and like the incredibly active person I am, I decided to do something out it. Being an artist the choice was simple needless to say. The result was this, a series of posters, tees, inspired by pics and quotes from my tumblr feed, codeContinue reading “Tumblr Inspired Series – 01 Like no one’s watching”

Kicks Fly Free

If you are into sneakers than this just might be the post for you, KicksFlyFree is a site by a friend of mines design to cater to the ever exclusive market of Sneakerheads. It’s quite simple buy a tee, enter to win some sneaks, nice right? especially considering who’s designing the tees, I’ll give you aContinue reading “Kicks Fly Free”

AFRlives …… On Instagram

Some of yall may know that I started my own brand AFRlives, and I’m glad to say that its been seeing a steady growth rate so far. However this endeavor has unleashed a brand new outlet for my creativity, Marketing. I took some classes at school, nothing serious, but enough to give me a solidContinue reading “AFRlives …… On Instagram”

After Party

So as some of may know the African Student Union Fashion show is on the horizon at my school, and one of the folks in charge is of course none other than yours truly. So I was contacted by a gentleman that had a vested interest. Turns out he’s throwing the after party and requestedContinue reading “After Party”

Fashion show flyer BW & Spring Break = Design Time!!!!

    So those who actually follow/read my blog know that I’m part of the ASU Fashion show at my school VCU, and so I had to design these flyers to recruit designers that might want to participate.   The pic is from a lovely site I just found, vlisco, turns out it’s one ofContinue reading “Fashion show flyer BW & Spring Break = Design Time!!!!”

Swag!

So, I noticed that my sweaters where getting the most love on my Esty shop. So I decided to push a reload of the ever popular African Swag design I made last year, personal favorite is the black one.       And both of them are available at the AFR lives etsy shop  Continue reading “Swag!”

AFR Ladies Crewneck Sweater

Some know I launched my owned brand AFR (Africans for a renaissance) contrary to the name it’s not exclusive to Africans, come on in, have a seat, mi Africa e su Africa. All jokes aside I decided to launch with a crewneck for the ladies, I was in a design slipstream when I came upContinue reading “AFR Ladies Crewneck Sweater”