]FAIRLY REGULARLY POSTED SKETCH #2[

Was going through some old stuff for my portfolio and I found this sketch of Man Parrish I did for the ]SOLO[ show. Wish I went to finish on this one...maybe someday.

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]FAIRLY REGULARLY POSTED SKETCH[

I wanted to call this section ]daily sketch[ or something like that but who am I kidding, while I do draw daily both for work and for fun, most of it is rubbish and i can't get to posting my blog every day. But I wanted to try my best to show that I do indeed draw often and some of it is pretty freaking sweet even though if doesn't get to final and in some cases I like my sketches better than the final. That is why you see alot of sketchiness in my more recent work. Anyway todays sketch is more recent, I initially wanted to do a piece with a group of monkeys for the Poster Cause Project and I did pages upon pages of sketches of cartoony monkeys. But ultimately I decided I didn't like the idea and I thought they were coming out a little too Disneyish, that's why I went a head and did the really loose bear Attack Attack Attack piece.. anyway enjoy the monkey! this one was one of my favorites that I did and almost got me through the illustration, but the rest just didn't have the same sort of appeal.

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]WZY[

This is the first actual toy that i've ever designed all on my own (for the most part, props to Tristan Eaton for some pointers here and there, and to Mike Franco for much input and guidance). Its the platform figure for my good friends over at WizardSleeveToys in Florida. The sculpt was nailed by famed sculptor Nemo, who is responsible for Toy Qubes Sharky and numerous customs and toys. Keep an eye out for WST and me in the next few months. A short list includes: custom Wzy shows (with some heavy hitters in the designer toy game), a set of production Wizy's, and of course The Wizard Sleeve web comic (can't give away too much on that, but its coming and its going to be awesome).
That is all for now, feel free to leave some comments, feed back is always appreciated.

PEACE!
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]MUSIC REVIEW #1[

About 8 years ago, I picked up a Warp routine compilation at this Best Buy right by RIT, where I was going to school at the time. I would go there because it had this shockingly huge and in-depth electronic music selection. At the time I was really into the whole IDM (intelligent dance music) thing, (what a dumb ass name) but anyway... Warped Records had all my favorite artists and producers that I was discovering: Aphex Twin (and all his other names) Squarepusher, Plaid, Luke Vibert, etc.

So I picked up this comp, thinking it would be something cool to blast in the studio amongst all the other illustration majors. I figured it would have some sort of cool DnB-ish stuff and cool abstract sounds, and maybe even some stuff that was similar to DJ Shadow that I could zone out and work away to. That way I could also feel superior to the other more talented and popular kids in the studio. This is shit they just wouldn't understand, I'd blow their minds. Sure, keep listening to your "screamocorepunk rock". So short story now made long, I put the CD in the studio player and cranked it up.

First song was a really amazing Plaid song. "Booc" it's called. Still have it on my i-Pod to this day. Really busy but still slow, kept together, and kind of dancy, exactly what I was expecting. AWESOME!!! "Booc" ends, next song is by some strangely named group I had never heard of, it drops....WHAT. THE. FUCK. IS. THIS??!!! It's a song called "Nuno," sort of sounded like hip hop and electronic music mashed up together, rudely cutting each other off before they actually got to be hip hop or electronic music. There were these chopped up Nas "One Love" lyrics over the whole thing, it had the choppiness and spontaneity of turntable-ism. It was like he just refused to let those damn lyrics go. I didn't really have much to blow my mind at that time, music was really all that was going on with me and my friends, so this was huge.

So a few weeks later I picked up the full album Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives. All tracks just as good as "Nuno" in their own way. It even had some cameos by some underground emcees (at that time): MF Doom and Aesop Rock. Bad ass beats with warm synths and weird clicky sounds, almost all layered with manipulated hip hop vocals. It wasn't "hard" like a lot of the hip hop that I liked, it was quirky but in a really great way.

But now to get to the point of why I'm writing. OK...I want to do album, song, or artist reviews every now and then on here. And it just so happens that Prefuse 73 just put out an album called "Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian."

But now I'm getting kind of tired of writing...but the review must go on.

The new PRE album is really, really good. If you're looking for something that sounds like his earlier work, yet again you will be disappointed. BUT, lucky for you, there are about 800 "glitch hop" dudes out there that are making really good music that I'm sure you can get into. Prefuse 73 has moved on over the last 4 or 5 albums and generally keeps things much more ambient and loose with the occasional burst of Hip Hop gold. It's crazy that his albums (and live performances for that matter) go minute after minute of layering annoying distorted feedback, and clicks mashed over feminine yawning sounds, layered on top of fart noises, yet once he drops the beat, it all becomes worth while.

Anyway, I can go on, but like I said...I'm tired.

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]B-BLOKT[

After almost three months straight of illustration madness, today the B-Bot by Thunderdog is officially on sale at the I-Tunes store.

It was insane seeing the amount of work that Tristan put into this. I helped where I could, doing some of the illustrator line art, shapes, and accessories. Tris would come in day and night to do the coloring and come up with massive amounts of accessories. It was a true labor of love, and I think it came out amazing.

So, if you have an i-Phone or i-Touch, go grab it, be the first to have it, and be the envy of all of your friends. I have a feeling it's going to be big!!

My self-portrait B-BOT:
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]INTRODUCTIONS[

YOOO, Paul aka ]BLOKT[ here! I thought I would start up my own blog to keep those who are interested up to date on what's going on with my life, work and what not.

I have so much going on that it's hard to keep sending stuff to my web guy so I thought this would be a more immediate outlet for all things ]BLOKT[.

Aiight, that's all for now. More to come soon!

OUT!

Paul