Whatchu keep in your house?
An ongoing personal series depicting domesticated rappers with their corresponding lyrics. Who doesn't need Luda to help you in the garden, R.Kelly to heat things up in the kitchen, and Ice to bring you coffee?
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PieKelly
Iced Coffee
Client: Willamette Week
Art Director: Kathleen Marie
Illustration for the article "Brat Pack" which featured AP Kryza's list of fictional Sofia Coppola film concepts as the lead to the "Movie Reviews & Stories" section. In I, Henry Jason Schwartzman plays Henry VIII who rambles incoherently about his wives while shoving his face full of food for the entirety of the film.
Frank Ocean, Tyler the Creator, and Earl Sweatshirt of the rap group Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All.
Created for One Grand Gallery's "Ready To Die: A Group Show" in honor of the 20th anniversary of Biggie's pivotal Ready To Die album. The piece was inspired by his song "Big Poppa" and the famous line:
"So we can steam on the way to the telly go fill my belly/
A t-bone steak, cheese eggs and Welch's grape"
Client: LC Jetson
Album Cover design for Portland rapper LC Jetson.
Client: OC Weekly
Art Director: Laila Derakhshanian
Cover design for OC Weekly (Orange County's Alternative Weekly) featuring local rapper Kadillak Kaz who was facing a lengthy jail term right as he was on the cusp of reaching his big break.
A Valentine featuring Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp's infamous tattooed testament to their brief love affair.
A commemorative portrait of hip hop's Royal Family celebrating the birth of baby Blue Ivy Carter.
An ongoing series of Illustrations inspired by religious prayer candles with a modern saint upgrade.