Another Milestone

The Hit / Gangster

Revised this image again, needed more room to tell the story

LOOKSEE / ALI BABA NEW

A Trinidad Band flyer.

Rza and the Bentley

Bobby digital!

Rapture

Public Enemy

Who is the real Public Enemy?

Youth Summit Logo

My good friend and business partner Anthony "Boogie" Dunn had a youth summit earlier this year aimed at sending positive messages to the kids and the community through the word of God. He wanted a logo designed for it since this was going to be a subsidiary company of his parent company FireStorm.ent (soon to become a household name for those of you out there who like popular music). We bumped heads a few times on the creative process, but the end result I think captured the essence of what the Youth Summit was and is all about.

Keisha Cole

LORD OF WAR

I was browsing the internet the other nite and I stumbled upon this movie poster spoof for Lord of War with Dick Cheney and I thought that was a pretty cool idea. So I tried to replicate it, because I thought that it could have been better executed. This is my version, check out the original version link.

George Bush

Everybody is always talking about how stupid George Bush is , but how stupid is he really. He got the American people to vote for him twice, he got the senate to go along with most of his plans, he made the people he works for and his friends extremely rich, while leaving the same people who voted for him out in the dust. So when he said Mission Accomplished, he wasn't joking. So the question is, who is the real idiot, him or you.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Portrait

Stress and frustrations make me into someone else, and I don't want to be that person...sometimes I feel like I have multiple personalities and hence the inspiration for my latest creation.

Mario Powers UP

FuTuRE with no tomorrow / Gritty version

Wanted to make it a little more gritty, so it could feel more apocalyptic.

Papoose Mixtape Revisions

Good Music Mixtape

This weekend I'm feeling the creative bug again, when it gets like this I usually go for a few months then I go dry. Anyway I've been looking at mixtape designs lately and some of them are pretty good but, again, they almost all look the same. So since I took a break from doing that type of artwork, because I didn't want to become pigeonholed with just one style...I wanted to see if I could still make a mixtape cover that was hot. The Good Music Mixtape is a first in a series i'll be doing, one thing I already noticed is that I'm insane for textures, when I become a famous artist this period is going to be known as my "texture period".

Daft Punk Painting

My first actual painting. Not!

Winter 2 Explosion

www.MySpace.com/benzistudios

I finally created a myspace page and the theme of it matches this blog. I really put it up for networking opportunities and in time we'll see if it actually works. Anyhow I've been spending alot of time trying to make it just right and it's ok but I think it can be better. It kind of draws you in at first, but the novelty of it quickly wears off, at least for me anyway, maybe if I was chasing bitches it would be more fun. I have some of my work displayed there but I still want my own website to display and sell my work.

Ultimate Goal

Working on this new piece has me wondering if it makes any sense for me to continue creating. The answer is yes, because if I don't I'll spontaneously combust. I can't help not creating, I get withdrawal like symptoms if I stay away for too long. I always amaze myself when I do something different but that amazement fades in a couple of days and I want to create something bigger and better. I guess this is what makes me keep going, even though that I may think that it's pointless for me too continue. There are so many artist out there, so many different styles, so many different techniques and I feel like I could never make a name for myself in this art thing, even though I haven't seen anybody do what I do. Ok granted there are designers who do the same thing I do as far as "mixtape art" and I use that term loosely because in essence even though it's a form of photomontage, the style was adopted for mixtape artwork. But I really try to take it to another level by creating stories and not just putting heads together and putting buildings in the background. I also try to push the envelope by touching different subjects even though music and the artist is my main focus, I try to address issues that affect us all. The ultimate goal is for me to get into galleries and have my work become highly regarded. Only time will tell if it comes too past.

ALIEN DREAM

I had a dream awhile back where aliens were attacking, it was a pretty scary dream it felt so real. For days afterwards I kept thinking about it. This is a close representation of what I saw in my dreams.

Gym Class Heroes/Panic at the Disco

I went to a free concert and it was off the chain. Me and my lil sister went to see Gym Class Heroes and Panic at the Disco. Panic was the headliner but Gym Class put on a better show. Check out some of the pics. Oh yeah and that's my lil sis with Travis from Gym Class.

Duality of Clifford Harris Jr.

I wish I knew how to paint. As an aspiring artist, I think that painting and sculpture is the highest form of the trade. Being able to reach the highest point as an artist is my life's goal. Right now though I really want to master my own style as a digital /photomontage artist. If I never paint a single painting or sculpt a single sculpture in my life, I do want to be respected as one of the best photomontage artist of our time. This T.I poster, which will also be for sale, is my exploration of styles...trying to make it look like a painting without looking like a painting.

Real King Of New York

Bingi Bash 07'

Guilty Pleasures

I did this cover earlier this year...when I saw the ass on Khrysti Hill, I had to do something with it, figuratively speaking of course. The end result was a guilty pleasure...rappers have all the fun.