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Published: 2007-09-19 08:49:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 9130; Favourites: 150; Downloads: 0
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The pencils for this were done some months ago, and I just began trying to achieve some kind of conclusion. It was based on a photo from the new recently defunct Straight No Chaser magazine, which was my musical bible for over a decade.Not quite sure if I am there yet, but I am trying.
This is Saul Williams, slam poet and all around hardcore verb guerilla. His delivery on the jungle track Coded Language with DJ Krust is 6+ minutes of audio perfection. His ability to do spoken word over any mix of hip hop, rock, funk and jazz backdrops makes him very interesting indeed.
His new album is due out, being mixed by Trent Reznor (NIN) and Alan Moulder (Curve, U2, Depeche Mode)
pencils, tombo marker, staedler triplus fineliners, gouache, acrylic paint, pro-white + digital
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Very nice! perfect colors for the vibe and his face!
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Black Stacey is one of my favorite songs ever. You've really captured his 'vibe' with this piece.
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I found this after five minutes of seeing deviantart ruin my favourite bands for me. I love you Zeruch.
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fuck ya! he's a bad ass.
i love how abstract your lines are.
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This reminds me of him. Really nice, especially the colors.
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I got that album when it came out and it's amazing. I'm not into rap, but he does put a whole new spin on it with Trent and Alan Producing the songs. I love this picture, by the way. Fav +
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I love his new album with Trent Reznor 
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Much like his own work, I think that is about the best compliment you could give it. Danke.
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I love this style. The random line work, the colors and the all around design is just wonderful! I can see this on my wall. Gratz ^^
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I like how you use marker in your work. The marker lines make your work special. Very nice style!
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l love the line quality of this peice. and your use of color is amazing. although the red lines are a little unsettling maybe if you were to use them to frame up the muscles in his face and hand instead of it being random.....its just a thought. besides that it looks amazing I also really like your choice in backround and framing it really copliments the drawing.
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Saul is truly a great inspiration! This is a fantastic portrait of him and I hope you don't mind my favoriting a few more from your gallery. Wonderful work.
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I really like this. The mood, the colors, and especially the lines. I love the attention to detail on his face, and hands.
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Great composition! I like how his body fades away. Excellent job on the colors of the skin, I like how you've used different colors to highlight it. I'll definitely make a note to look up this guy.
Keep on creating!
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saul is a fuckin genious and awsome piece man. realli like the gallery. keep it up. by any chance do u kno the name of his new album.
check out the gallery
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my friend jon introduced me to saul williams work several years back. Jon hates rap. Jon loves saul williams.
Saul Williams is interesting to say the least. The songs I have heard have seriously left me wanting to know more about the artist. And this illustration makes me want to look him up again, especially since you saifd hes coming out with a new album mixed by trent rez and moulder. That is completely awesome.
and this image is pretty neat, reminds me of alot of the blues artist paintings I see in memphis.
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Very interesting work!
Co-incidentally, I recently 'discovered' a spoken word artist, HKB FiNN, aks HUNTKiLLBURY FiNN, who I am very excited about and doing a couple of portraits of.
You know him?
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Great subject and style... the details and colors are wonderful! I feel like the teal background could use some slight texture or lighting to really give the picture a more complete feel...cropping it to fill Saul Williams into the frame might be another possibility. I dunno, maybe not. Not sure - but I feel like something is missing.
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There are subtleties in the hat and scarf that are truly inspiring.
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i cannot wait for his new stuff...i'm quaking with excitement. you are the man.
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its fair to say a new album from him is overdue. great piece, it breathes life into him
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A new album is overdue. Admittedly, I would like to hear him over some new backdrops, so this one might be promising.
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Another interesting character that I need to educate myself on. Beautiful colors. The blues really seem to suit his expression.
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looks like a modern day Jimi Hendrix.
I don't know who this is.
but its good (:
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saul williams is incredible. i can't wait for the new album. like this a lot but like you say ... i'm not sure if its there yet, if it really captures saul (which is a considerable undertaking and i'll look forward to anything else you come up with!).
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I tried to color skin with lots of scribly colors once too. but it turned out really dirty. this looks great though, so maybe I'll try it again.
I love the way you colored this. the markers with photoshop look great.
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'Scribly' lines actually took me a long time to get comfortable with, because it is very easy to be sloppy about it (which I was) instead of simply loose and free. At least for me,, it was alrgely solved by using a lot of different pens and brushes so I could take more control of line weight and behavior -- the rest kind of intuitively evolved.
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Yeah, I used to draw in a kind of realistic manga style. I guess I got bored of that style, so I started experimenting with different styles. Eventually I started to draw more "scribly" when I bought these really fine fineliners.
I'm still experimenting a lot with brushpens, markers, ink and fineliner. So I gues you're right. It just takes time to get used to it. It's a big step from Photoshop to markers. I still do most of my work for school in Photoshop because it's faster.
But I was just wondering if you have a few tips or tricks I could use?
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About the only tips I can really offer is to keep experimenting, and to really not be afraid to make all kinds of trial and error. Its the process that leads to discovery of how to make things work to your favor, sometimes to frustrating effect, but hopefully punctuated by bursts of creative evolution.
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great piece here. If you ever get the chance to see him perform spoken word of hip hop Don't miss it. This man is one honest genius.
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nice drawing, i just started listening to some spoken word for the 1st time ever, black ice is good.
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Depending on what vibe you are trying to seek, I also suggest Sekou Sundiata, Umar Bin Hassan, and Maggie Estep.
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dude. when that album comes out. can you like. let me know? im definitely absolutely positively not as clued in on the music scene today as you are, and i love this image. reading your comments on this mans ability to voice over sound, and hearing about who's mixing his latest album, i really want to hear it.
love this dude
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im definitely absolutely positively not as clued in on the music scene today as you are
That is because, unlike me, you likely have a real life. I live in a world of high-tech salaryman status, art studio hermetics, and autistic-level record store scrounging.
I know about music scenes so obscure, even the artists in it don't know each other.
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and somehow your respect gauge fills further. you've definitely got to keep me clued in on these musics, i am in dire need of expanding my tastes.. i feel what i listen to growing more and more bland as time passes and it irks me to no end. why is music so similar to pornography
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Well, if you have styles you are into, let me know. I consolidated my old music blog on Vox to my regular blog just last week, so I can throw out material based on interest if you want.
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