Hi, kids! So I’m back again. I’m going to go ahead and skip past the part where I explain and apologize for my recent absence. As we all know, shit happens. I return to you a college graduate and a tepid, tender-footed immigrant into The Real World. No news yet on whether my naturalization has set me on the curvy mountain path to a cash-flooded, hedonistic, bohemian existence or just marching blindly into a lifeless philistinist soul-killing cubicle. I’ll let you know.
Dope Artists #02: Photography
Hi, kids! So I'm back again. I'm going to go ahead and skip past the part where I explain and apologize for my recent absence. As we all know, shit happens. I return to you a college graduate and a tepid, tender-footed immigrant into The Real World. No news yet on whether my naturalization has set me on the curvy mountain path to a cash-flooded, hedonistic, bohemian existence or just marching blindly into a lifeless philistinist soul-killing cubicle. I'll let you know. Related posts:Dope Artists #01: Mixed Media
Jay-Z: On To The Next One (Official Video)
Okay Jay-Z, I see you're just gonna release the perfect addition to my Return of The Music Video article like two days after I publish it. Douchebag. No seriously though, this shit is crack. Even though it missed the roundup, I had to post. New hyperstylized, black and white, mini-masterpiece from Hova and Swizz Beatz. Uncomfortably trippy and yet ridiculously cool. Check it out. Related posts:Return of the Music Video
Sick Movie Trailers: January 2010
Happy New Year's Eve from The Dope! Before you all go out and start the groundwork on waking up tomorrow completely naked in a inexplicable pile of some grown man's unwashed laundry, along with an empty can of whipped cream, two broken radio antennas, an illegal immigrant, plaster of paris drying on your genitalia and worried voicemails from your high school spanish teacher (or some other equally wholesome dilemma) I have some new dopeness for you. I bring, for your pre-party hydration needs, the distilled list of fresh movie trailers for January. I know this was supposed to be a monthly ...
Sick Animated Shorts
I'm proud to present you with The Dope's first guest article, written by the newest member of the website, my roommate and long time friend, Lamont. Stay tuned for more unabridged awesomeness from us both as well as another new addition to the crew soon. - G The future of animated films is firmly based in animated shorts (see “9”, Up). As an "adult" with the attention span of a child, but little desire for show tunes and happy endings, I think this is great news. Related posts:Sick Movie Trailers: January 2010 Sick Movie Trailers: September 2009
Return of the Music Video
A snowstorm has been beating the shit out of Philadelphia since I woke up this morning. My island boy excitement about getting a chance to work on my snowball skills didn't last too far beyond the first few minutes of bitter cold and the lovely little sensation of frozen water weasling its way inside your pants, which means I get the rest of the day in bed and you guys get a new article. Today I wanna talk about music videos. This is not the eulogy that it would have been if I had written it a year ago, the music ...
Photomanipulation
The way I got into this whole profession in the first place was by tinkering around with a pirated copy of photoshop about eight years ago. Technically this means that photomanipulation is my oldest design skill. I have to admit, I don't do it as often as I should anymore, mainly because I'm too busy designing websites. I consider photomanipulation, moreso than many other categories of graphic design, to be an art, and unfortunately art often takes a back seat to work. That being said I do have a bit of funk to show off and by God I intend to. ...
Ode to a Banksy: Banksy
For those of you who don't know Banksy, he's the sickest street artist on the planet. I'll allow no contention about it. The anonymous English native, supposedly born around Bristol around 1974, terrorized the world with his meticulously stenciled and cuttingly insightful graffiti for so many years in succession that the world had no choice but to accept him. He went from having his pieces painted over by the government to having his pieces being sold on the spot by art directors who left it to the buyer to figure out how to remove it and take it home. Related posts:Ode to ...
Okay Jay-Z, I see you’re just gonna release the perfect addition to my Return of The Music Video article like two days after I publish it. Douchebag.
No seriously though, this shit is crack. Even though it missed the roundup, I had to post.
New hyperstylized, black and white, mini-masterpiece from Hova and Swizz Beatz. Uncomfortably trippy and yet ridiculously cool. Check it out.
Happy New Year’s Eve from The Dope! Before you all go out and start the groundwork on waking up tomorrow completely naked in a inexplicable pile of some grown man’s unwashed laundry, along with an empty can of whipped cream, two broken radio antennas, an illegal immigrant, plaster of paris drying on your genitalia and [...]
I’m proud to present you with The Dope’s first guest article, written by the newest member of the website, my roommate and long time friend, Lamont. Stay tuned for more unabridged awesomeness from us both as well as another new addition to the crew soon. – G The future of animated films is firmly based [...]
A snowstorm has been beating the shit out of Philadelphia since I woke up this morning. My island boy excitement about getting a chance to work on my snowball skills didn’t last too far beyond the first few minutes of bitter cold and the lovely little sensation of frozen water weasling its way inside your [...]
Hi kids! I know, I know, you’ve missed me so and you hate me for leaving you in this broken state, but your boy has been broke and as you know, broke means busy. Been on my web design grind trying to whip my derelict bank account into shape to keep up with this lavish [...]