shock to the system.

what ever happened to my main man Static shock? Maaaan, i remember waking up early on saturdays to catch this guy zooming across my front room tv screen with a big bowl of Fruit Loops planted in front of me. i was  11 years old then. Static shock was my HERO. Virgil and i both kinda had the same hair styles at the time and i felt like i could relate to him.  i dont hear that much about Static these days... this guy gave me sooo much inspiration.hell, he still does. even to this day- i still consider him my hereo.

thanks static.  :D

this piece is still a work in progress, im thinking about adding Rubber Band Man in front of static but im still working on a good position for him... also looking for a good environment to put them im (given my limited canvas real estate).  cant wait to finish. there will be some more, refined Static concepts up soon.    

work in progress

OK. this ones after i added various layers of different colors all less than 75% opacity... i usually end up adding about 4-5 layers and shading over with a thin layer of the base color to hide them a little, then do it over again to keep the layers deeply imbedded. i think that makes a big difference.... - but yeah that's all i have for now ill be posting progressive pics as soon as there done.  keep posted for the newness!!! thanks all.

In most of my pics I start off with my base color less opaque than this one, so im changing up my style and work flow... Im sure the end product will look a bit different form my other works.  
havent visited in a while so i thought ide come back with some work in progress pics. Had this idea in my head for a long time and actually started sketching out a couple concepts in class before i decided to move it to photoshop. Unlike most of my pieces, this ones going to have two characters interacting together. ide like to start showing more diversity in my art so ull start to see my art looking  more busy with more going on. hope you all like! 

I woke up hungry as hell this morning... my stomach was eating itself.  

so lately ive been switching things up and doing more traditional style art using a wacon tablet... i think im going to start working more in acrylics too - get some of my work on some canvas's. its been a while sense ive actually drawn on something other than photoshop soo its about that time to start getting bact into the whole trditionl art scene. got some shows that i wanna start entering too. but until then ill keep doin my thing in photoshop... besides, i love my tablet too much to ever leave its side... :D

So its been a minute since ive visited the page... my gosh soo much has happened.Not in a literal sense; I mean, I haven't changed physically, I haven't quit school or anything... but mentally ive been in a whirlwind. 

sometimes i feel like my world is enclosed in an hourglass u know? like time is constantly a factor, like i cant just live, draw and do me.... i find myself thinking thoughts like "if i dont draw today its gonna be too late to do it tomorrow..." . no mater how you may interpret that; its incredibly difficult to deal with when its in the forefront of everything you do...my mind can be great at times. allowing a perfect harmonious relationship between the two of us and an infantile imagination... but at other times,  it becomes so enclosed that i feel like im incarcerated within it. i feel trapped within a world in which I created. the sanctuary of my own design quickly becomes a penitentary... i can never escape it. i learn deal with it. i struggle to rearrange my views of things and make sense of the ethical decay that invades my sanctuary like a cancer. and i do... long enough to pop out a couple of sketches  before the warden locks me back in.my creativity leaves abruptly... i hope the key never goes with it... 

The Blog

The blogging thing is a lil new to me so i ask that you give me some time... new posts will be coming soon and new art pieces are always on the way so stay tuned! 

thanks

-Tusc

MC

As artists, we play gods. Creating and destroying compilations of lines and scribbles that if arranged correctly, deliver a insight into our deepest thoughts and emotions. we exploit imagination by molding reality to fit our own personal needs. For me, being an artist is a constant battle. A never-ending war involving my mind, pencil, and paper. The struggle to find the right lines to portray an idea the world has never seen before can be a tiring one. Nevertheless i perform this ceremony like a unforgiving ritual and practice to improve my craft. I practice to better master the ceremony with my pencil. i practice to become a master of ceremony-a MC. The Original Pencil MC.