CONFIDENCE

This is a portrait I did of my sister inspiired by Coles Phillips.

HEY EVERYBODY!

So Graduation is next week and I'm nothing short of excitedly anxious!. Its like college was adream where I gained instant talent and knowledge, and not to mention the love of my life! but on another note I have posts to make Whoohoo! paintings and Album art enjoy!

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BUSINESS CARD FUN

I got obsessed with taking these pictures for some reason lol but here's some hi-res looks of my biz-cards.  I went with Vistaprints and I'm pretty happy with them I'm just sad the website I posted on them will be pretty out of date soon:/

INSPIRATION BLOG UP!

I'm trying to get all my social networks up and popping, lol so I finally revamped my tumblr to match my brand check it out here!

ENHANCED

So I stumbled across this photographer Hank Willis Thomas and let me say, he's an inspiration I've really been getting into the blend of afro-centric art and western culture.  His photograph opened my mind to a new way to extend my black and white drawings her's my enhancement of my piece "Satisfaction".

WIP

I'm working on my design for the Pinchflat bike appreciation contest I wanted to do a design that would present the bike as iconic and beautiful much like Mother Africa. This is the vector work before I go in and edit color and texture any crits?

SPRING BREAK HIATUS IS OVER!

So it's pretty much official Spring Break is over and that final stretch is coming. I'm nervous/excited about it. I had some good and some bad over break, I figured I'd post my sketch for my Pinchflat competition entry. That'll be coming soon!

Incase you didn't notice..

The official logo to all my branding and what not I had to make it internet official.

ILLUSTRATIVE

Bringing more unseen work to the blogsite. This one was from a Illustration workshop project T design as you might have noticed.

CATCHIN UP YET AGAIN

I got a few fine art and Illustration pieces I figured I'd share. I finished this portrait for my drawing thesis It supposed to personify happiness in it's most raw and genuine form. I created one for myself and each of my roomates:) The rest are coming soon!

OUT WITH THE OLD IN WITH THE NEW

Since I'm re-branding once again, I'm adjusting my blog to match my BRAND (business cards, mailers, website, etc.) In commemoration of this special event I'm posting a dedication to the original "Darian's World" logo for the blog. This is actually the original sketch from my history notes lol. Enjoy!

JUST MESSIN

I'm playing with some color in photoshopon a sketch i made, I'm really digging the sketchy look of it right now wut do you think?

SKETCHING & SELF REFLECTING

So I was sketching last night and I believe I created a masterpiece lol. I'm gonna mess around with some photoshop stuff Adam Hughes style on this one n see how it turnes out:) oh and I figured I'd add these other sketches as well!

TRUCKING ON!

So with my new logo and whatnot the brand is going through yet again another change and I believe for the better. I'm tapping into my inner freshness, a little Kehinde Wiley in the mesh-up technique, but I'm definitely going for a more three dimensional look, I'm getting more and more fascinated with the baroque design with a blend of Layendecker in the exaggeration of the figure. I'll be posting my painting in this style soon! I also plan on gettting back to my weekly illustration! whether It's a character or a scene:)

The Resume!

It's important that potential employers get a chance to see my experience and abilities. Here's my official Resume as of now.

BUSINESS CARDS!

SO I FINALLY GOT AROUND TO FINISHING MY BUSINESS CARDS. THE DESIGN IS REFLECTING MY NEW BRANDING AND LOGO/WATERMARK. I PLAN ON GETTING THEM PRINTED SOON:)

MO STUFF

I put this together for a friend of mine, im feelin how it came out i'm tryna mix alil Gustav Klimt with a some victorin design and Darian Shepherd flair.

UPDATES UPDATES

I'M TRYING MY HARDEST TO KEEP UP WITH THIS THING, I HAD THE CHANCE TO PLAY THAT MVC3 THIS WEEK AND I MUST SAY... IT'S ADDICTIVE! BUT OTHER THAN THAT I'VE BEEN UP ON MY JEWELRY STUFF PICS OF MY FULL PERSIAN CHAIN MAIL WILLL BE COMING SOON. AS FOR NOW HERE'S AN AD I MADE FOR THE PLANET FRESH TEE! ENJOY

TOGETHER NOW!

IT'S RARE THAT I EVER GET TO DO A COMPILATION PIECE, I GOT TO KICK IT WITH ONE OF MY COLLEGE FRIENDS THE GREAT MILES TSANG. THIS ENDED UP AS MORE OF A CD COVER TRIPPY-ART THING BUT IT DESERVES A POST NONE THE LESS. IT STARTED AS A PHOT BY RYAN WALTER'S (ANOTHER ARTIST AT OUR SCOOL) AS A PROMOTIONAL PIECE FOR A PERFORMANCE ART PIECE BY MEGHAN SNOW, I HAPPENED TO SEE IT AND ADDED MY OWN BIT, MILES THAN CAME IN WITH THE FINAL TOUCHES. LIVE AND LEAVE WAS THE QUOTE OF THE NIGHT LOL.

Progression!

I sreally like how this is coming along so far. This is my first tradition medium illustration in a while, feels good to know I still got it in me:)

Sean McGee x Understar Collab

A quick little iconic character for my man Sean McGee as you can see

GOTTA LOVE SNOW/ICE DAYS

I'M PRETTY GLAD THESE LAST COUPLE DAYS HAVE BEEN INSIDE DAYS, I'VE GOTTEN TO DO SOME EXTRA UNDRSTR STUFF. THIS ONE I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR TEE... WHEN I THINK OF THE SAYING I ALWAYS THINK MORE JAPANESE SAMURAI.. WITH THE HONOR AND ALL SO I CAME UP THIS. IT SHOULD BE HITTING THE PRINTS SOON;)

IDEAS IDEAS

SO I'M KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE ON THIS ONE, OR MAYBE MORE... ANYWAYS THIS IS AN IDEA FOR MY PROMOTIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE LOOK BOOK, I COULDN'T REALLY DECIDE ON A DEFINITE COLORWAY JUST YET, MOST LIKELY THE WHITE BACKGROUND BUT THESE ARE MY IDEAS THUS FAR I'M PRETTY EXCITED THO:)

STRETCHING MY ART MUSCLES

I BEEN GETTING ADDICTED TO THE FIVERR, GIGBUCKS SITES THIS WEEKS SO I'M DOING LITTLE COMMISIONS THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES SO FAR

WORKSHOP FUN

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MY OLD HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHER FOR A PHOTOSHOP TUROTIAL FOR THE STUDENTS, THIS SWEET LIL ASTRO GUY WAS THE INITIAL PROJECT DESIGN, I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE STUDENTS DO WITH THE TECHNIQUE:)

NEW LAYOUT, NEW BRANDING

SO I'M REVAMPING MY BRAND, AND TRYING TO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER, DARIAN SHEPHERD THE ARTIST, AND DARIAN ARTIS SHEPHERD THE PROPRIETOR OF UNDRSTR. FOR THE NEXT SEMESTER I'LL ALSO BE STARTING A SKETCHBLOG TRYING TO KEEP MY PROCESS OPEN FOR THE VIEWERS. BIG THINGS FOR 2011 GUYS HOPE YOU'RE ALL ABOARD FOR THE RIDE:)

FILLING THE GAPS

I never posted the final of this, it's def one of my favorite pieces I've done along with some of the graphite drawings I did (which will be coming shortly). This is my mother Africa:)

YESSS

So I've been working and spending a lot of time with the soon to be babymother(love of my life). And I've been working on getting this UNDRSTR business off the ground. I had time over break to put my design/photography skills to work and the official Spring lookbook for my jewelry/t-shirt designs are coming soon. For those who don't know my company is Understar(UNDRSTR) and its based around simplistic yet stylish graphics as well as natural elements when it comes to the whole jewelry thing. This right here is just a teaser to what the lookbook may look like;) any crits are welcome.