Brooklyn’s finest

On saturday, I watched Brooklyn's finest, a movie about three cops, all with their strengths, are messes, one takes drug money, another, although a good guy, cant tell the difference between his real life, and his undercover one. And finally, a washed-up near-retiree, on his last few days as a cop.

This movie gets about as dark as you can get, racism, gangs, prostitution, drugs, and murder. This movie was amazing in the fact that it made you feel for the characters, something that is missing from modern cinema. Although most will be able to grasp the plot, some will walk out of the theatre scratching their heads. This is a quick review/reccomendation, so I can't give a numerical score to the movie. Although I can RECOMMEND this movie, so to recap, keep away from kiddies, and see the freaking film.

The epic zebra

Hello all, I thought I might as well share a piece I created about 2 years ago. I named this piece "Zebra" because, well, it contains exactly what you would expect, a zebra. This was my first attempt at using charcoal. I think the actual pattern on the zebra worked out very well, I even used white charcoal (don't ask me, I don't know how they can call white charcoal, charcoal either) Although the shadows aren't the greatest, I personally love this piece.

The Chesspiece

A very long time ago, in a cyberarts classroom far far away, our teacher asked us to create a piece that used a chess piece in it, I didn't really want to do the same thing as everyone else, so I chose a rook to draw, it took me a while, and a lot of drafts, but I was finished. I first added the rook, then I added the mountains, and then I added the flaming rocks. Then I added the men, and lastly, I added the shadows. This piece is called "the rook always dies" I am very happy with it. The assignment was originally about creating movement in the piece, and a touch of value. I believe that the flaming rocks create some movement, they create movement by drawing the viewer's eye to the rook, then as soon as your eyes leave the rook the wavy mountains channel your eye back to the rook, and as soon as you look back at the picture your eye is drawn to the advancing army. The rook and the army have a good amount of value. I believe that my piece is very successful in those senses.