Open for Business

It’s time to finally pull the trigger and push out one of the multiple - and I do mean multiple - projects I have been working on for some time now. And that project is my own t­shirt shop!

Simply put I have been wanting do something like this since my senior year of high school when my honor society asked me to design t­shirts for the all of the students. It was such a big rush that after high school I would come up with dozens of designs and slogans. But I was broke and clueless of the design process. I did not have any clue on how to get them onto my computer let alone, color separation, pricing, printing, etc etc. Then came my love for comics, concept art and a plethora of the happy and awesome distractions that took up

some time.

But my passion for this wouldn’t die. Some time around the end of my college career I caught the bug for graphic design again. And my passion for t­shirt design would often come back to the surface. Every so often I would sketch out an idea or create a mock­up in Illustrator or Photoshop for the hell of it. I began building on ideas and drawing on inspiration from life as well as comics, music (Hip­Hop for the most part), artistic subcultures, and so much more.

As I began showing them off privately, my passion for this grew even stronger. Well, technology and the internet have finally caught up with my laziness and I can finally put my t­shirts online the way I want to. So I am proud to say that:

CLASSICBLAQUE’s is open for business.

Check of the the shop.  Got more to come.

CLASSICBLAQUE’s 

Fresh Fifteen (12/15)

No More excuse.  but here is the image I left off at.

I have allot more coming including  allot of apparel design (t-shirts and personal projects along with new round of fresh)

Blaqe

Fresh Fifteen 11/15 ( Vanglorius)

Well I have posted anything for quite some time and I wanted to change that with this.

I have already started the next round of  Freshness Coming soon.


Blaque

Fresh Fifteen (10/15)

Back again with the next in my series of new  Designs, This one is dedicated the  Mighty Mos and one of his illest tracks. 

I got more on the way,  and more in store.

Blaque

Fresh Fifteen (9/15)

The Next the piece in my fresh fifteen line or works is dedicated to a group that has formed my opinion of real hip-hop.  That group is EPMD,

Headbanger was one of my favorite if not still my favorite track to ever come from the two.

more on the way.

Blaque

Fresh Fifteen (6/15) Lyrics to Go

Now the real stuff begins. No tutorials, no experiments just the stuff I consider art. I had listen to a lot of old school hip and looking at the latest in 3d typography so I thought to myself why don't I combine the two and make something really fresh or at least new to me.

So a while go, I was going over some ideas and A ATCQ song came on called "LYRICS TO GO" and I thought it was perfect. A little Illustrator and a lot of Photoshop and Textures.

I really loved doing this and this style so expect more a lot more.

blaque

MC Do The Art of Hip-Hop

As I continue to try and find the strength to let some of my most hidden piece go. I happened upon this piece entitled," MC do: The Art of Hip-Hop."

So let me get you up to speed, At first this was piece I was playing around with at my previous place of employment when there was absolutely nothing to do. It originally stared out as my trying to get a my mind around CS3 and playing with it's new functions. However, After hour upon hour of listening to Old/ True School Hip-Hop, it became some thing more. I started to really get into the piece, I notice I was killing my machine. So I had to take it home to the mac and finish it there.

For a few weeks out of my life this was all I thought about. Every vector, every image used was in some was influenced by a particular song in on my Zune (that right I said zune, deal with it).

Upon finishing this piece I wanted to show the world but forgot about it until I was asked to put it in a show. However, this peice did not make the cut so I put it back in to the vault.

I was originally going to do more with the inclusion of the elements of hip-hop, however I decided to put those of hold to develop some other ideas. Those other poster are still being work on however have taken in a new direction



More to come

Classic

Melyssa Ford AKA Jessica Rabbit

I haven't posted anything in a while but please believe I have alot on the way, It is just a task trying to find a job and keep a positive mind set on creating something new.

But this time around I wanted to post another muse. The lovely Melyssa Ford

I got more on the way, but I got get some stability first.

Blaque

DC Luv

Well I have not posted one of these in a while so I thought I might just do that today. I wanted to show some love to the gorgeous Lola Luv ( DC native).



More on the way

Classic Blaque