BARRY MCGEE Barry McGee (born 1966 in San Francisco) is a painter and graffiti artist. He is also known as Ray Fong, Lydia Fong, Bernon Vernon, P.Kin, Ray Virgil, Twist and further variations of Twist, such as Twister, Twisty, Twisto and others. I grew up seeing Twist’s iconic characters (i.e. the screw and the long…
Q: At what age did you start getting into Hip Hop and why? A: I was hip hop the day I was born. It wasn’t really a choice. It all happened naturally, and I thank my family for that. My dad “Leanski” and my uncle “Noz” are pioneers in the hip hop community over here…
Last night in Downtown Los Angeles, iZZi Gadgets celebrated their launch with an event titled, “LA Enhanced” at the Crewest Gallery. The event showcased photography using iZZi Gadgets by artists, skaters and photographers including Arto Saari, Atiba Jefferson, ManOne, Willie T and Yuri Hasegawa in conjunction with Skateistan and the Stronghold Society. Proceeds from sales…
Headed to the Paddock to finish the Illest x Transformers production created by Kraze1 (Crown Works Garage) and myself. Kraze is rocking ‘Jaz’ (Porsche Autobot) and it coming out super fly! The character is rendered based of the Illest release of the classic rendering of Jaz in collaboration with Transformers. Stay tuned…
Love n Light HEAVY D aka Dwight Arrington Myers! Your music made a positive impact in my life growing up. Thank you for your musical contributions to Hip Hop, we lost a legend one year ago today, but he will not be forgotten! Rest in Peace HEAVY D 1967-2011! Aloha ʻOe to our Ancestor!
Last weekend, we took it easy and had dinner at Sam’s Chowder House. They are famous for Clam Chowder and the Lobster Roll. I tried the lobster roll last month. It was pretty good but a little dry. This time I ordered the Hawaiian Escolar and a cup of Chowder. Stella went perfect with the…
Aloha Crew! Dropped this brush pen handstyle today lemme. Know what yal think! Mahalo Nui.
As an artist I feel like the best way to create is to “commit to the line”. When drawing with a pen (no initial pencil sketch) you have to use a lot more concentration and control which develops your drawing style and technique. Pen renderings don’t allow you to make mistakes and similar to Bboys…