Jun 15, 2010

Ramsey Lewis

Ramsey rules.

Pre-electric jazz, one of my favourite records:
Delilah

Later, great funky stuff - one of my favourite records too:
If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want To Be Right)
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8 comments:

  1. Jesse WinchesterJune 15, 2010 at 7:25 PM

    Kagan,
    your blowing my mind dude!
    What was your process like on this? Did you pencil anything first? It looks like you one timed it with ink!

    AWESOME!

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  2. Kagan M.June 15, 2010 at 8:57 PM

    Thanks! Yes, I did it straight-to-ink, but had reference of Ramsey's profile and a separate piano shot.
    Do you see his eyes as closed or open?

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  3. अर्जुनJune 15, 2010 at 11:34 PM

    Fantastic drawing, the essence of both Ramsey Lewis and jazz, cool effortless class.

    Closed (if they are meant to be open don't ever admit it)

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  4. Kagan M.June 16, 2010 at 12:20 AM

    Thanks very much! I've enjoyed your comments on Mr. Apatoff's blog so I appreciate you commenting here.
    And yes, the eyes are meant to be closed - it just bugged me that they might look open!

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  5. JuanCarlosJune 17, 2010 at 5:07 PM

    This is great always love your black and white work!

    highfive!

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  6. Wendi ChenJune 17, 2010 at 9:50 PM

    absolutely gorgeous, vivid lines. if it' not too much to ask, would you mind telling us what brand of pens/paper you're using to create your art?

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  7. TREVOR SimonsenJune 18, 2010 at 1:05 AM

    So much energy!!

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  8. Kagan M.June 20, 2010 at 8:28 AM

    Thanks guys! Wendi, I almost always use a #3 or 4 synthetic watercolor brush with ink. The line variety with a brush is way better than any pen I've seen. The paper is hotpress watercolor paper, because I don't like too much tooth.

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