Subgrafix Universal

Time to Rest

2012-01-19T20:09:00.000-08:00

Hey beautiful cousin, I'll miss you.
When you get there, send us some of that divine energy, we sure could use it.

Ariane Patterson
January 17th 1990 - January 17th 2012

fed note memo

2011-12-01T22:33:00.000-08:00

The Future Has Arrived:

2011-10-23T18:18:00.000-07:00

Forget about 2 optical fixtures to capture 3d images like we see in the movies already...one day your camera will be able to capture an
image with so much data it will contain a farm of hexacore planck length processors to do the job of information gathering.

Believe it or not I predicted the beginnings of this camera 6 years ago. One day cameras will go even further...allowing you to take a photo
and extrapolate 3D-4D data from it...meaning I can take a photo of you sitting in your living room open it inside of a computer program and rotate it
360 degrees REAL TIME and refocus any part of the 3d photo and play with exposure and even move/rotate/resize/delete objects in the photo.

Instead of generating flat 2 dimensional pixel data, the camera will be capable of building approximated, tessellated wire meshes from
whatever it is you decide to capture. The camera will actually operate like more of a 3d space imaging scanner to build 3d data
and then overlay the 2d image data on top of the wireframes.The pixel data will then be mapped onto the wireframes though RGB, luminosity and specularity map channels
allowing the user to have full access and control over the HDR channels and layers of imaging data inside of a 3d program like 3ds max.

There will be no need for a pentaprism anymore, as a new generation of lenses will include low to high
refractive crystals that could actually reprogram the natural behavior of light. Imagine lenses with no aperture, with no chromatic
aberration, nor any other limits. The image sensors will have since disappeared and made way for nano-scale plasma grids which take the form of a s-type or z-type
standing cymatic wave to capure 1,000,000 times the light a traditional APS sensor could capture.

Your DSLR already uses an HF wave vibration signal to dislodge microscopic dust particles from it's imaging sensor to keep it clean...this same technology
will be used to morph a "living" sensor to assume any pattern you choose, giving your photos an incredible amount of light and 3d data.

I didn't copy and paste this from anywhere in the world, it is my own prediction....from about 6 years ago.

Oh It's coming.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1110/11101930lytrocameraannounced.asp

Sculpted Ife Head

2011-07-04T16:42:00.000-07:00

Mr Flames

2011-07-04T10:02:00.000-07:00

Welcome To

2011-03-13T14:11:00.000-07:00

Photo op with Keystone and Fish.

Sunny Warm Day in November

2010-11-10T18:54:00.000-08:00

Colossal

2010-10-28T14:41:00.001-07:00

For Obi 1 at www.bigphatchain.com

Sketches

2010-10-08T20:39:00.000-07:00

Playing with some sketches for a new logo.

Relentless CD Cover

2010-10-03T00:02:00.000-07:00

A design concept for the "Relentless" CD Cover - 3Dsmax, Photoshop, ZBrush

Scarab detail - 3D modeled in Z-Brush

Indo China Gateway

2010-10-02T10:14:00.000-07:00

green sun

2010-07-24T06:35:00.000-07:00

Butta Team

2010-07-24T06:16:00.000-07:00

New logo concept and CD covers for the "Butta Team" -

Party DeeJays out of Durham NC

Dominic cartoon

2010-07-24T06:09:00.000-07:00

Northstar Games owner - Dominic Crapuchettes - 2007.

Pencil/Paper/Photoshop

Satish cartoon - Northstar Games

2010-07-24T05:57:00.000-07:00

A cartoon/caricature concept for Northstar Games - Rockville, MD.

Pencil and paper - scanned in and colorized with Photoshop.

Aquemini

2010-07-07T16:16:00.000-07:00

bloss frum de poss

2010-07-06T19:45:00.000-07:00

Me and my cuz Len chillin right before a family reunion - summer 1994

O

2010-06-29T08:58:00.000-07:00

Another 120 negative of Mr. Obi. Taken in DC around Feb/March 2009 timeframe.

Home developing my own camera film has proven to be time and cost-effective. The local photolabs do a poor job at processing, probably because they rush thru it all. It sucks...even for a development fee of only $2.50.

Boss Lady

2010-06-03T23:03:00.001-07:00

Wilhelmina Bell-Taylor

January 2, 1948 - April 24th, 2008

She was my "Boss Lady" for a about a year and some change. She never raised her voice, never broke her cool and always smiled when she was having a tough day. She sat at the end of the hall and when i last saw her, her hair was shoulder length and she was wearing glasses. She was beautiful inside and out and i will miss her. She hired me way back in 2000 to come aboard her company as graphic designer.

Wilhelmina was a cancer survivor for many years and CEO of her own enterprise, BETAH Associates, Inc. I worked with her on several proposals, corporate signage and even a PSA for the Surgeon General of the United States at that era in time, David Satcher. WBT ended her fight with cancer and left a legacy in perpetual growth in her honor.

The guy right before this post, Sean Carabine and I worked under her supervision and as you can see they both made their transition within a year and a few days of each other, which i think is borderlining on some high cosmic intervention. I won't grovel on much further, i just wanted to pay my respects to 2 great people to whom i've had the highest honor of knowing in my lifetime. Wilhelmina has worked with an endless array of clients from the private and government sectors and her company was even featured in an Issue of Fortune 500 magazine. She and her colleagues kept setting incredible milestones and raising the bar to new heights and in the process it made eveyone around her dig deeper within themselver to perfect their skills and to shed the "fear of growth". I used to call her the Quiet Warrior Queen Mother, that was her unofficial title (chortle). She was graceful, well-spoken and definately firm. She had this way of making you feel appreciated and taken care of. She felt more like a close relative than a boss.

WBT, we will hold your memory close always with love and wonderment.

I hope your flame will burn eternally, you have helped to mold me into a better individual, personally and professionally.

Love and repsect go out to you and your daughter and heir to the throne, Michelle Taylor.

Hold down the fort!

Sean Carabine

2010-06-03T22:37:00.000-07:00

http://www.mikeaholic.com/main.htm Cpl Sean F. Carabine (Ret. USMC)

March 29, 1972 - April 13, 2007

First of all i was truly gut-punched to discover that this good, old friend of mine had passed away 3 years ago. it was devastating to say the least. I first met this cool cat 10 years ago in Rockville, MD - - we both worked at the same company for about a year and a half. He was undergoing radiation treatment for brain cancer around that time - he'd come to work...still ready to throw down and get things done. Sean was a web developer and graphic designer, like myself at that time.

Funniest memory: we used to download mp3's from Napster all day long (LOL!) and grab lunch breaks for 2 hours straight then hit the bookstore sometimes. I introduced him to digital cameras...he liked my Sony Mavica so much, he went out and bought his own.

Sean always looked out and had nothing but positive things to say. Always easy-going and very, intelligent...very sharp. He would share his military stories and have me laffing until my sides hurt.

I want to send out some positive energy to Sean and his family, peace to you main man...travel along the universe in perfect harmony. it was truly great to have known your spirit.

Your friend - Shawn

rain rain go away...

2010-05-19T19:21:00.000-07:00

...please come back some other day...

the sun was shining now the sky is grey...

please rain go away....

2010-05-10T22:22:00.000-07:00

Baba

2010-05-10T21:56:00.000-07:00

Time is flying. Are you?

2010-04-25T10:41:00.000-07:00

Life is short - Time is flying - Have fun while you're still here

Customized Name Ring

2010-04-04T00:06:00.000-07:00

Playing around with metal casting - silver & tin alloy

2010-03-29T18:01:00.000-07:00

Flyer for DJ Dredd

Snow Day 2010

2010-03-23T14:04:00.000-07:00

the last breakfast

2010-03-18T04:21:00.000-07:00

A last stop diner somewhere in the middle of Denver, CO. They had great Belgian Waffles. Some memories are impossible to define with words. All you can do in this case is sigh, and look at the sky above and wonder...

Ma

2010-03-10T16:08:00.001-08:00

love u ma!

The Crew

2010-02-20T14:21:00.000-08:00

"Close The Edge"

2010-02-16T09:51:00.000-08:00

Polarcap Polaroid

2010-02-10T20:31:00.000-08:00

Snowday 2010 :)

Princess Party

2010-02-07T05:18:00.000-08:00

Cake, ice cream, music, bedazzling and hitting the big 7 !

www.djdredd.com

2010-01-28T16:42:00.000-08:00

A logo concept for

http://djdredddc.blogspot.com/

2010-01-15T08:56:00.000-08:00

Enki's Return

2009-12-13T21:00:00.000-08:00

Black Seminole

2009-12-13T20:23:00.000-08:00

oil overlay / turpenoid wash on latex-primed satin

Cos'

2009-11-13T11:52:00.000-08:00

A sketch of veteran comedian, Bill Cosby.

Portrait Painting

2009-11-11T08:00:00.000-08:00

A sketch and then a painting of my little niece

Dynastic

2009-11-07T06:06:00.000-08:00

A replica or remain (?) of one of the terra cotta soldiers.

2009-10-31T23:04:00.000-07:00

She enjoys scary movies, rocks, crystals and drawing.

At the Lake

2009-10-29T11:39:00.000-07:00

Wishing for warmer days already. This photo was taken back in July.

Insectoid

2009-10-27T09:39:00.000-07:00

Fun with 3d clay modeling and spheres

Anatomical 3D Sculpting

2009-10-27T02:04:00.000-07:00

"God Is Happy Today"

2009-10-26T12:57:00.000-07:00

Need i say more?

Webmaster

2009-10-19T06:30:00.000-07:00

Macro - Nikon D700

Arachnids are nothing but ancient sacred geometry creating new sacred geometry.

Work out of progress

2009-10-17T13:54:00.000-07:00

16"x 20" Oil on canvas

Pygmy Warrior Priestess

2009-10-15T20:00:00.000-07:00

Playing around with a pencil and a bit of imagination.

Sketch for a logo

2009-10-06T23:42:00.000-07:00

Stylized Skull

2009-10-04T15:36:00.000-07:00

A work in progress

Planetary Bodies

2009-10-04T06:12:00.000-07:00

Macro - Nikon D700

Hocus Phocus

2009-10-03T00:20:00.000-07:00

Dr. Edwin Land started a cult following, one which is coveted by all analog photographers everywhere....the Polaroid instant film photo.

Cousins

2009-10-02T09:24:00.000-07:00

Tribal Woman

2009-10-02T02:34:00.000-07:00

28" x 34" Oil wash on canvas

Desktop

2009-09-29T14:00:00.000-07:00

My Man Gary

2009-09-20T16:28:00.000-07:00

A comic avatar for a friend

Fiber Optics

2009-09-19T08:40:00.000-07:00

Living in the Light

2009-09-16T18:24:00.000-07:00

Vulcan-ish

2009-09-10T00:34:00.000-07:00

The client decided he wanted to take a more slapstick approach in developing a Mr. Spock caricature.

Tribal

2009-09-08T22:32:00.000-07:00

18" x 24" Oil on satin

I didn't mean to paint the detailed little patterns in her face,
but i wanted to give it a "twist" just to see what it would look like.

2009-09-04T19:08:00.000-07:00

Mr. Spock from Star Trek - Acrylic on masonite back.

An abandoned project for a client.

Maybe one day i will finish his fresh enterprise crew neck.

Sketch of Alana

2009-09-01T20:49:00.000-07:00

Pencil on illustration board

Mind of Minolta

2009-08-27T16:29:00.000-07:00

My handy, dandy SRT-101 shoots sharp photos and is built like an earth mover

Graff

2009-08-25T22:12:00.000-07:00

Playing around on primed satin. Could work as some kind of background for a painting.

Chinchilla

2009-08-20T10:12:00.000-07:00

Pryority One

2009-08-19T15:11:00.000-07:00

Pencil sketch of the greatest comic to ever walk the Earth.

Ethan

2009-08-16T19:02:00.000-07:00

My nephew, Mister Ethan. If you looked up the word "love" in the dictionary, you'd find a photo of him.

Stephen Chaals

2009-08-16T18:55:00.000-07:00

Lil' Sis'

2009-08-16T18:49:00.000-07:00

Downtown at the fountain on a cloudless August day.
She's a rare site because of our day-to-day grind, but when we do get a chance to link up, we laugh ourselves to tears. I wish for more days like this.

Love ya!
Big Bro :)

Legend

2009-08-15T17:17:00.000-07:00

28" x 36"Acrylic on satin

Cosmo Fishscale

2009-08-14T15:35:00.000-07:00

Wilin' out in the country

August Heat

2009-08-14T15:04:00.000-07:00

Howlin' Wolf

2009-08-08T21:27:00.000-07:00

38" x 42" Acrylic on canvas

The smaller one on the left was where i originally left off. Two days later i decided that there just wasn't enough detail for a canvas of this size, so i corrected the skin tones and worked in more detail.

Mama Auset

2009-08-08T14:31:00.000-07:00

I have known this woman ever since she was basically a skinny 20 year-old kid waitressing at Fridays. I really didn't want to eat at Fridays that night...but my boys insisted and persisted....an order of nachos, a cold bottle of Heineken and a her phone number scribbled on a napkin in the strangest hand writing i have ever seen blossomed into 13 years of friendship, 8 years of marriage and 3 beautiful children. She helped me grow spiritually, taught me how to fast and in turn i painted canvases for her & gave her countless foot massages - It's just amazing how a decision can serve as the fertile soil in which life experiences take root and meander in all directions, bearing fruit and flower. If i kick the bucket tomorrow, this one is for you Niajallah...thanks for putting up with all my bullshit and stubborness. You truly have made me a more conscious individual who has learned the art of shutting the hell up and listening to a woman when she is talking to you, correcting your shit or streaming red-eyed tears for your attention. Thank you, from one soul to another.

The Duke

2009-08-01T19:45:00.000-07:00

24"x 28" Oil on Canvas

Sometimes you have to take it way back and pay homage to the musical greats that paved so many roads with gold.

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader.

More>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington

Young Jerry Garcia

2009-07-26T12:25:00.000-07:00

Dedication - Jerry Garcia

2009-07-22T23:21:00.000-07:00

Acrylic paint on brown paper board

Curious Structures

2009-07-21T13:40:00.000-07:00

Driving thru the deep back roads of NC when i came up on these tall structures. At first glance it resembled a jungle in the middle of rural eastern NC, so anachronistic to the point where i thought i would see a few cro-magnon beings schlepping clubs and carcasses around. They were almost 100 feet tall with so many vines and kudzu growth strangling them, it seemed as if the very road itself would soon disappear beneath the thick foliage. Behind these tall monoliths were several rusty, dilapidated shacks and a gigantic tractor in the distance.

I tried to wiggle through the thickets for more photos, but i was unsuccessful, as i was fearful of being bitten by a snake or stung to death by angry hornets and wasps possibly embedded within the bushes - or perhaps Cthulu himself would emerge from under the ground where i stood....yeah, it was THAT creepy looking and the photo does my story NO justice. The road was so deserted i did not see another car for 15 minutes. It was truly one of those areas trapped in a time warp and forgotten about by everything and everyone. Any photographer would have strained for a closer look, despite precarious conditions. Okay i'm done now.

Camera and Brass Vans

2009-07-21T09:39:00.000-07:00

Artscape 2009 Baltimore, MD

Texture Study

2009-07-18T10:26:00.000-07:00

Acrylic on illustration paper

Sculpted Head

2009-07-08T20:10:00.000-07:00

Josephine Baker

2009-07-07T02:12:00.000-07:00

Acrylic on satin 28" x 32"
Perhaps one of the most unappreciated and misunderstood entertainers on the planet. I still love you Jose, no matter what they thought of you - this is my dedication.

Reflecting 120

2009-07-06T11:32:00.000-07:00

The Levitating Hippie

2009-07-04T18:20:00.000-07:00

An important news bulletin has been issued for all surrounding areas: Anti-gravitational sewage manhole cover magnets react wildly with reject fish-head Chuck Taylors with combat pants tucked tightly into your sister's leg warmers from 1985.

Handlebars of Death

2009-07-04T04:00:00.000-07:00

This has GOT to be Leroy Brown.

err...uhh....a toitle?

2009-06-30T14:56:00.001-07:00

Nikon FM2 TMAX 100

elder paint process

2009-06-19T08:05:00.000-07:00

Elder 1

2009-06-14T12:24:00.000-07:00

10" x 12" Acrylic on canvas

Painting skin wrinkles and individual hair strands
can become very time-consuming...but i love it.

Elder 2 - Weirded out version

2009-06-12T15:26:00.000-07:00

Elder 2

2009-06-12T01:34:00.000-07:00

11" x 13" Acrylic on canvas

juStA***dOOdLe

2009-06-07T07:44:00.000-07:00

Lil' Missy

2009-06-05T20:08:00.000-07:00

2009-05-17T16:49:00.000-07:00

Lava Fly

Storm Brew

Child

2009-05-16T13:09:00.000-07:00

16" x 20" Oil on canvas

Graff Line

2009-05-07T19:04:00.000-07:00

a sketch

2009-05-02T11:13:00.000-07:00

Some quick acrylic strokes on cardboard.

Playground

2009-04-14T13:26:00.000-07:00

Playing with Photoshop

nc trees

2009-04-06T10:09:00.000-07:00

Pipe Lady

2009-04-03T14:30:00.000-07:00

20" x 28" Oil on masonite

Hello Kitty (^^)

2009-04-02T15:48:00.000-07:00

"what'cha looka me fo'?"