The Great Adventures Of...

What’s happening, people?

Over the weekend I managed to find a couple of spare hours to do some more drawing, and finally got round to doing a sketch of one of my personal favourites, Slick Rick.

There’s not too much that needs to be said about Slick Rick, The Ruler – He’s a certified legend, so was happy to rock this illustration of him.

Check it out below (click to enlarge), and feel free to drop a comment.

All the best,

Mark 563

Survival of the Fittest...

What’s going on everyone?

Life at home has changed dramatically since the arrival of our new Daughter, Marley (born at 00:12 on Wednesday 25th February). Corrie had a gruelling 29 hour labour introducing this whopping 9lb 11 baby into the world, and we’ve since been doing our best to get into some sort of a routine based around Marley Marl’s demands.

All this baby tending has left little time to get any drawing done, but with a long weekend just passed, I was lucky enough to steal a couple of rare hours, while Mother and Daughter caught 40 winks, to flip this Mobb Deep sketch.

Check the image below (click to enlarge) and feel free to drop a comment.

All the best,

Mark 563

You Must Learn...

What’s going on?

With Corrie’s due date looming, I’ve been doing my best to make the most of the time I have without a baby to worry about. Countdown has been in motion for a minute now, and if everything goes to plan, this kid should be born within the next fortnight or so.

With that in mind, I’ve been as active as I can with my drawing. This weekend I broke out the pencils and rocked a KRS-One sketch. I had initially intended to draw a 'Criminal Minded' era KRS, but stumbled across this great image of the Teacher from the mid 90s.

I’ve long been a fan of KRS-One and BDP, and even though his releases from this century haven’t been amazing, his earlier material is all certified classic.

Anyways, have a butchers at the sketch below (click to enlarge) and feel free to let me know what you think.

Cheers,

Mark 563

Unbelievable...

Yes yes y’all.

We managed to survive the heatwave for another weekend thanks to the wonders of air con (though Friday night was a struggle when he got hit with a powercut), and considering that it’s been too hot to do anything outside, I had time to rock another sketch.

Notorious BIG has been one of my favourite emcees for the longest and I had wanted to do a Biggie drawing for a while. It seemed kind of fitting to churn this one out now, considering the ‘Notorious’ movie opened the other week.

Check out the sketch below and feel free to drop a comment.

Cheers,

Mark 563

Nobody Beats The Biz...

Crikey, it’s hot in Melbourne. For those of you who aren’t living it, we’re experiencing a heatwave here, and it isn’t pretty. As an Englishman in Australia, my body just ain’t built for this type of climate, and I’m struggling.

Fortunately, our house is fully air-conditioned up, so we’ve been putting that on blast, and, well, doing very little else.

With not much on our social schedule, I’ve had some more time to dedicate to my drawing, and on Saturday I got around to sketching one of my favourites, Biz Markie.

I’ve wanted to draw the Biz for ages, but have been too caught up in the Biz Markie painting that I’ve been flexing over the festive season (I just need to add the finishing touches and then I’ll post it up), so was stoked to get this done.

Check it below (click to enlarge) and let me know what you think.

Until next time – trying my best to avoid this heat,

Mark 563.