THEODOR3

Wordpress 3.0 Relaunch / Moving

2010-06-28T10:26:00.000-04:00

My blog has moved! Please update your links to http://www.theodore3.com/blog/. The RSS feed is now located at http://feeds.feedburner.com/theodore3. My Blogger address will no longer be updated.

After being hosted by Angelfire since middle school, I’ve finally moved to BlueHost and built my site from scratch using WordPress 3.0. I've imported my blog to my Wordpress installation and integrated it with the rest of my site. Please visit and let me know what you think!

Potholes In My Blog Redesign

2010-04-30T11:44:00.001-04:00

I recently had the opportunity to redesign Potholes In My Blog, a hip-hop / music blog I've been following for a while after creating an album cover for them. Along with some input from David Reyneke and the rest of the staff, I built a Wordpress theme from the ground up that I'm really happy with. You can see it in action here. My original comp and the previous blog design are below. There are still a few tweaks to be made, like adding in an animated header...

Emay - Emay, Karen & The Kids

2010-04-26T17:54:00.001-04:00

The Emay, Karen & The Kids EP is a set of beats created by producer Emay, made from samples from the Where The Wild Things Are movie soundtrack. Of course, I jumped on the chance to do the cover art. Beats, Karen O, Maurice Sendak... You can't go wrong. Link to the download and a sample track below.

Download: ♪ Emay - Emay, Karen O & The Kids

Portfolio Relaunch

2010-04-26T11:19:00.000-04:00

I've secretly been redesigning my portfolio site. It's more of a refinement of what is here now, except I'm building it entirely with Wordpress 3.0. No more flat html and no more Blogger. Basically it will look like the design I created for my Tumblr page. Whenever Wordpress 3.0 is released, my new site will not be far behind...

Myrtle Beach

2010-04-13T07:51:00.001-04:00

A bunch of photos from my week long trip to Myrtle Beach. My favorite part of the trip was our visit to Alligator Adventure, where I fed a tortoise.

National Cherry Blossom Festival

2010-03-30T09:35:00.001-04:00

A few photos from the first day of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. It is not as warm as it appears in the images. Slideshow below.

Major Taylor

2010-03-25T10:23:00.008-04:00

This piece was created for this weekend's Velo Sanaa Bicycle Art Show, a fundraiser for the Nianjema Secondary School in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. It's an illustration of Marshall "Major" Taylor, the first African American athlete to achieve the level of world championship and second to win a world championship. Sketches below.

J Dilla Foundation Logo Concepts

2010-03-25T09:56:00.005-04:00

The newly relaunched J Dilla Foundation, a non-profit group formed to help fund inner-city programs and provide scholarships to students attending progressive music schools in memory of the late hip-hop producer J Dilla, held a logo contest. My friend Mykola Dosenko convinced me to enter. He sent me a concept that he came up with which I finalized. (top right). I also created a concept of my own. (top left). Below are some variations which I held back due to contest restrictions. But I'm happy with all of them.

Tumblr

2010-02-19T16:43:00.001-05:00

I started a Tumblr blog. Now I'm addicted. Peer pressure.

DC Record Fair #4

2010-02-18T10:57:00.000-05:00

Another DC Record Fair. This one was not as fruitful as the first two, in photos and records. The Black Cat is like a dungeon. Very little light and insanely crowded. But I left satisfied. Check out my photo blog and Flickr.

SP-404 Practice

2010-02-09T23:11:00.001-05:00

Decided to make a video while playing with samples on my Roland SP-404.

Snowpocolypse 2010

2010-02-07T12:23:00.000-05:00

DC was hit by a snowpocolypse. Here are just a few of my photos. I have more on Facebook.

Jack Black & White

2010-02-06T18:51:00.001-05:00

Requested by a friend. Jack White kind of looks like Michael Jackson. That's not my fault.

Self-Portrait Linocut

2010-01-12T22:07:00.002-05:00

Another print. A self-portrait this time. I think it turned out okay, although the hair didn't come out as detailed as I thought.

The Drooling Grape Bear Linocut

2010-01-10T18:01:00.001-05:00

Another one.

Monkey Portrait Linocut

2010-01-06T20:17:00.000-05:00

Another linocut. This time it's a monkey. I'm enjoying this!

Bear Portrait Linocut

2010-01-03T21:36:00.001-05:00

My first piece in 2010 and also my first linocut. I decided to try something new and I'm happy with the results. More to come!

Cold Legistics - Northern Star

2009-12-16T22:57:00.001-05:00

This is artwork I created for Cold Legistics' beat album Northern Star. I struggled a bit finishing this, not being happy with the results until I made a lot of adjustments. In the end I'm pretty happy with it. You can download a track from the album over at Potholes In My Blog.

Raptor in Dupont Circle

2009-12-14T21:14:00.001-05:00

I spotted a falcon/hawk (I'm not sure) in downtown D.C. in Dupont Circle. Luckily I had my camera. I've also been working on some new photo editing techniques in Photoshop, including using the Unsharp Mask filter... I love it.

DC / VA / PA

2009-12-01T19:58:00.003-05:00

A few recent photos from DC and one from my trip to Pennsylvania. More on my photo blog.

Heather

2009-11-25T21:52:00.002-05:00

I used a photo of my DeviantART friend Heather for this piece.

Jay Electronica

2009-11-20T00:24:00.002-05:00

THEODORE3.COM Rebuilt

2009-11-18T21:09:00.007-05:00

I've built quite a few versions of this site other the years. Over the past few days I decided to make a major overhaul of the site from the ground up, making use of Gallerific while still building off of my previous design. I've tested the site and it should work in most browsers. The only one I've had trouble with is an old version of Safari on my laptop. Advantages to this design are the ability to link to individual images, better loading times and keyboard navigation, among other things.

I thought this would be a good time to take a look at the ridiculous number of designs I've done for my online portfolio. Unfortunately I didn't take screenshots of some older versions, including from high school and middle school. Yes, I've had this space for a long, long time...

UPDATE

I found an image of my website from 2003. It's very blue!

Baltimore

2009-11-17T17:26:00.006-05:00

Sarah and I spent some time at the Walters Art Museum last weekend, a museum I hadn't been to before and was pretty impressed with. These photos are from outside the museum, in front of a nearby cathedral. There are pictures from inside the museum and other spots on my Flickr page.

CoverCast #5: WAVE

2009-11-06T06:00:00.001-05:00

Download: ♪ CoverCast #5: WAVE

It's been a while since my last CoverCast, but I finally put something together this week. Partly inspired by the new Shafiq Husayn album, this is a selection of future soul/funk tracks. I hope you enjoy! Click the cover or link to download.

1. Sonar Kollektiv Orchester - Ain't No Dream
2. Electric Wire Hustle - Perception
3. Ta'Raach - Catch My Breath (World) (Featuring J Mitchell)
4. Shafiq Husayn - Dust & Kisses (Featuring Noni Limar)
5. Eric Lau - I Don't Do It To (Featuring Tawiah)
6. Dwele - Workin' On It
7. Platinum Pied Pipers - Pigeon Hole
8. The Sa-Ra Creative Partners - Can I Get You Hi
9. Dam-Funk - (My Funk Goes) On & On
10. Muhsinah - NetKnot
11. The Foreign Exchange - Take Off The Blues (Featuring Darien Brockington)
12. Robert Glasper - Butterfly

Bone Burnisher Relaunch

2009-11-05T23:45:00.002-05:00

For some reason I decided to redesign my music-focused website. I'm glad I did because it's a vast improvement over the original, I think. I better-organized the music pages, improved the video page and reorganized the blog. I've also been trying to record more stuff lately, so hopefully I'll have some new beats up at some point.

Also, another video I hadn't posted yet...

Schutter

2009-10-23T08:28:00.000-04:00

Schutter is a blog I designed with Sarah for her to upload her iPhone photos. I think it's turned out to be pretty cool.

Bone Burnisher - "Nau Sem Rumo"

2009-10-21T00:18:00.006-04:00

The first ever Bone Burnisher "music video", shot on my Blackberry. Really just an excuse to post my music on YouTube! Heh. All of my "albums" are now available for download on the music page, by the way.

UPDATE: Another video with a beat I made yesterday.

Update: Another one.

Bobby Timmons - This Here Is Bobby Timmons

2009-10-19T22:48:00.001-04:00

Bobby Timmons - This Here Is Bobby Timmons
Original Photo by Lawrence Shustak

Lorez Alexandria - The Great

2009-10-15T21:04:00.002-04:00

Lorex Alexandria - The Great
Original Photo by Roger Marshutz

亀忍者

2009-10-05T22:10:00.001-04:00

DC Record Fair #3

2009-10-04T19:06:00.001-04:00

Today I attended the third DC Record Fair. I bought a lot of things. More pictures here!

Esperanza

2009-09-28T23:25:00.000-04:00

CoverCast #4: 9/6

2009-09-25T06:00:00.006-04:00

Download: ♪ CoverCast #4: 9/6

As I mentioned on The Cover Up, my job's been a little stressful recently. So this week I put together a mix of tracks that are good for keeping me sane during my daily 9 to 6. The impressive Astrud Gilberto edit by Shigeto comes from a free EP download available at the ISO50 blog. I've also used a track from Nicolay's fantastic new album, Shibuya: City Lights Vol. 2, released this week. Now get back to work.

1. Herb Pihofer - Hail Ceasar
2. Jeff Parker - Beanstalk
3. Koushik - Coolin’ (Instrumental)
4. Jackson Conti - São Paulo Nights
5. Astrud Gilberto - Berimbau (Shigeto Edit)
6. Triorganico - Correndo
7. Nicolay - Omotesando
8. 9dw - Thinking Makes A Mistake
9. Savath & Savalas - Pavo Real
10. Quantic & His Combo Barbaro - Undelivered Letter
11. Quarteto Novo - Síntese
12. Cut Chemist - Spoon
13. Samon Kawamura - Out-Take 0810-012
14. Bibio - All The Flowers
15. Tortoise - Charteroak Foundation
16. Toumani Diabaté - Elyne Road

Theodore Taylor Photography

2009-09-24T22:06:00.001-04:00

I created a new blog specifically for showcasing my photography. It's not something I really need but I thought it would be fun to make. It is here.

Washington National Zoo

2009-09-21T08:19:00.000-04:00

I love elephants. Also, lemurs. More here.

CoverCast #3: Three

2009-09-10T21:30:00.003-04:00

Download: ♪ CoverCast #3: Three

Unfortunately, I didn't make many Cover Up posts this week. But I did put together a new CoverCast. This week I wanted to share some great electronic music and a touch of instrumental hip-hop. Some old, some new, some sort of new. Thanks to Ed for sharing the Joy Orbison track. It's crazy. Everyone loves dubstep these days, right?

1. Phaseone - Marty & Sonietta
2. MONO/POLY - The George Machine
3. The Clonious - Emora
4. Daedelus - Get Off Your HiHats
5. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
6. Clark - Mercy Sines
7. Zomby - One Foot Ahead Of The Other
8. Dr. Who Dat? - Laws of Clover
9. Squarepusher - Greenways Trajectory
10. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technopolis
11. Bumps - Tryplmeade Gorsmatch
12. Teebs - Untitled
13. Thavius Beck - Under Pressure
14. Ceephax - Hull Pressure
15. Plug - Brave Lick
16. Hudson Mohawke - Rising 5
17. Gonja Sufi - Ancestors
18. Ras G - Incoming
19. Stevo - Milky Way Driver
20. 00Genesis - Geomancer

sc0012dc16

2009-09-03T23:46:00.003-04:00

CoverCast #2: Jazz Epic

2009-09-02T07:09:00.002-04:00

Download: ♪ CoverCast #2: Jazz Epic

Very soon after I put together the first CoverCast, I decided to pull out some of my favorite records and stay up until 5 AM to create an epic 45 minute mix of loud, soul-churning jazz-fusion. This is the end product. The plan was to make a non-stop blend of heavy jazz-rock, like tracks two through five. But I decided to spread it out a bit, eventually splitting the mix into movements (ala the epic fusion suites of yore) with appropriately epic titles (I've never heard the word "PEREGRINATION" before). Fusion was a staple of my music diet in high school and on, so I hope you enjoy it. I know I did... Click the link or covers to downloat the zip file, which includes the tracklist.

Intro
1. Laurence Welk & Orchestra - Moon River / Soundcraftsman - Instructional Test Record

Movement I : The Vivication
2. Tony Williams - Some Hip Drum Sh!t
3. The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Vital Transformation
4. Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean, Pt. 2
5. Al Di Meola - Morning Fire

Movement II : The Peregrination
6. Weather Report - Scarlet Woman / Trazana Beverley - No Assistance
7. Airto Moreira - Wake Up Song
8. Larry Corryell & The Eleventh House - Yin
9. The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Worlds / Arthur Ashe - Learn Tennis
10. Tony Williams - This Night This Song

Movement III : The Ascension
11. McCoy Tyner - Fly With The Wind
12. Flora Purim - Open Your Eyes (You Can Fly)
13. Ashok Ingle - Raga Darbari / Devadip Carlos Santana & Turiya Alice Coltrane - Guru Sri Chinmoy Aphorism

Movement IV : The Resurrection
14. Stanley Clarke - Life Is Just A Game

CoverCast #1: G4G4

2009-08-28T09:15:00.002-04:00

Download: ♪ CoverCast #1: G4G4

Today I'm posting G4G4, the first ever mixtape (I don't want to call it a podcast) for my Cover Up blog. I've wanted to create a mix for a while, so I pulled together some of my favorite tracks and artists from this year to see what I could come up with. It's mostly a selection of hip-hop and electronic music. The track list is below and you can click the covers to download. I plan on doing some more mixes later. For the front and back cover I used photos I took at the Freer & Sackler Galleries in D.C. (I put a slideshow below for fun). I hope you guys listen and enjoy.

1. Triorganico - Balloons
2. Blu - Amnesia
3. Prefuse 73 - Regalo
4. Mabanua - Liquid
5. Misel Quitno - Pull It Down Somewhen
6. ZKPRZ - Phantasmagoria
7. Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish (Take Remix)
8. Harmonic 313 - Dirtbox
9. Willie Isz - Shine
10. Samon Kawamura - cp2sk (Featuring Christian Prommer)
11. J Dilla - Spacecowboy vs. Bobble Head
12. CO$$ - Be Like You (Featuring Terem)
13. Exile - Stay Tuned (Here)
14. Dak - fortheSUN
15. The Gaslamp Killer - Baiafro
16. Luke Vibert - Computer Complex
17. Squarepusher - Seb-1.02
18. 9DW - Begin To Sing For Appetite

Sketchbook, 2007

2009-08-25T22:33:00.002-04:00

I finished scanning one of my favorite sketchbooks which I bought on my trip to Italy in 2007. I'll be adding this to the Sketchbook page on this site. Hopefully I'll have time to scan some of my other books. You can see the full set here.

Transmitting Live Volume One

2009-08-25T09:52:00.005-04:00

Today Potholes in My Blog released a mixtape of exclusive and unreleased hip-hop tracks mixed by DJ Traumatix. I was asked to do the cover art, which I think turned out pretty well. The first cover I did is at the bottom, but we decided to go with something simpler and more readable, which is the cover at the top. You can download the mix here or below.

Trasmitting Live Volume One

Theatre IV Posters

2009-08-18T22:50:00.003-04:00

The Theatre IV children's theater gave me the opportunity to illustrate the posters for the 2009-2010 season. I did several posters for the previous season and was happy to do more. I'm happy with the way these turned out. It's nice to see how my work has changed since the last posters I did. The Mulan poster is probably my favorite! You can see all the posters I've done here

Flying Lotus

2009-08-18T20:25:00.008-04:00

Flying Lotus

The Gaslamp Killer

2009-08-16T00:11:00.004-04:00

The Gaslamp Killer.

The Budos Band & Chopteeth

2009-08-15T15:57:00.006-04:00

Last Thursday I went to see The Budos Band and Chopteeth perform at The Black Cat. The show was amazing, but I didn't get many good photos. The lighting was dark enough when Chopteeth was opening. As The Budos Band took the stage they lowered the lighting even more. So I did a few long-exposures. I took the last few seconds to take some flash shots, since they're not technically allowed. But that's all fine because it was a really intense show! More photos on Flickr.

Arthur Verocai

2009-08-13T00:05:00.002-04:00

DC Asian Festival

2009-08-08T09:52:00.003-04:00

Pictures of a few of the dancers at the DC Asian Festival in Reston, Virginia. More here.

The Cover Up : Two Years Old

2009-07-27T23:30:00.003-04:00

Yesterday my music/art blog became two years old. I celebrated by redesigning the layout and finally purchasing a domain name, www.the-cover-up.com. I'll continue to update it as often as I can, hopefully more consistently and frequently than before. That includes The Cover Down as well!

Otakon 2009

2009-07-20T09:10:00.007-04:00

When I was in high school I was a serious anime fan. I attended the Otakon anime convention in Baltimore, MD 5 years in a row. When I finally got to college, I became less interested with the scene and stopped going. But I decided to revisit the convention this year with three of my cousins and my girlfriend. It was wild. I also managed to get some decent photos, although the overwhelming amount of people to take photos of made it hard to concentrate. I posted a lot more on Flickr.

Head of Bear

2009-07-09T22:14:00.004-04:00

Intuos Teddy

2009-07-07T21:15:00.001-04:00

July 4th At The Washington Monument

2009-07-06T11:46:00.007-04:00

I went to the Washington Monmument to see fireworks on July 4th. Other than the millions of people trying to leave the area at once, it was fun. More photos here.

Intuos Bear

2009-07-01T22:56:00.002-04:00

I bought a Wacom Intuos4 tablet, so I decided to practice a little bit with it.

Summer Sound System

2009-06-28T16:50:00.005-04:00

An illustration done for the relaunch of Beyondjazz.net, a site focused on "future jazz", for an article about Summer music festivals. Having a guy sitting on a huge stack of speakers was one of my concepts. Luckily, at the Caribbean Carnival I saw exactly that. I guy on top of a huge stack of speakers. Perfect for reference!

DC Caribbean Carnival

2009-06-28T01:20:00.005-04:00

Thanks to my cousin and grandfather I had the chance to go to the DC Caribbean Carnival. It was basically a parade down Georgia Avenue celebrating Caribbean cultures with loud music, colorful costumes and a lot of dancing. Of course, I took this as an opportunity to take some crazy photos. There are more here.

The Reflections

2009-06-20T19:57:00.014-04:00

This is a cover redesign for an album my father's band recorded in 2000. They were a jazz group known as The Reflections and played around Roanoke, Virginia as well as other spots in the state and elsewhere. I have fond memories of seeing my dad play guitar, sitting around at rehearsals and at one point practicing with them on drums. I owe much of my love for music, especially jazz, to my father and the culture he exposed me to. Sadly, he passed away in 2001, so I thought this would be a way to celebrate Father's Day in his memory.

Above is the original cover. I think my interpretation might be a little too dark and modern for some of the music, but I'm happy with it. I'm offering up the album for download if anyone's interested in hearing it. The link is at the bottom of this post. You can also hear my favorite track, "Da Ja Vu", in the player below. I had planned to include a recording of a live show they did at the Snowshoe Ski Resort in West Virginia, but I haven't had the chance to transfer it over from cassette. I may post it later.

Personell on the album include my father, Ted Taylor, on lead guitar, Dan Pratcher on bass, Elmer Coles on trumpet and keyboards, Gary Bannister on vocals, and Austin Marshall and Clint Randolph on drums.

De Ja Vu

DOWNLOAD

Duke Ellington Jazz Festival

2009-06-14T22:10:00.009-04:00

I got a nice surprise this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday I attended the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival on the Mall in front of the Washington Monument. I saw a few groups, but the highlights for me were The Terence Blanchard Quintet and The Nicholas Payton Quartet.

What made Nicholas Payton's set so special was the surprise inclusion of two of my current favorite musicians, bassist/singer Esperanza Spalding (top) and drummer Karriem Riggins (second). I had no idea they would be performing, so I was a little bit in shock when I saw them setting up for their equipment. It was the highlight of my week. Maybe my month! I managed to take some interesting shots, thanks to being able to get right in front of the stage. There are more shots here.

TEDIKOLA

2009-06-12T14:59:00.005-04:00

These are collaborative pieces between me and my talented friend Mykola Dosenko, remixes of some of my work. I've posted some before but I thought it'd be nice to put them in one post. Hopefully I'll be altering some of his work soon!

The Cover Down

2009-06-09T21:10:00.002-04:00

Sometime last year I created an extension of my album cover blog, basically as a place to post random album covers I found interesting without having to write anything. That got boring after a while, searching Google for a decent image and posting it, so I stopped.

A few weeks ago I decided to revive the blog, The Cover Down, but this time dedicate it to covers scanned directly from my vinyl collection. This takes a lot of effort, considering I have a standard size scanner and each side of the covers needs to be scanned four times and photomerged to be complete. But it's been a great experience digging through my collection and I've gotten a pretty good response to the blog. My plan is to scan at least one cover a day. We'll see how long I keep it up.

Thanks to my parents, my old friend Jeremy, my girlfriend's dad and that dude on Craigslist who gave away about six cardboard boxes full (!) for letting me have all of their records!

SoWeBo Arts Festival

2009-06-08T09:10:00.004-04:00

I'm tempted to start a photo blog, but I will resist. My girlfriend's father was displaying work at the SoWeBo Arts Festival in Baltimore, so we decided to stop by. I got some interesting photos, my favorites being that of a band called "Ms. Sara & The Help", above. There are a few more shots here.

Pianists

2009-05-29T10:34:00.008-04:00

For the past week or so I've almost exclusively been listening to 60's/70's era post-bop and hard-bop jazz. Many of the happen to be pianists, so I drew this for for fun.

Top: McCoy Tyner, Ahmad Jamal
Bottom: Andrew Hill, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver

Above is a remix my friend Mykola did of this piece, which I enjoy thoroughly. Another Tedikola collaboration!

DC Record Fair

2009-05-09T17:11:00.006-04:00

Today I got to visit the DC Record Fair. It was fantastic. Not only did I find a lot of records and CDs I've been searching a long time for, but I also got to talk to some interesting people, get Go-Go music inventor Chuck Brown's autograph and handshake, and got some decent photography out of it as well! I love things like this. More photos here.

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra At The Black Cat

2009-05-09T16:59:00.004-04:00

I saw the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra perform a few days ago, a group I've been listening to for a few years. They play African funk, derived mostly from the work of Fela Kuti, the inventor of "Afrobeat". Ignoring the "No Camera" signs posted in the club, I took about 300 shots anyway. (Their website says photos are allowed, so...) It was a great show, despite my ears ringing for over an hour afterward. You can see some more photos of the show here.

Bone Burnisher / New Music

2009-04-26T20:19:00.013-04:00

I've spent some time creating new music. I'm excited about "URSA.3", which is the second track I've done looping my own drumming and the first time I've been happy with the way it sounds. I also didn't use any samples, which I think is a first. If you listen to it I recommend using nice headphones! "Kalimba" is another interesting track, recording my kalimba through my SP-404 and layering it.

URSA.3

Nau Sem Rumo

Gagaku

Kalimba

URSA.2

URSA

2009-04-26T13:35:00.002-04:00

This isn't done yet. But it was too entertaining not to post.

SKD

2009-04-21T09:36:00.009-04:00

Some thing I put together for the relaunch of a friend's blog, sofakingdiligent.com. Added some color for fun. On the actual site, it's black and white. That rhymes.

Record Store Day

2009-04-18T18:34:00.006-04:00

Today was Record Store Day, a day to celebrate independent record stores across the country. I have a thing for indie music stores and have to visit new ones whenever I travel. (Records in Italy are overpriced) DC has a decent amount, but two of the best recently closed (DJ Hut and CD Warehouse). But I managed to run by a few and get some free stuff along the way. Record shops are usually good for photos as well. In this case, Som Records (top) was especially photogenic. Below are older shots from two of my favorite shops, Plan 9 in Richmond, VA and Safe As Milk Records in Roanoke, VA which has been closed for several years now.

boneburnisher.theodore3.com

2009-04-13T19:17:00.008-04:00

I've made a second website for myself, meant more specifically for my music. It's accompanied by another blog that will include posts about music, art, culture and whatever else inspires me.

The site looks a little off in Internet Explorer, but it should look fine in other browsers. Not much new music up yet, but hopefully I can sit down and concentrate on making some new stuff soon... Check it out! Tell me what you think! And don't forget The Cover Up and Cheesewich.

boneburnisher.theodore3.com

Spring

2009-04-13T12:02:00.001-04:00

Been shooting a lot of photos lately, obviously. Waiting for it to actually feel like spring outside.

Trip to Richmond

2009-04-10T09:07:00.004-04:00

Some photos taken during a weekend trip to Richmond, including some shots from the VCU Intercultural Festival. More of that here.

Foggy Morning Photos

2009-04-01T10:44:00.001-04:00

More photos from my foggy morning on Sunday.

Branches

2009-03-30T08:03:00.001-04:00

It was really foggy yesterday morning, so I decided to talk around and take some foggy photos. I'll post more soon.

反射一

2009-03-26T10:58:00.001-04:00

Odean & Pendergrass

2009-03-18T20:21:00.000-04:00

Two sketches I finished up.

Holga in DC

2009-02-24T19:10:00.002-05:00

A few of my first 35mm Holga photos. More here.

Mmm

2009-02-19T23:15:00.000-05:00

Yourfonts.com

2009-02-18T07:48:00.003-05:00

Made some personalized fonts out of my wonderful handwriting at Yourfonts.com.

Leaves

2009-02-16T19:28:00.000-05:00

Apple

2009-02-11T21:43:00.000-05:00

Smoke

2009-02-10T21:21:00.001-05:00

James Yancey

2009-02-10T00:03:00.006-05:00

This is an illustration done for a Twitter/STMB friend who wanted an illustration to go with an article at SKD about deceased hip-hop genius J Dilla. Dilla's work, his associates, and those he inspired have been a big influence on me so I was glad to do it. I completed it relatively quickly so I decided to post some process work.

I don't be at the spot swinging my chain like this...

VCUarts.edu

2009-01-15T16:26:00.002-05:00

Randomly stopped by my art school's website and was surprised to see my head full of uncut hair pop up in the slideshow, drawing something for Theatre IV. Hahaha. I've never seen this picture before.

Airir 4

2009-01-13T19:54:00.002-05:00

It's my birthday today! So I gave myself another drawing.
I'm going to need to take more sky photos soon.

Airir 3

2009-01-12T21:19:00.001-05:00

Another one.

Airir 2

2009-01-11T22:56:00.004-05:00

I was on a roll today.

Some Stuff

2009-01-11T17:12:00.004-05:00

Photography Archive @ Flickr

2009-01-05T14:03:00.004-05:00

Just like I did for my illustrations, I've purchased a pro account and made an archive of my photos on Flickr. Some go as far back as 2002. One set is my "finished" photo archive, the other is a dump of photos on my hard drive. I still have a ton of photos to share...

The Renaissance

2009-01-02T20:41:00.000-05:00

It kind of looks like Q-Tip, a little bit...

Happy Holidays

2008-12-19T17:20:00.003-05:00

Put this together for my and my mother's holiday card this year. Happy Holidays!

Twitter

2008-12-12T10:55:00.004-05:00

I made myself a Twitter page. Not exactly sure why I need one yet, but it's there.
How many online communities do I belong to now?

Sarah's Graduation Card

2008-12-12T09:08:00.003-05:00

An illustration for Sarah's graduation announcement postcard. Congrats!

Cool In The Whip

2008-12-11T22:39:00.002-05:00

"I'm lookin' cool in the whip. You ...... lookin' jell-o." - Royce Da 5'9"

WALALA

2008-12-07T21:45:00.000-05:00

DC Metro

2008-11-25T23:19:00.002-05:00

Playing with my Nikon D100, Photoshop Animation, iMovie and ancient Japanese Court music.

Frogs @ The Baltimore Aquarium

2008-11-25T23:15:00.002-05:00

I love frogs.

The Foreign Exchange @ The Black Cat

2008-11-17T10:41:00.004-05:00

I had the chance to see a performance by The Foreign Exchange at The Black Cat last night. They made one of my favorite albums this year, and I'm glad I had the chance to get some good photos out of the show.

Roof

2008-11-16T14:56:00.002-05:00

Liberal

2008-11-16T00:30:00.000-05:00

OBAMA

2008-11-09T18:06:00.002-05:00

I really hope this guy makes us proud. It's going to be hard, but I'm optimistic!

THEODOR3

Wordpress 3.0 Relaunch / Moving

Potholes In My Blog Redesign

Emay - Emay, Karen & The Kids

Portfolio Relaunch

Myrtle Beach

National Cherry Blossom Festival

Major Taylor

J Dilla Foundation Logo Concepts

Tumblr

DC Record Fair #4

SP-404 Practice

Snowpocolypse 2010

Jack Black & White

Self-Portrait Linocut

The Drooling Grape Bear Linocut

Monkey Portrait Linocut

Bear Portrait Linocut

Cold Legistics - Northern Star

Raptor in Dupont Circle

DC / VA / PA

Heather

Jay Electronica

THEODORE3.COM Rebuilt

Baltimore

CoverCast #5: WAVE

Bone Burnisher Relaunch

Schutter

Bone Burnisher - "Nau Sem Rumo"

Bobby Timmons - This Here Is Bobby Timmons

Lorez Alexandria - The Great

亀忍者

DC Record Fair #3

Esperanza

CoverCast #4: 9/6

Theodore Taylor Photography

Washington National Zoo

CoverCast #3: Three

sc0012dc16

CoverCast #2: Jazz Epic

CoverCast #1: G4G4

Sketchbook, 2007

Transmitting Live Volume One

Theatre IV Posters

Flying Lotus

The Gaslamp Killer

The Budos Band & Chopteeth

Arthur Verocai

DC Asian Festival

The Cover Up : Two Years Old

Otakon 2009

Head of Bear

Intuos Teddy

July 4th At The Washington Monument

Intuos Bear

Summer Sound System

DC Caribbean Carnival

The Reflections

Duke Ellington Jazz Festival

TEDIKOLA

The Cover Down

SoWeBo Arts Festival

Pianists

DC Record Fair

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra At The Black Cat

Bone Burnisher / New Music

URSA

SKD

Record Store Day

boneburnisher.theodore3.com

boneburnisher.theodore3.com

Spring

Trip to Richmond

Foggy Morning Photos

Branches

反射 一

Odean & Pendergrass

Holga in DC

Mmm

Yourfonts.com

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