CPM just finished up another site. This time for a church! One of our thoughts was to attempt more of a European web look; lots of white space, over-sized photography, and large sans-serif typography.

Another facet to this site was the need for an easy way to tag and categorize the sermon audio, which would be getting updated multiple times throughout a regular week. So again, Wordpress was a solid route to go, so as to meet all of our goals for the client.

We’re stoked on the site, and we’re excited for Calvary Chapel Quakertown to be able to use it for ministry. Enjoy as you check out the work! And be sure to leave any thoughts or comments you might have about it.

So www.NathanRutherford.com, ClickPopMedia’s latest work, has gone live! We’re really excited about the site. VQ and I have a real love for the Skateboard/Snowboard/Surf scene. And in our travels we’ve had the privilege to meet some great talents…

Nathan is no exception, he’s a young guy from the UK with a lot of skill, both behind the camera and on a skateboard. He’s also become a good friend over the years. Head on over to his site and have a look at some of his work.

May God bless you today!

So the CPM team has redesigned a new website for Universal Royalty. The designs foundation is from the Wordpress theme “Modicus Remix” by Zidalgo. It’s a great theme, and we’re really excited about the end result. Thanks for checking out ClickPopMedia, and come back soon to see more additions to the illustrious portfolio of design savvy that is ClickPopMedia! Hazaah!!!

In the pursuit to keep things fresh with our photo editing, VQ and I are trying to regularly capture new Photoshop Textures wherever we are in the world. For the next few weeks, I’ll be in England, so these textures are straight from the UK to you, with love. I hope you find them useful in your designs!

God bless you guys,

Weese

P.S.- If you’re looking for some free brick textures, download them here!

Floral pattern:

Rock

Sound Foam

Woven Material

Download the UK Textures (.jpg’s)

So over the past two months I’ve been painting these Panels of VQ’s Vectors. That got the boys and I over at ClickPop talking about how it was time to teach you how to create them too. It’s pretty simple, all you’ll need is:

-Panel, which can purchased online or at your local arts and craft store (Michaels, A.C. Moore, etc.)

-A can(s) of spray paint

-Black Chisel Tip marker (I prefer Grand & Toy, or Sharpie).

Below is just a shot of my panel.

Next you’re going to sketch out your drawing with a regular black marker, I used a sharpie for this part. My inspiration for this panel is from VQ’s vector of Paul and his Nuclear Warning vector

Next, go over your initial sketch with your Chisel Tipped Marker (Grand & Toy seem to work really well for this). Make sure your perimeter lines are at least the width of your chisel tip.

Now, grab your can of spray, and work from the outside of the canvas inward. Your paint is going to start drying before you finish painting the whole canvas, so be looking for any white that might come through. Be sure to get even lines. If you spray over your drawing, don’t worry about it, actually you can get some cool cell-shading effects by going over the lines a little.

Finish spraying the whole canvas. Let it dry for about 20 minutes (if your location is colder it may take longer).

Then take your canvas and go over all of your lines again with your Chisel Tipped Marker.

And then you’re done! Below is all four panels for the ClickPop Office. If you end up making millions on your panels, be sure to let me know. Enjoy! God bless you guys. -Weese

Maybe you should go check out weare.clickpopmedia.com to see the last two weeks along with this one. A Painted Panel Tri-Vecta! Well, that’s all the painting I did today. Have a lovely day, peace out, the Lord bless you.

-Weese

This canvas was made possible by: some old spray paint given to us, and VQ digging into his deep, deep, very deep character repertoire!

A couple of weeks ago I posted a painting that I had begun. Last night I decided to get back to work on it. The triptych (pronounced:[trip-tik] NOUN Fine Arts. a set of three panels or compartments side by side, bearing pictures, carvings, or the like.) was my very hip wife’s idea.

So feast your eyes! A project done at 3:00 am, and “play by play” pictures of the progress…(above is the picture of where I had left it a number of weeks ago.)

I added the sun, it’s too bad i couldn’t use a sweet Illustrator Sun from yesterday’s tutorial…

And here I begin the ground.

Finally, the close to finished product ( I might go back and “edit” a few things.) But there you have it.

Well, that’s all for today, hope you enjoyed the “paintastic” progress. If you dig it, cheers to YOU. Maybe I’ll get a shot of it on our wall to show what it looks like separated. The Lord bless you.

-Weese

The technique you’re gonna watch (and hopefully learn) today is called “cutting.” It’s an indispensable tool in any graffiti writers toolbox. The man behind the video this fine day is a guest to our lovely site, he’s also the man responsible for that killer piece at the header.

His tag is FASM (it stands for Faith Alone Saved Me) and he’s a long time member of the very international Gospel Graffiti Crew. You can check out more of his work at www.gospelgraffiti.com or www.FASM.net.

And now for some schooling…

FASM’s G.G. Crew Graffiti Cutting Tip from clickpopmedia on Vimeo.
Hope you learned a little something new… God bless you all and have a lovely day.

-Weese

A few friends have asked how to sketch graffiti. I started sketching graffiti in Junior High School to keep occupied (I usually sat in the back of the class). So here is a quick overview on how I sketch graffiti when wanting to pass some time; the reason I mention that is to let you know that this is a more time consuming approach. Also, this type of sketching is for when you don’t have anything but a pen and a “whatever type” of paper (printer paper, napkin, math assignment, etc.) handy. I’ll only be using a ball point pen and and my sketch book(Sometimes I feel that using color in a sketch is a waste of time; markers, pastels and colored pencils never look as good as paint…this is just my opinion).

Now as a point, you should know this is how I do it. This is NOT the way I would sketch if you’re looking to develop a “line by line” lettering structure for your graffiti. I used to just draw any word that came to mind, in the past few years I’ve been sketching books of the Bible and reference verses. This one will be a quick sketch of Hosea 10:v12.

Alrighty boys and girls!!! And away we go!

I’ve put down my word with a quick single line of the pen, the red arrow is to highlight that with my style I try to keep the bottom of my double based letters (A, H, K, M, N, R, W, and X) curved and fluid. Also, I like to connect my letters as much as possible, it’s definitely not as complex and awesome looking as “wildstyle” but it’s not square and rigid as “blockbuster” either…

Next, I begin to thicken my perimeter lines.

Once done with that, I figure out which way I want my shadowing to go. On this one, I’ll put it coming off to the right. Some of my favorite shadowing is when the shadows are coming from both left and right and then meet up in the middle. It’s usually done in a wildstyle piece. It’s Cool stuff.

Then you can fill in your shadow…this time I’ll just go all black. Bare bones people. That’s whats on the menu today.

And finally, the finished product! Your labor of love, and quick graffiti sketch with no frills.

Well, that’s it for this week. I hope you enjoyed learning a new way to get through algebra class. Along with these graffiti word sketches, you can always add some backgrounds and characters. It’s hours worth of coolness. And good practice for your next endeavor in the art of graffin’. If would be pretty rad if you had any sketches, comments or advice on how to sketch graffiti. I’ll take any worthwhile advice on the matter! Alright, the Lord bless you and keep you.

-Weese

(It rhymes with geese…haha)