Let the inspirations begin. . .

As a new year thingy-mi-bob, I'm going to share some inspiration and influences, and maybe ideas to help followers to allow their creative juices flowing. Obviously DeviantArt is my best friend as you all know, but i'm going to try and use Behance, which I only found out about last year..Strange I know...

I'm mostly into digital art, so inspirations will be vector work, typography, illustrations and what not..and i'll do a little annotation to WHY I like it so much, just so it doesn't look like I've C&P (copied&Pasted)..like my last posts, which I apologise for.

What have I become? by *copperthistle on deviantART

Work by *copperthistle, which I like because the control over the amount of colours chosen doesn't make the image stand out as much, but the viewer can still depict what he/she is describing. Great use of texture, brushes (PScs3) and also illustrator to show the weight of lines.

A Legend Lost...But MoonWalks in our heart

Waking up to maybe the saddest news of my life. Hearing the death of MJ aka Michael Jackson aka King of Pop. I remember dancing, singing and listening to his great tracks as a young kid, copying his moves, his dress sense. OK he had bad times, but this was due to media.

What ticks me off is how the media is pronoucing his death. Just by walking past newsagents and reading frontcover headlines really got to me.

e.g. "Daily Telegraph" - Michael Jackson death: conspiracy theories and unanswered questions - WTH the legend has died, you don't straight away think of these things. Why would he want to "FAKE" his death when he has the world listeing to his music, 60% of the UK waiting for his concert to take place.

Michael Jackson's death reminder of heart disease - http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25693404-23109,00.html... why would you use a big named person to promote heart disease? WHY?

And the most "comicbooK" newspaper "THE SUN" says - Jacko death mystery

Why say JACKO..the only reason they say JACKO..is they used it with WACKO..and it was the media that influenced the name "JACKO"...its not even a short form of his name...

The Times - Jackson death 'linked to painkiller injection'

Guardian - Michael Jackson dies aged 50

Independent - Michael Jackson: The final decline of a pop legend

The Mirror -

Telegraph - Michael Jackson, the 'King of Pop,' dies aged 50

Metro - WORLD MOURNS AS THE KING OF POP DIES

News of the World -

All i want is the legend to be remembered for the GOOD that he has brought to the world and also how he has turned POP on its head to become what it is at present.