I just got a phone call from my lady saying that there’s been reports that Bernie Mac is in fact alive. I hope this is true and not some insensitive joke or prank being played by some idiot.

This off of MTV.com:

“While Bernie Mac remains in the hospital under treatment for pneumonia, his rep slammed widespread media reports that the comedian is in very critical condition.

“Bernie Mac is still alive and being treated in a Chicago hospital for pneumonia and is expected to make a full recovery,” his rep, Danica Smith, told People.com. “We once again ask that the press respect his privacy and that of his family.”

The Chicago native, 50, entered the hospital last week and remained there over the weekend.

Fingers crossed.

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The otherwise has since been confirmed.
Rest in peace Bernie Mac.

The other day I went to go see my daughter and she was wearing an old Ideall Clothing “Jameses” tee I had given her 2 years ago. I almost forgot I made this for her and was happy as hell to see her rocking one of my favorite designs I’ve done.

Love you, baby.

DAY TWENTY ONE RESULTS:

Face Shape: Pretty good, but a little long and dragging at the bottom of the jaw.

Eyes: Terrible. The eyes are filled in too big and don’t resemble mine at all. My execution seems to get worse and worse as the days progress.

Nose: Poorly executed and not well defined around the bridge. The bottom portion is similar to my nose in likeness, but not well drawn. The best part may be the shading behind the right nostril.

Mouth: Upper lip is to big on the outsides and the opening shading on the left side of the mouth is too far out. The overall shape is good, but not well drawn.

Details: I was actually able to get to a lot of the details in this 5 Minute Me. There’s a lot of shading that helps define the illustration a bit more, but it’s just not that good of a drawing to begin with, so the details don’t really help to enhance anything. The shading tone is too uniform to give any real sense of depth or level of contrast in the drawing.

Final Thoughts: I was so hungover while drawing this 5 Minute Me that I wrote, “day missed” when really I was drawing on the proper date for the proper 5 Minute Me day and had to cross it out afterwards. Again, I had no sharpener, so I was drawing with the same pencil from Day 20, and this is the reason that the picture for the headings of Day 19, 20, and 21 are all the same.

DAY TWENTY ONE PIECE:
Not So Sharp. (written in 0mins 28secs)

I left my
bag

at LiveStock.

Inside that bag

was my

sharpener.

be.
08.09.08

DAY TWENTY RESULTS:

Face Shape: The head shape is good, but the jaw is drawn too high and angular. The left ear is also strangely shaped.

Eyes: A little bit too big and too angled downwards. I’m not impressed with how I executed them at all. The likeness to my own eyes is minimal if present at all.

Nose: Pretty good. I took a lot more time to get some of the detailing into the bridge of my nose as well as the separate shadows on the underside. I think that the execution of the nose is pretty well done.

Mouth: The mouth shape is like mine for sure, but I drew it too small. There’s not much detail to it and the labret piercing looks like a fucking jawbreaker.

Details: The details in this photo, especially the nose and the shading around the eyes, far surpass yesterday’s 5 Minute Me, but still aren’t the most impressive I’ve done. I’m not one for excuses, but I didn’t have a sharpener, and the pencil was already dulling, which I think added to the overall poor execution of a lot of my features.

Final Thoughts: I actually missed a full day and had to draw this this morning, (August 09, 2008), rather than getting it done yesterday. I had a long fucking night, which I wrote about just after finishing this drawing. This is the first 5 Minute Me I have done without a sharpened pencil, and the worst hangover I’ve had while drawing.

DAY TWENTY PIECE:
Touch & Die: Friday Night Fights. (written in 3mins 19secs)

Got thrown out the fucking club last night.
My dudes started battling and a motherfucker pushed my boy back to give himself some room. I don’t know – from what I remember it was “Touch & Die”. So I pushed him back, got shoved, and grabbed the guy by his throat. Next thing you know I’m getting choked out by the bouncer and fighting with security and police to leave me the fuck alone.

I get it.

I’m a drunk. I’m a violent drunk when I’m drunk.
I see that.

And in the mess of the whole melée, I lost…
my favorite sunglasses.

be.
08.09.08

DAY NINETEEN RESULTS:

Face Shape: Accurate, although the right jaw is a little too chiseled.

Eyes: Way too big and not alike to my own. They look like I was trying to be too precise, and in trying this, I got them totally off.

Nose: Zero definition, but the shape looks like it had potential to be pretty good.

Mouth: Again, no definition. There’s not much actually completed in the drawing of the mouth. Like yesterdays, there wasn’t enough time for me to get to the detailing of the mouth opening, the facial hair, or the labret piercing.

Details: This 5 Minute Me turned out to be pretty much a line drawing. There’s zero shading and the execution of each aspect of the face is done poorly. Seems like I’m getting worse rather than getting better.

Final Thoughts: I’ve been working on another illustration for work tonight and I am exhausted, hence the (missed midnight) on the date stamp. This is the first 5 Minute Me that I didn’t actually draw on the day I was supposed to in terms of the actual time I drew it. I got caught up in work and couldn’t get it into my schedule, and it’s clear in the execution of the drawing that I am unbelievably tired.

DAY NINETEEN PIECE:
Making Time. (written in 5mins 00secs)

I think they say,
“make time for yourself”.

I’d like to.

I’d like to take time for all aspects of
my life to take shape like a haiku..
make sense from all angles
and not get tangled in city wires like a kite do.

I need to take flight
and get a better jet fighter.

I’m on another plane..

that flies just the same,
but most birds don’t buy it.

I’m driven like I’m living with my shit on autopilot
but the landing gear has long been deployed.

These skies seem null and void of
“Time for yourself”.

I need not make it.

I need to make more time to not give a fuck
about “Their” schedules.

Safely I’ll soon be grounded.

be.
08.08.08 (missed midnight)

DAY EIGHTEEN RESULTS:

Face Shape: Pretty out of wack. The chin and jaw are way too low.

Eyes: Neither of them resemble mine at all. The execution of them is poor and they look a little bit out of place.

Nose: This is probable the closest part of the drawing that resembles anything near the way I look. There isn’t a lot of depth in the bridge or the ball of my nose though.

Mouth: I ran out of time again on the mouth. You’d think I’d learn by now. There is no definition of the lips or the opening of the mouth, nor did I get to draw in my labret piercing or any of my facial hair.

Details: The details of this illustration are few. It’s arguable, but the most defined part of the illustration is the right ear. lol. The shading was done way too quickly without as much thought as the 5 Minute Me from Day 17. Overall this is one of the worst ones I’ve done.

Final Thoughts: I tried to approach this illustration with the same technique as Day 17, but clearly fell well short of the results from that 5 Minute Me. I’m not sure what it is, but I felt very thrown off while drawing this one out.

DAY EIGHTEEN PIECE:
A Real Challenge. (written in 0mins 49secs)

It’s a different world right now.
A real challenge.
I hope we make it.
I really do.

be.
08.06.08

Aside from being one of the best barbers in the city, J-Mac can hoop. And he can dunk on a mini-hoop in his Polos.

note: The beginning of the video is me filming Los’ attempt at a dunk. Notice you don’t even see his hand or the ball in the video. LMAO!!

This is the follow up to the “Photo Will vs. Future The Prince” push up battle. My youth leader and good friend, Bjoern Arthurs, (also a ridiculous illustrator if you’re looking for work), challenges the 2 prior combatants to a duel… or triuel, i think.

Great moments of this video:

1. Will saying “Let’s go cute boys” in the beginning.
2. Omada laughing at Will saying, “Let’s go cute boys”.
3. Future going hard.
4. My annoying ass laughter.
5. “It’s better to fail and not try than to fail and try. So I gave up ’cause I was losing”.

LMAO.