The Art Extremist

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Art is beyond what one may render on paper, but it is how one expresses

their ideas to society. It is a way that one can deliver their soul to the rest of

people through skill and abillity, its like a potion for stress, or a cure for those

who are depressed. Art is taking hard strides through devotion or like breath-

ing in oxygen from beneath the ocean. Art is that second half of reality in

which humanity can actually own and caress, it is forever life.

-Malcolm M. Lee

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Art of Reection

Malcolm M. Lee

Lartist De La Vie


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Mercedes ButlerPosing for Expressionist Magazine

Photography by Malcolm M. Lee

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How much money do wespend on shoes each year? The

average American spends over

$500.00 on shoes each year. What

do we do with our shoes? Well, we

sometimes wear them a few times

out of the year, then they throw them

in the back of their closets or in the

garbage. There are always those 2-3

pairs that we may alternate between

throughout the week, but honestly

will a person wear all 32 pairs:more pairs than days in a month.

Really, people do not notice another

persons shoes unless they bring at-

tention to them. So why do people

spend a lot of money on shoes that

they may not even get around to

wearing. Well it is "their" money,

but it does go down the drain, right?

Shoes down the drain = money

down the drain. Money down

the drain = one more poor child

or adult without support. During

the summer of 2009, in Down-

town Chicago, some friends and

I went to the beach and a few

stores on Michigan Ave. While

walking, we came in contact

with a poor man who was ask-

ing for money and food. Since

he was walking with a cane,

immediately, I noticed that he

did not have on any shoes. He

had cut out pieces of cardboard

with rubber bands around them

on the bottom of his feet. I felt

terrible for the fact that I had on

ipops and not one of the 9

pairs of shoes that I had at home

in my closet because I would

have walked barefoot for one

day just to have the satisfaction

that this older guy who looked

like he was in his 50's had a pair

of shoes. Having 9-32 pairs of

shoes does not mean anything of

value if you can not wear them

all at the same time, and those

dusty shoes that are in the back

of our closets that we do not even

wear anymore can denitely ben-

et someone like that older guy

who did not even own one pair.

Shoes in a sink is just another

way of saying, money down the

drain. We constantly throw away

money by not donating the things

we do not use anymore. At least

donating these things, such as

shoes, to a shelter would ben-

et the poor, and our money will

be going towards a good cause.

Shoes In A SinkBy: Malcolm M. Lee


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Polished

loose edge


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Rough

Pixelated


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Craft


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When creating this illustration there are many complexities. Since there are so many layers,I have to be careful in creating each layer and grouping them so that I can access them easily. In

the photograph of the shoes in the sink, there is so much shadow, lines, shapes, shades of gray, and

layers to deal with. When beginning this picture, I started out with the sink. At the faucet, I used

shades of white and gray to create a shadows and lighting. I wanted to express the shininess of

the image by adding in white shapes to create glare. For the water, I used many layers of gray in

several different shades and transparencies. For the sink I used a white layer and then several gray

layers to add shadow to it by adding transparency to them as well. To make certain shades and

images fade, I feathered the images to blend into its background. As we move alone to the shoes, Icreated each shoe similar in style but different in color and shape of course, because they were all

placed differently in the sink. To create the shoes, I locked the rest of the layers in the picture and

then I grouped all of the lines and shapes together which created the shoes. I elevated those images

above the sink layer and the background layer. This created dept in the picture. For the some of the

other shadows and styles, I used the gradient tool to change transition and object from light to dark,

giving it a 3D appearance. As I continue the process, the image begins to look sleek and polished.


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STYLEBy:Malcolm M. Lee

The name of my art isEchossion. Echossion is

a style of art, which consists

of repeated brushstrokes,

and choppy lines that cre-

ates a sketchy impression

of an object. One element

that is common throughoutthe Echossion style is re-

ection. Reection plays

an important role because it

captures the shape and out-

line of the image, creating

an abstraction of emotion

and personality. The idea

of reection intensies

the outlines of the image.

Another element that is

greatly used is shadow.Shadow allows for the im-

age to create a repetition of

its own shape while adding

weight and allowing the

image to appear as a solid

in a space. The reection

of shadows may take on

different shapes or appear-

ances from the object itself.

Through transparency and

opacity, both play an im-portant role in the reaction

creation of the image. The

transition between trans-

parency and opacity gives

the image dept of eld and

volume. One can distin-

guish between the high

and lows within the im-

age. Also, a common fea-

ture is the use of gradient.

This aids the reection

of the objects by giving

the background space

a shiny 3D-ish effect.

The image that I ndmost appealing is the

downward slanted rose,

which I title it Difssion

Rose. While viewing an

articial rose, in this im-

age, I used several forms

of the brush tool in Adobe

Illustrator; charcoal, ink,

and watercolor. For draw-

ing uency, I also used

a mouse pen and mouse pad to create the image.

First, I chose the charcoal

brush to establish the im-

pression of the object that

I was recreating. I out-

lined the details that stood

out the most to me like a

few rose pedals, a stem

and leaves. I used the ink

brush to create another

layer of the rose in greenand also red. I lled in the

pedals of the rose with a

watercolor brush using

two shades of gray (both

dark and light). By layer-

ing these traces, it gave

the image a sketchy look. I

then copied the image and

pasted it while altering the

transparency and shifting

the image layer backward.

For the background, I

chose to create a gradi-

ent giving the object a

shiny foundation and cre-ating a space for it. I used

a ruby red, dark red and

white to create the gradi-

ent. The white streak gives

the gradient its shiny glare.

When I look at Difs-

sion Rose, I know that it

represents the Echossion

style because it follows all

of the rules with this form

of art. It has shadow, reec-tion, choppy brush strokes,

the impression of the im-

age, repeated and layered

lines, opacity, and transpar-

ency. It also has a sense of

color contrast with colors

ranging from light to dark.

The direction of the im-

age being a slanted rose

animates the picture in a

way. There is a sense ofmovement and busyness.


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Style is a set of rules that

an artist goes by in a series

of work. My style consists

of repeated lines, layers,

and reections.


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Depressed


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Content


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Jealous


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Suicidal


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Portrait Artist

26Art of Reection

Malcolm M. Lee

Lartist De La Morte

I paint lyrical harmonies with

brush strokes of emotion, col-

or, devotion, and feelings to

express my inner cognitive in

search of healing, I stop, then

my mind take rest, alone I am

distressed, psychologically

I am depressed. Then expe-

riencing this out of the bodyfeeling as my imagination

take ight and come to life off

of the canvas, I become a deity

for everyone is kneeling at the

creation of which i possessed


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Malcolm M. Lee

Lartist De La Morte


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Our Jesus


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Toddler

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Head on a Platter


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Grim


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Evilution


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The Rising


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The First Years Of Life


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Anyone can be success-ful in life regardless of the

problems and issues in which

they may encounter. Suc-

cess is when a goal is fullled.

The likeliness of ones success

does not depend on the prob-

lems or the other people in

which they may encounter, but itdepends on the way in which

a person deals with these

problems or people: This, I

believe. Success comes to

me through a set of goals and

guidelines. In order for me to

meet the goals in which I set

for myself, I know that I must

establish guidelines and

follow it thoroughly. I do this

through self-control, self-mo-

tivation and independence.

With those three values anyone

can be successful.In the sum-

mer of 2008, I set aside goals

for guidelines based on how

much I wanted those things.

Starting with my rst priority of

course, I went and found a

job. It was at an arts and craft

store. Then, I moved on to

bigger things; buying a car,

getting a new phone, buying

my clothes, and purchasing

school material. It was through

self-motivation in which I did

all of those things. Idepended o

myself and made an effort.Som

may ask, Who would want t

work and get all of these thing

on theirown? I will answer A

independent and successful per

son because we all know tha

our family and friends doe

not make us successful, w

can only gain success on ou

own. Yes, sometimes prob

lems would occur but self

motivation allowed for me t

continue on.I used self-contro

to manage the way in which

would spend my money an

how often I would show u

to work. I knew the possibl

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consequences and the effort it

took to keep my job. With all

of these values associated with

one and another, I became

independent. This experience

gave me the potential to aim

for higher goals, and to know

that anyone can be success-

ful through whatever goals they

choose. Currently, I am motivat-ed in other ways. I have set goals

for becoming a cardiologist and

medical illustrator in the future.

Recently, Ive made guidelines. I

know that I have to obtain good

grades in all of my classes, and do

really well in my major of biology

pre-medicine, and my minor of art.

One of my goals for next sum-

mer is to take a medical assis-

tance program at a community

college so that I can work in doc-

tor ofces and hospitals. With

this I can gain medical experi-

ence for med school. A later goal

for me is to get into med school

at Loyola University in Chi-

cago. I know that by obtaininggood grades, recommendations,

and experience, it is possible for

me to do. In life, everyone have

inuences and obstacles that

they may come by, but when we

use the positive inuences to our

benet, and discard the negative

ones, we become in charge of

our lives. When we get around

those obstacles that come up,

sometimes unexpectedly, we be-

come stronger for the next one.

I believe that no one have the

power to alter someone elses

success. A person can inuence

us, but it up to whether we ac-

cept that inuence or not: that

is what makes us independent.We have control over our future.

When we make a mistake, we

have to blame ourselves because

it allow for us to avoid making

that mistake again. Our goals are

what we aim for and our guide-

lines are the values that go by to

get to our goals: they help us.

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Success is when a goal is ful-lled. The likeliness of ones success

does not depend on the problems or the other

people in which they may encounter, but it

depends on the way in which a person

deals with these problems or people: This, I

believe. Success comes to me through a set

of goals and guidelines. In order for me to

meet the goals in which I set for myself, I

know that I must establish guidelines and

follow it thoroughly. I do this through self-

control, self-motivation and independence.

With those three values anyone can be successful.

In the summer of 2008, I set aside goals

for guidelines based on how much I wanted

those things. Starting with my rst priority of

course, I went and found a job. It was at an

arts and craft store. Then, I moved on to

bigger things; buying a car, getting a new

phone, buying my clothes, and purchasing

school material. It was through self-moti-

vation in which I did all of those things. Ide-pended on myself and made an effort.Some

may ask, Who would want to work and

get all of these things on theirown?

I will answer An independent and

successful person because we all know that

our family and friends does not make us suc-

cessful, we can only gain success on our

own. Yes, sometimes problems would oc-

cur but self-motivation allowed for me to

continue on.I used self-control to manage the

way in which I would spend my money and

how often I would show up to work. I knew

the possible consequences and the effort ittook to keep my job. With all of these values

associated with one and another, I became

independent. potential to aim

for higher goals, and to know

that anyone can be successful through what-

ever goals they choose. Currently, I am mo-

tivated in other ways. I have set goals for be-

coming a cardiologist and medical illustrator

in the future. Recently, Ive made guidelines.

I know that I have to obtain good grades


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Earth, Powered by

Chicago


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Art of Charcoal

and GraphiteBy Malcolm M. Lee


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My Fatal Attraction


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The Last Song Im Wasting On You

Evenescense

Sparkling grey,

Theyre my own veins.

Any more than a whisper,

Any sudden movement of my heart.

And I know, I know Ill have to watch them pass away

Just get through this day

Give up your way, you could be anything,

Give up my way, and lose myself, not today

Thats too much guilt to pay

Sickened in the sun

You dare tell me you love me

But you held me down and screamed you wanted me to die

Honey you know, you know Id never hurt you that way

Youre just so pretty in your pain

Give up my way, and I could be anything

Ill make my own way

Without your senseless hate... hate... hate... hate.

So run, run, run

And hate me, if it feels good.

I cant hear your screams anymore

You lied to me

But Im older now

And Im not buying baby

Demanding my response

Dont bother breaking the door down

I found my way out

And youll never hurt me again.


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Peace In Mind

By: Jerrica Laws


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Peace In MindIm at the peace core in my mind.

Im at peace.

I would rather be a best friend with this peace at heart than at home wondering where my king is.

Id rather by by myself where the sound of my whisper echoes where i am, than to be crying because you havent called meyet.

Im at peace,

Im at peace,

Im at peace.

I would rather be by by myself than to become like moses and strike the rock, and not be able to go into the land of

Cannaan where you are going due to disobedience to the voice of God.

Here i am questioning,

sowing and reaping tears just because you didnt come in last night.

Why become a sadened picasos painting because you dont treat me like the queen i am?

why become like a woman of Timnah and betray you by marrying a philistine.

I dont look to you as others do... which is another samson.

I bow to you and i crown you with the precious jewels of my body,

and yet you do me as you did those at your premarital party... you leave me with a riddle... as to why you say such hurtfulthings to me.

Im at peace .

Im at peace in my mind.

Im not tosssing and turning due to the storm that comes near my boat because you dont treat me like the yellow ruby I am.

Im not Jesus,

Im not God,

Im not perfect,

but still,

you should treat and crown me with respect.

Why should I cry in my own misery when you dont wash my feet, and you dont take care of me? I wash yours.

Why am I here and yor name isnt written on my hand?

Why treat you like a King and you dont even know your name in my eyes.

You dont know the work or the worth of the labor my hands.

You should be able to see those things

but you dont see due to foolishness,

ignorance,

and pride for yourself.

A woman like me cant be with a man wrapped up in his own and not her.

Im not drawing tears from your well if the water already belongs to me and not him,

for his well is dry with void and the righteousness that lies in his eyes for what hes doing.

Waiting for you is a river of clocks and clocks and clocks that sont me back the hands of time.

But i sit by that river waiting for you but get no river in return....

Im at peace in my mind.

In my mind,

I treat me like the queen i am,

and I crown me with respect I have planted years ago for me.

Im at peace, and misery has no say or part in it


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