Since the very last post prior to this one is about the original illustration I will not go on for long.
This is the sixth GQ cover in the series so far (the rest found here). I might say I am actually getting quite good at this.
So step down this way and take a look at the newest edition of the illustrated GQ with D.R.E.S. ThaBeatnik.
Mike McLaughlin is a good friend of mine. We graduated high school together and I saw him evolve in a way.
I can’t say that I have ever dressed ‘better’ than Mr. McLaughlin- No, he has always been at least one step ahead as far as fashion is concerned- but I did get to see a bit of a transformation. After High School Mike began to see this dapper man emerging, not a different person but a different image. It was a more polished image, stylish one might say. Whereas before he was simply aware of his presence he was now taking command of it. This is something that will take him far when he is touring the world and orchestrating symphonies.
Mike is a good friend and well dressed fellow.
Here are a couple good links relating to this article
Mikey Illustration
Behance
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George is not an Atlanta native, but he is an Atlanta man. One thing that always strikes me about George is his sense of style, especially in regards to attending the Atlanta night-scene’s dance clubs.
Another thing about George is his keen entrepreneurial eye. He’s got a knack for flipping shoes and perhaps a few other things that I might not want to share here.
Without further ado, George Kamau on the cover of GQ!!
If you missed it before I have linked here the first time we met George here on the blog.
Got another! This one is great and innovative, that is, if it were actually a real GQ cover. There is an obvious lack of art in the GQ universe. Why wouldn’t art be considered innately masculine? and therefore be included in a purportedly masculine magazine such as GQ.
Here is my contribution to the cultural masculinity of magazines like GQ.
Brandon Sadler is the focus of an early fashion portrait and is linked here for those who have not been with us for long.
I picked up my copy… did you?
The next installment in the mock GQ covers is the Lushlife cover!
Linked here is the original Lushlife post if you missed it.
And here’s what it would look in the real life.
