DEM

DEM stands for Dale Edwin Murray who happens to be a freelance Illustrator / Graphic Designer based out of London, England.

He created designs for well known corporations like Toyota and Microsoft, and produced print work for several magazines.

In his down time, he creates a unique collection of Hip Hop portraits of famous rap artists. Here are some pieces from that collection:

The portraits that made me laugh were of Jay-Z and Flavor Flav's ugly selves, haha!

The rap artists who looked the most like themselves in these portraits are Rick Ross, 2Pac, and Snoop. Not that I didn't believe the others looked like themselves, because they do. But I felt like those specific portraits had the shape of their heads and facial features replicated down to a T.

You can browse DEM's work on his website or on his blog.

I love coming across Graphic Artists with cool illustrations on the Web!

The concept of an illustration never gets old because someone new always comes along to put their own spin on it.