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THE CREATIVITY OF LIFE.

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ARTS QUARTER 2024

THE DICHOTOMY OF…

ARTS QUARTER : DEVELOPING NEW ART PROJECTS

The purpose of our Arts Quarter is to spend time researching, cultivating and developing new custom Artworks for branding and retail sale. The intent is to further develop products that are in harmony with our creative beliefs. As we maintain our dedication to classic yet innovative styles that represent and resonate with Communities and People of Color, Ethnicity and Culture, we’re looking to further develop pieces and products that test and enhance our creative capabilities. Prioritizing Environmental Aesthetics and Interior Decor, we’re developing Wall Art pieces that help to appreciate, encourage and inspire the communities we strive to serve and are already a part of.

“Paths” - © 2024 Liam Ian (LIAM IAN LLC)

Adhering to the 2024 theme of “The Dichotomy of…”, our custom works will shed light on Founder and CEO, William Burrell Philpot IV and his cultivated artistic persona; Artist, Designer and Photographer, Liam Ian Black. Showcasing thru work development is the difference between who this one man was versus who he has become. From the extensive varieties of life experiences that have shaped and informed his perspectives and identity, 2024 custom IP projects are to help manifest a number of pieces that reveal his truth as an Black and African American Man within this modern world. Forever ambitiously seeking the next level, quality, value, substance, communication, (as the Entrepreneur and CEO) William Philpot reviews to make a greater leap and transition into that of Liam Ian (as Artist, Designer and Photographer).

With end-game goals of storytelling and filmmaking in mind, 2024 promises to close out the loose ties of an old life to fully realize the next. Focusing more on The Passion of Creating as an African American Man, the artwork, products, projects and services being brought to market this year will assist in reaffirming and strengthening Communities and People of Color, Ethnicity and Culture as an effort to assist those needed answers and perspectives for the future.

Moving forward after 2024, we expect to be moving away from the format of Art and Artwork Development within our business model as to better incorporate other aspects of our business and who we are.

2024 ARTS QUARTER SCHEDULE

January: Sketch Pad / Canvas Sketch / Paint / Large Canvas / Digital Sketch / Digital Paint

February: Digital Sketch / Digital Paint /Mulitimedia Canvas

March: Multimedia Canvas, Canvas Paint, Canvas Design, Sketch Design

ART DIRECTION

“Created Better Than Well” - © 2024 Liam Ian (LIAM IAN LLC)

Growing up heavily influenced by art styles hip hop and comics, I’m still informed and influenced by such. As we’re living in a time of more, we have too many options. Thru technology but less time, we feel less connected even though there are more connections. There are more artists, creators and influencers with less influence, less creative originality, and less artistic authenticity or the space to be seen and proven as authentic. We have more choices yet less clarity in what truly fits and represents who are as customers, clients, consumers and communities. Our own individualities now often get lost when using products made by others to identify and convey who we are...or think we are.

This Arts Quarter, we’re focusing our efforts to combine different and varying artistic disciplines to address the identities of the modern Person of Color, Ethnicity and Culture. Employing a symbolism to the current and modern social and socio-economic situations of the diverse Communities of Color, we’re developing—and working with other artists to develop—works that transcend the paradigms, perspectives, ideas and concepts of the day. Most prominently is the use of Inspired Abstract Art with Cartoon or Illustration. The effort is to manifest the luxury appeal and application of Abstract Art to levels that are more Urban and base-level as Cartoon and Illustration. This artistic direction adheres to our 2024 theme “The Dichotomy of…”

Our imagery is still to Encourage and Inspire People of Color, Ethnicity and Culture.


LIAM IAN - BUSINESS

While applying some much desired focus on Art, Design and Photography projects, we’re still operating in a multifaceted capacity to serve our Business Service Clients (BSC’s). We’re engaged in supplying Development Services for Entrepreneurial, Small Business and Creative Commercial Projects. Strategic Coaching & Consulting for BSC’s is still being designed to better communicate our principles, values and perspectives as Art and the Art Industries continue to evolve and change especially with the incorporation of technologies and other associated multi-market influences.

LIAM IAN - Ai

With the successful integration of Artificial Intelligence into our operations as to refine the mundane and often redundant tasks required, we’re devising new goals that invite new avenues and opportunities for revenue generation. While on a very human level, we’re applying our attention on the continued development of Artworks and associated products and services, we’ll be using our newest resources to push forward the agendas of doing good business.

LIAM IAN - RETAIL

LIAM IAN DESIGN (Shopify). LIAM IAN LLC on ETSY. LIAM IAN on AMAZON. With a number of retail locations, we’re revising what we’re bringing to market. Strategizing with brands, manufacturers, vendors and affiliate structures, we’re bringing to the forefront what matters most to us; Art, Design, Photography…and much more.


Research Recommendations:

We’ve engaged in an extensive process to research and develop works that cater to the interests of those who appreciate Art at its greatest potential…especially in representing Black and African American People and other People of Color, Ethnicity and Culture within the modern day. We’ve not limited our search to those entities and platforms that are specifically Art oriented but also those that use Art as a way of a refined life.

MetMuseum.org / RH.com / DavidYurman.com / Gucci.com / Porsche.com / MoMA.org / NMAAHC.si.edu / Medium.com


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CAPTURING CREATIVITY!

THE PROFOUND MOMENTS THAT SHOULD NEVER BE UNDERESTIMATED.

by Kendra Alexys V.S. Philpot.

Here—HERE—is a moment that should never be overlooked. Like so many and like such others, this is where the promise and potential and power of an individual makes themselves real—real enough to be seen and realized by those around.

She is my daughter and she is profoundly creative, skilled and talented. She has a capacity of creativity and critical thought that is only overshadowed for her levels of care and kindness.

I am consistently amazed and left in awe at what she can do and the process in which she does it. She is the apex and epitome of all that I have aspired for and beyond. She is the greatest of any of my endeavors.


CAPTURING CREATIVITY - THE FEED - LIAM IAN

© 2023 Liam Ian (LIAM IAN LLC)

THE REVIEW

Pharrell for Office Magazine by GABRIEL MOSES.

Pharrell for Office Magazine by GABRIEL MOSES.

Pharrell for Office Magazine by GABRIEL MOSES.

Pharrell Williams is and will always be an icon in Music, Style and Culture. To have such an artist serving as the focal point to create artistry is iconic itself. Yellows and Reds illuminating this figure in front of the bland and out of focus background is telling. What a GREAT image for such an impact subject.

A true lesson in creating a compelling composition for your subjects in commercial and artistic photography.


ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY APPRECIATION - THE REVIEW - THE FEED - LIAM IAN

© 2022 William B. Philpot (Liam Ian) of LIAM IAN LLC

COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE ARTISTRY WITHIN

While we operate in three categories that are often broad and sweeping between industries, Art, Design and Photography have become the static cornerstones of discernible creativity. Whether with a brush, a computer program or a proper lens, composition and the aesthetic elements of a scene are key to evoking the right feelings.

As we view the images above, we encourage the audience to extract a type of feeling about images so clean and sharp and well composed. Within professional photography, we like to emphasize the importance of feeling within a composition. In informing and educating other about composition, the artistry—as we see it—is in imagining your subject or target scene on canvas or framed mounted upon a wall. It doesn’t always take planning or forethought but more an understand of the scene to be translated on a flat medium.

Our hope is to further encourage and inspire a resurgence of artistry within photography that is distinct for African and Ethnic American communities leaning away from the commercialization of human bodies to a study and revelation of beauty in other aspects of life. Yes, reality is essential to communicate within these communities but positivity and positive messages should not be costing our collective dignities and respect.

Hopefully, this post helps to inform and inspire creatives of Color and Ethnicity to not get caught up on the popular trends but to realize the great potential of just shooting clean and well-organized scenes. Take these images and build upon the concepts and ideas to create your own potential masterpieces of the camera and lens.

Image Srcs: Twitter.com / Pinterest.com / Tumblr.com


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© 2022 William B. Philpot (Liam Ian) of LIAM IAN LLC