Enjoy.

Peace and love.

Azzzzzzzaaaaah.

Q: What do you remember most about the 80s?

V: Bright colours, checkered pants, partying, mopeds.

Q: What did the 80s mean to you?

V: Growing up, it was when i had my first child, so i needed to be a mother and bring him up.

Q: What was a significant part in the 80s that affected people in New Zealand?

V: The bombing and sinking of the Rainbow Warrior In the Auckland Harbour.

Q: Did you have a favorite item of clothing? What was it and why?

V: Yes, my checkered pants, they were so comfy and lots of people were wearing them in Australia at the time.

Q: What were you doing with your life for majority of the 80s?

V: Training to be a hairdresser, Living in Australia with my dad, Met my husband and being pregnant.

Q: Did you enjoy the 80s?

V: I guess so, i actually cant remember much of it. Haha

I wonder why….

The Story Of Martha Cooper

Part one of the movie, Style Wars. Documentary of Graffiti, Breakdancing and M.C’ing.

Rock Steady Crew B-Boy Battle in the movie, Beat Street.

This skate doesn’t have much to do with my theme, but the colours are similar to what was popular to wear back in the 80s.

This shelf i thought was good because of the uniqueness of it, very 80s.

Toys from the 80s. Lots of books and soft toys, multiple colours and hours of fun.

The rope chain, also known as the ‘Dookie Chian’ was a vital part of your outfit on the 80′s. Many of the hip hop artist wore them, such as LL Cool J, Run DMC, and Snoop Dogg.

The Adidas Sneaker was made big by the hip hop group, Run DMC. Putting out a song, My Adidas, They asked the Adidas Corporation for sponsorship, and were given it with their own clothing and sneaker collaboration.

The Rock Steady Crew have been around for over 30 years, showing their talents of breakdancing throughout the world. They were noticed and were given the opportunity to be apart of the movie, ‘Beat Street’ in the late 80′s.

The ‘Boombox’ was an essential item when ‘kicking it’ with your friends in the 80′s. Playing the newest tracks and breakdancing on the side of the street was normal back then. As shown above by LL Cool J,  these stereos were not easy to carry, but were necessary for extreme sound.

The ‘Flat Top’ haircut.

The Beastie Boys.

Air Jordan 1′s

Martha Cooper

Martha Cooper was a photo journalist during the early 80s, when the hip hop era was just starting. She photographed graffiti for a number of  well known artists of the time. Later on in her career she put together all the images into a book, named Hip Hop Files.

One of the Graffiti artists that she photographed was ‘DONDI’ (a.k.a. Dondi White) Who made a name for himself late 70s through the 80s.

Mind Map

By: lauren doughty @ flickr

By: PRJCT13 @ flickr

These two pieces are both observational drawings, the top a drawing in pencil, and the bottom in paint or indian ink. The top image looks like it has had some time to draw, but the bottom drawing looks quick and rough. Also it looks better in my eyes.

By: Chris_Malcolm @ flickr

These drawings i found on the internet, just showing what my drawing was supposed to liik lioke, its alot cleaner than the lower drawing, and the top drawing is what 2-point perspective looks like.

By: onesevenone @ flickr

By: Strawbleu™ @ flickr
I found both of these pieces on flickr, they both have the same idea as my piece, but are in colour, giving a deeper look into the image.