http://oohlalapin.wordpress.com/the-sketchbook-project/
Have a look and support this project, i’ve got a couple of pieces here and theres some other really interesting sketchbooks.. . … / . /
January 31, 2012 | Categories: Illustration | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, blog, book, drawing, evolution, expression, human, Jakob Belbin, life, Pre Sketch, project, scrap book, sketchbook, Sketches, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
Close but no cigar.. .. .. .. This being one of the first competitions i have entered i am still very pleased to get runner up.. .. .. / ./ . congrats to Andre. .
http://valour-art.com/hall-of-fame/
Slight spelling error though. . . ..
January 31, 2012 | Categories: Fine Art, Uncategorized | Tags: art, art competition, art contest, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, competition, Jakob Belbin, runner up, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, valour art, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
I did this painting on a huge scrap of cardboard that was about to be thrown away whilst visiting a friends house some months ago but had totally forgot that i took pictures of it, i ended up leaving the painting to her .. .. . .. . It’s not a great photo but it works.. . …..

‘Japanese Doll’ Acrylic on Cardboard 150 x 110 cm
January 28, 2012 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: Acrylic, Acrylic paint, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, doll, Jakob Belbin, Japan, japanese, Japanese dolls, Paint, Painting, recycling, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Art, Visual Arts | 2 Comments
This week i have been exceptionally busy working on explosion drawings but I’ve also managed to squeeze this piece in and will be getting ready to submit it to ‘Retracing the Unsinkable’ Southampton City Art Gallery’s Open Exhibition 2012 Remembering the Titanic .. . …. .. .. . .. ./ . . /.

’Please Don’t Leave’ 100 x 100 cm Acrylic and Fragile Tape on Plywood
Wish me luck.. . …. . . . / . /.
January 27, 2012 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, death, destruction, disaster, History, human, Iceberg, Jakob Belbin, life, love, Maritime, Ocean liner, pain, Paint, Painting, RMS Titanic, Ship, Southampton, southampton city art gallery, street art, Titanic, tribute, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment

January 23, 2012 | Categories: Fine Art, Illustration | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, Bridge, drawing, expression, girl, human, Jakob Belbin, life, love, lust, Relationship, Relationships, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
As a painter who’s main work steers away from painting faces and giving the characters identities i do seem to be getting an awful lot of requests to do portraits and faces.. . .. .. / . / .
Here is the latest commission in progress, It will eventually be a portrait (sort of) of Patrick Bateman (American Psycho – Christian Bale)
“My pain is constant and sharp, And i do not hope for a better world for anyone. In fact, I want my pain to be inflicted on others. I want no one to escape “
January 22, 2012 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: Acrylic, American Psycho, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, Bret Easton Ellis, Christian Bale, death, destruction, human, Jakob Belbin, pain, Paint, Painting, Patrick Bateman, portrait, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
So recent its still wet.. . . .. ./ .
Completed Commission of mobster smoking in a lonely bar.. . .

‘Man Smoking’ Acrylic on Reclaimed Hardboard
January 21, 2012 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: Acrylic, addiction, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, bar, Cigarette, Hardboard, human, Jakob Belbin, life, man, mob, mobster, Paint, Painting, Quitting, smoking, street art, Substance Abuse, Tobacco, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
Painted for free with found free materials.. . … .. . Not everything costs the world.. .. . ….. . .
20 minutes.. .. . Gloss, Spray paint
January 19, 2012 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: Aerosol paint, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, city, Climate change, Coatings and Adhesives, destruction, earth, enviroment, evolution, expression, free, Gloss, graffiti, green, human, Jakob Belbin, Paint, Painting, planet, recycle, recycling, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts, waste, world | Leave a comment
I’m just about finished on a commission for ‘Primeval Soups’ new album cover, An anarcho punk band based in Brighton who are also good friends of mine .. . . Just waiting on the font and the title. .. . .
The whole finished product will come in the next coming days, meanwhile give these guys a look http://www.myspace.com/primevalsoup
January 14, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Album cover, anarcho punk, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, band, Brighton, commission, drawing, Graphic design, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, music, primeval soup, punk, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
You would have seen from previous posts that all this month i am working on customized ‘Explosion Drawings’ in a bid to raise money for entry into a London exhibition. Here are some close ups of just some of the ideas put forward to me. .. .. ….. . .. /.
January 13, 2012 | Categories: Fine Art, Illustration | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, commission, custom drawings, Explosion Drawings, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, life, London, love, New, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
Far out in a disused remote rail workers cabin hangs a martyr for no one, you wouldn’t even know he’s there. With the heavens pouring through the celling and the hell fire burning his feet he will go unnoticed .. . ….. .. . . .. /.
January 10, 2012 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: abandoned, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, Christ, expression, God, graffiti, Holy Spirit, human, Immortality, Jakob Belbin, Jesus, martyr, Paint, Painting, railways, remote, Son of God, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts, waste | Leave a comment
Originally intended to be posted on the 30th of december. .. . . there were like i say complications.
But here is a brand new bouncing painting the first of 2012. .. .. …… .. . .

‘Knocked Up’ Acrylic and Postage Labels on Reclaimed Plywood
January 9, 2012 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, baby, Birth, children, delivery note, expression, human, Jakob Belbin, Knocked Up, life, Madam, New, Paint, Painting, pregnancy, pregnant, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment

January 7, 2012 | Categories: Fine Art, Illustration | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, bath, cold, drawing, expression, fever, flu, human, ill, illness, Jakob Belbin, life, pain, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, virus, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
Another endurance test from which i cannot escape .. .. …. .. . / .

January 5, 2012 | Categories: Fine Art, Illustration | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, cold, drawing, Endurance, expression, flu, human, illness, Jakob Belbin, life, pain, snot, street art, suffering, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, virus, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
CALL FOR COMMISSIONS!
I need to raise enough monies to exhibit my work at the Brick lane gallery London so all this month i will be offering completely custom explosion drawings done to you specifications…. .. ..
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.176505182446277.38311.176500152446780&type=3
set prices of –
£50 A5
£80 A4
£100 A3
Message me your ideas and pass it on … .. …. /.
January 3, 2012 | Categories: Fine Art, Illustration | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, Brick Lane, Commissions, drawing, Drawings, England, Exhibition, Explosion Drawings, expression, fund raising, human, Jakob Belbin, life, London, love, Prints, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment