Instagram story viewer> @thelem_> Posts

Thelem

@thelem_

8.7K

followers

964

following

Music // Art & Design
Bookings: [email protected]

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

My latest Minus 5 Ep is now out and available at all the usual places. It was a lot of fun doing both the music and artwork for this project, going to be keeping up this theme and release more music and art together.

Seriously can’t thank everyone enough for the all the support after all these years, I’m a small, independent artist so it really means a lot. There’s some different varieties on the Ep, I’m hoping there will be something you can enjoy. Much love 🙏🏻

#art #traditionalart #hyperealism #photorealism #pencildrawing #graphitedrawing #bassmusic #drumandbass by @thelem_

652

64

2 years ago

Latest pencil drawing for an Ep I’m dropping this Friday titled “Minus 5”. 150+ hours rolled into 45 seconds, thanks for the support 🙏🏻

#pencildrawing #pencilart #traditionalart #realism #hyperrealism #photorealism #drumandbass by @thelem_

741

83

2 years ago

Some hand drawn artwork for my next Ep release titled “Minus 5”, dropping next Friday (26th July). This Ep is 4 tracks, two 140 tunes and two Drum & Bass tracks.

This release is about getting back to the roots of why I started making music, for the fun and love of it. Previously, I had got so caught up in not being able to finish music because of the pressure, thinking I was never good enough. For this Ep, I wanted to try and brake some old habits and just write music like I used too, trying not to worry if it’s good enough and just finish tracks again. I still feel I pushed myself, but overall I’m pretty happy with the outcome. Hoping you guys will like it also, it’s been a while since I’ve released a body of work.

The drawing for the artwork is a macro snowflake as seen under a microscope. It’s graphite pencil on hot press paper, original size 18x18”. This drawing was such a challenge for me, it looks simple, but soon as I started there was a lot more to it than I imagined. I had to build the tones snd everything up slowly as it was so geometric looking, this took over 150 hours total, I had lost track in the end. Drawing was professionally scanned at POV fine art studio.

For this release I’ve also decided to do a super limited run of 15 prints of the drawing. They will be close to exact replicas and original size. For this run of prints they are pre order, and ship in 2/3 weeks, Pre orders are up on my website (in bio). Sadly I’ve had to raise prices on these as they are really expensive to get made at the quality I’m after, having a high quality product is important to me after how long is spent on the drawings.

Much love for the support after all these years, I know it’s been a while. Got some other music bits in the works, excited to get those out also. Much love 🙏🏻 taken in California by @thelem_

681

83

2 years ago

Around 90 hours in 1 minute for the Chatter Ep drawing

Want to say a huge thank you for all the support on the Ep announcement so far, was overwhelmed reading all the kind words from people. I’m not a very confident person, and struggle a lot with perfectionism. I went in with the expectations of people not liking the music or the artwork, so it really means a lot. Thank you again for the support🙏

#pencildrawing #hyperrealism #realism #artwork #dubstep by @thelem_

636

79

2 months ago

Some hand drawn artwork for my next Chatter EP. The release will be dropping this Friday the 14th. 3 darker dubstep/140 bits for this one, 3 different kind of flavors on each track . Some small snippets if you scroll ➡️

For the artwork, it was done with graphite and charcoal and is 10 inch’s, so some of the detail was quite tricky. The idea was to draw a study of a miniature 3d printed Funktion one sound system, with a Lego man I had purchased online. Tried to keep this one a little more simple and focus more on tone, light and shading. Still took a lot longer than I expected with around 80-90 hours work.

Apologies for the delay on some music. Last year I had purchased some speakers for my birthday and have struggled a lot getting used to them in my room. Was a big change coming from the headphones I had been working on the past couple years. While I’m over critical of all my music and create outlets, I have been struggling to get my mixes and tunes how I want on the new setup. I spent the start of the year learning about acoustics and building some treatment for the room which has helped. Still decided to drop these tracks as I didn’t want to sit on more music and need to move forward. Now I’m getting used to the space and setup will be dropping music a lot more regularly.

Thanks for the continued support 🙏

#pencildrawing #artwork #hyperrealistic #dubstep #bassmusic taken in California by @thelem_

2k

131

2 months ago

Dropped some new music today, a new track titled “Walking The Minarets”. Here’s a progress shot of the pencil drawing I was doing for the release artwork. Unfortunately, I couldn’t complete it in time for the release day. Decided to still release the track, which is out now on all the usual platforms, will post the completed drawing in a couple weeks once I get it wrapped up. I had totally underestimated how long this would take me, lots of tiny detail which never seems to end 😅. Hope you all like the new track, looking forward to sharing the final drawing. Much love for the continued support 🙏

#drawing #pencildrawings #realism #hyperrealism by @thelem_

537

66

2 years ago

Recent pencil drawing artwork done for @alixperez1985 label @1985music. This is part 1 of the fragment series, which is 3 part series of vinyls each done with hand drawn artwork. This release is 3x12” vinyl and the music is absolutely fire. The drawing theme will continue across all three releases making it a collectable trio of records.

Want to say a massive thank you to Alix for giving me the opportunity on this awesome project. I’ve been a huge fan of Alix’s music for a long time, along with his label imprint 1985, it means a lot to be able to do some artwork for the label. Full release drops start of November.

#pencildrawing #realism #hyperrealism #artwork #graphite #pencil by @thelem_

769

120

2 years ago

Found a couple old snowboard clips of myself on a super old hard drive. This is from 18+ years ago! Cant believe how much time flies, these were some good memories. I’ve recently started riding again up at Mammoth Lakes, still a park rat, just an old one lol. Does anyone want to ride this winter season? Really looking for some riding homies to shred with. Ps: don’t judge, I’m from the Uk and grew up riding artificial dry slope on a hill 😂

#snowboarding #oldhead #mammothmountain #jibbing #snowboardlife by @thelem_

289

49

2 years ago

It’s been close to 3 years since I last played a show, I honestly didn’t think I would play one again. I’ve been working on some new music in spare time, and I’ve been itching to play it out and hear a proper sound system again. I decided to take on a couple shows this summer / fall with the homies. First show up is Denver at @theblackbox5280 on September 2nd, next up is @vibey_desert in Mojave desert on September 29th. It would mean the world if people could try to pull up and reach these. Excited for you to hear some new music, it’s been a minute! Tickets for Denver go on sale tomorrow at 11am, much love 🙏🏻 taken in California by @thelem_

536

104

3 years ago

Apologies for the repost on this drawing. I had my artworks scanned, the other image i posted did not color match the original drawing. There was yellow warm hue that was really throwing me off compared to the original. it’s been bugging me all week and wanted to get it right for my portfolio.

Can’t thank everyone enough for the support on my artworks, really means a lot reading the comments and kind words, seriously much appreciated 🙏🏻

pencil drawing titled “Edge of Time”
Graphite pencil on hot press paper
18x24” (height cropped slightly for insta)

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#pencildrawing #pencilart #realism #hyperrealism #surrealart #graphitedrawing #artofinstagram #artoftheday #blackandgrey taken in California by @thelem_

440

28

4 years ago

150 hours in 50 seconds, for my new drawing “Edge of Time”. I’m super slow at drawing, but really like the results of building up the layers slowly. Thanks for checking it out 🙏🏻
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#pencildrawing #pencil #pencilart #artgallery #hyperrealism #realism #blackandgrey #graphitedrawing #graphite #surrealism #surrealart #realismdrawing #pencilsketch #artofinstagram taken in California by @thelem_

608

73

4 years ago

Eye study drawing process. Building up layers and detail 👁✍️

#graphiteartists #artwork #pencildrawing #pencilart #pencilsketch #graphite #drawing #realism #hyperrealism #artistsoninstagram #artoftheday #blackandgrey #contrast #detail #fineart taken in California by @thelem_

756

67

4 years ago