Revamped FamBiz Family Crest and New Title Card

New Version of the FamBiz Family Crest!

I've been wanting to work on something like this for a while. This is the new version of FamBiz's family crest when they transitioned from being E.S.U.I. (Elements of Style Under the Influence) to Family Bizness. I was meticulous as to how the design was going to turn out. I picked out what best represented us. Each part of the crest has a significant meaning, which I'll explain in a bit.

Current Version of the FamBiz Family Crest

I recently was inspired to revamp the current look of the crest to this current one after being inspired by 9 Surf Studios. It had taken my awhile to finish, but here it is!

Now let me walk you through the family crest:

Gold is the elevation of the mind through our practices in meditation, creative expression, and hard work.With a quiet and clear mind, we allow ourselves to simply focus and do what must be done.

The wings were placed to represent Los Angeles, city of angels. But it also means swiftness and protection. As a family, we must do what we can to protect each other from harms way.

Blue represents our pride for the team and for each other. Everyone giving their best individual effort that benefits everyone around them. This team is our family and we dance our hearts out for our family. It is the color of loyalty.

Red is the willingness to keep fighting on no matter how hard things may get. No matter what challenges present it self before us, we keep pressing through. It is the color of the Warrior.

Speakers simply represent our music and dance.

This new video was made with the great tutorials from Video Copilot! They're a great source of After Effects training and tutorials, and good quality like this is hard to find.

I had also grown tired of the previous title card of our videos, so soon after I finished the new version of the family crest. I went straight into working on this one. It took me a couple of days to finish, but voila! It turned out pretty sick and will be our new title card for a while. I hope you guys enjoy the work!

Revamped Title Card!

Notepad Sketches

Whenever I get an idea, most of the time I stop whatever I'm doing and I just go with it before I lose the momentum. These were sketched during work, I didn't have my sketch book anywhere near by so I just a nearby notepad. These are possible shirt designs for a couple of the teams I direct: Name Taggz and Teen Groov.  The sketch on the left was actually done a year ago and I just happened to find it recently. I actually still like how it looks and I might go ahead and finish it up with Illustrator. I actually still have a lot of these notepad sketches I wanna post up. Hope you guys enjoy!

FamBiz on Alhambra Source!

An article was just written about Family Bizness on the Alhambra Source! One of the directors, Stephanie Hagberg was recently interviewed by an editor who happens to take pilates regularly at Jayvee Dance Center.

Personally, this is pretty exciting because ever since I helped start this team, it's great to see our efforts don't go unnoticed. Huge shout out to everyone who's supported us since we started.

Check out the article right here!

Alhambra Source: Family Bizness

Tuesday Night Krump

Krump is a very spiritual dance coming from within born within the streets of Los Angeles. The moves are extremely rugged and quick, and it requires no flashy tricks and there are no formal ways of executing your dance. It's just you expressing how you feel at this very moment.

These are a few of the kids that I've taught, they've been doing it for a little over a year and they've come to find this dance as their platform of freestyle expression. Hope you guys enjoy!

Arie Dixon Is My Name

Here's a piece that I taught to FamBiz for our previous set. Most of the song is choreographed to Bebe Boohgz - Arie Dixon Is My Name, but for the intro, I decided to remix it by adding the dubstep break down from Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me. I think it turned out pretty dope! I kinda mess up for the solo video so my bad! Enjoy the video though!

World of Dance-LA 2011

This past weekend was World of Dance-Los Angeles! It was probably the hugest event I've ever performed at, over 12,000+ in attendance! Check out the footage of the from FamBiz and Teen Groov.

FamBiz

Teen Groov