DOUBLING DOWN ON THAT MELANIN!

May 25, 2026 / William Burrell Philpot IV

While as an artistic operation dedicated to People of Color, Ethnicity and Culture, we don’t shy away from acknowledging and appreciating the existence and presence of others. With that said, we are continuing on the path of creating for all people…with a specific concentration and focus on African Americans and People of Color. We are not exclusionary but will do as we must in response to what this world has created and wrought.

Many months in at this point, we’re continuing to do what businesses do and reposition to contribute to and capitalize on the opportunities presented. Through Art, Design and Photography, we want to continue the journey of moving forward and beyond the confines that hold us. “Intelligence. Ethnicity. Innovation.” is our mantra as it defines the future in our eyes.

THE GREATEST ART & ARTISTRY IS THAT OF THE HUMAN BEING & BEING HUMAN; LIVING.

In our work, we are continuing to create. We are creating as an acknowledgement and response to the that which the universe has created and provided, the human being. We are going to continue to ficus on what it is to be artists and cultivating spaces that appreciate, encourage and inspire healthy living for all people with a dynamic focus on People of Color.

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WE LOVE BLACK WOMEN!

December 27, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

Whether it’s love or the perversion of lust, it is what it is which has made me the man that I am. I am who I am and to be honest, I love it. I love me…because I love Black Women.

As an Artist, Designer and Photographer, most of my creative ideas have been informed, influenced and fueled by the beauty of Black Women. Whether toxic or not, I’m a man who loves the scene of the Black Woman. While I enjoy the sight of all physically attractive women, Black Women will always take the cake. Perhaps a bit over-sexualized at times, I do—therefore we do—enjoy all that is the Black Woman.

We don’t and won’t shy away from what has existed for so long to help others create industries, markets and careers. Yes, sex sells and it has inform me in how I like to create Art, how I develop a Design, and how I like to shoot photography. My ideas come from growing up in the heavy magazine era—a pre-social media cellphone time. VIBE, The Source, XXL, Black Men, GQ, and even Playboy, women have held healthy prominent roles in relation to business and the heterosexual Black Man’s identity and ideas on the manhood. I’m a product of this. Music and music videos and other cultural influences having impacted me, the commercial art of the magazine is what has informed me…and so…

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Of the greatest artistry of this world, the woman—the Black Woman—reigns supreme to us. Fully clothed, professionally dressed, swimsuit, lingerie, or even nude, we are accepting the natural artistry that is the Black Woman. With that, we are commissioning a dedicated project to feature Black Women as Inspiring Natural Art for Artists and Creatives. While there may not be any redeemable qualities (as it was mentioned to me) about projects of this nature, we also understand industries and businesses and even artists incorporate sex, sensuality and sexuality for their level of perceived integrity and honesty to what it is to be human—an art of being human. Well as an experiment, we’re going to continue to develop and run with this.

BLACK WOMEN. BLACK MEN. BLACK FAMILY. BLACK COMMUNITY. BLACK CULTURE.

The approach to balance is in acknowledging, appreciating and celebrating the best and greatest of Black Community and Culture. Everything that informs, influences and inspires healthy artistry for the future of the Black Community and Culture. We feel it’s all connected. Whether it is sex or sensuality, it’s needed for the union of two to become one and create families. What it means for a man to be attracted to a woman and a woman to be attracted to a man. While there’s controversy there, it has—in its most natural and carnal form—help to build societies, businesses and civilizations.

Yes—yes indeed—sex sells and it is an unfortunate and dysfunctional sometimes diminishing aspect yet prominent part of Black Culture and Life. It is however what has developed and shaped many of us into this modern day. Despite over-saturating and manipulating our perceptions, the fact is that the woman—the Black Woman—is and will always be the sex symbol—the goddess amongst men and so she inspires creation. She inspires creation and artistry for she is creation…and…artistry.

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