i'm in the indusrty

holy friggin crap, its been a year since i graduated from college which means that senior show was on again.
i'm very proud of some close friends who survived.

Art Skool Radio

finally out kids! at artist preview for for the Kitchen Sync XIV, i was accompanied by Walt! who hosts a radio show on
Only For The Open Minded Distro called Art Skool Radio.



we walked around interviewing some of the gallery staff and some of the artist. i had fun. plus!!! i have a short guest dj set.

professional disaster

not much mention about my job over at Whiskey Cloud Diner, but there i am the chief creative in charge of design and graphics. and i shall soon be switching over to a Wurdpress BUT, not yet.
so please to both of you; keep reading this blog.

cuse, in the months to come i will slowly be rebuilding my website.
deal wit it.

"there's a sailor in the parking lot, ya can't miss it."

got sent some strangely nice photos from my last puppet show.



i can't wait for the time and moola to do it again...
bathlantis, FTE, zero's journey.
they will be perfect.

Modern Idols

my awesome friend and photographer, Shaddy Zeineddine, created a portrait project where several local artist/musicians are photographed in environments that capture the essence of their creativity and eminence in the los angeles underground/indie art/music scene.




Artist Stats:

Weapon of Choice: F Pencil, Waterproof Ink, Sculpy
Special Abilities: Mimicker
Aliases: DJ PopQuiz
Hometown: Los Angeles
Weaknesses: Whip Cream, TMBG, Polka Dots, Glow in the Dark
Sun Sign: Pisces
Heroes: Kim Deal, Jim Henson, JT Steiny

ladies of leisure.

soaked in the sun before the stress causes me to freak out and shut down, not yet.


gabby, simon, & petunia

Fox Stole

scanner issues were not resolved today but i spent most of my day, and i mean most of it, working on my gigantic to-do list.



first of the illustrations executed for Classic Hardware. not done but a goood start.

memory glands

wow, just found a movie ticket stub from 5/9/2002.
almost 9 years exactly.

any who, i've got a lot of work to get done before TFS meets again this week. and things are looking very prospective venue wise. been keeping my fingers crossed though when it all comes back down to reality, shit could fall through easily due to finances or lack there of.



just the first go through, i'm waiting on s'more copy and brainstorming on other directions but we wanna keep as many elements as cohesive as possible.

book fest!

i went on a whim with my wonderful sister and mother, but like kindred spirits who did i find roaming the streets of USc......
Mr. J.T. Steiny of course.


my photo


JT's photo

not much here to interest me other than white tents, tan lines, and sunburns.
JT wants us to get a booth next year for A.B.A.W.....

let's not work it out

lastly for tonight, i think, are some new roughs for Classic Hardware

done un

yes, it is that woooonderful time of the year, the summer. maybe i'm bitter because i sweat so easily
and tap water popsicle have a weird aftertaste.
what i wouldn't give for a blue tornado. oh tasty, come back to us ....come back.




but anyways, back to that time of the year, school's out and such and JT is excited to kick A.B.A.W back into a disciplined routine.
every. week. dammit.
i will admit that last summer's meeting's at the malo house were amazing.
weird to think it might be a year ago that we started Libro Gigante.

other than that there is no reason to look forward to the summer.

the big "book" phase

blast from the past!!!!
remember when A.B.A.W was littered with costumes and masks that were literally larger than life.




i still got this one hanging in the garage

"II"

La Luz de Jesus 25th Anniversary Masters Exhibition



Also to be featured as part of a book being published for the opening night, and when people think of big openings they usually think of ...........(not)me.

heart be still

after the promotions for JT's Noisy last year, our very own
"Pig Faced Fannie" weaseled her way to A.B.A.W's spokesman.



MaY 29TH, book award show at Meltdown Comics

dot commercial

it's on!
but we're in the very very very beginning stages
of planning and organizing, BUT! we are making this happen.



two logo ideas i've been working on.



& no, we're not just another wurdpress

sexy mothafucka

my warm-up to a night's work.



fabric paint + funk = my new fav shirt





in other news, i hate it when jt is right.......

fight this generation

*The Springtime*

dreamboat wonderball!

what the hell is a wonderball...



who cares, this is gonna make me rich one day.......

A.B.A.W. "The Sea & The Sky"

to be continued...

grey again

this is all yerrr gonna be gettin fer now.

Robert Pinn Sotelanto

wow, we work fast.

busted

soooooooo on wednesday there is going to be another music themed show at my alma mater featuring none other that the
AWESOME Shirley Rolls



this is a rough composite colaboration between
Amy Fortunato and myself.

fyi
the show is Wednesday at
Otis College of Art + Design at 10pm
be there!

whatthehellever

almost finished sketches for the july show.





might as well. right?

classic

a few roughs for a jewelry line i'm involved with.


Classic Hardware

Electro-magnetic Public Knickers

for realzzies, we're getting things together to assemble our EPK and finally make some progress on our Kick Starter



making graphics isn't always rocket surgery but
we're all working women, and shit is hard to do when we all work at least one full time job. i'm only sorry we haven't gotten more done.

look for our next workshop at 826LA.
4/13 is when it might happen.

Promo Profile

taking some for the team.



False Start

young lady, old movie

my wonderful friend and colleague Amy Fortunato is an amazing graphic designer and photographer.



In her lighting studio she asked me to strike a pose or two.
to say the least, she works miracles.

forever

meatballs

last week the A.B.A.W. cult went to IKEA to read.



it was pretty friggin' amazing.

how fucking romantic

really cool and difficult project.

sucker

some sketches are ready to scan.
& they look reeeeeeeally good.

P tease

i'm considering updating my process once the show has opened, or upload cropped thumbnails.

imma sit on it.

July

i got a lot of something to get done.



the best birfday present was to find out that
i am showing with Andy Steele in July!


Scroll Down to July

i less than three stamps

after a few changes and additions, i'm pretty sure this might be close to maybe kinda being ready.



the idea is that you can remove the cover and mail it to someone,
and we loooooooooove snail mail.

when people think of big openings...

anyways, once again a big thanks to my family for coming to support me and taking a few high res photos my work plus some of the AMAZING art i really really wanted to buy.

my hero.

right?

Catch that Red Dot

the opening of The Kitchen Sink was so so fun.


photo: Harly for Coagula

i was lucky enough to make it to the artist preview the night before with my friend walt! who hosts a show appropriately called
Art School Radio. we drank a couple glasses of juice then found the courage to interview some of the artists and gallery affiliates.

opening night was just as much fun and way way crowded.
i'm happy my family came to support me. who wouldn't be?



plus i sold the majority of my work and its only now i keep thinking about never seeing them ever again.
Se La Ve



Artist Don Fritz and myself posing next to our work.

No More Geeks

my wonderful friend Andrew Chapin is putting together an amazing illustrated book compiled of doodles, notes, games, and kinds of visual inventions his stepfather would leave for him around the house.

it really is an amazing collection of the kind of love and creative influence anyone would want to be surrounded by growing up.



so as a promotional tool Andrew is going to be releasing smaller zine like coloring book containing selected illustrations perfect for crayons!
i was lucky enough to be able create a cover for the zine.

still in production.

XD

the record release last night was as expected, so soo much fun.
happy new year was really good.
i friggin love mondays.



i kinda wanna frame mine.
don't judge me if i do.