bird is the word

Here's a website I finished for class, and I am pretty darn happy with it. Usually I stress out at the though of using PS for a whole project, but this wasn't too bad.
Two more weeks until winter break :)

one of my most favorite things ever

maybe more than 1/2 true

"Good design is all about making other designers feel like idiots because that idea wasn't theirs."

miniatures. (sort of)

These are reminiscent of little miniature displays really really loved when I was a kid.
Tonight I'm going to a AIGA disc slam (different artists have a few minutes each to show their work on a CD to a group) with Dominic and his dad. I am totally pumped to see how this is going to work. And the best part is that it's being held at Canyon Creative; I got a chance to go there for a field trip and their offices were so cool. K I'm off to get ready right now :)

So, it is summer break and Dom and I are on a wonderful staycations at the Palms Place. This place is... okay. Haha, I don't really know what to say, this place isn't really my scene. Maybe I'm being harsh because I hates the bed. Try sleeping on a tempurpedic bed every night then switching over to a spring mattress. My back is suffering I tell you! Anyway, I just acquired these pretties:


Don't you love the summer?

ps- My childhood hero Michael Jackson is DUNZO

Currently working on...

Natalie Portman, watercolor gouache
This is my second try with her portrait, and I am pretty happy with myself with being so patient and really taking the time to keep checking my reference.

And an update on my last drawing:


I was planning for that one to be good enough for the display case at school but... eh. Not so sure any more. In any case. I have been officially DUNZO with Spring quarter for the past half an hour. I am so relieved. Now me and Dommie have more time for screen printing stufff. Yay excited!

edit; This video totally expresses how I feel. And I am totally digging the totally profesh backdrop they have going on. :)

guess who

Baaaackstage!

In all honesty, I think her music is catchy. Like that Lady GaGa person. In any case, I did these for class, und I liken dis vurry mush! Okay, that was annoying.
I have one more week of school! I am pretty hyped for the whole three weeks worth of summer break. Haha. Top Chef Masters is pretty good. Dom and I are rooting for Hubert Keller, I don't think it has anything to do with my old man crush...

My love for Miss Moss expressed in a magazine cover.

Olé !

My first pastel piece for Illustration class. We were assigned to do a travel magazine cover with our choice location. My choice: Spain! It's not that tight of an illustration but pastels tend to go towards the softer look. (which I likey vurry mush!) I used Prismacolor NuPastels and Carbothello pastel pencils on faun Stonehedge paper. This was so much fun, I really want to get into pastels now!

Cool Ethan.

I haven't updated in a while, mainly due to the fact that school is overwhelming AND my oh so guilty pleasure called... World of Warcraft. Anyways, snaps for Jason Schwartzman :)

I designed some tankies last night, just some ideas that I'll turn into screens. I just photoshopped these babies on a plain white tank. Since summer is here(at least in Vegas it feels like it has been full force summer since last month uggh) and I really hate wearing anything with sleeves, tank tops it is!

Live fast, die young

(another; but way simpler) 'on the reg'

This last one was made especially for my girl Dre! (aka recipeforwreckage) Just a custom lowrider stencil.

Contemplating on whether or not to put a design up on my CafePress store. I have so much work to do for school :( But the weekend is here!

inspiring lady: autumn whitehurst

This last one was in Las Vegas Weekly; a local (free!!!) LV magazine that is distributed at my school.

(her artwork via art-dept.com)

I have my own personal tiffs about some digital illustrators, but you can tell from her work that she knows her traditional painting. I really like the blend of contour line drawing and that smooth smooth gradiation she uses for the faces and flesh tones. Talk about idealism, I mean their skin looks so nice and dewy for being a digital portrait, dontchathink? And here is Miss Autumn Whitehurst herself:

EXCITING NEWS!

I made a CafePress store! The only design I have up right now is a "On The Reg" shirt with one of my personal heroes, Kenny Powers.

Check it out! I will probably make more designs over the weekend for my CafePress store Clever Comforts (I came up with the name on a whim), so I can gradually make up so money for me and D's homemade screenprinting goodies. (Which will be so much more exciting when that happens!)

Wow, I don't know how but I was typing in Hindi and I was ridiculously confused. I feel like Towelie in that one episode where he tries to get a book published but instead gets high and forgets about all ongoing priorites. You know, instead of getting a book published I'm just trying to... get shit done. I have some cool ideas for teeshirts, but now I need a way to afford the actual merchandise to print on. I have around 2 hours until my afternoon class :(

On the other hand, Star Trek was really good.

the result of a sleepless night...

The assignment was to design a concert poster for the House of Blues and have it plate-ready for screen printing. I really liked how this turned out. I only used three spot colors, but I'm still undecided one adding a yellow color to the lipstick tube and the girl's hair for a little more interest. The only thing that is missing is the HOB logo on the bottom right corner. So far, so good!

via icanhascheezburger.com

Is is wrong that I really like things like this? Not suffering pandas hanging from branches; but the CUTENESS of it all. eep!

Do I look different to you?

Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick

Halftoned Image

Gunmetal Bronze screen printed on basic Hanes shirt

detail shot

Me and D are at the new M hotel for spring break! Totally was not expecting this, such a nice surprise from Papa Caldara haha. Not much to update but I am wearing one of my new diy shredded tee's and I painted my nails a really pretty purple colour! It reminds me of my elementary school days, I loved every and and shad of purple. Do I Lilac It by OPI. Luuuvs it :) But I do not loves Dancing with the Stars hmph

shredz

In the process of making a shred tank top from a medium men's Hane's ribbed tank.

Oh! and I double frenched my nails for the first time ever! I am still gazing at my handywork. Actually, I just used those french manicure tape guides and they worked very well. I really effed up the last two fingers on my left hand because I didn't let the polish dry long enough before pulling off the tape but oh wells! That's why they say practice makes perfect.

Yayy spring break! Also in the process of working on a website :) Feeling pretty inspired lately.

PIE. My most guilty and gluttonous vice as of late. Ever since Christmas, it's been getting out of control. I don't even know the disgusting amount of pie I've been eating these past couple of months. I know I've gained some [ok ok 10 lbs!!! ;( ] weight and I've been blaming the winter for my hibernation fat that has accumulated around my torso and hips area. But I've been doing some thinking and some real self-inspection and I now realize--sadly-- that the real culprit is PIE.
I guess it all started Christmas Eve dinner. I decided to make my very first pie, so I used a frozen crust and blueberries and it turned out okay, but it was no Marie Callendar's. ONE pie doesn't sound too bad, but it drastically took a turn for the worst the next when Dom and I were made to take home four-- I kid you not-- FOUR Marie Callendar pies upon leaving his dad's house from Christmas day. Razzleberry pie, pumpkin, and 2 french apple pies...
So, as not to be rude, and especially because a pie is a terrible terrible thing to waste, we [meaning mostly me] ate all four pies including the pie I made the day before. ALL OF THEM!
In less than two weeks.
I know.
I know.
I am disgusting. That's not all though. Since then, I have made a couple more pies at home as well as having Dom pick me up some from Marie Callendar's. Lemon meringue, banana cream, ahdsnvkl'wseih .......
Sheesh louise! I never ever excercise, but I have a feeling that if you dangled a fresh pie in front of me I'd keep running like those gerbils you see on TV. That's how bad this is. I LOVE PIE !!!

O M G. Funniest thing I have come acrosssss while interweb shopping. A MATERNITY Juicy Couture velour tracksuit. Ok, ok I'm not laughing as hard because of the maternity factor, mainly because you can tell they shoved some tissue paper or something into that poor girl's sweater and she is CLEARLY not preggers, or anything close. I don't know what they were thinking trying to fool consumers into thinking all pregnant women look as if they are 90-lb. models. Anywayyys, velour tracksuits are gross and should not be worn on ANYONE let alone a birthing mama. Haha this was random.

Peas!