Archive for June, 2009
I was raised on the border of Mexico and Arizona. When I was in 7th grade, I went on a walk with two friends to buy a toy that I had saved up for! I paid $24 for a cheaply cratfed butterfly knife. It was black with red speckles, with a chrome blade. I was the happiest kid [ READ MORE ]
I’m working on the structure for the new lowrider sculpture. I’m excited about how its coming together. Its a bit bigger than the first one I built. I have many more resources to fabricate metal and wooden parts this time around, and things are coming together pretty well. I used a blade to cut out the body’s [ READ MORE ]
This is a painting where I expirimented with texture and detail. I try to exercise techniques of blending and shading to learn to paint more realistic subjects. This concept came from a bible scripture that says, “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there [ READ MORE ]
I was recently a featured artist on ARTST.com and was asked to be a part of a short interview for www.WebUrbanist.com. I was happy to tell about what inspired me. I was surprised to learn a bit about myself in the process. The questions really made me think from a different perspective. I was excited to hear the news [ READ MORE ]
I’ve been working at Creative Machines for a few years now. I have the luck to work at an awesome shop where a lot of interesting interactive machines and artwork are made. This is the piece, Toby, which is downtown on Scott Ave. Theres always something interesting going on here at work. This is one of [ READ MORE ]
This painting was initially an idea that I had for a tattoo. I was trying to think of a way to incorporate shoe laces or a shoe print. There wasn’t much thought into the concept besides the fact that I love sneakers and bright colors. I grabbed some markers and drew a lime green shoe lace [ READ MORE ]
I’m finishing up my portfolio for my applications to design school. I finally got a chance to take decent pictures of some larger sketches that don’t fit on the scanner. This still life drawing of a sneaker, conceptual drawing of a bicycle, and ideation drawing of a transparent lowrider sculpture are what I’m hoping will get me into school. More [ READ MORE ]
One of my favorite things to do in Tucson is take a walk around the little neighborhoods downtown. This saturday, my girl and I went to check out the sculpure my co-workers designed that’s by the Tucson Childrens Museum. We had a chill time just strolling around. The shiny, orange sculpture of the griffin, titled Toby, sits [ READ MORE ]
This is a sculpture that I built in high school. It’s roughly 4 feet by 3 feet, and about 2 feet tall. It’s made of plywood and a high-density sculpting foam. It took me two weeks, day and night , to complete. This is definitely my favorite piece out of all my work, and I’ve been wanting [ READ MORE ]
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