at last

well well well. who do we have here?

as i was driving through the city i managed to catch a shot of two of favorite bay area writers. pork and phaze. phaze has really developed in style over the last couple of years. i remember the first phaze throwie i saw was off of 92 in San Mateo about two years back. i know he still hits that spot every now and then cause he'll paint over his own piece. it's like he's updating.

and pork is just awesome. i've mostly seen little tags here and there around SF, and one or two etchings. but i've also seen him getting some ups with some larger graffiti like this one. i think what i admire most about pork is the name. hah. but in all seriousness, i love finding writers with cleaver ass names that make you go "dam, that's a good name. why didn't i think of that?!?"

then i also got a shot of this one right off the Vermont street exit. aparently... some one is not to cool with Sick and his buddies. crossed out... that's cold man...

chile

i just remembered that i took this picture back in '07. me and Sydney went down to Chile to visit the various land marks and homes of her (and now mine) favorite poet, Pablo Neruda. we flew into Santiago and spent a day or two there before we jumped on a bus and toured around Chile's coastal towns. but while walking around beautiful Santiago i couldn't help but take pictures of all the awesome graffiti. i have a ton of pictures but for now i'll just post this one.

this wall of stickers and wheat paste caught my eye. the thing i appreciate most about stickers and wheat paste is...you can't mess it up! you make that shit at home! there's no excuse. or as my cousin likes to say "there aint no wack shit!"

this is going to take take a while...

so i had some things to take car of in the city today and i was driving through harrison and 17/16th ish. i ALWAYS find some cool stuff around there. and i realized a couple of things.

thing #1. it's really hard to take a photo on your phone and drive at the same time.
thing #2. this project will be totally bitchn' cause san francisco graffiti is something that will never be depleted.  

thing #3. there's a s-ton of classic graffiti in san francisco that has survived being demo'd, pinted over, torn down and so on. so i'm going to make an extra effort to take some photos of that.

the first thing i was able to snap a shot of today was this top to bottom box truck fill. i know in the past i've seen that type of tree thing used, but i can't remember if it was this same person. either way. i like.

i know some of these a little tough to see. lousy zoom... and not having it... but here's some heaven hits. sweet spots.

and here's something from downtown san mateo. i was walking back to my car and i had to take a picture of this tag. what a sweet spot. this door was clean, with bad ass lighting and just asking to be hit.

 and i have some good news. im charging my camera finally! i can keep it in my car and take actual photos. with zo0om and about 10 more mp.

the new thing

so, here's the thing, i want to blog more, but i have very little to say. or i guess i have a lot to say, but other than my own work i have nothing that's worth reading or writing about. but i have an idea. i've always wanted to somehow document the kick ass street/guerilla art that i see around the city and in my travels. so that's what i'm going to do. there's just so many artists/painter/writers that really inspire  and impress the hell out of me with their styles and ideas. and i also like to fantasize and live vicariously through someone else's graffiti life style...

AND SO

to kick start this new thing of mine. i bring you "chan". usually, no matter where you are in the city there's sure to be a chan throwie somewhere. he's got this distinct style of these tall letters. this photo was taken almost a year ago, but i continue to see him all over the place. keep an eye out next time your in the city. no doubt you'll see him popping up somewhere. street signs, roof tops. most of the time i'll see his stuff along side "phaze" of something, but a little throwie like this can be appreciated all on it's own.

cont. Donkey cowboy

So now I’ve fully developed this idea of a donkey cowboy. But now he’s a sheriff. And the coyote is still just a bad guy. I really like how this is coming along, it’s nice to work on something different. And I think that’s the biggest lesson I’ve learned from this. When I was in class listening to all the other ideas for this project I realized, “man, I always do stuff JUST like that, do I always do typical shit like everyone else?!?” and I dooo… it’s always some post-apocalyptic war torn city blah blah. I mean that stuff is really cool, and it IS a really common element in movies and crap. But what i realize that I need to set my self apart. So why not a sheriff donkey and robbing coyote? And let me tell you, NO ONE had anything even close to the same idea.

Any way. This is my new goal. “Don’t do the crap that you always do!”

I KNOW! i know. it's been a while

So... hey blog... what’s up? I...uh... I know it's been a while. Hope we're still cool. We’re cool right?

I’ve been reviewing last semester in my head and saying, man, WHEN will I find time to post all the work I’ve been doing?!? And, I quickly realize that I really don’t have much to show for… which sucks pretty hard. But I do have one or two things I can post. Which will hopefully follow shortly


But on the other hand! This years summer session I feel that I’ve been doing pretty well. I’m taking color and design and below you will find the exploration of my latest assignment. This project was major specific, so since im visual development, which falls into the illustration category, my project is heavily based on some kind of story. And with the help of my beautiful creative girlfriend, and a growing interest in cowboys, we came up with the idea of a donkey cowboy as the main character. And now that I have a character in mind, I need a setting. At this stage I just need roughs, but by tomorrow afternoon I’ll need to finalize the composition. Still working out the kinks of the story… such as what IS the story. Haha. Anyway. Here’s progress for now.

ok, it's not all donkey, there's a little bit of serpent mixed in too.

enviorment

fresh environment.

i have another week to work on it so i'm going to use that time wisely.