my roots.

these two paintings has nothing to do with my current work. I just wanted to see if i can still do traditional and graffiti art.
one of my old graffiti buddy is serving time in prison:( I thought it would cheer him up a little if i did his name......... I'm not sure if he'll get the work tho............ the guards might think it's a map to escape or something. or maybe i've been watching too much prisonbreak. the other is a portrait of moms. thought it might make a good birthday present. stopped working on it cause i know she'll HATE it.

taiwan love!!!

about 3 months ago, I was featured in one of taiwan's xfuns art mag. Dpi magazine then contacted me and did a 4 page interview with me. since then taiwan has been showing major love to me. Just wanted to thank taiwan for all the support!

more bs.

about 2 years ago i gave all my acrylic paint to my friend. i swore that i would never use that medium again. in order for me to get the look i was going for i had to go acrylic. when i use acrylic my painting turns more form. graphic look i use gouache, realistic look i use oils, in between look i use acrylic. im weird that way.
here's a piece that i recently finished for a show coming up.
not quite sure if im going to show it tho......................

if there are any art center students reading this, i'll be talking tomorrow in room 100 in jim salvati's class from 2-7.
i might do a demo, if i find the courage to do so.

animation

3 legged legs contacted me saying they want to bring my characters to life. I really cant wait to see what they come up with.
they're trying to make my characters into puppets. Been drawing up sooooooooo many characters.........by the time i get home my hands start to ache and my creativity runs low. makes me think if i should freelance in something non art related and save up my hands for studio time.
check out some of 3ll works.......such a creative bunch.


here's a few of the characters i design......really just brainstorming at this point.

inspired.

okay, so i get inspired very easily. when i was a teen i saw electric boogaloo and beat street. the next week i was breakdancing on cardboards. that lasted about 4 years. now after seeing ratatouille, i find myself cooking a lot. the only thing i ever cooked before was eggs, rice, and instant ramen. it's very relaxing for me, but im not use to putting so much time into something that last only a couple of minutes.



here are a couple of commissions i just finished up.

happy new year!

o.k my new year resolution is to be more earth friendly:) so it's about time for me to sell my car!!!!!! global warming plus constant harassment from the police = time to sell.......email me if anyone is interested. 99 civic si sitting on 16" bronze volk te-37. many, many more inside!!!!

this is my new form of transportation........an electrical scooter!!!!!!


funny story- anyone remember the scene in "something about mary" when matt dillon met a real architecture. the same thing happen to me while ridding my moped. i saw an old friend and join her for a quick bite. her best friend brought a friend she's been talking to for a couple of weeks. they asked me what i did and i said "im an artist". my friend said ohhhhhhh matt's an artist too. "show him your work matt", the dude was scared shitless when she said that. i saw the work..............it was print outs of james jean work, phil hale, jon foster, etc !!!!!!!!!!!!!! i wanted soooo bad to say "you must of studied under tom green" a line from something about mary. but i knew it would have been very ackward after.........made me a bit mad, but hey im not going to ____ block.

first painting for the new year...

the speak went great! when i first saw all the people that were there i became really petrified.....i dont know how i did it, but it's done. The talk was about an hour or so, and the demo was about 45 minutes. my hands were shaking at the beginning of the demo, but thank god the piece came out decent enough. Meeting all the staff and students was great. After the talk the very awesome nathan ota and bob dob took me out to diner and coffee. I learned so much in the dinner that night than some 14 week classes at art center.

in other news, im exicted cause i finished my job early this month. for the rest of december i will do nothing but personal paintings. i just started this piece today........going to add a little more do thats then it should be done.

cold feet!

i always try to be a man of my words. but sometimes i just got to back down. i was asked to give a lecture and a demo at otis college of arts and design. at that moment, i foolishly accepted. but now, so many things are going threw my head. what do i say, what do i paint, what if i mess up. i was even thinking about going in with an ear piece. i took speech class in city college and i failed miserably. i just can't speak infront of a large crowd. there's a small chance that i would still do it, but as of right now, i don't think it's such a good idea. here's a comp of what i was suppose to paint.

hope everyone had a great thanksgiving day!

hero

has anyone ever watched heroes? you know that guy that paints the future, well that just happen to me=) i painted this about 3 months ago, and now i hear that david coperfield he's being charged with feeling up some girl. my piece is called david copafeel.

almost done with this piece.

here are a few small pieces that will be in project gallery in culver city.

i couldn't make it in time to participate in swallow 3, but ashley wood was kind enough to invite me to join swallow 4.
im honored to show with some amazing artist.

down a member

for the past 11 days i've been hanging out with my good friend alvaro sanz. we've been friends since i was 14 years old. the ins is on his tale so he had no choice but to leave us soil and head to spain. indeed a sad day for us. this was takin a couple of hours before his flight.

so after almost 2 weeks of basically doing nothing but hanging out, im behind some deadlines, and so driven to paint. here's something I just started. this is a quick sketch for the painting's background.

recently i've been loving green.

this piece is about high maintenance. been hanging out with a friend of mine, and she inspired this piece.
this is one of the pieces that i will show at dva gallery in chicago. shooting this was a bit tricky
cause it's very glossy, so i had to take one at an angle.

i started this as a personal piece.......then i figured why not knock 2 birds with one stone.
the artical fits in perfectly with what i was doing, so why not:) for idn magazine.

Graphic Novel

i was commisioned to illustrate 5 paintings for a graphic novel.i decided to use oils for this project. i had so much fun going back to oils that i started a side project in the back. every time i took a break, i would paint small portions to the canvas in back. paintng with goauche, i would never wash my brush and it would still be good.
now that im messing with oil, i still forget to clean the brush.

wow, i haven't spent 9 hours on a painting since graduating. still tons to do, but i cant stand working on a piece for too long, so im going to put this away for a couple of weeks. i really don't know how people paint on a wacom. 4 hours in and my arm was in pain! it's funny when i paint with gouache, the image always turn out graphic which is the reason why i paint quicker. but when im using oils or digi it forces me to turn form. anyways i was ask to illustrate this using only shades of blue, orange, black and white.

the awesome guu press did an interview with me the week of my graduation. if anyone is having trouble sleeping, then read this.......it will knock you right out:)

guupress

mumbo jumbo

just sign up a youtube account, decided to upload a video i did.
it's a small section of the whole mural cause the battery only lasted 50 minutes.

white snow

i started this painting about a month ago.....i gave up abou 40 minutes in, when i realize that the comp looked better than the painting. the drawing is the post below.......getting ready to toss this painting aside, i tried spraypainting the hair in an attempt to save it. one of my most simplist painting yet, but i think it works. the other painting is a digi, just trying to learn more about cs2.

come swing by thinkspace gallery august 10th if anyone is around the neighborhood.
also the portland show just came down. thanks to jason alexander for the invite and sky huang welcoming me in her home.
pics are up http://www.compoundgallery.com/gallery/2007/07/first_thursday/

buildings.

recently i've been painting alot of buildings in the back.
i some how like the comp better than the painting.
my good friend david jein told me to start doing my comps on better paper and using it as a piece instead of throwing it away. since then i've been spending alittle more time on my comps.
the last one is not finished, but im just excited about it cause i learn how to use layers. i use to paint everything in one layer and wondered why people used 40+ layers. now i know, thanks eric.

new works